Album Review: 2t2 by Cosey Fanni Tutti

A restless spirit is hard at work in her music, part of a continued quest for instinctive art that responds to the climate of the moment while simultaneously looking ahead The career of Christine Newby, recording under her Mozart-derived pseudonym Cosey Fanni Tutti, has rarely been anything other than compelling. Yet it is only in recent years that the artist, in her 70s and with a 40-year career in music already established, has had anything approaching full creative respect and freedom. Having helped in the acknowledgement of pioneers such as Delia Derbyshire through The Myths And The Legendary Tapes soundtrack and the Re-Sisters book, Newby has deservedly received acclaim for Cosey Fanni Tutti - with a biopic from Andrew Hulme still to come.

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It has been six years since Cosey Fanni Tutti's last solo outing (and 42 since her first). This thinly veiled sequel, 2t2, continues in much the same fertile vein as her post-Throbbing Gristle output. At the same time, it also appears a little more guarded, as if the candid moments in her early days have left her more cautious. Split into two distinct halves, 2t2 combines a back half of exploratory electronics with the more rhythmic, Chris & Cosey-esque opening tracks.

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