Caroline K
Caroline Kaye Walters (1957 – 12 July 2008), known as Caroline K, was an English singer, songwriter, and artist/producer. She was a founding member of the UK based experimental/industrial music group Nocturnal Emissions in the 1980s. She co-founded Sterile Records with Nigel Ayers in London in 1980. She played piano on the Class War 7 inch EP single Better Dead Than Wed![1]
Caroline K | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Caroline Kaye Walters |
| Born | 1957 |
| Died | 12 July 2008 (aged 50) Pisa, Italy |
| Genres | Experimental |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, artist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, tape loops, keyboards, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1979–2008 |
| Labels | Sterile Records, Earthly Delights, Klanggalerie |
She released her solo LP Now Wait for Last Year[2] in 1987 (the first release on the Earthly Delights label). The album's title was taken from a Philip K. Dick book of the same name. She also performed as SM Andrews. She lived in Garfagnana, Italy.
Caroline K died on 12 July 2008 in Pisa, Italy, from leukemia complications.
Discography
Studio albums
- Now Wait for Last Year (LP, Album) Earthly Delights 1987 (re-released in 2010 in CD format by Klanggalerie with bonus tracks)
Production
- Tissue of Lies (LP) Sterile Records 1980
- Funky Alternatives Three (CD)
- Tracking with Close-Ups Concrete Productions, Pinpoint Records 1989
- Befehlsnotstand / Shake those Chains (CD, Album, Ltd) Klanggalerie 2007
Co-production
- Traxtra (LP, Album) Trax 1982
- Shake those Chains Rattle those Cages (LP) Sterile Records 1985
- Songs of Love and Revolution (LP) Sterile Records 1985 (re-released in CD format by Dark Vinyl Records in 1992, and by Klanggalerie in 2007)
- Project One (LP) Shankini Nadi The Produkt Korps 1987
- Beyond Logic, Beyond Belief (LP) Earthly Delights 1990
- Tissue of Lies: Revised (CD) Dark Vinyl Records 1990 (re-released by Klanggalerie in 2008)
- Befehlsnotstand (CD) Dark Vinyl Records 1992
- Must Be Musique 2 (CD) Never Give Up Dark Vinyl Records 1993
- Befehlsnotstand / Shake those Chains (CD, Album, Ltd) Klanggalerie 2007
Tracks appear on
- Funky Alternatives Three (CD)
- Tracking with Close-Ups Concrete Productions, Pinpoint Records 1989
Notes
- Class War - Better Dead Than Wed! (in German), 26 October 1986, retrieved 25 February 2022
- "Nocturnal Emissions Discography – Caroline K now wait for last year". Earthlydelights.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
References
External links
- Discography at Discogs
- MusicBrainz entries for Caroline K and Nocturnal Emissions
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