Chlöe Herington // composer, performer, collaborator
From what originated as a solo project, performing mainly in art galleries, grew to include Elen Evans on harp. After moving from galleries back into music venues, my Chrome Hoof comrade, Emma Sullivan joined on bass, microkorg and vocals. Live, the music traverses the realms of noise and improv into songs, punctuated with found sounds and eases into spacey soundscapes.
"Absolutely beautiful." - John Doran
2014-present
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Yumi Hara formed Half The Sky in 2015 to perform Lindsay Cooper’s songs in Japan. The original group was entirely Japanese, with the exception of original drummer and lyricist Chris Cutler. This group - with small personnel changes - was later invited to Europe, when it was joined by the songs’ original singer Dagmar Krause. For these new European concerts the line-up adds two more members of Henry Cow, for whom much of this material was written, and we call ourselves Lindsay Cooper Songbook. As was true of the original bands Henry Cow and News From Babel - the new line-up retains an equal gender split.
bassoon/soprano sax/melodica/backing vocals 2016-present
Chrome Hoof are a progressive space rock/doom/disco outfit, known for high impact, theatrical performances. We
have toured internationally and have collaborated with artists such as Cluster, Damo Suzuki (Can), legendary French
producer JP Massiera and performance artist, Marcus Coates. Notable live performances include Bestival, Glastonbury, Barbican, Big
Chill, NME Shockwave Tour at Koko with Simian Mobile Disco, Shepherd’s Bush Empire with Klaxons, Jarvis Cocker’s
meltdown at the Southbank, ICA and numerous high profile European festivals.
bassoon/saxophones/backing vocals 2000-present
Swell Maps were an English experimental DIY, early punk and post-punk rock group active between 1972 and 1980. Influenced by bands such as T. Rex and German krautrock groups such as Can and Faust, they went on to be influential to many bands who defined the next quarter of a century of alternative music. Their influence is remarkable with Dinosaur Jr., R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Nirvana and Pavement all citing them as a major influences on their music. The band has reconvened as Swell Maps C21 over the last few years under the leadership of original member Jowe Head.
synths, radio, melodica 2021-present
