RED BALUNE

Red Balune biography
A short-lived experimental / avantgarde rock duo named RED BALUNE were founded by Geoff LEIGH (saxophone, flute; ex-HENRY COW) and Cathy WILLIAMS (keyboards, voices) in March 1976, after Radar Favourites (an experimental / jazz combo also featuring Charles HAYWARD) disbanded. The challenging pair had fed themselves up on a number of session musicians (including a percussionist Robin MUSGROVE or a bassist / guitarist Colin MCLURE ... it's said they had once grown up to be a small orchestral formation) for a few years.

In December 1977 RED BALUNE went on a tour for the Netherlands and in the following month they recorded some material for their debut album, that had not been finished sadly. The material has been released as a single "Capitalist Kid c/w Spider In Love" in 1978 via their own label MCCB Records. In early 1979, in collaboration with fragments of HENRY COW - Fred FRITH (guitar, violin), Tim HODGKINSON (keyboards, alto saxophone, clarinet), Chris CUTLER (piano, keyboards) - and the founder of AKSAK MABOUL Marc HOLLANDER (bass clarinet), they recorded an EP titled "Maximum Penalty" and released in the same year via MCCB.