Blurt is a British

United Kingdom

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 musical group

Musical ensemble

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 founded by the poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton

Ted Milton

Ted Milton is an English poet and musician, best known for leading the Blurt, an experimental jazz-rock group.Milton grew up in Africa, Canada and Great Britain. He published some early poems in magazines like Paris Review...

 in 1979 in Stroud

Stroud, Gloucestershire

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, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

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; with Milton's brother Jake Milton, formerly of psychedelic group Quintessence

Quintessence

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, on drums and Peter Creese on guitar. After three albums Creese left the band to be replaced by Herman Martin on synthesizers who, after a year of constant touring left the band, and was replaced by Steve Eagles, former member of Satans Rats, The Photos

The Photos

The Photos were a British new wave band fronted by Wendy Wu, who had a top 5 album in the UK in 1980.-History:The Photos were originally a punk band named Satan's Rats that formed in Evesham, Worcestershire in 1977, with the first stable line-up of Paul Rencher , Steve Eagles , Roy Wilkes , and...

 and Bang Bang Machine

Bang Bang Machine

Bang Bang Machine were a cult indie band from Evesham, Worcestershire in England. They formed in 1989 and split up in 1996 after record company troubles.-Career:...

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Shortly thereafter Jake Milton left to be replaced by Paul Wigens, with a short interim on drums by Nic Murcott. Eagles was replaced by Chris Vine as guitarist from 1990 to 1994. The latest drummer in the band is Dave Aylward, replacing Bob Leith who manned the drumkit from 2005 until 2008. Charles Hayward

Charles Hayward

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 also played in Blurt from May until October 2001.

Blurt's compositions

Musical composition

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 are predominantly based around simple, repetitive

Repetition (music)

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 minimalistic guitar and/or saxophone phrases, but can also explore more abstract musical territories, often serving as an atmospheric backdrop for Ted Milton's existentialist poetry.

Blurt's music is featured on the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 of the German

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 movie

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, Abendland.

Discography

Chart placings shown from the UK Indie Chart

UK Indie Chart

The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...

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• "My Mother Was a Friend of an Enemy of The People" / "Get" (7") (1980) Test Pressings #12
• In Berlin (LP) (1981) Armageddon #14 (UK), Ruby
  Ruby Records
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   #103 (US)
• "The Fish Needs A Bike" (7") (1981) Armageddon #46
• "13 Febr. 1982" (7") (1982) Big Balumbas in Burundi
• Blurt (LP) (1982) Red Flame
• "The Ruminant Plinth" / "Spill The Beans" (12") (1983) Red Flame
• Bullets For You (LP) (1984) Divine
• "White Line Fever" (12") (1984) Another Side
• Friday The 12th (LP) (1985) Another Side
• Poppycock (LP) (1986) Toeblock
• Smoke Time (LP) (1987) Toeblock, Line Records
• "The Body That They Built To Fit The Car" (12") (1987) Toeblock, Line Records
• Kenny Rogers Greatest Hit (LP) (1989) Visa
• Kenny Rogers Greatest Hit (Take 2) (LP) (1989) Toeblock
• Pagan Strings (LP) (1992) Toeblock
• Magic Moments (CD) (1995) Bahia Music
• Celebrating The Bespoke Cell Of Little Ease (CD) (1999) Bahia Music
• The Best Of Blurt - Volume 1 - The Fish Needs A Bike (CD) (2003) Salamander (2)
• The Best Of Blurt - Volume 2 - The Body That They Built To Fit The Car (CD) (2006) Salamander (2)
• Blurt - The Factory Recordings (CD) (2008) LTM Recordings
• "Cut It!" b/w "Hat" (7") (2008) The Orchestra Pit Recording Co.
• Cut It! (CD) (2010) LTM Recordings

Tracks appeared on

• A Factory Quartet (2xLP): "Puppeteer", "Dyslexia Rules K.O.", "Some Come", "Benighted" (1980) Factory
  Factory Records
  Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...
  
  
• Audio Visual (LP): "Gravespit" (Live), Sweatbox (1985)
• Hits $ Corruption (LP): "Poppycock", Hits & Corruption (1986)
• Q.E.D. (2xLP + 7"): "Man To Fly", N.L. Centrum (1988)
• Rough Trade Shops - Post Punk 01 (2xCD): "The Fish Needs A Bike" (2003) Mute Records
  Mute Records
  Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...
  
  

External links

• Blurt official site http://www.tedmilton.net
• Second Blurt official site http://www.tedmilton.com
• Blurt on Myspace
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  http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=92967094