Russell Haswell

Russell Haswell
Haswell performing at Cafe Oto in 2015
Background information
Born	1970 (age 55–56) Coventry, West Midlands, England [1]
Occupations	Musician visual artist
Labels	Editions Mego Warp

Russell Haswell (born 1970) is an English musician and visual artist, self-described as a "multidisciplinary artist". ^[1]

Biography

Russell Haswell has exhibited conceptual and wall-based visual works, video art, public sculpture, as well as audio presentations in both art gallery and concert hall contexts. Extreme Computer Music is one specialized area of activity.^{[ definition needed ]} An ongoing collaboration with Florian Hecker working with Iannis Xenakis' graphic-input "UPIC Music Composing System" is one project, the recorded results have been presented in the form of multi channel electroacoustic diffusion sessions, for example for the Frieze Art Fair. He has collaborated with Aphex Twin, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Florian Hecker, Earth, Popol Vuh, Kjetil Manheim, Carsten Höller, Mika Vainio, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Masami Akita, Peter Rehberg, Zbigniew Karkowski, Gescom, Yasunao Tone and Whitehouse.

In 2002 his debut album Live Salvage 1997→2000 (Mego) received a Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention for Digital Musics & Sound Art.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2005 and 2006 he curated two London-based All Tomorrow's Parties club events, entitled "Easy to Swallow", intended for the "broad-minded".^{[ citation needed ]} The events showcased: Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Yasunao Tone + Hecker, Mark Stewart and the Maffia, Aphex Twin, Whitehouse, Surgeon + Regis Present: British Murder Boys, Lee Dorrian, Pita, Earth, Autechre and Robert Hood (ex-Underground Resistance).

In 2009 he contributed a cover of the Wild Planet song "Cabasa Cabasa" to Warp Records's 20th anniversary Warp20 (Recreated) compilation.

He also released Factual (2012), ^[2] 37 Minute Workout (2014), ^[3] and As Sure As Night Follows Day (2015). ^[4]

Selected discography

• Live Salvage 1997→2000 (Mego, 2001)
• Satanstornade (with Masami Akita; Warp, 2002)
• Blackest Ever Black (Electroacoustic UPIC Recordings) (with Florian Hecker; Warner Classics & Jazz, 2007)
• UPIC Warp Tracks (with Florian Hecker; Warp, 2008)
• Second Live Salvage (Editions Mego, 2008)
• Wild Tracks (Editions Mego, 2009)
• In It (Immersive Live Salvage) (Editions Mego, 2011)
• Convulsive Threshold (with Yasunao Tone; Editions Mego, 2013)
• New Release (1) (with Regis as Concrete Fence; Pan, 2013)

References

1. Simpson, Paul. "Russell Haswell Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 November 2025.
2. Birkut. "Russel Haswell - FACTUAL". Tiny Mix Tapes . Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
3. Shaw, Steve (6 March 2014). "Russell Haswell - 37 Minute Workout". Fact . Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
4. Maleney, Ian (28 October 2015). "Russell Haswell - As Sure As Night Follows Day". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

Further reading

• Cuzner, Russell (20 March 2014). "A Sense For Contrast: The Strange World Of Russell Haswell". The Quietus .
• Cuzner, Russell (7 January 2015). "Architects of Freedom: Russell Haswell & Pain Jerk Interviewed". The Quietus .
• Keeling, Ryan (27 January 2016). "Russell Haswell: nO!se". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on 19 July 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Russell Haswell discography at Discogs