MMXIII

Magical moments of 2012: the gift of an unfeasibly large basket of exotic fruit, the coalmines of Saint Etienne, having Den Harrow follow DJ Benetti on Twitter, getting to see Reincarnated, the streets of San Francisco, classic disco vinyl played at Torino vegan restaurant, Maya Deren screening, release of the chimps, BEB night, a platinum at last on PSN, Romney's demise, Daphne's birthday bubbly in Barcelona, Gullivers in Manchester, Cleveland waitress who turned out to be a fan of Uncle William, HMS Bounty at Boothbay Harbor, and so much else...
Incredible year, one of the very best, even despite a couple of health scares.
The travelling's been so much fun, met so many amazing people at shows: in the States, on the continent, and also back home. Also saw and heard some genuinely inspiring new stuff, recorded, live, and DJ sets: there's some amazing music out there for anyone who's ready to go out and look.
During the spring and summer, recording and preparing Black Mamba took quite a heavy toll and I don't care what that fucking snool at The Wire thinks about 54 Needles because I love that song and am proud of that album. Seriously, what's not to like about incense?!
Vinyl version will be happening before long with new songs to replace ones already included in the previous Afro Noise I vinyl sets. Also, Madwoman, a new 12", is in the works. Excited.
Anyway, my true thanks and love to everyone for listening, for writing in, for feedback, for doing reviews, for putting on concerts, for coming to concerts. It means such a lot. I hope the music might give you much special pleasure and more, and for a long time to come.
Have a great holiday and all that's right there in waiting for 2013.

ALBUM NOTES + UPDATES

CUT HANDS : BLACK MAMBA CD - now available! 
direct orders include 2x exclusive art postcards (see below)

CD includes beautiful 16pp booklet featuring text and images by vévé artist Mimsy DeBlois
catalogue number: VFSL102
distributed by Cargo Records UK

TRACKLISTING WITH NOTES:

1) Witness The Spread Of The Dream - if you were at the Tate Modern event in London a couple of years ago, you may recognise an Extralinguistic Sequencing extract here
2) Black Mamba - this is a slightly different version from the Blackest Ever Black 12" single release
3) Krokodilo - version with percussion, originally commissioned for the Siberia: Krokodil Tears documentary film
4) Nzambi Ia Ngonde - music included in Reincarnated, Snoop Dogg's recent documentary movie set in Jamaica
5) No Spare No Soul - beware of this new direction!
6) El Palo Mayombe - also included in Reincarnated, you can hear some in the trailer
7) Kongo - this is an old track I'd been working on for a couple of years, finally got it how I wanted it
8) Brown-Brown - featured in last year's Japanese CD EP
9) 54 Needles - the title here shall have to remain a dark secret
10) Nzambi Ia Muini - another nzambi eulogy, the third; I have a dream of one day making an entire record of these pieces
11) Erzulie D'en Tort - Ezili Freda's rival
12) Nine-Night - inspired by life and death in Jamaica

Cut Hands official T-shirts
Cut Hands original vévé artwork

Cut Hands forthcoming shows:
27th October : NK (Berlin, Germany) + Florian Hecker, Marcus Schmickler 
29th December : Dublin, Ireland
January 2013 : Edinburgh, UK
January 26th 2013 : Stockholm, Sweden
February 2013 : Nantes, France

Cut Hands Black Mamba CD ($18.99) now shipping, free exclusive art postcards

Cut Hands Black Mamba 12" single ($19.99) limited copies

Cut Hands Afro Noise Japanese EP CD ($17.99) SOLD OUT :-(
Cut Hands Afro Noise I CD ($18.99)
Cut Hands Afro Noise I Volume 1 LP ($29.99) SOLD OUT :-(
Cut Hands Afro Noise I Volume 2 LP ($29.99) final copies

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CUT HANDS UPDATE 13

There's a special collection of Cut Hands booty at Ebay, all proceeds to Collapse journal!

New tracks completed (no release plans as yet!):
Nine-Night
Black Mamba
Pains Part Of The Dilemma
Nzambi Ia Ngonde
54 Needles
Palo Mayombe

Forthcoming shows:
14th April : info (Stockholm, Sweden)
27th April : Power Lunches (London, UK) + Maria & The Mirrors
5th May : Cripta 747 (Torino, Italy)
27th May : Sub Club (Glasgow, UK)
25th May : WGT Festival (Leipzig, Germany)
21st July : tbc (Edinburgh, UK)
tbc September : tbc (USA tour)
2nd October : tbc (Berlin, Germany)
13th October : tbc (London, UK)
27th October : NK (Berlin, Germany)  + Marcus Schmickler + Florian Hecker