Steve Hitchcock

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Emerging from the misty moors of Britain's experimental underground, Steve Hitchcock casts a shadow from 1953 to 1979 with his enigmatic self-released works. Tapes and magazines of his creation stand as solitary beacons within the elemental realm of industrial folk. His opus, "The Emetic Dance of Oral Surgeons" (1979), unfurls as a ritualistic incantation of noise, a stark testament to his exploration of auditory dissonance. The year 1978 bore witness to Hitchcock's devotion to the arcane through "Typographical Error / Time Piece for Steve Reich" — a cassette that melds improvisational saxophone with the ancient echoes of British folk. The T-Shirt for APROPOS Exhibition (1979) further cements his commitment to art as a living, breathing entity, a reflection of his multifaceted vision. Though his listeners remain few, those who seek the primal, the raw, and the unfettered find solace in Hitchcock's catalog. His releases are not mere recordings but invocations, each a solitary journey into the heart of sound itself.