Cut Hands

AFRO NOISE I VINYL LPS NOW AVAILABLE

2012-01-06T11:23:00.001-08:00

Both volumes of Cut Hands : Afro Noise I vinyl LPs are now available in limited quantities direct from Susan Lawly! Please don't miss out on these beautiful records.

CUT HANDS LIVE UPDATE 5

2011-11-27T21:30:00.001-08:00

Some new shows added at what are going to be unmissable events. More details soon.

28th Nov : Sonic (Lyon, France)
30th Nov : (Geneva, Switzerland)
2nd Dec : Unit (Tokyo, Japan) - Incapacitants 30th Anniversary + Ramleh
4th Dec : Club Metro (Kyoto, Japan) + Ramleh
10th Dec : (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

2012
19th Jan : Rhiz (Vienna, Austria)
21st Jan : King Kong Club (Berlin, Germany)
26th-29th Jan : Supersimetria (Barcelona, Spain)
1st Feb : CTM Festival (Berlin, Germany)
4th Feb : (Manchester, UK)
14th-25th Feb : (USA)
tbc Mar : (Saint Etienne, France)

CUT HANDS LIVE UPDATE

2011-10-15T08:43:00.001-07:00

New Cut Hands shows added for Vienna, Berlin, and Poznan now confirmed for 21st November.

10th Oct : Unsound Festival (Krakow, Poland) - sold out
21st Oct : Blackest Ever Black (London, UK) - Regis + Raime + special guest
23rd Oct : Supersonic Festival (Birmingham, UK)
2nd Nov : Mayhem (Copenhagen, Denmark)
11th Nov : www.magasin4.be (Brussels, Belgium)
19th Nov : (Gdansk, Poland)
21st Nov : (Poznan, Poland)
28th Nov : (Lyon, France)
30th Nov : (Geneva, Switzerland)
2nd Dec : Unit (Tokyo, Japan) - Incapacitants 30th Anniversary + Ramleh
4th Dec : (Kyoto, Japan) - Ramleh
10th Dec : (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

2012
19th Jan : Rhiz (Vienna, Austria)
21st Jan : King Kong Club (Berlin, Germany)
tbc Jan : (Paris, France)
tbc Jan : (Barcelona, Spain)
4th Feb : (Manchester, UK)
tbc Feb : tour (USA)
tbc Mar : (Saint Etienne, France)

FORTHCOMING SHOWS

2011-08-18T11:59:00.001-07:00

4th Sep : Music Is The Music Language Festival (Glasgow, UK)
24th Sep : CCA (Aalst, Belgium)
30th Sep : Endtyme (Manchester, UK)
10th Oct : Unsound Festival (Krakow, Poland)
21st Oct : Blackest Ever Black (London, UK)
23rd Oct : Supersonic Festival (Birmingham, UK)
2nd Nov : Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark) - NEW SHOW ADDED!
11th Nov : (Brussels, Belgium)
19th Nov : (Gdansk, Poland)
tbc Nov : (Lithuania)
tbc Nov : (Estonia)
tbc Nov : (Latvia)
tbc Nov : (Lyon, France)
tbc Nov : (Geneva, Switzerland)
2nd Dec : (Tokyo, Japan) - NEW SHOW ADDED!
tbc Dec : (Oslo, Norway)
tbc Dec : (Leeds, UK)
tbc Jan 2012 : (Barcelona, Spain)
tbc Feb 2012 : tour (USA)

CUT HANDS : CRY PARROT FESTIVAL

2011-07-28T11:03:00.001-07:00

Cut Hands performance at Cry Parrot Festival in Glasgow on Sunday 4th September!

more details!

CUT HANDS : EDINBURGH FESTIVAL

2011-07-25T06:17:00.001-07:00

A Cut Hands performance at Edinburgh Festival (part of the Edge Festival) on 16th August before flying to Japan the next morning! It's taking place at Sneaky Pete's in the mysterious Cowgate at 7.30pm. Tickets are £6 and can be booked online via TicketWeb.

INSIDE SYRIA

2011-07-11T11:03:00.001-07:00

The Cut Hands composition Rain Washes Over Chaff is featured in VBS's new documentary film Inside Syria.

CUT HANDS ALBUM UPDATE 5

2011-06-27T05:47:00.001-07:00

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

Volume 2
C01 Munkisi Munkondi
C02 Impassion
C03 Ezili Freda
C04 Nzambi Ia Muini

D01 Bia Mintatu
D02 Kongo
D03 Backlash
D04 Rain Washes Away Every Thing

CUT HANDS ALBUM PREORDERS

2011-04-20T04:42:00.001-07:00

http://www.susanlawly.freeuk.com/pricelist/pricelist.html

preorders now available! US$18.99 including worldwide shipping

get 2 exclusive limited Cut Hands art postcards included with each copy ordered while stocks last!

the official release date for the Cut Hands album (CD version) is 23rd May 2011; the CD comes with a 16pp booklet with special texts and vévé artwork

preorders can also be made with direct PayPal payment to susanlawly@freeuk.com
GBP£12.00 : USD$18.99 : includes worldwide shipping

CUT HANDS ALBUM UPDATE 2

2011-04-07T09:17:00.000-07:00

(from William Bennett blog)

Official release date for the Cut Hands album (CD version, 16pp booklet, catalogue no. VFSL101) has now been set for May 23rd. Still can't believe it. Planning a special limited edition vinyl edition at a later date.

CUT HANDS ALBUM UPDATE

CUT HANDS ALBUM UPDATE

2011-03-08T09:46:00.001-08:00

(from William Bennett blog)

Yes, it's hard to believe. After several years' toil, all the songs for the Cut Hands album are finished and there's not going to be any more tweaking, enhancing, or indeed fiddling. The finalised track listing is here below. So now before there comes any more temptation for meddling and interference, it's going to be shipped off for mastering.

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

MANDINGO!

2010-11-18T04:55:00.000-08:00

there is some new Cut Hands music featured in the new documentary film by VBS (Vice)

Mandingo!
a film about the interracial swinging scene in Florida...

Part One

CUT HANDS LIVE

2010-07-30T09:23:00.001-07:00

There will be a Cut Hands performance with visuals in Dusseldorf, Germany on December 10th, 2010.

update 18/11
this concert has now been postponed until March 2011

CNN.COM

2010-01-22T12:58:00.000-08:00

Vice Guide To Liberia and Cut Hands at CNN.com!

CUT HANDS

2009-12-05T12:21:00.001-08:00

Cut Hands update
so listed below are the tracks completed for the project, several are being featured in the forthcoming Vice documentary on Liberia, and there'll be a few more too before long

Cut Hands - Who No Know Go Knows 4:08 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)
Cut Hands - Who No Know Go Knows (percussion) 4:07 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)
Cut Hands - Rain Washes Over Chaff 4:11 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)
Cut Hands - Rain Washes Over Chaff (ambience) 2:38 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)
Cut Hands - Rain Washes Over Chaff (percussion) 4:07 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)
Cut Hands - Munkisi Munkondi 5:09 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2003)
Cut Hands - Nzambi Ia Lufua 2:44 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2006)
Cut Hands - Bia Mintatu 6:57 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2007)
Cut Hands - ++++ (Four Crosses) 2:57 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)
Cut Hands - Impassion 2:59 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)
Cut Hands - Backlash 1:53 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)
Cut Hands - Backlash (percussion) 1:52 (written and performed by W.Bennett, 2009)

WIRE WEB EXCLUSIVE

2009-10-18T12:21:00.001-07:00

There's a web exclusive track from Afro Noise I at The Wire magazine online site.

STADTGARTEN : 23 SEPTEMBER

2009-09-15T08:55:00.001-07:00

PATHWORKING

2009-08-20T07:55:00.001-07:00

Pathworking is a great brand new track from Brian Conniffe + Vicky Langan is available for download! More information can be obtained at the following sites: www.myspace.com/femaleorphanasylum
www.myspace.com/thewickermammy
http://brianconniffe.blogspot.com/

CUT HANDS III

2009-07-24T07:10:00.000-07:00

EVENTS UPDATE

2009-07-13T10:24:00.000-07:00

CUT HANDS : live at Salon Des Amateurs, Dusseldorf, Germany : 17th July
CUT HANDS : live at NK, Berlin, Germany : 18th July
CUT HANDS : live at GRV, Edinburgh : 12th September

ADVERSE EFFECT REVIEW

2009-05-25T14:20:00.001-07:00

A review of one of the recent Cut Hands performances in Poland has been posted at Adverse Effect.

OLD BLUE LAST : 17th April

2009-04-02T09:31:00.001-07:00

Cut Hands afro noise set at Old Blue Last in London (with visuals) on 17th April. Free entry!

CUT HANDS III PS

2009-02-11T06:27:00.000-08:00

firstly, thanks to all who attended Cut Hands III at the Glasgow CCA, hope you enjoyed what was to me a most enjoyable night! hoping to be able to do more shows there in the future, and do nights elsewhere too - thanks also to the wonderful Heather Leigh Murray and the guys from Defibrillators for their great sets

by the way, apologies for the lack of updates at the MySpace pages recently, and for the delay in approving the latest comments - there's a simple reason for that: I forgot the password!! (oops)

WB.

CUT HANDS III

2008-12-20T07:13:00.000-08:00

CUT HANDS III : CCA, GLASGOW : 7TH FEBRUARY 2009
the 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, and present you with the dilemma of the solution - welcome to CUT HANDS!

DEFIBRILLATORS
first time live in Scotland
HEATHER LEIGH MURRAY
special performance
CUT HANDS (WILLIAM BENNETT)
live DJ set + short talk/demo
NICK HERD
Cut Hands visual solution

Saturday, 7th February, 7.30pm
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
cca-glasgow.com/home
£4 advance guestlist (just email cuthands@gmail.com) : £5 on the door

(artwork by Stefan Danielsson)

DEFIBRILLATORS

2008-11-19T15:28:00.000-08:00

Check out this really excellent extended track from Defibrillators. Thanks to Anton Maiof for the link.

26/11/08
link updated to MediaSpace

CUT HANDS III

2008-10-22T07:28:00.001-07:00

CUT HANDS III will take place in Glasgow on February 7th - more details soon.

AFRICA AND OMEGA 2

2008-10-22T07:26:00.000-07:00

Some amazing updates at Stefan Danielsson's blog, don't miss them.

VICE MAGAZINE

2008-10-03T04:05:00.000-07:00

The article and interview with William Bennett regarding the Cut Hands project in this month's Vice Magazine has now also been posted online.

CUT HANDS II : RAIN WASHES OVER CHAFF

2008-09-08T07:40:00.001-07:00

The much-anticipated 2nd Cut Hands clubnight shall take place on Saturday October 18th at Henry's Cellar Bar, 7pm-10pm, and, in addition to the un/usual weird and wonderful goings-on in the Cut Hands afro noise tradition, we'll be joined live by the legendary drone/experimental act Skullflower. An evening not to be missed under any circumstances.

Skullflower live performance!
Cut Hands (William Bennett) DJ set + short talk/demonstration!
Cut Hands visual solution by Nick Herd!

18th October
7pm-10pm
Henry's Cellar Bar, Morrison Street, Edinburgh

£6 for those on advance list - just send an email or pm
£8 on the door

(poster artwork by Stefan Danielsson)

CUT HANDS : CLUBNIGHT

2008-08-31T10:00:00.000-07:00

The second Cut Hands clubnight will take place on October 18th at Henry's Cellar Bar in Edinburgh 7-10pm. More details soon!

DJ CUT HANDS : LIVE

2008-08-28T10:12:00.000-07:00

DJ Cut Hands (William Bennett) : live in Glasgow : Friday 7th November

more details soon!

AFRICA AND OMEGA

2008-08-27T09:19:00.000-07:00

New blog by Stefan Danielsson you'll want to hastily add to your bookmarks.

CUT HANDS HAS THE SOLUTION - VERSE 2

2008-08-15T18:08:00.000-07:00

QUESTION: DID YOU EVER HURT YOURSELF TO MAKE SOMEBODY SORRY?
HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRETEND TO BE SICK?
YOU EVER WANTED SOMETHING VERY MUCH BUT NEVER TOLD ANYBODY ABOUT IT?
ARE YOU SUCH A SLUG YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT A FUCKING SUNDAE?
YOU EVER MADE A BIT TOO MUCH FUSS OVER YOUR CUTS?
YES, THE CUTTING WILL BE QUITE DRAMATIC
IF YOU GET THE CRISSCROSS SLIT RIGHT
AND SHOW AN EXPOSED PIECE OF BONE
READY FOR THE HARVEST
AND IN A FEW SECONDS' TIME:
IN A DROP OF ANAL RED THE POISON
AND YOUR TOTALLY DISGUSTINGLY DISEASED UNKEMPT DISGUSTING EXCUSE OF A BODY
CONTINUES TO REACT
TILL MERE DAYS AFTER THE CUTTING
THE CANCER SAYS WELL HELLO
IN BETWEEN FAIRGROUND MUSCLE TWITCHES
AND CLEARLY WHITE SCALY SHIT
TINKERBOY SAYS BURN IT OUT
THE LITTLE CUNT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK HE'S TALKING ABOUT
AND JUST WEEKS AFTER THE CUTTING
YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW
HOW WELL YOU CAN IMAGINE
HOW SOON CHEAP TEARS ARE FORGOTTEN
BECAUSE THERE'S NO WASTED KLEENEX OR SYMPATHY
NOBODY WOULD GIVE A FUCKING TOSS
FOR THE QUASI-GLAMOUR OF YOUR SYMPTOMS
FOR YOUR RUSSELL'S SIGN
AND FOR YOUR ATROCIOUS SLEEPLESS LUCIDITY
BECAUSE WHAT IF THEY WERE PROVOKED?
IT'S PERFECTNESS AND IT'S ALL THERE
NO MORE POINTLESS TRAWLING THROUGH SELF-HELP BOOKS FOR TRIGGERING EXAMPLES
NO MORE DAYTIME TRASH OR DRUNKEN WISDOM
AT FIRST IT SEEMS NOT TO BE WORKING
TILL YOU GET THAT INTIMATION OF DANGER
THAT MEANS YOU CAN NO LONGER CONVINCE YOURSELF IT'S NOT WORKING
MORE AND MORE AND MORE
SO RIGHT NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR BLACKMAIL
WHO HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO MAKE GUILTY?
HAVE YOU EVER TOLD ON ANYONE?
WHAT SOMEBODY HAS TOLD YOU NOT TO TELL
MY QUESTION: I SAID HAVE YOU EVER TOLD ON ANYONE?
YET I'LL TELL YOU:
IT'S HELPING
AND I'LL TELL YOU:
YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

lyrics and music by William Bennett
from the album Bird Seed by Whitehouse
© 2003 Susan Lawly

ARCHIVED 2

2008-07-30T12:19:00.001-07:00

If you missed the Resonance FM transmission of the Afro Noise I mix, you can still get it at the CYRK site.

update: 1,600+ total downloads so far as of July 30th!
update: first 2 vinyl afro noise vinyl releases are now completed and ready to be mastered

INAUGURAL NIGHT

2008-07-26T06:41:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all who came to the inaugural Cut Hands clubnight in Edinburgh last night - was a really enjoyable night for us and hope everyone also enjoyed the experience. Next one is planned for September, date to be confirmed shortly.

CUT HANDS HAS THE SOLUTION : VERSE 1

2008-07-22T05:53:00.000-07:00

HEY, KNUCKLE-NICKS
I'LL TELL YOU:
IT'S HELPING
I'LL TELL YOU:
YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING
I CAN SEE YOU'RE USED
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN
BUT I DO KNOW PAST FAILURES STILL HAUNT YOU
THOUGHTLESS SLOW REMARKS YOU LATER REGRET
IT'S HARD TO OWN UP AND TAKE THE BLAME
FOR BEING A NERVOUS GIBBERING WRECK
SO GO ON BE A CARELESS FUCKING ONLOOKER
SO YOU CAN SIT AND NOT-THINK ABOUT PAIN
I KNOW ABOUT GASPING ATTACKS AND MIRROR-BLOOD
I KNOW ABOUT SHITBAGS AND SHAME
I KNOW A FUCKLOAD MORE THAN YOU REALISE
A FUCK OF A LOT MORE THAN YOU THINK
I KNOW WHY YOU CAN TAKE A KISS
BUT NOT A BONE-COUNT HUG
I KNOW YOU BITE YOUR FAT BANANA FINGERNAILS
AND I KNOW WHY YOU'D NEED TO SHAVE
I KNOW YOU'RE A SLOW FUSSY PATHETIC EATER
AND I KNOW YOU DON'T SLEEP MUCH
BUT I'LL STILL TELL YOU:
IT'S HELPING
AND I'LL STILL TELL YOU:
YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

lyrics and music by William Bennett
from the album Bird Seed by Whitehouse
© 2003 Susan Lawly

ARCHIVED

2008-07-22T05:51:00.000-07:00

In case you missed it, or would like to hear it again, the Afro Noise I mix by DJ Cut Hands (William Bennett) is now archived at the CYRK site.

AFRO NOISE I : EXCERPT

2008-07-18T06:21:00.001-07:00

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. Enjoy.

DJ Cut Hands (William Bennett) - Afro Noise I (excerpt) 8:14 - mp3/256kbps

DJ Cut Hands (William Bennett) - Afro Noise I (full version) 49:40
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

WELCOME TO CUT HANDS!

2008-07-16T15:45:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Cut Hands, new afro noise project by William Bennett (DJ Cut Hands) - regular clubnight, DJing, and new releases.