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James Cauty (commonly known as '''Jimmy''' or '''Jimi Cauty''', also known as '''Rockman Rock''') is a British artist and musician born in Totnes , Devon , England in 1956 . Cauty is best known as one half of the hitmaking duo The KLF ; as co-founder of The Orb and a leading innovator in the birth of the Ambient House genre; and as the man who Burnt One Million Pounds . Cauty is married to Cressida (nee Bowyer), with whom he has twins, Harold and Daisy.Sharkey, A., "Trash Art & Kreation", '' The Guardian Weekend '', 21 May 1994 ( link ). CAREER Early career As a 17-year old artist, Cauty painted a popular '' The Lord Of The Rings '' poster (and later, a counterpart based on '' The Hobbit '') for British retailer Athena ."The KLF", '' Western Mail '' ( Cardiff ), 4 March 2005 , p29. In 1981-2 Cauty was guitarist in a band called Angels 1-5, who recorded a , whom Cauty later married. In 1984, Cauty took on guitarist duties with pop/rock group Brilliant , in collaboration with singer June Montana and bassist Youth . The group split in 1986 after a less than warm reception to their debut album, '' Kiss The Lips Of Life ''. Artistic partnership with Bill Drummond, 1987-1995, 1997 Following Brilliant and a brief stint with Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction , Cauty joined with Bill Drummond to form The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu (The JAMs), a Situationist -inspired artistic collaboration that played out in various guises and media over much of the next decade. As an ''; the follow-up, '' Who Killed The JAMs? ''; and compilation '' Shag Times '') before a change of direction saw the duo mutate into dance and ambient music pioneers, The KLF . Along the way, the duo scored their first British number one hit single as The Timelords with the Gary Glitter / Dr. Who novelty-pop Mash-up " Doctorin' The Tardis ". The KLF released two ground breaking albums - '''', 16 May 1992 ( link ) Drummond and Cauty re-emerged in (G2)'', 8 December 1995 ( link ). Cauty worked with Drummond again in 1997 with a campaign to " Fuck The Millennium ", the highlight of which was a 23-minute live performance satirising the "pop comeback" - in which Cauty and Drummond appeared as grey-haired pensioners and wheeled around the stage in electric wheelchairs."Justified and (Very) Ancient?", '' Melody Maker '', 20 August 1997 ( link ) Throughout The KLF's career, Drummond was most often the mouthpiece of the group and is often viewed as their chief protagonist. '''', 3 November 1995 ( link ) Contrasting with Drummond's image, Jimmy Cauty was perceived - or presented - as "Rockman Rock - cool dude";'' work for The KLF, and her own work as an artist. Ambient house, 1988-1992 In the late 1980s, Cauty met Alex Paterson and the duo began DJ-ing and producing together as ''The Orb''. Paterson and Cauty's first release was a 1988 Acid House anthem track, "Tripping on Sunshine" released on the German record compilation '' Eternity Project One ''.1 ''Eternity Project One'' also featured a collaborative track between Cauty and future Orb member Kris Weston . The following year, The Orb released the '' Kiss EP '', a four-track EP based on samples from New York City 's KISS FM . It was released on Paterson and Glover's new record label WAU/Mr. Modo Records , which Paterson and Glover created out of a desire to maintain financial independence from larger record labels.2 After spending a weekend of making what Paterson described as "really shit drum sounds", the duo decided to abandon beat-heavy music and instead work on music for after-hours listening by "taking the bloody drums away".3 Paterson and Cauty began DJ-ing in London and landed a deal for The Orb to play the Chill Out room at London nightclub Heaven . Resident DJ Paul Oakenfold brought in the duo specifically as ambient DJs for his "The Land of Oz" event at Heaven.4 Though initially The Orb's Monday night performances had only several "hard-core" followers, their "Chill Out Room" act grew popular over the course of their six month stay at Heaven to the point that the small room was often packed with around 100 people.5 The Orb's performances became especially popular among weary DJs and clubbers who sought solace from the loud, rhythmic music of the dancefloor.6 The Orb would build up melodies using Multitrack Recording s linked to multiple Record Deck s and a Mixer . They incorporated many CDs, cassettes, and BBC Sound Effects into their act, often accompanied with pieces of popular dance tracks such as " Sueño Latino ". Most often, they played Dub Reggae and other Chill Out Music which they described as "Ambient house for the E generation."7 Throughout 1989, Paterson, Cauty, and Martin Glover developed the musical genre of Ambient House through the use of a diverse array of Samples and recordings. The culmination of their musical work came towards the end of the year when The Orb recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1 . The track, then known as "Loving You", was largely improvisational and featured a wealth of sound effects and samples from Science Fiction radio plays, nature sounds, and Minnie Riperton 's "Lovin' You".8 For its release as a single on record label Big Life , The Orb changed the title to " A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld ". In 1990, Paterson and Cauty held several recording sessions at Cauty's studio, Trancentral . Out of these sessions came The KLF album '' Chill Out '', on which Paterson appeared in an uncredited role.9 The '' Grove Dictionary '' suggests ''Chill Out'' to be the first ambient house album. When offered an album deal by Big Life, The Orb found themselves at a crossroads. Cauty preferred that albums by The Orb were released on his KLF Communications label, whereas Paterson wanted to ensure The Orb did not become an offshoot of The KLF.10 Due to these issues, Cauty and Paterson split in April 1990, with Paterson keeping the name ''The Orb''. Cauty removed Paterson's contributions from the recordings in progress and released the album as '' Space '' on KLF Communications .11 Post-KLF As "Advanced Acoustic Armaments" (aka Triple-A, Advanced Acoustic Armourments) his ''Squawk-EP'' was already listed by Blast First Records but like a lot of his projects this album was never released. In 1999 Cauty produced several remixes under the alias The Scourge Of The Earth for artists such as Placebo , Marilyn Manson , Hawkwind , Ian Brown , The Orb etc. In December 1999 he joined with Guy Pratt to record and release a cellphone-themed novelty-pop record " I Wanna 1-2-1 With You " under the name Solid Gold Chartbusters. Although it was intended to be Christmas number 1 it didn't even go top ten; BBC Radio 1 refused to play the song. In 2000 Cauty worked on several new tracks for his new record company Crapola Records. In ". Cauty left the band in 2004 to work on other projects. In 2006 , the Transit Kings released their debut album, '' Living In A Giant Candle Winking At God ''; Cauty is listed as a composer on 7 of the album's 12 tracks.''Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God'' entry at Discogs.com ( link ) Until mid-2005, together with James Fogarty and Keir Jens-Smith, he was part of art/music collective Blacksmoke . Cauty exhibits art work at the Aquarium Gallery , London. He has worked in conjunction with the gallery on the Cautese Nationál Postal Disservice : he designs stamps and the gallery sells them as stamps, first day covers and limited edition prints. NOTES AND REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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