Paul Dutton

About

In the shadowed realms of Britain's creative landscape, Paul Dutton emerged as a conjurer of sound and word, crafting sonic spells that lingered on the edge of recognition. Between 1942 and 1994, his voice wove through the air like an incantation, leaving a trail of whispered echoes upon the experimental tapes and magazines of the era. His work, entwined with Underwhich Audiographics and New Fire Tapes, bore the elemental essence of both the spoken word and the printed page, straddling the realms of neofolk and avant-garde literature. In "Full Throatle," the last of his releases in 1994, Dutton's oral artistry reached a zenith, his voice a vessel for the uncharted emotions of the human soul. "Plastic Tywriter" and "Fugitive Forms" whispered of a mind unrestrained by convention, while "Spokesheards," a collaboration with Sandra Braman, blended their voices into a single, haunting narrative. Dutton's legacy is etched upon the fragile pages of magazines and the magnetic spools of cassettes, a testament to a time when sound and literature melded in a ritualistic dance, each format a vessel for his unyielding creativity. His work remains an invocation to the curious, beckoning them to explore the depths of his elemental world.