Charles Bullen was a member of timeless pre/post-everything trio This Heat. He grew up in Liverpool and after moving to London in the early 70’s he formed the improvising duo Dolphin Logic with Charles Hayward, which later, with the addition of “non-musician” Gareth Williams, became This Heat. After releasing two seminal albums the band split in 1982 and Bullen made an album the following year under the name Lifetones focusing on repetition and a more syncopated dub influenced sound. Between 2016-2019 Bullen and Hayward formed This Is Not This Heat which toured the UK, Europe, USA and Japan performing expanded versions of This Heat’s oeuvre to unfaltering critical acclaim. Bullen also reformed Lifetones in 2023 for a short run playing Café Oto, Haus Der Kunst, Munich, and for the Pinault Foundation, Paris.