British engineer, sound designer, producer and composer, based in London. Owned and operated [l353529] / [l372361]. Has predominantly worked in the fields of post-punk and experimental music.
Do not confuse with another British engineer, David Hunt, known for his work at major London studios including CTS and Pye.
ALBUMS
Various
Art Of Improvisers
2017, CDr, Album, Unpredictable Series, 
,
, Free Improvisation/Experimental
Dirty Songs
Dirty Songs Play Dirty Songs
2017, 
,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
Mouth
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
2016, 12", Comp, Emotional Rescue
Max Eastley
Arctic
2007, CDr, Cape Farewell
Various
Rough Trade Shops (Post Punk 01)
2003, 
,
, Garage Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/New Wave/Post-Punk/No Wave/Funk/Dub/Experimental
Grand Union Orchestra
The Rhythm Of Tides
1997
Paul Rutherford (2) & Paul Rogers
Rogues
1996, CD, Album, Emanem
Noble* / Williams* / Marshall*
Flathead Reunion
1996, CD, Album, Ping Pong Productions (2)
Diamanda Galas*
The Divine Punishment & Saint Of The Pit
1988, ,
, Experimental/Vocal/Avantgarde
Diamanda Galás
Masque Of The Red Death
1988, ,
, Experimental
Frank Chickens
The Best Of Frank Chickens
1987, CD, Comp, Kaz Records, Kaz Records, ,
, Art Rock/Synth-pop
Diamanda Galas*
The Divine Punishment
1986, ,
, Industrial/Experimental/Vocal
The Three Johns
(Crime Pays…Rock And Roll In The) Demonocracy - The Singles 1982-1986
1986
Frank Chickens
We Are Frank Chickens
1984
Frank Chickens
Fujiyama Mama / We Are Ninja
1984, ,
, Leftfield/Synth-pop
The Three Johns
Men Like Monkeys
1983, 12", CNT Productions
Various
Club 82
1982, LP, Comp, P/Mixed, Promo, Virgin, 
,
, Synth-pop/Funk
Diamánda Gálás*
The Litanies Of Satan
1982, ,
, Experimental
Pigbag
Getting Up
1982
Maximum Joy
Station M.X.J.Y.
1982, ,
, Post-Punk/Dub
Pigbag
Sunny Day
1981, ,
, Leftfield/Disco
Pigbag
Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
1981, ,
, Leftfield/Disco/Ska
Too Much
Kick Me One More Time / Be Mine / It's Only For Me
1979
Jerks
Cool
1978, ,
, Punk
Cane
"3 x 3"
1978
Various
Postpunk Chronicles: Scared To Dance
1999, ,
, Alternative Rock/New Wave/Synth-pop
Diamanda Galas*
Masque Of The Red Death
1993, ,
, Gospel/Art Rock/Experimental
Various
They Shall Not Pass
1988, ,
, New Wave/Punk/Garage Rock
Diamanda Galas*
The Divine Punishment
1986
Pigbag
Sunny Day
1981, 
,
, Leftfield/Disco
Tony Hymas
Flying Fortress - Back on the Fortress
2023, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album + Comp, nato,
John Edwards / Andrew Lisle / Dirk Serries / Colin Webster
Peck And Fleet
2021, LP, Album, Ltd, Raw Tonk
Hannah Marshall, John Edwards, Mark Sanders
Talk
2021, 6xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
John Edwards & Dirk Serries
Melancholia
2021, CD, Album, Ltd, A New Wave Of Jazz, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Sakamoto*, Toop*
Garden Of Shadows And Light
2021, ,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
Blanca Regina & Steve Beresford
What Blue
2020, CDr, Album, Unpredictable Series, ,
, Free Improvisation
SETT
First And Second
2020, CD, Album, Ltd, A New Wave Of Jazz
Tania Caroline Chen* & Wadada Leo Smith
Every Leaf
2020, 9xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Tania Chen Self-released), ,
, Free Improvisation
Terry Day & Steve Beresford
Terry Day & Steve Beresford
2019, File, FLAC, Unpredictable Series
Blanca Regina
Spontaneous Music
2018, CDr, Album, Unpredictable Series
Tania Chen With Thurston Moore, David Toop and Jon Leidecker, John Cage
Electronic Music For Piano
2018, ,
, Modern/Electroacoustic
Alterations
Void Transactions
2017, CDr, Album, Unpredictable Series, ,
, Free Improvisation
Mike Caratti* / Rachel Musson / Steve Beresford
Hesitantly Pleasant
2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Iluso Records
Neil Metcalfe, Daniel Thompson
Eight Improvisations
2014, CD, Album, Creative Sources, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Ian Smith
Daybreak
2001, CD, Emanem
Sainkho Namchylak*, Shelley Hirsch, Catherine Bott
Temenos
2000, CD, Album, Leo Records
Prince Far I
The Golden Years 1977-1983
1999, CD, Comp, Cult Records, ,
, Roots Reggae/Dub
Phil Minton Quartet
Mouthfull Of Ecstasy
1996, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Noble / Marshall / Buckley*
Bud Moon
1996, CD, Album, Ping Pong Productions (2)
Francisco Yglesia
Mirrors
1996, CD, Album, Yglesia Marketing
Theo Travis
View From The Edge
1994, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Jouissance
Infernal Nebula
1993, CD, Album, Minus Habens Records
Barrington Pheloung
Inspector Morse Volume 2
1992, ,
, Modern/Classical
Kazuko Hohki
Love In Rainy Days
1990, ,
, Chanson
Various
Bugs On The Wire
1987, ,
, Alternative Rock/Reggae/Indie Rock/Dub/Avantgarde/Experimental
Tony Haynes' Grand Union Orchestra*
The Song Of Many Tongues
1986, ,
, African/Big Band
S.P.K.*, Hula (2), General Strike
System Of Flux & Energies
1985, ,
, Abstract/Industrial/Experimental/Ambient
Soul On Ice
Widescreen
1983, 7", Red Rhino Records
Maximum Joy
In The Air
1982
Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman
1981, ,
, Modern Classical/Minimal
Family Fodder
Monkey Banana Kitchen
1980, ,
, New Wave/Avantgarde
Prince Far I
Jamaican Heroes
1980, ,
, Roots Reggae
The Other Side
Dangerous Days
CD, Album, Bridge Recordings, ,
, Jazz-Rock
The London Philharmonic Orchestra*
Romance Of The Symphony - An Evening With The London Philharmonic Orchestra
LP, Rainbow (4)
APPEARANCES +
John Butcher + 13
Fluid Fixations
2024
Tom Jackson (9) / T. J. Borden*
Parr's Ditch
2024
Langham Research Centre And John Butcher
Six Hands At An Open Door
2023, CD, Album, Persistence Of Sound (2)
Tom Jackson (9), Neil Metcalfe, Benedict Taylor, Daniel Thompson
Hunt At The Brook Again / Hunt At The Brook With Neil Metcalfe
2023, 2xCD, Album, A New Wave Of Jazz, ,
, Free Improvisation
Caroline Kraabel / Max Reed (7) / Daniel Thompson
Still Dancing
2023, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Empty Birdcage Records
David Toop / Tania Caroline Chen*
Thought Forms
2023
Ragnar Johnson & Jessica Mayer
Spirit Cry Flutes And Bamboo Jews Harps From Papua New Guinea : Eastern Highlands & Madang
2023,
Aboriginal
Various
Fête Quaqua 2009
2020, 27xFile, FLAC, Weekertoft
Ivo Perelman London String Project
Strung Out Threads
2020, 2xCD, Album, Setola Di Maiale, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Ivo Perelman Pascal Marzan
Dust Of Light Ears Drawing Sounds
2020, ,
, Free Improvisation
Phil Durrant & Martin Vishnick
Rifinitori Di Momenti
2019, CDr, Album, Confront
Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 1994
2019, CD, Album, GB Records (2), ,
, Contemporary
Anne Pigalle
Ecstase
2018
Ragnar Johnson
Crying Bamboos : Ceremonial Flute Music From New Guinea Madang
2018
Various
Uneven Paths (Deviant Pop From Europe 1980-1991)
2018, ,
, Experimental/Ambient/New Wave
Alterations
Tilburg 8/25/1980
2017, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Unpredictable Series, ,
, Free Improvisation
Maximum Joy
I Can't Stand It Here On Quiet Nights: Singles 1981-82
2017, 2x12", Comp, Silent Street, ,
, Post-Punk/Dub
Alterations
Alterations
2016, CDr, Album + CDr, Album + CDr, Album + CDr, Album , Unpredictable Series
Ragnar Johnson Assisted By Jessica Mayer
Sacred Flute Music From New Guinea: Madang / Windim Mabu
2016
Tom Jackson (9), Benedict Taylor, Daniel Thompson
Hunt At The Brook
2015, CD, Album, FMR Records (2), ,
, Free Improvisation
Russell* / Beresford* / Edwards* / Liavik Solberg*
Will It Float?
2015
Yanomami
Lost Shadows: In Defence Of The Soul (Yanomami Shamanism, Songs, Ritual, 1978)
2015, ,
, Field Recording
Daniel Thompson (7) / Tom Jackson (9) / Roland Ramanan
Zubeneschamali
2014, CD, Album, Leo Records
Athletico Spizz 80
Do A Runner
2014
John Cage
Early Electronic And Tape Music
2014, ,
, Experimental/Musique Concrète
Steve Beresford, Martin Küchen, Ståle Liavik Solberg
Three Babies
2013, CDr, Album, Ltd, Peira
John Cage
Song Books
2012, 2xCD, Album, Sub Rosa, ,
, Experimental/Contemporary
Steel An' Skin
Reggae Is Here Once Again
2012, 
,
, Steel Band/African/Dub/Funk/Soca/Roots Reggae
Steve Beresford / Stephen Flinn / Dave Tucker
Ink Room
2011, CD, Album, Creative Sources
Michael Nyman
Peter Greenaway Film Music
2011, CD, Comp, RM, EMI Classics, EMI Classics
Harry Christophers, The Sixteen, The Hilliard Ensemble
Royal Manuscripts: The Genius Of Illumination
2011, CD, Album, Comp, CORO (2)
Derek Bailey
Concert In Milwaukee
2011
Toshimaru Nakamura | John Butcher
Dusted Machinery
2011, ,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
Grand Union Orchestra
If Paradise
2011
Rhodri Davies - Lee Patterson - David Toop
Wunderkammern
2010, CD, Album, Another Timbre, ,
, Free Improvisation/Abstract
Derek Bailey
More 74 (Solo Guitar Improvisations)
2010, CD, Album, Incus
The Flying Lizards
The Flying Lizards / Fourth Wall
2010, ,
, Leftfield/Dub/Synth-pop/Experimental
Pigbag
Volume One
2010, ,
, New Wave/Disco/Funk
Phil Durrant, Lee Patterson, Paul Vogel
Buoy
2009, CD, Album, Cathnor Recordings
Figueras*, Toop*, Burwell*
Cholagogues
2009
Blue Notes
The Ogun Collection
2008, CD, Album, RE, Pap + 2xCD, Album, RE, Pap + CD, Al, Ogun, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Guillaume Dufay - The Hilliard Ensemble
Hilliard Live 4
2008
David Toop
Sound Body
2007, CD, Album, Samadhisound, ,
, Acoustic/Avantgarde/Experimental/Ambient
Spaceheads And Max Eastley
A Very Long Way From Anywhere Else
2007, CD, Album, BiP_HOp, BiP_HOp, ,
, Leftfield/Abstract/Ambient
Antoine Brumel - The Hilliard Ensemble
Antoine Brumel
2007, ,
, Renaissance
Hermine
The World On My Plates Bis
2006, ,
, Art Rock/Chanson
This Heat
Out Of Cold Storage
2006, ,
, Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Hugh Davies
Tapestries (Five Electronic Pieces)
2005, CD, Album, Ants, ,
, Experimental
Tony Hymas / Barney Bush
Left For Dead
2005, ,
, Folk Rock/Blues Rock/Modern Classical/Contemporary Jazz/Art Rock/Experimental
Paul Rutherford
'Neuph' Compositions For Euphonium And Trombone
2005, ,
, Free Improvisation
Max Eastley, David Toop
Doll Creature
2004, CD, Album, BiP_HOp, ,
, Abstract/Experimental/Ambient/Minimal
Steve Beresford
Cue Sheets II
2002, CD, Album, Tzadik
Iskra 1903
Buzz Soundtrack
2002, CD, Album, Mono, Emanem
Lol Coxhill & Veryan Weston
Worms Organising Archdukes
2002, CD, Album, Emanem
Lol Coxhill
Spectral Soprano
2002, 2xCD, Emanem, ,
, Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Barry Guy / Howard Riley / Philipp Wachsmann
Improvisations Are Forever Now (1977-9)
2002
Various
Not Necessarily "English Music"
2001, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Leonardo Music Journal, Electronic Music Foundation, ,
, Free Improvisation/Experimental
Iskra 1903
Frankfurt 1991
2001, CD, Album, Emanem, ,
, Free Improvisation
Various
Sonic Boom: The Art Of Sound
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Hayward Gallery, ,
, Experimental/Avantgarde
Jeff Noon & David Toop
Needle In The Groove
2000, ,
, Abstract/Ambient/Electroacoustic/Poetry/Spoken Word
David Toop
Museum Of Fruit
1999, CD, Album, Caipirinha Music, ,
, Abstract/Experimental/Ambient/Electroacoustic
David Toop
Hot Pants Idol
1999, CD, Album, Barooni, ,
, Spoken Word/Ambient/Avantgarde/Electroacoustic
Phil Minton Quartet With Lars Göran Ulander*
Up Umeå
1999, CD, Album, Blue Tower Records, 
,
, Free Jazz/Post Bop
Phil Minton
A Doughnut In One Hand
1998, CD, Album, FMP
Various
Roma - A Soundscape Remix
1998, CD, Comp, Noteworks, 
,
, Experimental/Field Recording
Derek Bailey
Takes Fakes & Dead She Dances
1997, CD, Album, Incus
Shelley Hirsch
States
1997, CD, Comp, Tellus, ,
, Free Improvisation
Steve Beresford
Cue Sheets
1996, CD, Album, Tzadik
John Carter (3) & Bobby Bradford
Tandem 2
1996, CD, Emanem, ,
, Free Jazz
The Hilliard Ensemble
Hilliard Live 1: PEROTIN And The ARS ANTIQUA
1996, ,
, Medieval/Choral
Franz Hautzinger Quartett
Bent
1996
Andrew Poppy
Rude Bloom
1995, CD, Album, Artgallery, Artgallery, ,
, Modern Classical/Experimental
Vanessa Mackness / John Butcher
Respiritus
1995, CD, Album, Incus
Andrew Poppy
Ophelia / Ophelia
1995, CD, Album, Impetus Records, ,
, Modern Classical/Experimental
Elaine Paige
Encore
1995
The Blue Notes*
Legacy - Live In South Afrika 1964
1995
Spontaneous Music Ensemble
A New Distance
1995
Laurens van Rooyen
Rêverie 2
1994, CD, Album, Columbia, Columbia
Various
Shopping
1994, ,
, Indie Rock/House/Big Beat/Soundtrack/Hip Hop/Progressive Trance
Various
Musicworks 59: Sankaran • Kennedy • Hess • Cusack • Quin • Panhuysen
1994
David Toop And Max Eastley
Buried Dreams
1994, ,
, Abstract/Ambient/Electroacoustic/Experimental/Field Recording/Minimal Techno/Tribal
Grand Union Band*
Music From Around The World
1993, Cass, Promo, Redgold Records, ,
, Big Band
Lol Coxhill & Pat Thomas
Halim
1993
Dennis Bovell
Dub Master
1993, ,
, Dub/Roots Reggae
British Summer Time Ends
Spy Among The Roses
1992, CD, Album, Nato
Landscape
From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars...To The Hell-Holes Of Uranus + Landscape
1992, CD, Comp, Mau Mau Records
Various
Vol Pour Sidney (Aller)
1992, ,
, Pop Rock/Free Jazz/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz/Bop/Modern Electric Blues/Synth-pop
Lone Star (3) & The Sprout Head Uprising*
Lone Star & The Sprout Head Uprising
1991, CD, Album, Antler-Subway, Arka Records, ,
, Country Rock/Pop Rock/Reggae/Rock & Roll
Various
Wild Paarty Sounds (Volume One)
1991, ,
, Dub/Punk/Experimental
The Recedents
Zombie Bloodbath On The Isle Of Dogs
1991
Vic Reeves
I Will Cure You
1991, ,
, Pop Rock
Rip Rig + Panic*
Knee Deep In Hits
1990, ,
, Post-Punk/Jazz-Funk/New Wave/Experimental
Michael Nyman
The Nyman/Greenaway Soundtracks
1989, ,
, Modern Classical/Score/Soundtrack/Minimal
Steve Beresford
Pentimento
1989
S. E. Rogie
The Palm Wine Sounds Of S.E. Rogie
1989
Various
Bandes Originales Du Journal De Spirou
1989, ,
, Free Jazz/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
The Melody Four
Shopping For Melodies - Volume 1
1988, 10", Album, Chabada
The Melody Four
Shopping For Melodies - Volume 2
1988, 10", Album, Chabada, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Tony Hymas
Flying Fortress
1988
Tony Coe
Mer De Chine
1988, ,
, Soundtrack/Contemporary
Michel Doneda / Daunik Lazro
Général Gramofon
1988,
The Melody Four
Shopping For Melodies
1988, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Mike Cooper & Cyril Lefebvre
Aveklei Uptowns Hawaiians
1987, 10", Album, Chabada, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Kahondo Style
Green Tea & Crocodiles
1987, LP, Album, Nato
Terry Day & Laura Davis
Look At Me
1987, 7", Single, Nato, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Terry Day Featuring Laura Davis
Look At Me
1987, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
The Melody Four
Hello! We Must Be Going
1987, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Parody
Various
Joyeux Noël
1987
Steve Beresford
Avril Brisé
1987
Frank Chickens
Get Chickenized
1987
The Coronation Street Cast
Coronation St. - The Album
1987
Various
It's Clean, It Just Looks Dirty
1987, ,
, Alternative Rock/Industrial/Spoken Word/Experimental
Tigertailz
Young And Crazy
1987
Steve Beresford / David Toop / John Zorn / Tonie Marshall
Deadly Weapons
1986, ,
, Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Thomas The Voice
Stone Cutter Boy
1986
Various
They Shall Not Pass
1985, ,
, Punk/Post-Punk/Goth Rock/Alternative Rock
Peter Cusack and Clive Bell
Bird Jumps Into Wood
1984, LP, Bead Records, ,
, Free Improvisation
Pigbag
Favourite Things
1983, ,
, New Wave/Ska/Free Funk
Ivor Cutler And Linda Hirst
Privilege
1983, ,
, Monolog/Comedy/Poetry/Folk/Spoken Word
Redskins
Lean On Me!
1983
Soul On Ice
Underwater
1982, 12", Red Rhino Records, ,
, New Wave
Various
Birth Of The Y
1982, LP, Comp, Y Records
Michael Nyman
The Draughtsman's Contract
1982
Pigbag
Dr Heckle And Mr Jive
1982, ,
, New Wave/Jazz-Rock/Ska/Experimental
Mouth
Who's Hot?
1982
Various
Birth Of The Y
1982, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Dub/Synth-pop/Funk/Disco
Maximum Joy
White And Green Place
1982, ,
, Dub/Jazzdance/New Wave
Creation Rebel
Starship Africa
1982, ,
, Dub/Experimental
Steve Beresford / Tristan Honsinger
Double Indemnity
1981, LP, Y Records, ,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
Hermine
Torture
1981, 7", EP, Human Records (2), ,
, New Wave/Art Rock/Pop Rock
This Heat
Deceit
1981, ,
, Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental/Post-Punk
Landscape
From The Tea-Rooms Of Mars .... To The Hell-Holes Of Uranus
1981, ,
, Synth-pop/Experimental
Dennis Bovell
Brain Damage
1981
The Flying Lizards
Fourth Wall
1981, ,
, Electro/Avantgarde/Experimental
The Vincent Units
Carnival Song
1981, ,
, Post-Punk
Creation Rebel / New Age Steppers
Threat To Creation
1981, ,
, Dub
Rip Rig + Panic*
God
1981, ,
, New Wave/Avantgarde/Avant-garde Jazz
Hermine
Torture
1980, 7", Single, W/Lbl, Salomé Discs
Kevin Coyne
Sanity Stomp
1980, ,
, Art Rock
Athletico Spizz 80
Do A Runner
1980, ,
, New Wave/Post-Punk
Krypton Tunes
Extended Play
1979, 7", EP, Secret Records (7), ,
, New Wave
Nana Love
Hang On
1979, LP, Album, Taretone
Video
Just Might Happen Again
1979, 7", Single, Logo
The Bryan Smith Orchette
Tango / Old Time Waltz
1979, 7", EP, Dancetime
The Monochrome Set
Eine Symphonie Des Grauens / Lester Leaps In
1979, ,
, New Wave/Pop Rock
Electric Chairs*
So Many Ways
1979
Wayne County And The Electric Chairs*
Things Your Mother Never Told You
1979, ,
, New Wave/Punk
Mo-Dettes
White Mice / Masochistic Opposite
1979, ,
, New Wave/Post-Punk
Mike Berry
I'm A Rocker
1979
The Flying Lizards
TV
1979, ,
, Art Rock/Leftfield/Dub
The Flying Lizards
The Flying Lizards
1979
Spizzoil
Cold City : 4
1979, ,
, New Wave/Post-Punk
Black Beard*
Strictly Dub Wize
1978, ,
, Dub/Roots Reggae
Matumbi
Rock
1978
Tradition
Moving On
1978
Matumbi
Seven Seals
1978
Spizzoil
6000 Crazy
1978
Nana Love
Disco Documentary - Full Of Funk
1978
Menace
G.L.C.
1978, ,
, Punk
The Secret
'The Young Ones'
1977
Fancy
Wild Thing
1974
Jimmy Powell
Come On Down To My House
1970, ,
, Blues Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Rock & Roll/Pop Punk/Psychedelic Rock
Pigbag
Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
2020
Rip Rig + Panic*
God
2005, ,
, Future Jazz/Experimental
Michael Nyman
The Draughtsman's Contract
1998, 
,
, Soundtrack/Contemporary
Diamanda Galas*
The Litanies Of Satan
, Experimental
