Sunday 27 October 2019, 1pm
Please note that this is a matinee show – doors will open at 1pm and the event will start shortly after.
MUTE celebrate the release of their long awaited box set, STUMM433, out on 25 October 2019. The event will see Daniel Miller and Simon Fisher Turner in conversation and a playback of selections from the 5-piece box set
STUMM433 is the latest in the MUTE 4.0 (1978 > TOMORROW) series: a box set collating an unprecedented selection of Mute artists past, present and future, out on vinyl as a very limited box set edition of 433, signed by Daniel Miller as well as CD (both 5-piece collections, available from Mute Bank), and to download and stream.
STUMM433 features a huge array – over 50 - of Mute artists including Yann Tiersen, The Normal, Goldfrapp, Laibach, Depeche Mode, Liars, Silicon Teens, Erasure, K Á R Y Y N, Irmin Schmidt and many more, all presenting their own interpretation of one piece of music: John Cage’s game changing composition, 4’33”.
“Miller has presented us with a set of recordings that defy any attempts at subjective criticism and the most important thing is that it exists” - The Wire
“… an intriguing and playful curio” - Electronic Sound
“… a reflection of the very act of listening” - MOJO
“A daring endeavour…” - Buzz 4*
Where to begin with a figure like Simon Fisher Turner? From teenage stage and screen star to illustrious recording artist for Creation and Mute and score composer of Caravaggio (1986), Blue (1993) and The Epic of Everest (2013) - via a stint with The The and collaborations with Derek Jarman, David Lynch and Tilda Swinton - Turner embodies a distinctly modernist sensibility and boundless curiosity for sound. For A Colourful Storm, discovering Deux Filles, his devilishly intriguing, perfectly camp project with Colin Lloyd-Tucker, was a significant moment in shaping the label’s identity.
Caravaggio began Turner’s long relationship with the BFI, leading to the original score composition for restorations of three silent films, Un Chant D’Amour dir Jean Genet (1950), The Great White Silence dir Herbert Ponting (1924) and The Epic of Everest dir. Captain John Noel (1924, the latter winning an Ivor Novello Award. He has also composed film music for Mike Hodges, Michael Almareyda and Isao Yamada, while his collaborators over the years include Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gina Birch, Klara Lewis and The Elysian Collective. He returns to the stage for A Colourful Storm, following their Under the Arches release, Instability of the Signal (Mute, 2024) and ongoing missives for Touch’s sonic blog, Guerilla Audio.
Daniel Miller founded Mute, the influential independent British label, in 1978 with the release of his own 7” single, The Normal's ‘Warm Leatherette’ / ‘TVOD’.
Since then, Daniel Miller has expanded Mute to include publishing and management, with offices in London and New York. Running parallel to its strong commercial track record, the guiding spirit behind Mute has always been one of artistic freedom and creative adventure. Mute has nurtured and worked with artists as diverse as Depeche Mode, Laibach, New Order, Liars, Goldfrapp, Erasure, Swans, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Throbbing Gristle and Can.
Daniel Miller has produced some of the most groundbreaking releases and is a well respected and sought after techno DJ, playing regularly worldwide. Miller is a keen street photographer and has given a number of talks relating street photography to modular synths.
