Charlie Clouser
Clouser is a multi-instrumentalist composer, musician, producer, programmer, and remix artist who has worked with some of the seminal recording artists of the last twenty years. With his concentration now on music for visual media, Charlie continues to impress and amaze with his singular work.
Charlie came into prominence as a member of
Nine Inch Nails from 1994-2000. Before joining the band as keyboardist/programmer, he’d already built a following with his extreme synth work and remixes for
Prong, Marilyn Manson, White Zombie, and others. His dense layers of chopped-up beats and grinding synth bass lines were instrumental in defining the sound of White Zombie’s double-platinum 1994 breakthrough album
Jodi Walsham, from Humshaugh, died in January after taking her own life, aged 23. Her mum, Jayne, said Jodi had suffered from anxiety since she was young, but said: “If it wasn’t for Covid, she’d still be here- I know that.” Jodi, who went to Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham, spent a year in Vietnam after she graduated from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) in 2018, where she studied community drama and applied theatre. When Jodi returned from Vietnam, she had a job lined up to be a mentor in a school. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, the job offer was taken away.
A NEW music video plans to get listeners to SMILE. Core Music, in Hexham, has teamed up with Paul Susans, the bass player with renowned North-East band The Bahgddies and a highly respected and experienced community music practitioner, to dream up the idea of SMILE as a result of the effect the Covid pandemic has had on the arts and music in particular. SMILE is a reflection, in musical form, of the impact of Covid on the ability and opportunity for people to get together and create and play music. The project was designed to involve people of all ages with a specific focus on creating current and future opportunities for young people and the impact the arts has on their lives.
Newbrough Rob Tindall Warden Parish Council once more assembled by Zoom last week and again experienced a full turn out whilst two members of the public also tuned in. It must have been one of the shortest meetings on record as it was all over by 8pm in spite of having a wide range of issues on the agenda. Concern was expressed about the icy state of the pavements but councillors recognised this was the result of the recent ice storm which had also made the gripper strip on the level crossings difficult to negotiate. The weather (and Covid-19) had also affected work on traffic calming measures by the school and the Millennium Beacon. In both cases preparations were complete and physical work would start as soon as conditions allow. In a cynical aside it was noted that a decision on the Prudhamstone Quarry planning application was taking longer than Brexit. Grants to Core Music and Tynedale Hospice at Home were both approved. It was agreed that a submission should be made to the