Ted Milton studied Bookbinding at London's Central School Of Arts & Crafts in the late 60s. But he became a puppeteer, & fifteen years later founded the psycho-funk, afro-punk, fake no-wave, pogo-jazz trio known as Blurt. At the end of the 80s, finding hmself living in Bruxelles, he began a collection of the string discarded by postmen. When a large jar was full to the brim, he was inspired to create his first book - "Pagan Strings" - the materials mostly "found". In recent years he's begun a new series, each book containing a CDR of one of his songs. Ted Milton has exhibited his work on occasion, & his books are in the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale & The British Library.
(Biography Last updated 28 October 2005)
Release date 29 May 2006
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Ted Milton sees things clearer than most people. Clearer than most people want to see things, maybe – an explanation for why, although his Blurt project has existed in various incarnations for over 25 years (the superbly-titled debut single, My Mother Was A Friend Of An Enemy Of The People ... [more]
Release date 1 October 2005
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Cover: 8 x 12 cm found cardboard rubber-stamped & inlaid with found wire.
Endpapers: German (or Swiss) rail travel plan.
Text: Photocopied on 8 x 200 gram pages.
CDR of "Violin Sherbet" recorded at the Astra Stube in Hamburg 06.12.04.
Numbered dated & signed.
Weight: 70 grams.
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Release date 1 August 2005
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Cover: 12 x 10 cms found cardboard rubber-stamped & wooden cutlery affixed(found in the artists' catering tent at the Glastonbury Festival '04).
Endpapers: Estate agents' advertisement.
Text: Rubber-stamped on 12 x 200 gram pages.
CDR of "Eat Up Your House" from the album "Celebrating The Bespoke Cell Of
Little-Ease" recorded in 1999.
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Release date 1 October 2004
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Cover: 13 x 13 cm found cardboard handprinted & rubber-stamped.
Endpapers: Inman's Nautical Tables.
Edition: Special limited edition of 99 copies numbered & signed.
Clasps: 6 25 mm zinced netting staples & green garden twine.
Text: 8 pages rubber-stamped on 200 gram card.
CDR of "Where You End" track from the "O! Pity Us!" 12".
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Release date 24 November 2003
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Sax-punk! Maceo on motorspeed! Bird and 'trane going Metallic KO under the spell of Rotten's Pistols! African tribesmen supporting the miners' strike on a diet of Trout Mask Replica! Fela forsaking James Brown in order to join PiL! Quel primeval energy!
Ted Milton and his men are out and about again, ... [more]
Release date 1 October 2002
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Cover: 13 x 13 cm found cardboard handprinted.
Endpapers: National Lottery form.
Edition: Limited to 99 copies signed by Ted Milton.
Clasps: 5 builders' staples.
Text: 16 pages xerox'd on 160 gram card.
Inner sleeve: Handprinted rubber-stamped.
CDR of "Love Is Like A Violence" handprinted.
Weight: 150 grams.
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3 July 2007
Blurt will be playing Vice magazine's dirty little boozer, The Old Blue Last, on the 28th July.
Its at 39 Great Eastern Street and more info can be found at www.oldbluelast.com.
See you down there!
6 March 2007
'ODES' - TOUR AND BOOK / CD RELEASE
MID APRIL --> MID MAY 2007
Ted Milton is currently putting together a tour to co-incide with the release of a new book and CD.
BOOK / CD :
Collaborations (outside of Blurt) spanning the last 20 years, between Ted Milton and:
The BTN Orchestra,
Steve Beresford,
Sam Britton,
Andreas Gerth,
Loopspool,
Herman Martin,
Paddy Steers,
Yam Yam,
A Limited Edition of 250 signed and numbered handmade books containing the lyrics will accompany a 13 track ... [read full article]
6 March 2007
Friday, 23 March 2007
Blurt + The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers + Zip Boy
At The Montague Arms, London
From 8:00pm until Midnight
Price: £5.00/£4.00 students,concessions
The Montague Arms
289 Queens Road
New Cross
London
SE15 2PA
19 January 2007
Blurt are playing a number of dates in France at the start of February.
6 Feb 2007, La Malterie, Lille
7 Feb 2007, Triptique, Paris
8 Feb 2007, Montevideo, Marseilles
9 Feb 2007, Sonic, Lyon
More info here
9 January 2007
Blurt are playing the Notting Hill Arts Club, London on Monday 5th February.
For more information go to the Blurt myspace .
2 September 2006
Ted Milton 's Blurt will be playing the White Heat at Madame Jo Jo's on Tuesday 3rd of October. If you've never seen Blurt live, we can't recommend them highly enough. They're awesome.
date: Tuesday 3rd October
doors: 8pm - 3am
artist: Blurt
night: White Heat
admission: £5
venue: Madame Jo Jo's, 8-10 Brewer Street, London W1F 0SE
phone: 020 7734 3040
tube: Piccadilly Circus
www.whiteheatmayfair.com
www.myspace.com/whiteheatmayfair
Their latest release The Body That They Built To Fit The Car , ... [read full article]
17 May 2006
Blurt will be playing the Rhythm Festival at the Twinwood Arena, Clapham, near Bedford, UK on Saturday 5th August 2006.
This 3 day festival takes place over 'sunniest weekend of the year' and headline acts include Donovan, Ike Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Harper.
More information can be found at www.rhythmfestival.net
10 April 2006
Blurt will be playing a one off London show as part of their European tour.
Thursday 13th April - 7pm – 2am
Rhythm Factory
16-18 Whitechapel Road
London
E1 (Aldgate East tube)
020 7375 3774
£6/£4
The Body That They Build To Fit The Car, The Best Of Blurt Volume 2 is set for release anytime now. The tracklisting is as follows:
Smoke Time
Nights Before
Aboule Ton Fric
The Body That They Built To Fit The Car
Too Bombed Too Soon
Shoot And Shout
Forget About For ... [read full article]
28 February 2006
Blurt's long awaited Vol. 2 CD in the “Best of” series, the successor to The Fish Needs A Bike , will be available soon. The exact release date has not been set yet, but will be sometime in late spring or early summer 2006.
A London show has been confirmed for April 13th 2006 at The Rhythm Factory, 16-18 Whitechapel Road, E1.
Ted Milton and Blurt are also currently booking shows for their European tour ... [read full article]
21 December 2005
Blurt are appearing live at The Boston Arms, Tufnell Park, London on 19th January at an Orchestra Pit event, Sax Addict. The bill also includes Terry Edwards & Lol Coxhill.
Blurt will also be appearing at The Freebutt in Brighton on 21st January and are currently putting together dates for a European tour in May
The Best Of Blurt Volume Two: The Body That They Built to Fit The Car, is planned for release at the end ... [read full article]
