Colin Potter and Paul Bradley have been recording and playing live together since 2003 and have released four albums together.
Their latest cd titled The Simple Plan was released in early 2010 and shortly afterwards they formed their new project UN: and have since played festivals in Spain and Norway.
COLIN POTTER
Colin Potter is a sound engineer and musician. He has been involved in the field of electronic and experimental music for over thirty years. Based at his own IC studio, he has recorded, produced and distributed a wide array of projects. He has gained a reputation for innovative mixing and sound processing, working with artists such as Current 93, Fovea Hex, Ora, Organum, Monos, Andrew Chalk, Jonathan Coleclough and, most notably, with Steven Stapleton on many albums by the renowned Nurse With Wound. Several solo works have been released, as well as many collaborations. In the late Nineties, a desire to return to live performance has led to appearances at the Beyond Music festival in Los Angeles, 7Hz in San Francisco, the Liverpool Biennial, the Termite festival in Leeds, the Earational festival in Holland, the Donau festival in Austria, Brainwaves in Boston, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Ether festival at London South Bank, Villette Sonique in Paris, Resonator festival in Preston, REC festival in Reggio Emilia, Radar festival in Mexico City, Settembre Musica in Turin, the AvantGarde festival in Hamburg and numerous concerts in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Moscow, Berlin, Munster, Warsaw, Wroclav, Kracow, Gdansk, Paris, Venice, Ghent, Brno, Vienna, Porto, Barcelona, Brighton, Bristol, Nottingham, Edinburgh and London.
Colin Potter is a sound engineer and musician. He has been involved in the field of electronic and experimental music for over thirty years. Based at his own IC studio, he has recorded, produced and distributed a wide array of projects. He has gained a reputation for innovative mixing and sound processing, working with artists such as Current 93, Fovea Hex, Ora, Organum, Monos, Andrew Chalk, Jonathan Coleclough and, most notably, with Steven Stapleton on many albums by the renowned Nurse With Wound. Several solo works have been released, as well as many collaborations. In the late Nineties, a desire to return to live performance has led to appearances at the Beyond Music festival in Los Angeles, 7Hz in San Francisco, the Liverpool Biennial, the Termite festival in Leeds, the Earational festival in Holland, the Donau festival in Austria, Brainwaves in Boston, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Ether festival at London South Bank, Villette Sonique in Paris, Resonator festival in Preston, REC festival in Reggio Emilia, Radar festival in Mexico City, Settembre Musica in Turin, the AvantGarde festival in Hamburg and numerous concerts in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Moscow, Berlin, Munster, Warsaw, Wroclav, Kracow, Gdansk, Paris, Venice, Ghent, Brno, Vienna, Porto, Barcelona, Brighton, Bristol, Nottingham, Edinburgh and London.
Selected Recordings:
1992 (UD040) Thunder Perfect Mind with Nurse With Wound : 1994 (UD039) Rock’n’Roll Station with Nurse With Wound : 1996 (HSL010) Rosea with Ora : 2002 (ICR33) Low Ground with Jonathan Coleclough : 2002 (United Dairies) Man With The Woman Face with Nurse With Wound : 2006 (ICR53) Debris Field with Phil Mouldycliff, Keith Rowe, Loren Chasse : 2006 (Nextera) A Pressed On Sandwich with Hafler Trio : 2006 (Die Stadt) Huge with Fovea Hex : 2007 (Art-errorist) Disconnected with Nurse With Wound and Faust : 2010 (ICR71) Above the Sky with Monos : 2010 (ICR73) The Simple Plan with Paul Bradley.
1992 (UD040) Thunder Perfect Mind with Nurse With Wound : 1994 (UD039) Rock’n’Roll Station with Nurse With Wound : 1996 (HSL010) Rosea with Ora : 2002 (ICR33) Low Ground with Jonathan Coleclough : 2002 (United Dairies) Man With The Woman Face with Nurse With Wound : 2006 (ICR53) Debris Field with Phil Mouldycliff, Keith Rowe, Loren Chasse : 2006 (Nextera) A Pressed On Sandwich with Hafler Trio : 2006 (Die Stadt) Huge with Fovea Hex : 2007 (Art-errorist) Disconnected with Nurse With Wound and Faust : 2010 (ICR71) Above the Sky with Monos : 2010 (ICR73) The Simple Plan with Paul Bradley.
PAUL BRADLEY
When performing with UN:, Paul Bradley (who is originally from the UK but currently living in Valencia Spain) creates textural drones utilising either a guitar or various mini-synths and a collection of effects pedals. Sounds are extracted, reinterpreted and given a new context where disembodied drones are twisted into new sound-worlds creating rich, sonorous abstractions.
Collaborations have been plentiful working with contemporaries such as Colin Potter, Maile Colbert, Andrew Liles and also as a recent member of Monos and these “sensual strung-out vibrations” have been shown and performed in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Norway and the USA.
Paul also runs Twenty Hertz and Edition Sonoro labels issuing recordings from the likes of Monos, Ubeboet, irr.app.(ext.), Andrew Liles, Keith Berry and Jgrzinich and his own CD releases have been issued on several record labels including ICR (UK), Alluvial Recordings (USA), Shining Day (PL), Small Voices (IT), Con-v (ES) and on Twenty Hertz.
Collaborations have been plentiful working with contemporaries such as Colin Potter, Maile Colbert, Andrew Liles and also as a recent member of Monos and these “sensual strung-out vibrations” have been shown and performed in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Norway and the USA.
Paul also runs Twenty Hertz and Edition Sonoro labels issuing recordings from the likes of Monos, Ubeboet, irr.app.(ext.), Andrew Liles, Keith Berry and Jgrzinich and his own CD releases have been issued on several record labels including ICR (UK), Alluvial Recordings (USA), Shining Day (PL), Small Voices (IT), Con-v (ES) and on Twenty Hertz.
Praise for The Simple Plan:
A beautiful piece ... swelling to an engulfing roar. Brainwashed.
In this field the pair belongs to the upper echelon. Brain Dead Eternity.
An inviting and evocative work of sky-bound elegance. Indieville.
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Please contact
Paul Bradley : twentyhertz(at)twentyhert(dot)co(dot)uk
or
Colin Potter : colinpotter(at)another(dot)com
or
Colin Potter : colinpotter(at)another(dot)com
for our terms and conditions and full booking information
FUTURE PERFORMANCES :
July 8th 2011
UN: Lyon
UN: Lyon
21:00
Sonic, face au 04 quai des Etroits 69005. Lyon, France.
Sonic, face au 04 quai des Etroits 69005. Lyon, France.
PAST PERFORMANCES :
UN: Bodø
Nødutgangfestivalen 24th October 2010
Desk recording
Intr:Muros Festival 3rd July 2010
Room recording
UN: Sevilla by UN:
