Caroline K
Encyclopedia
Caroline Kaye Walters (1957 – 12 July 2008), known as Caroline K was an English
singer, songwriter and artist
/producer. She was a founder member of the UK based Nocturnal Emissions
experimental/industrial music
group in the 1980s. She co-founded Sterile Records
with Nigel Ayers
in London
in 1980. In 1986 she helped with the piano accompaniment on the Class War
7 inch EP single.
She released her solo LP Now Wait for Last Year in 1987 (the first release on the Earthly Delights label). The album's title was taken from a Philip K. Dick
book Now Wait for Last Year
. Also performed as SM Andrews. She lived in Garfagnana
, Italy
.
Caroline K died on 12 July 2008 in Pisa
, Italy
from leukemia
complications.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
singer, songwriter and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
/producer. She was a founder member of the UK based Nocturnal Emissions
Nocturnal Emissions
Nocturnal Emissions is a sound art project that has released numerous records and CDs in music styles ranging from electro-acoustic, musique concrète, hybridised beats, sound collage, post-industrial music, ambient and noise music....
experimental/industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
group in the 1980s. She co-founded Sterile Records
Sterile Records
The Sterile Records record label was formed in London in 1979 by Nigel Ayers and Caroline K of the post-industrial music group Nocturnal Emissions. With a background in the mail art networks, their intention was to create and promote a new form of music...
with Nigel Ayers
Nigel Ayers
Nigel Ayers is a multimedia artist born in Tideswell, Derbyshire, England, in 1957.His sound art has included numerous audio releases and live performances through his genre-busting group Nocturnal Emissions....
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in 1980. In 1986 she helped with the piano accompaniment on the Class War
Class War
Class War is a UK class struggle based group and newspaper originally set up by Ian Bone and others in 1983. It subsequently mutated various forms, becoming specifically anarchist....
7 inch EP single.
She released her solo LP Now Wait for Last Year in 1987 (the first release on the Earthly Delights label). The album's title was taken from a Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...
book Now Wait for Last Year
Now Wait for Last Year
Now Wait for Last Year is a 1966 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The novel describes a future where the planet Earth has allied with an extraterrestrial species known as 'Starmen in their war against another species, the Reegs.-Plot summary:...
. Also performed as SM Andrews. She lived in Garfagnana
Garfagnana
Garfagnana is an historical region of Italy, today part of the province of Lucca in the Apennines, in northwest Tuscany, but before the unification of Italy it belonged to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, ruled by the Este family. For a short time, in the 16th century, it was governed by the poet...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
Caroline K died on 12 July 2008 in Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
from leukemia
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
complications.
Studio albums
- Now Wait for Last Year (LP, Album) Earthly Delights 1987 (re-released in 2010 in CD format by Klanggalerie with bonus tracks)
Production
- Tissue of Lies (LP) Sterile RecordsSterile RecordsThe Sterile Records record label was formed in London in 1979 by Nigel Ayers and Caroline K of the post-industrial music group Nocturnal Emissions. With a background in the mail art networks, their intention was to create and promote a new form of music...
1980 - Funky Alternatives Three (CD)
- Tracking with Close-Ups Concrete Productions, Pinpoint Records 1989
- Befehlsnotstand / Shake those Chains (CD, Album, Ltd) Klanggalerie 2007
Co-production
- Traxtra (LP, Album) Trax 1982
- Shake those Chains Rattle those Cages (LP) Sterile Records 1985
- Songs of Love and Revolution (LP) Sterile Records 1985 (re-released in CD format by Dark Vinyl Records in 1992, and by Klanggalerie in 2007)
- Project One (LP) Shankini Nadi The Produkt Korps 1987
- Beyond Logic, Beyond Belief (LP) Earthly Delights 1990
- Tissue of Lies: Revised (CD) Dark Vinyl Records 1990 (re-released by Klanggalerie in 2008)
- Befehlsnotstand (CD) Dark Vinyl Records 1992
- Must Be Musique 2 (CD) Never Give Up Dark Vinyl Records 1993
- Befehlsnotstand / Shake those Chains (CD, Album, Ltd) Klanggalerie 2007
Tracks appear on
- Funky Alternatives Three (CD)
- Tracking with Close-Ups Concrete Productions, Pinpoint Records 1989
External links
- Discography at Discogs
- MusicBrainz entries for Caroline K and Nocturnal Emissions