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FEBRUARY 1 2013
JULY 29 2012
NEWS UPDATES
Please visit facebook.com/afronoise for all the latest Cut Hands news updates.
CUT HANDS : BLACK MAMBA 12" ON BLACKEST EVER BLACK
Immninent release of Black Mamba, the title track from the forthcoming new Cut Hands album, on Blackest Ever Black.
JULY 23 2012
MAY 6 2012
CUT HANDS AFRO NOISE I JAPANESE EP
We have acquired a few extra copies of the special Japanese import Afro Noise I EP, includes 3 tracks not included on Afro Noise I CD album. pricelist
MAY 3 2012
MAY 1 2012
CUT HANDS SECOND ALBUM
The second Cut Hands album Black Mamba has been provisionally scheduled for release this September.
APRIL 12 2012
MARCH 11 2012
SPIN MAGAZINE
William Bennett is featured in an article in the forthcoming issue of Spin magazine.
UPDATES
diary
MARCH 7 2012
BIRTHDEATH EXPERIENCE LP REISSUE SOLD OUT
We're afraid that the Whitehouse : Birthdeath Experience reissue LP is now sold out. pricelist
FEBRUARY 10 2012
UPDATES
diary (more Cut Hands dates announced plus extra US tour details!)
FEBRUARY 3 2012
CUT HANDS : AFRO NOISE I JAPANESE CD EP SOLD OUT
pricelist
JANUARY 6 2012
CUT HANDS : AFRO NOISE I LPS : BOTH VOLUMES NOW AVAILABLE
pricelist
JANUARY 2 2012
UPDATES
diary (lots more Cut Hands shows including latest USA tour dates for February 2012!) / pricelist
CUT HANDS : AFRO NOISE I VINYL UPDATE
The 2 volumes of the vinyl version of Afro Noise I are imminent. More details soon.
Cut Hands : Afro Noise I (volume 1) LP
Cut Hands : Afro Noise I (volume 2) LP
DECEMBER 13 2011
CUT HANDS : AFRO NOISE I EP CD (JAPANESE IMPORT) NOW AVAILABLE!
pricelist
DECEMBER 3 2011
CUT HANDS : AFRO NOISE I VINYL UPDATE
The 2 volumes of the vinyl version of Afro Noise I are currently being manufactured and should have a mid-January release date. More details soon.
Cut Hands : Afro Noise I (volume 1) LP
Cut Hands : Afro Noise I (volume 2) LP
NOVEMBER 6 2011
OCTOBER 16 2011
CUT HANDS : AFRO NOISE I CD BACK IN STOCK!
Good news! New stock has just arrived of the Cut Hands Afro Noise I CD! pricelist
NEW LIVE DATES ANNOUNCED!
diary
CUT HANDS : AFRO NOISE CD SINGLE
A special Cut Hands CD single featuring 3 unreleased tracks is due to come out on Japanese label Artecnico in early December.
OCTOBER 6 2011
SEPTEMBER 20 2011
CUT HANDS ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK
twitter.com/CutHands
facebook.com/afronoise
SEPTEMBER 16 2011
CUT HANDS : FACT MIX 283
There is a special Cut Hands mix at FACT online magazine (#283) of African and Haitian percussion.
SEPTEMBER 1 2011
CUT HANDS YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/SUSANLAWLY
AUGUST 22 2011
CUT HANDS : AFRO NOISE I CD SOLD OUT
We're afraid that due to rather unsuspectedly fast demand the CD is now sold out. pricelist
CUT HANDS VINYL RELEASE DELAY
After two sets of test pressings had to be rejected for both volumes of Afro Noise I, there will be a bit of a delay for the album's release. Currently waiting on the third set of test pressings.
AUGUST 22 2011
EVEN MORE CUT HANDS REVIEWS
pitchfork
dustedmagazine
JULY 19 2011
JULY 17 2011
CUT HANDS ON TWITTER
twitter.com/cuthands
CUT HANDS ON FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/afronoise
JULY 12 2011
JUNE 30 2011
JUNE 26 2011
CUT HANDS VINYL TRACKLISTINGS
Cut Hands : Afro Noise I - Volume 1
A01 Welcome To The Feast Of Trumpets
A02 Stabbers Conspiracy
A03 Rain Washes Over Chaff
A04 Nzambi Ia Lufua
B01 Who No Knows Go Knows
B02 ++++ (Four Crosses)
B03 Brown-Brown
B04 Shut Up And Bleed
Cut Hands : Afro Noise I - Volume 2
C01 Munkisi Munkondi
C02 Impassion
C03 Ezili Freda
C04 Nzambi Ia Muini
D01 Bia Mintatu
D02 Krokodilo
D03 Backlash
D04 Rain Washes Away Every Thing
JUNE 16 2011
MORE CUT HANDS REVIEWS
Brainwashed
Nononpop
Beachsloth
MAY 27 2011
MAY 13 2011
MAY 11 2011
CUT HANDS WIRE REVIEW
There is a full page review of the new Cut Hands album by Nina Power in the latest issue of The Wire magazine (#328/June).
MAY 10 2011
CUT HANDS POSTCARDS
The supply of the limited Cut Hands postcards is near depletion... pricelist
APRIL 19 2011
CUT HANDS PREORDERS NOW AVAILABLE
The countdown is on! Link just posted for preorders for the new album: pricelist
Get 2x special Cut Hands art cards with each copy ordered while stocks last!
full Cut Hands album info
APRIL 7 2011
CUT HANDS : OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE!
The official release date for the Cut Hands album (CD version) has been set at 23rd May 2011. The CD comes with a 16pp booklet with special texts and vévé artwork.
Link coming for preorders very soon, 2 exclusive limited Cut Hands art postcards included with each copy ordered while stocks last!
A limited edition vinyl edition is also planned for a later date.
MARCH 29 2011
MARCH 26 2011
WILLIAM BENNETT : MACBA PREVIEW CONVERSATION
MACBA have just posted an extended conversation pdf as additional downloadable documentation for this Friday's lecture.
MARCH 17 2011
WILLIAM BENNETT AT MACBA
William Bennett will be giving a talk on Saturday April 1st at the Museu d'Art Contemporani in Barcelona (MACBA)
CUT HANDS TRACKLISTING
Here is the final track listing for the imminent Cut Hands album:
Welcome To The Feast Of Trumpets
Stabbers Conspiracy
Rain Washes Over Chaff
Nzambi Ia Lufua
Who No Know Go Knows
++++ (Four Crosses)
Backlash
Shut Up And Bleed
Munkisi Munkondi
Impassion
Ezili Freda
Bia Mintatu
Rain Washes Over Every Thing
FEBRUARY 13 2011
MAILING ADDRESS
The Susan Lawly PO Box (PO Box 914) is now defunct, please email us if you have anything to send. We are currently looking at getting a permanent replacement mailing address.
FEBRUARY 5 2011
JANUARY 12 2011
UPDATES
There'll be some new rare items available added to the site in the next few days. Also, we're sad to report that we have now sold out of the Cruise 2LPs and Bird Seed CDs. pricelist
JANUARY 7 2011
ZEITKRATZER CD REVIEW PACK
Here's a bumper pack of collated reviews of the Zeitkratzer: Whitehouse CD (thanks to ZKR for this):
http://rapidshare.com/files/438873273/ZKWHreviews.rar
JANUARY 1 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Best wishes to everyone for 2011.
DECEMBER 5
The Wire magzine has made available a link to a treaming extract from the 2-hour piece Extralinguistic Sequencing (by William Bennett & Mimsy DeBlois), which premiered at London's Tate Britain as part of the Speculative Realism event held there last September.
www.thewire.co.uk/articles/5415/
DECEMBER 2
MANDINGO!
There is some new music by Cut Hands featured in Mandingo!, the new documentary film by VBS (Vice); it's
a film about the interracial swinging scene in Florida, of which
the first part is now online:
www.viceland.com/wp/2010/11/watch-mandingo-part-one-now
NOVEMBER 18
WIRE MAGAZINE
As reported, William Bennett is featured in the Invisible Jukebox feature of the current issue of The Wire magazine (December 2010 issue) interviewed by David Keenan.
OCTOBER 24 2010
UPDATES
pricelist (PayPal button for ordering Zeitkratzer CD now fixed!)
OCTOBER 21 2010
INVISIBLE JUKEBOX
William Bennett will be featured in next month's Invisible Jukebox in The Wire magazine.
OCTOBER 15 2010
ZEITKRATZER CD AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
We now have a limited supply of the Zeitkratzer WHITEHOUSE electronics CDs available to order. pricelist
SEPTEMBER 30 2010
ZEITKRATZER CD
The Zeitkratzer WHITEHOUSE electronics CD recorded at GMEM in Marseille last year is being released on October 22nd. We are hoping to have some copies available for sale here around that time.
JULY 30 2010
TATE BRITAIN
At London's Tate Britain on September 3rd, William Bennett will be deploying his so-called extralinguistic sequencing as part of the Late At Tate monthly special event sponsored by Urbanomic, which is 'exploring the emerging philosophical paradigm of Speculative Realism and its impact on contemporary art practice' - also at the event will be new work by Florian Hecker, plus screenings, sculpture, and a panel discussion. It's a special free one-off event.
UPDATES
diary / pricelist / links
JULY 29 2010
DISTRIBUTION
A link has now been added for Cargo Records, Susan Lawly official worldwide distributor - they can help with all wholesale inquiries small and large for our CDs and vinyl.
JULY 11 2010
THE WIRE
In the current issue of the Wire magazine (#318) there are several references to Whitehouse in a feature article with DJ Surgeon.
JUNE 19 2010
POLAND CANCELLATION
Sorry to report that we have decided to cancel the Whitehouse performance at the Wroclaw Industrial Festival. diary
MAY 11 2010
MAY 8 2010
WEBBYS
VBS's documentary Vice Guide To Liberia (for which features a Cut Hands soundtrack) has just won two of the prestigious Webby Awards - Critic's Choice and People's Choice.
APRIL 14 2010
GREAT WHITE DEATH LP - NOW AVAILABLE!
the 8th release in the Whitehouse Vinyl Series Collection is now available! pricelist
Whitehouse : Great White Death 180gm vinyl LP reissue (VFSL07)
side A
1 : Great White Death
2 : Ass-Destroyer
3 : You Don't Have To Say Please
side B
1 : Rapemaster
2 : I'm Comin' Up Your Ass
3 : We've Got The Power
UPDATES
pricelist
APRIL 8 2010
UPDATES
diary / pricelist / faq
MARCH 20 2010
NME
Whitehouse is featured with photos and article on p33 of this week's NME (one of the Top 20 'cult' artists)
MARCH 17 2010
MARCH 1 2010
FEBRUARY 23 2010
GWD UPDATE
Whitehouse : Great White Death 180gm vinyl LP reissue (VFSL07)
side A
1 : Great White Death
2 : Ass-Destroyer
3 : You Don't Have To Say Please
side B
1 : Rapemaster
2 : I'm Comin' Up Your Ass
3 : We've Got The Power
FEBRUARY 16 2010
VICELAND ARTICLE
A short piece by WB on Italian gialli at the Vice website.
FEBRUARY 2 2010
JANUARY 23 2010
GREAT WHITE DEATH
After a short technical delay, we expect to have the Whitehouse vinyl reissue series back on track soon with the forthcoming Great White Death LP.
WROCLAW INDUSTRIAL FESTIVAL
Whitehouse will be headlining at this year's Wroclaw Industrial Festival (Poland) in November - more details soon.
DJ SURGEON NEW MIX
Whitehouse is featured in a new mix by DJ Surgeon.
JANUARY 14 2010
CUT HANDS AT CNN.COM
The documentary Vice Guide To Liberia featuring music by Cut Hands is now being hosted at CNN.com.
BLACK MAGAZINE
there is an interview with William Bennett in German music magazine Black (issue #50).
JANUARY 8 2010
LIBERIA DOCUMENTARY
The new documentary Vice Guide To Liberia features a soundtrack by Cut Hands.
DECEMBER 24 2009
CUT HANDS UPDATE
New Cut Hands update at WB's blog.
DECEMBER 1 2009
NOVEMBER 24 2009
WDR RADIO DOCUMENTARY
Whitehouse were featured extensively in a recent WDR German radio documentary, the programme included an exclusive spoken interview with William Bennett
NOVEMBER 21 2009
NOVEMBER 16 2009
INNER SLEEVE ONLINE
The Inner Sleeve feature in The Wire magazine by William Bennett has now been published online.
OCTOBER 16 2009
INNER SLEEVE
William Bennett is writer of this month's Inner Sleeve feature in The Wire magazine, the article focuses principally on the artwork of Yoko Ono's Fly double album.
SEPTEMBER 10 2009
GREAT WHITE DEATH LP DELAY
The release of Whitehouse VFSL07 Great White Death has had to be postponed for a couple of months.
SEPTEMBER 9 2009
AUGUST 7 2009
GREAT WHITE DEATH LP NEXT VINYL RELEASE
The next release in the Vinyl Archives Collection will be Whitehouse VFSL07 Great White Death - expected for an October 2009 release date.
AUGUST 3 2009
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary / pricelist
NEW BLOG UPDATES
williambennett.blogspot.com
afronoise.blogspot.com
djcuthands.blogspot.com
JULY 17 2009
NEW WHITEHOUSE RECORDINGS
Studio work is commencing on new Whitehouse recordings, as yet untitled.
JULY 11 2009
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary / pricelist
JUNE 19 2009
BIRD SEED 2LP NOW SHIPPING!
Latest release in the Whitehouse Vinyl Series Collection now shipping - heavyweight vinyl double album with includes instrumental version of Wriggle LIke A Fucking Eel pricelist
JUNE 17 2009
CUT HANDS POSTER SETS
We now have a very limited number of the Cut Hands events poster sets available - sent in hard tubes each poster is A3 size printed on high quality paper in full colour. pricelist
JUNE 11 2009
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary / pricelist
MAY 9 2009
UPDATES
diary / pricelist / faq
MARCH 17 2009
QUALITY TIME. LP NOW SHIPPING!
Latest release in the Whitehouse Vinyl Series Collection now shipping - heavyweight vinyl with full size reproduction of Trevor Brown artwork on sleeve. pricelist
MARCH 12 2009
FEBRUARY 27 2009
ASCETICISTS 2006 CD SOLD OUT
Sadly, the Whitehouse : Asceticists 2006 CD is now out of stock. pricelist
FEBRUARY 22 2009
ADVERSE EFFECT INTERVIEW
An extensive interview with William Bennett with Richo Johnson has now been posted at the new Adverse Effect site.
GREAT WHITE DEATH SE CD SOLD OUT
The Whitehouse : Great White Death SE CD is now out of stock. pricelist
FEBRUARY 10 2009
INDUSTRIAL MUSICS BOOK
Another new book just published, this time in French language, is Industrial Musics by Eric Duboys - this 650pp work features a 110pp chapter on Whitehouse. More info has been posted at the Susan Lawly Forum.
FEBRUARY 2 2009
JANUARY 19 2009
MICRO BIONIC BOOK
New book by Thomas Bey William Bailey includes an extensive chapter on Whitehouse and other related musical projects.
JANUARY 7 2009
QUALITY TIME. LP NEXT VINYL RELEASE
The next release in the Vinyl Archives Collection will be Whitehouse VFSL12 Quality Time. - expected for a March 2009 release date.
DECEMBER 18 2008
FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN DOLLAR PRICES!
The prices for payment in US dollars have all been again decreased owing to further recent drops in the value of UK sterling. pricelist
DECEMBER 17 2008
LA 177 FOR AUDIO ARCHIVES COLLECTION
We now have a full version of LA177 (Yokohama Triennale 2008) available free for owners of Volume 4 of the Live Action Archives Collection. Please email us for the link. (It's also now included on new copies of Volume 4.)
DECEMBER 15 2008
DECEMBER 8 2008
ASCETICISTS 2006 SLEEVES UPDATE
There is now a new slightly enhanced version of the Asceticists 2006 LP sleeve - if you have this LP and would like a copy of the new sleeve, please just let us know so we can include one in the package for you with any future vinyl order.
NOVEMBER 23 2008
NOVEMBER 18 2008
UPDATES
pricelist / live action dossier
NOVEMBER 11 2008
ERECTOR VINYL NOW SHIPPING!
Latest release in the Whitehouse Vinyl Series Collection now shipping - with original uncensored sleeve. pricelist
FURTHER DECREASES IN DOLLAR PRICES
The prices in US dollars have all been further decreased owing to the recent currency fluctuations. pricelist
NOVEMBER 7 2008
UPDATES
pricelist / live action dossier
OCTOBER 21 2008
OCTOBER 6 2008
SPECIAL RARE ITEMS ADDED!
Some very special Whitehouse memorabilia items added - please note the prices of these rare items of memorabilia have been revised and now also include airmail shipping worldwide including insurance. Photos of the items will be added shortly. pricelist
OCTOBER 5 2008
ASCETICISTS 2006 VINYL PREORDERS NOW!
This new release in the Vinyl Series Collection can now be pre-ordered for its 7th October official release date. pricelist
OCTOBER 4 2008
SKULLFLOWER AT CUT HANDS II
new night for music like no other : where the rules of the West no longer apply, where the sound of voodoo and santería is mixed with raw electricity : where we have the secret, you have the dilemma, and we have the solution - welcome to CUT HANDS!
We are very excited to confirm that Skullflower will be performing live at Cut Hands II clubnight on October 18th at Henry's Cellar Bar, Morrison Street, Edinburgh.
There will also be exclusive copies on sale at the event of the new vinyl releases Asceticists 2006 and Erector!
OCTOBER 2 2008
KILL YOUR TIMID NOTION
More details regarding William Bennett's forthcoming talk at this year's Kill Your Timid Notion in Dundee on 10th October. arika
SEPTEMBER 25 2008
NEW BLOG UPDATES
williambennett.blogspot.com
afronoise.blogspot.com
djcuthands.blogspot.com
SEPTEMBER 24 2008
SEPTEMBER 17 2008
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary
SEPTEMBER 16 2008
INCAPACITANTS
In addition to his solo set at the Yokohama Triennale 2008, William Bennett did a secial live collaboration with Mikawa from Incapacitants.
SEPTEMBER 12 2008
PRICES IN DOLLARS DECREASED
The prices in US dollars have all be decreased owing to the recent currency fluctuations. pricelist
SEPTEMBER 8 2008
CUT HANDS II
Has been confirmed to be taking place on October 18th in Edinburgh - special announcement soon.
SEPTEMBER 7 2008
VINYL RELEASE DATES
The release dates for Asceticists 2006 and Erector LPs in the Vinyl Collection Series have now been confirmed for October and November respectively. We are still working on getting the Bird Seed 2LP released shortly too. diary
KILL YOUR TIMID NOTION
William Bennett will be giving a talk at this year's Kill Your Timid Notion in Dundee on 10th October - more details soon. diary
SEPTEMBER 4 2008
NEW BLOG UPDATES
williambennett.blogspot.com
afronoise.blogspot.com
djcuthands.blogspot.com
AUGUST 29 2008
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary
AUGUST 26 2008
AUGUST 16 2008
LIVE ACTION ARCHIVES UPDATE
We now have a full version of LA67 available for owners of Volume 2 of the Live Action Archives Collection. Please email us for the link.
AUGUST 14 2008
FORUM INVITATION
If you have music or art projects that you feel may be of interest to the nearly 1,000 registered Susan Lawly forum members, or forthcoming live dates and exhibitions, there are two new sections that you'll be most welcome to use there.
AUGUST 11 2008
AUGUST 9 2008
VINYL COLLECTION UPDATE
The release of Bird Seed is still delayed unfortunately because of a faulty test pressing - however to regain the momentum of the series we are also releasing Erector and Asceticists 2006 (both as single LPs) in the same month. pricelist
AUGUST 3 2008
NEW BLOG UPDATES
williambennett.blogspot.com
afronoise.blogspot.com
djcuthands.blogspot.com
JULY 31 2008
JULY 23 2008
AFRO NOISE I FULL VERSION
The full version of the Afro Noise I mix broadcast on Resonance FM has now been archived at the CYRK site.
JULY 13 2008
AFRO NOISE I TRANSMISSION EXCERPT
Link below for a short 8 minute (or so) excerpt from this weekend's Resonance FM radio broadcast of the first afro noise mix - the full version is 49:40 and being broadcast on Sunday 20th July.
DJ Cut Hands - Afro Noise I (excerpt) 8:14
- DJ Cut Hands (William Bennett) - Afro Noise I (full version) 49:40
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djembe, doundoun, ksing-ksing, synthesiser, electronics by William Bennett; produced by William Bennett
- also excerpts from Florian Hecker, Whitehouse, East African witchcraft and Ghanaian funeral field recordings (with thanks to Brian Conniffe for his kind assistance), feline recordings
JULY 4 2008
LIVE ACTION ARCHIVES NOW AVAILABLE!
The entire collection of live action audio archives is now available on 4 volumes of DVD-R! Each volume can be purchased separately or the complete collection of 4x DVD-Rs. There are altogether 114 live recordings in existence and as we obtain new or better-quality recordings they will be added to the collection to fill in the gaps and available as free downloads to purchasers of the collection. The vast majority of the mp3 files are in 256kbps, however a few are at a lower bitrate. The live action dossier contains all the tracklistings, line-ups, reviews and much other information regarding all the concerts and recommended as a resource for further information. pricelist
JULY 1 2008
AUDIO ARCHIVE MATERIAL
Within the next few days the live action audiotapes will be phased out now that the major task of digitalising all the available archive material has been completed - the entire collection will be availabe in mp3 format (variable bitrates, mostly 256kbps) on 4x DVD volumes. More details regarding this coming soon.
JUNE 30 2008
JUNE 23 2008
ITUNES
As from today, alll the Whitehouse studio albums are now available on iTunes.
JUNE 19 2008
CUT HANDS : NEW CLUBNIGHT
new night for music like no other : where the rules of the West no longer apply, where the sound of voodoo and santería is mixed with raw electricity : where we have the secret, you have the dilemma, and we have the solution - welcome to CUT HANDS!
opening at Henry's Cellar Bar in Edinburgh on Friday, 25th July from 7pm till 10pm - William Bennett afro noise DJ set, live performance by the amazing Diva Abrasiva, and special visuals and much more! further details coming soon!
JUNE 14 2008
MAY 22 2008
MAY 15 2008
RESONANCE FM AFRO NOISE SET
On July 20th William Bennett will be doing a special afro noise set for Resonance FM. More details soon.
MAY 1 2008
EXTRA SHOW ADDED
An extra show in Oslo has been added to May's concerts. diary
APRIL 30 2008
TIETCHENS
There is a review of Racket by Asmus Tietchens in the new book (in German language) entitled Kopfhoerer, a collection of review of albums without the reviewers having listened to the recordings themselves.
APRIL 25 2008
UPDATES
Unfortunately we are now sold out of Whitehouse CD Cruise. pricelist
APRIL 25 2008
COLT EP
There is a special mix of Black Rabbits by William Bennett on the new Colt EP that's just been released by Obvious Records entitled You hold on to what's not real.
APRIL 20 2008
ZERO TOLERANCE
There is a feature article on the topic of creativity versus spontaneity by William Bennett in the latest issue of Zero Tolerance magazine.
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