Hold Your Ground: Cosey Fanni Tutti

For almost six decades, Cosey Fanni Tutti has been at the vanguard of art, challenging the boundaries of music and – unforgettably, as part of Throbbing Gristle – society. Her new album, 2t2, recorded during a time of personal turmoil, channels the same uncompromising spirit that has always made her such a vital and transgressive force.

Musician, performer, artist and author Cosey Fanni Tutti has continually challenged boundaries and sensibilities through her work. Originating from a working-class community in East Yorkshire, she became a founding member of COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle, Chris & Cosey and Carter Tutti Void, creating obstinate, often abrasive electronic music that echoed the industrial landscape that surrounded her early years. As an artist, she has consistently played the roles of provocateur and auteur, believing that “my life is my art, my art is my life”. Her first solo album, Time To Tell (1983), was followed by 2019’s Tutti and 2022’s Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes, her score to Caroline Catz’s docudrama about the BBC Radiophonic trailblazer. Cosey’s new record, 2t2, is out on her own label, Conspiracy International, this summer... 

Read Adelle Stripe's interview with Cosey in the new edition of Crack Magazine (Issue167)