Charles Uzzell-Edwards

Documenting almost exclusively for the Frankfurt-based Fax label, Welsh expatriate Charles Uzzell-Edwards makes environmental ambient large with found appear and field recordings, both single and in conjunction with artists such as for example Pete Namlook, Tetsu Inoue, Atom Heart, as well as the Mammal. A DJ of renown before getting into creation, Edwards transferred to the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Region in 1991 after learning commercial style in London. Functioning as a developer for skate/ravewear clothier Anarchic Adjustment, Edwards was a chill area staple when he fulfilled Fax’s Pete Namlook in 1993, signing up for the observed ambient label Fax initial as its US distribution arm (which he continues to be). He transferred into music creation in 1994 in cooperation with Namlook on two pieces of releases, A FRESH Awareness 1 and 2 and Create 1 and 2, before getting into single structure with Octopus the next year. Although developing increasingly toward even more organised compositional improvisations, Edwards continues to be concerned primarily using the integration of music with the surroundings not only where it’s noticed, but also where it’s made (through extensive usage of get in touch with mics and DAT recordings collected on area), which aligns his use early European free of charge improv groups such as for example AMM and modern compositional figures such as for example Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage. Following single and collaborative functions have also included a larger amount of digital sampling, aswell as components of jazz and post-rave experimental electronica.