Sculpture

Sculpture is the name used by several different acts. One is a London audiovisual performance duo made up of electronic music producer Dan Hayhurst and animator Reuben Sutherland. In that project, Sutherland works with homemade zoetropic discs that use concentric rings of illustrated frames to project looping fragments of images at 33, 45 and 78 rpm, combining older imaging techniques with a digital video camera. Hayhurst builds the sound from prepared audio material, including found tapes, lo-fi electronics, computer programming and analogue noise, using 1⁄4-inch tape loops, a hardware sampler, a cassette Walkman and a CDJ deck. The duo’s work is described through a hands-on process of unstable modular collage, with visible and audible elements developed in real time.

Their sound draws on found sounds, plunderphonics, early electronic music associated with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and twisted rhythms assembled without computer-based performance. Another group using the name is a German gothic metal band founded by guitarist Lotte after leaving Crematory in 1998. That line-up includes Stefan Hertrich and Lothar Först, and the band is active from 1997 to 1999. They release one album in 1999, and in late May 1999 bass player Hans Mappes suffers a serious motorcycle accident.

A further act with the same name is a death doom metal band from Setúbal, Portugal. They release an EP titled Like a Dead Flower in 1997.