For other persons named
Hayward, see Hayward (disambiguation).
Charles Hayward (born 1951) is an English
drummer and was a founder member of the experimental rock group This
Heat. He also played with Mal Dean's Amazing Band, Radar
Favourites, Dolphin Logic, and gigged and recorded
with Phil Manzanera in the group
Quiet
Sun project as well as a short stint with Gong.
In 1976,
Hayward and fellow Radar Favourites and Dolphin Logic member, Charles
Bullen began practising with bassist Gareth
Williams under the name This Heat. They began to
experiment with tape loops, found sounds and keyboards on several
sessions (recorded from 1976
to 1978, but
not released until 1979). Finally, in 1979, This Heat released their self-titled
debut album. 1981's Deceit marked the final new album from This
Heat, Williams leaving just after its release. While Bullen
began working as a studio engineer, Hayward did sessions for Lora Logic, the Raincoats and Everything But the Girl
before forming Camberwell Now with bassist
Trefor Goronwy and tape manipulator Stephen Rickard. The trio released
several albums through the Swiss Recommended label. When Camberwell Now
disbanded in 1987 Hayward embarked on a solo career which has continued
to the present day. He debuted with Survive the Gesture
(1987), Skew-whiff (1989) Switch on War
(1991) and My Secret Alphabet (with Nick
Doyne-Ditmas) in 1993. In 1998, he joined Massacre with Fred
Frith and Bill Laswell.
Throughout the 90's up to the present he has initiated a bewildering
array of events and performances , including the widely acclaimed
series Accidents + Emergencies at the Albany
Theatre, Out of Body Orchestra (too much sound, not
enough space, not enough time), music made from the sound of the new LABAN
dance centre being built which was choreographed for the
official opening, music for a circus (part of the National
Theatre's 'Art of Regeneration' initiative), the full-on
installation/performance Anti-Clockwise (with Ashleigh Marsh and David Aylward) for multiple strobes,
maze structure of diverse textures, 2 drummers, synthesizers and your
nervous system. Recent developements include the CONTINUITY
evenings as part of Camberwell Arts.
As well as his solo performance, Charles is currently involved in 3
other central projects:
Shape Moreton
with Rob
Mills, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Ashleigh Marsh and Chris Cornetto, Charles' first
project since Camberwell Now which deals in group composition, songs
alongside soundscapes and improvisations.
Albert Newton
with Harry
Beckett, John Edwards and Pat Thomas
has been playing since its first performance at Accidents and
Emergencies in the mid-90's, essential players in the improv
scene play a revolutionary extended quantum-funk that is a celebration
of creative telepathy.
Clear Frame
with Lol
Coxhill, Hugh Hopper and Orphy
Robinson is soon to release its first CD (with special guest Robert
Wyatt on cornet) on the new imprint Continuity....
Discography
- Survive the Gesture (1987)
- A Tribute to Mark Rothko (1989)
- Skew Whiff (1990)
- Switch on War (1991)
- Keep the Dog: That House We Lived In
(rec 1991, rel 2003)
- Charles Hayward, Nick Doyne-Ditmas: My Secret
Alphabet (1993)
- Escape From Europe - Live in Japan vol1
(1996)
- Double Agent(s) - Live in Japan vol2
(1999)
- Near + Far - Live in Japan vol3 (1999)
- Charles Hayward, Michael Prime: Wash Rinse Spin /
Osculation (2000)
- Abracadabra Locus Solus (2004)
see also This Heat, Camberwell
Now, etc...
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