Jimmy Cauty
James Francis Cauty (born 19 December 1956), also known as Rockman Rock, is an English artist and musician, best known as one-half of the duo the KLF, co-founder of the Orb and as the man who burnt £1 million.
[7][3] Concocting a scheme for a hip-hop record on New Year's Day 1987, Drummond needed a like-minded collaborator with expertise in current music technology, and so contacted Cauty.
"[27] However, the initial idea for the K Foundation's one million incineration was Cauty's,[18] although he was beginning to express regret in 1995 at which time Drummond remained resolute.
[27] Cauty was the musical bedrock of The KLF, whether laying down the starting track for "Doctorin' the Tardis",[31] or playing electric guitar, bass, drums and keyboard on "America: What Time Is Love?".
[35] Engineer Mark Stent recalled Drummond as providing "big concepts and insane ideas", whereas Cauty - he said - was "literally a musical genius".
[3] John Higgs wrote in The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds that: A simplified description of their partnership would portray Cauty as the musician and Drummond as the strategist, but this view doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
[40] Resident DJ Paul Oakenfold brought in the duo specifically as ambient DJs for his "The Land of Oz" event at Heaven.
They incorporated many CDs, cassettes, and BBC sound effects into their act, often accompanied with pieces of popular dance tracks such as "Sueño Latino".
"[39][46] Throughout 1989, Paterson, Cauty, Drummond and Youth developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings.
The culmination of Cauty and Paterson's musical work came towards the end of the year when the Orb recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1.
[38][51] In 1999 Cauty produced several remixes under the alias The Scourge of the Earth for Placebo, Marilyn Manson, Hawkwind, Ian Brown, the Orb, and others.
[58][59] Cauty works with the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop, London which he explains "is not a gallery, it's a support system, spiritual home and technical epicentre for a small group of artists"[60] which includes Billy Childish, Jamie Reid, and Harry Adams.
[citation needed] Following 2003 media speculation that Saddam Hussein could launch a poison chemical attack on London, Cauty designed the Stamps of Mass Destruction for Blacksmoke Art Collective.
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd class stamps featuring the Queen's head wearing a gas mask were released as limited edition prints and exhibited at Artrepublic Gallery, Brighton.
[62][63] In 2004, Cauty installed a gift shop, Blackoff, at the Aquarium Gallery, based on the UK government's Preparing for Emergencies leaflet.
"[66] The images were launched at the Bayswater Road Sunday Art Exhibition,[67] bombed onto billboards and fly-posted across London, as well as being released by The Aquarium as limited edition prints and stamps.
[citation needed] In 2008, Jimmy Cauty held a public exhibition in The Aquarium L-13 named "Splatter", which was an altered version of several classic Looney Tunes cartoons, with characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and others depicted in shocking acts of violence, often murder.
[5] In 2012, Cauty premiered his short film, Believe the Magic, starring Debbie Harry, Nick Lehan and Branko Tomović, at Tate Modern as part of the annual Merge festival.
[65] The sculpture, constructed by modifying components of traditional model railway kits, took approximately 8 months to complete includes nearly 3,000 police figures and a soundtrack pitched to match the 1:87 scale.
[71] The Aftermath Dislocation principle then toured the Netherlands, being shown at Piet Hein Eek Gallery, Eindhoven (November 2013),[72] Cultuurwerf, Vlissingen (April 2014),[73] and Mediamatic, Amsterdam (July–August 2014).
He originally designed the riot shields in 2012 as a symbol of "non-violent direct action"[76] and as a practical self-protective measure for his step-daughter during the Occupy St Paul's eviction.
