{{Short description|British experimental noise project}} {{Refimprove|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Cut Hands | image = | caption = | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels. Set the value as a number without "px". --> | alias = | origin = United Kingdom | genre = Electronic music, experimental music, new-age music | years_active = 2008-present | label = Susan Lawly, Very Friendly, Blackest Ever Black, Dirtier Promotions | associated_acts = Whitehouse | website = | current_members = William Bennett | past_members = }}
'''Cut Hands''' is a British electronic music project of William Bennett, formerly of the power electronics band Whitehouse. Cut Hands began in 2008, and its music is heavily inspired by African and Haitian Vodou music, characterized by its rhythmic and percussion-based style.<ref name="The Quietus">{{cite web|title=Allmusic ((( ''More Than A Mind Can Take: An Interview With Cut Hands''|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/07199-william-bennett-cut-hands-whitehouse-interview|publisher=The Quietus|author=Gibbs, Rory J.|accessdate= July 30, 2015}}</ref>
==Early history== The project began when William Bennett was invited to DJ at Optimo, a large club in Glasgow. When he asked what they wanted him to play, they told him he could play whatever he wanted. At the time, he was very interested in the music of African culture, and thus he played ritual drumming music, mixed in with Haitian Vodou music.<ref name="Fact Magazine">{{cite web|title=''William Bennett: Cut Hands Has The Solution''|url=http://www.factmag.com/2011/10/18/william-bennett-cut-hands-has-the-solution/|work=Fact|author=Sande, Krain J.|accessdate= July 30, 2015}}</ref> The name "Cut Hands" is a reference to the Whitehouse song "Cut Hands Has the Solution", which was from their 2003 album ''Bird Seed''.<ref name="Decibel Magazine">{{cite web|title=''William Bennett [Cut Hands] Interviewed''|url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/featured/william-bennett-cut-hands-interviewed|work=Decibel|author=D., Chris |accessdate= July 30, 2015}}</ref>
Bennett's work as Cut Hands has brought him considerable attention in mainstream media, being placed in documentaries such as VICE's ''Kings of Cannabis''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/afronoise/posts/2123168671105097|title=Cut Hands|website=Facebook.com|accessdate=2020-06-25}}</ref> and having songs like "Black Mamba" sampled in hip-hop such as Danny Brown's "Pneumonia".
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''Afro Noise I (Volume 1)'' (2011, Very Friendly) *''Afro Noise I (Volume 2)'' (2011, Very Friendly) *''Black Mamba'' (2012, Very Friendly) *''Festival Of The Dead'' (2014, Blackest Ever Black) *''Afro Noise I (Volume 3)'' (2014, Dirter Promotions) *''Afro Noise I (Volume 4)'' (2014, Dirter Promotions) *''Sixteen Ways Out'' (2022, Susan Lawly)
===EPs=== *''Afro Noise I'' (2011, Artencio/Susan Lawly)
===Singles=== *"Black Mamba" 12" (2012, Blackest Ever Black) *"Damballah" 12" (2013, Blackest Ever Black) *"Madwomen" 12" (2013, Downwards)
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==External links== * [https://www.facebook.com/afronoise Cut Hands Facebook page] * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/2248079-Cut-Hands Cut Hands Discogs page]
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Category:British electronic music groups Category:British experimental musical groups Category:British noise musicians Category:British industrial musicians