Tim Hodgkinson (London) flat guitar, electronics, clarinet and alto saxophone;
Thomas Lehn (Cologne) analogue synthesizer;
Roger Turner (London) drumsets and percussion
konk pack is a hardcore trio made up of world class improvisers tim hodgkinson (henry cow, the work, god, etc.), thomas lehn (music in movement electronic orchestra, and has also worked with eugene chadbourne, the klangräumer, paul lovens, shabotinski, radu malfatti, gerry hemingway, günter christmann, evan parker, etc. - "probably the world's best synthesizer player", jim o'rourke) and roger turner (who has worked with john russell, hugh davies, alan silva, phil minton, john butcher, comforts of madness, steve beresford, evan parker, derek bailey, cecil taylor)
"The accelerated, interactive electronica of Roger Turner (percussion), Tim Hodgkinson (deconstructed tabletop guitar) and Thomas Lehn (analogue synth) arises from a scintillating heap of sonic detritus the way an artificial intelligence manifests itself in a Manga movie: a writhing mass of automobiles, arcade consoles, street furniture and mobile phones. Hodgkinson attacks his amplified strings with plectrum and bow, his specs glinting as he waits for the right awkward moment to kloodge a sonic shard on the side of one of Turner's amazingly vocalised motifs (at times you swear you hear collaborator Phil Minton's musical snorts). Lehn restricts his pianism on analogue synth to pinched blurts, but still manages to resemble a switched-on Liszt. Although we itched to interrupt with applause, Konk Pack played an unbroken 45 minute set: fun debris, rollicking freakouts ... and one magical section of scrape and pling where the music seemed to play itself."
- Ben Watson The Wire, UK (April 2001)
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