Baku is Warren Pratten, Mark Favro and Owen Curnoe. All three have been part of the London Ontario music scene since the early 1980s, playing in a variety of bands performing mostly original material. Formed in 1986 by Owen and Warren inspired by Vangelis's Blade Runner soundtrack. This partnership was originally intended to be a side project to produce music for Owen's short films. Baku reformed in 1996 and has continued as a three piece band since then.
Baku is the capital city of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. In 1922 Baku was the site of a concert which incorporated noise and natural sounds, including factory whistles, artillery, machine gunners, aircraft, and the foghorns of the Caspian fleet. The spirit of this concert intrigued and impressed us and the band took the name Baku as a result. This experiment in sound composition is described by Andy Mackey in his book Electronic Music: The Instruments, The Music & The Musicians.
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pocket dragon
silent partner
things in themselves
Warren Pratten and Mark Favro are currently involved with a music project entitleld NAME WITH NO SOUND
Owen Curnoe and Mark Favro were involved in the industrial, experimental band
THE ANTHROPOMORPHICS
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