CUT HANDS

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

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

STADTGARTEN : 23 SEPTEMBER

PATHWORKING

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

EVENTS UPDATE

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

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

OLD BLUE LAST : 17th April

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

CUT HANDS III PS

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

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

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

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

AFRICA AND OMEGA 2

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

VICE MAGAZINE

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

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

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

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

more details soon!

AFRICA AND OMEGA

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

CUT HANDS HAS THE SOLUTION - VERSE 2

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

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