Christopher Cundy

Chris Cundy, Bush Hall

Christopher Cundy (born 1976) is a British musician, composer and artist.

Christopher Cundy, also known as Chris Cundy, plays Bass clarinet, saxophones (tenor, soprano and baritone), Contrabass clarinet, electronics and percussion. He has composed music for a series of projects under his own name and collaborated with many other artists and groups, including Timber Timbre, Guillemots, Fyfe Dangerfield, Cold Specks, Little Annie, Devon Sproule, Edd Donovan, Kristin McClement and Longstone.

He has also been involved in theatrical productions with No Fit State Circus, Shakespeare's Globe and Florian Zeller's 'The Mother'.

Cundy's piece 'Winter Roses', from his solo bass clarinet LP 'The Disruptive Forest' was included on Stuart Maconie's BBC6 Music 'Freakiest Tunes of 2017[1]'.

Background

Cundy grew up in Medway, Kent and was drawn into the local music scene where he became friends with Billy Childish (artist, musician and founder of Hangman Records). He took up busking at the age of 14 and then became involved in experimental, free improvisation and popular music.

He studied Fine Art/ Painting at Cheltenham Art College. During this period he began to establish improvised projects such as Grace & Delete - a duo with fellow painter and electronics musician James Dunn. He also started to explore self-developed playing techniques such as multi-phonics, circular breathing, micro tonality and generally speaking a more tactile approach to the instrument. This has led him to working with composers including Thanos Chrysakis, and Pete M Wyer.

At Cheltenham he also met songwriter Fyfe Dangerfield who he has continued to collaborate with on a number of occasions since - most notably as an additional saxophonist for the Mercury Prize nominated pop band Guillemots.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Freakiest Tunes Of 2017, Freak Zone Playlist - BBC Radio 6 Music". BBC. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  2. ↑ "About". chris cundy. Retrieved 2018-02-27.


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