In 1985 Jackdaw with Crowbar pioneered a technique of projecting several layers of 8mm film onto live musicians.

The set varied from post punk to dub to eastern jazz with influences like Captain Beefheart, Lee Perry, The Residents

and Wire. The films would sometimes lead the music or visa versa often mocking the politics of the day and distorting

reality whilst the music always ahead of the times treading unexplored territories with homemade instruments and

re purposed analogue technology. They toured this combination from Liepzig to Florence to Aushwitz to Amsterdam

sometimes accompanied by label mates from Ron Johnson Records, a firm favourite of John Peel in the late 80's.

The band have reformed in a more compact and dynamic form taking advantage of

modern technology to deliver a brand new 50 minute set of sixteen songs.

In 1985 Jackdaw with Crowbar pioneered a technique of projecting several layers of 8mm film onto live musicians.

The set varied from post punk to dub to eastern jazz with influences like Captain Beefheart, Lee Perry, The Residents

and Wire. The films would sometimes lead the music or visa versa often mocking the politics of the day and distorting

reality whilst the music always ahead of the times treading unexplored territories with homemade instruments and

re purposed analogue technology. They toured this combination from Liepzig to Florence to Aushwitz to Amsterdam

sometimes accompanied by label mates from Ron Johnson Records, a firm favourite of John Peel in the late 80's.

The band have reformed in a more compact and dynamic form taking advantage of

modern technology to deliver a brand new 50 minute set of sixteen songs.

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