{{Short description|British musical duo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=June 2014}} {{refimprove|date=April 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Chris & Cosey | image = Chris & Cosey 2014.jpg | caption = Chris & Cosey performing in 2014 | landscape = yes | alias = Carter Tutti, CTI, Conspiracy International, Carter Tutti Void | origin = | genre = {{hlist|[[Electronic music|Electronic]]|[[synth-pop]]|[[Dance music|dance]]|[[post-industrial music|post-industrial]]|[[minimal wave]]}} | years_active = 1981&ndash;present | label = {{hlist|[[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]]|Conspiracy International|[[Nettwerk]]|[[PIAS Recordings|Play It Again Sam]]|[[Staalplaat]]|[[Wax Trax! Records|Wax Trax!]]|[[World Serpent Distribution|World Serpent]]}} | associated_acts = [[Throbbing Gristle]] | website = {{URL|chrisandcosey.com}} | current_members = * [[Chris Carter (British musician)|Chris Carter]] * [[Cosey Fanni Tutti]] | past_members = }} '''Chris & Cosey''', sometimes known as '''Carter Tutti''', are a musical duo formed in 1981, consisting of couple [[Chris Carter (British musician)|Chris Carter]] (electronics) and [[Cosey Fanni Tutti]] (voice, electronics, guitar, cornet), both previously (and as of 2020 the sole surviving) members of [[industrial music]] pioneers [[Throbbing Gristle]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CURRENT BIOGRAPHY (abridged version)|url=http://coseyfannitutti.com/|publisher=Coseyfannitutti.com|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Carter: BIOGRAPHY|url=http://www.chriscarter.co.uk/|publisher=Chriscarter.co.uk/|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> Since the release of their 1981 debut album ''Heartbeat'', the group have expanded on the rhythmic ideas of Throbbing Gristle while adding synthesized pop elements to their sound.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-cosey-mn0000088938/discography |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>

== History == When Throbbing Gristle broke up in 1981,<ref>{{cite web|title=Throbbing Gristle – Live At Kezar Pavillion, San Francisco, CA (May 29, 1981)|url=http://www.filter27.com/2251|publisher=Filter27.com|access-date=20 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325145812/http://www.filter27.com/2251|archive-date=25 March 2012|url-status=dead}}<!--sic--></ref> members Carter and Tutti signed with [[Rough Trade Records]] and began recording as Chris & Cosey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chrisandcosey.com/pages/textsfr.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510132952/http://www.chrisandcosey.com/pages/textsfr.htm|url-status=dead|title=Wayback Machine|archive-date=10 May 2008|website=Chrisandcosey.com|access-date=24 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 262-3</ref> They recorded four albums for the label using electronics, sampling, Cosey's vocals and [[cornet]] playing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti|url=http://www.brainwashed.com/tg/interview/ttj81cft.htm|publisher=Brainwashed.com|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> In 1983, they formed their own [[independent record label]] Creative Technology Institute (aka CTI)<ref>{{cite web|title=Creative Technology Institute|date=29 March 2012|url=https://kicktokill.blogspot.com/2012/03/creative-technology-institute.html|publisher=Kicktokill.blogspot.com|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> to release more experimental works and collaborations.<ref name="Strong" /> The first CTI projects, ''Elemental 7'' and ''European Rendezvous'', were released through [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]]'s DoubleVision label.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doublevision: Profile|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Doublevision|publisher=Discogs.com|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the duo worked with a number of independent labels such as [[Nettwerk]] (Canada), [[Play It Again Sam (record label)|Play It Again Sam]] (Belgium), [[Staalplaat]] (Netherlands), [[Wax Trax! Records|Wax Trax!]] (USA), and [[World Serpent Distribution]] (UK).<ref>{{cite web|title=About Conspiracy International (CTI)|url=http://www.ctimailorder.co.uk/|publisher=Ctimailorder.co.uk/|access-date=20 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716045625/http://www.ctimailorder.co.uk/|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1992, for artistic and health reasons, the duo stopped touring and concentrated on studio work.<ref>{{cite web|title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHRIS & COSEY/CARTER TUTTI : Biographies|url=http://chrisandcosey.com/content/biographies.html|publisher=Chrisandcosey.com/|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> They returned to performing live in 1998, as documented on the ''Union'' album.

Since the couple began collaborating, Carter and Tutti have worked with a variety of similarly respected and recognized avant-garde artists including [[Monte Cazazza]], [[Coil (band)|Coil]], [[Current 93]], [[John Duncan (American artist)|John Duncan]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], [[Eurythmics]], [[Boyd Rice]], and [[Robert Wyatt]]. The 1988 album ''Core'' is a collection of these collaborations.<ref>{{cite web|title=CHRIS AND COSEY|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=chris_and_cosey|publisher=Trouserpress.com/|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

Carter and Tutti's tracks have been remixed by world-renowned [[Disc jockey|DJs]] including [[Carl Craig]], Cosmic Connection, [[Fred Giannelli]], [[Daniel Miller (music producer)|Daniel Miller]], [[Mike Paradinas|μ-Ziq]], Vapourspace<ref>{{cite web|title=Vapourspace|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vapourspace|publisher=Discogs.com|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> and [[Andrew Weatherall]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History Of Chris And Cosey|url=http://www.chrisandcosey.com/resources/texts/ABriefHistoryOfChrisAndCosey.txt|publisher=Chrisandcosey.com|access-date=20 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424131924/http://www.chrisandcosey.com/resources/texts/ABriefHistoryOfChrisAndCosey.txt|archive-date=24 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Carter and Tutti have released two ongoing CD series of instrumental music: ''The Library Of Sound'' (L.O.S.) and ''Electronic Ambient Remixes'' (E.A.R.), currently with four volumes each. The E.A.R. series are remixes of material released solo by Carter or Tutti. Tracks from both these instrumental series have been used internationally in gallery installations, performed at numerous electronic music festivals, utilized on TV and radio broadcasts and within Hollywood movie trailers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris And Cosey|url=http://thethingonthedoorstep.be/artists.php?id=91|publisher=The Thing On The Doorstep|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

===2000 to present=== To greet the 21st century, Chris & Cosey became '''Carter Tutti''', celebrating the rebirth with a series of concerts which were documented on the live album ''LEM Festival October 2003''. The rebirth was completed by the release of the studio album ''Cabal'' later that year. Both also appeared as guests on the 2006 [[Current 93]] album ''[[Black Ships Ate the Sky]]''.

Carter and Tutti re-engaged with [[Throbbing Gristle]], which reformed with all four original members for a December 2004 [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festival appearance, and recorded several new studio albums over the following years – ''[[TG Now]]'' (2004) and ''[[Part Two (Throbbing Gristle album)|Part Two]]'' (2007). They also performed a short series of concerts in Europe and the United States in 2009, with a rare tour-only release album, ''[[The Third Mind Movements]]''. (Ostensibly, the few remaining copies were sold via mail-order through the Throbbing Gristle website<ref>{{cite web|title=Throbbing Gristle.com Shop Front|url=http://tg.greedbag.com/dept/~shop-front-12/|publisher=Throbbinggristle.com|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> upon completion of the tour).

In October 2010 Throbbing Gristle began a European tour; however, several days following the band's first tour date at the Hackney Dissenting Academy,<ref>{{cite web|title=THROBBING GRISTLE : HACKNEY DISSENTING ACADEMY|url=http://ticketshop.greedbag.com/buy/throbbing-gristle-hackney-dissen/|publisher=HACKNEY DISSENTING ACADEMY 1.2|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> London, Throbbing Gristle's website announced that [[Genesis P-Orridge]] was no longer willing to perform with the band, and would return home to New York. Chris, Cosey and [[Peter Christopherson|Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson]] finished the tour without P-Orridge, performing under the name X-TG.<ref>{{cite web|title=IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THROBBING GRISTLE!|url=https://throbbing--gristle.blogspot.com/|publisher=Throbbing--gristle.blogspot.com/|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=X-Industrial|url=https://sleazybkk.blogspot.com/|publisher=Sleazybkk.blogspot.com/|access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

Carter and Tutti performed with Nik Colk Void of [[Factory Floor]] at [[Mute Records|Mute]]'s Short Circuit Festival in May 2011. A live album of the show, with an additional studio track, was released as ''[[Transverse (album)|Transverse]]'' in 2012, under the name Carter Tutti Void.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16431-transverse/|title=Carter Tutti Void: Transverse|first=Nick|last=Neyland|website=Pitchfor.comk|access-date=24 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mute to Release 'Transverse'|url=http://straighttovideo.org/2012/01/mute-to-release-transverse/|publisher=Straight To Video|access-date=20 April 2012|author=R. Kellie|date=10 January 2012}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Albums=== *''Heartbeat'' (1981), Rough Trade *''Trance'' (1982), Rough Trade *''Songs of Love & Lust'' (1984), Rough Trade *''Technø Primitiv'' (1985), Rough Trade *''Allotropy'' (1987), Staalplaat *''Sweet Surprise'' (1987), Dragon *''Exotika'' (1987), Play It Again Sam *''Trust'' (1989), Play It Again Sam *''Pagan Tango'' (1991), Play It Again Sam/WaxTrax! *''Musik Fantastique'' (1992), Play It Again Sam *''Twist'' (1995), T&B Vinyl *''Skimble Skamble'' (1997), World Serpent *''Cabal'' (2004), CTI – Carter Tutti *''Feral Vapours of the Silver Ether'' (2007), CTI – as Carter Tutti *''[[Transverse (album)|Transverse]]'' (2012), Mute – as Carter Tutti Void *''f(x)'' (2015), Industrial Records – as Carter Tutti Void *''Triumvirate'' (2019), Industrial Records – as Carter Tutti Void

===Live albums=== *''Action!'' (1987), LD *''Union'' (1999), World Serpent *''C&C Luchtbal'' (2003) CTI, live album *''LEM Festival October 2003'' (2004) GliptotekaMagdalae, as Carter Tutti *''Transverse'' (2012), Mute, as Carter Tutti Void

;as CTI: *''Elemental 7'' (1984), DoubleVision *''European Rendezvous – CTI Live 1983'' (1984), DoubleVision *''Core'' (1988), Nettwerk/Play It Again Sam *''Metaphysical – "The library of sound" Edition One'' (1993), World Serpent *''Chronomanic – "The library of sound" Edition Two'' (1994), World Serpent *''In Continuum – "The library of sound" Edition Three'' (1995), World Serpent *''Point Seven – "The library of sound" Edition Four'' (1998), World Serpent

;Compilations *''Collectiv One: Conspiracy International'' (1989), Play It Again Sam *''Collectiv Two: The Best of Chris and Cosey'' (1989), Play It Again Sam *''Collectiv Three: An Elemental Rendevous'' [sic] (1990), Play It Again Sam *''Collectiv Four: Archive Recordings'' (1990), Play It Again Sam *''Reflection'' (1990), WaxTrax! *''The Essential Chris & Cosey Collection'' (2002), World Serpent *''Collected Works 1981 – 2000'' (2006), Conspiracy International

===EPs=== *''Take Five'' (1986), Licensed *''C + C Musik'' (1995), T&B Vinyl – promotional only

===Singles=== *"Night Shift" (1982) – [[flexi-disc]] with ''Vinyl'' magazine, split with [[Minimal Compact]] *"This is Me" (1983), Music Time – split with Wahnfried-Brown *"October (Love Song)" (1983), Rough Trade *"[[Sweet Surprise]]" (1985), Rough Trade *"Obsession" (1987), Play It Again Sam *"Obsession (remix)" (1987), Nettwerk *"Exotika" (1988), Play It Again Sam *"Exotika (extended remix)" (1988), Nettwerk *"Rise" (1988), Play It Again Sam *"Synaesthesia" (1991), Play It Again Sam *"Passion" (1991), World Serpent

;as Conspiracy International: *"Hammer House" (1984), CTI *"Thy Gift of Tongues" (1985), CTI

==Videos== *''Live Vol. 1'' (1996), Conspiracy International (VHS)

==References== {{Reflist}} ==Bibliography== * {{cite book|title=Tape Delay: Confessions from the Eighties Underground|language=en|last1=Neal|first1=Charles|publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd|year=1987|isbn=9780946719020|via=the Internet Archive|url=https://archive.org/details/tapedelay00neal|url-access=registration}} * {{cite book|last1=Reed|first1=S. Alexander|title=Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music|year=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed|url-access=registration|isbn=9780199832606|language=en|via=the Internet Archive}} * {{cite book|chapter=Chris & Cosey (CTI)|last=Whittaker|first=Simon|year=1999|edition=2nd|editor-last=Buckley|editor-first=Jonathan|editor2-last=Duane|editor2-first=Orla|editor3-last=Ellingham|editor3-first=Mark|editor4-last=Spicer|editor4-first=Al|title=Rock: The Rough Guide|chapter-url-access=registration|location=London, New York|publisher=[[Rough Guides]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock00roug/page/181 181]|isbn=1-85828-457-0|via=the Internet Archive|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock00roug/page/181}}

==External links== * {{official website|http://www.chrisandcosey.com}} * {{Discogs artist}} * [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=chris_and_cosey Trouser Press: Chris and Cosey]

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