Will Guthrie

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Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie uses home-made instruments, amplified found and junk, microphones & electronics alongside more conventional drums and cymbals. Originally a drummer he has worked in many different settings of music: live performance, improvisation, studio composition.
In Australia and France he organizes concerts and also runs the experimental improvised CD label and mailorder service; ANTBOY MUSIC.
Regular collaborators past and present include Matthew Earle, Adam Sussmann, Ferran Fages, Jean-Philippe Gross, Greg Kingston, Helmut Schafer, Keith Rowe, Jerome Noetinger, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Robbie Avenaim, Erell Latimier, Julien Ottavi, Manu Leduc, Jim Denley, Sebastien Coste, Ren Walters, Clayton Thomas, Mark Simmonds, Snuff Puppetts ...
Will currently lives in Nantes, France.

Discography:

Solo:

* 'Rose Coded' - CDR - (antboy-01), 2002 - Melbourne
* 'Building Blocks' - CD - (antboy-04), 2003 - Melbourne
* 'SPEAR' - miniCDR - (antboy-05), 2005 - Nantes
* 'Body and limbs still look to light' - CD - (cathnor02), 2006 - Nantes
* Will Guthrie / Martin Kuchen - split 3" CDR - (Compost & Height 011), 2009 - Brittany
* 'Spike(s)' - 7" single - (pica disc), 2009 - Brittany

Collaborations:

* 'Heavy Water' w/ New Blood (Adam Simmons, Ben Carr, Will Guthrie), CD - (FATRAIN-04), 1999 - Melbourne
* 'Hills Hoist' w/ Greg Kingston, miniCDR - (antboy-02), 2003 - Melbourne
* 'Bridges' w/ Matthew Earle & Adam Sussmann, CD - (antboy-03), 2003 - Sydney
* 'Document 04' w/ Matthew Earle & Adam Sussmann, CDR - (document-04), 2003 - Melbourne
* 'no 5' w/ Kazushige Kinoshita, Takefumi Naoshima & Yasuo Totsuka, CDR - (fronmusic), 2003 - Tokyo
* 'facet' w/ Takefumi Naoshima, CDR - (horma-28), 2003 - Tokyo
* 'Assumptions2' w/ Julien Wlison & Steve Magnusson, CD -  (Newmarket), 2003 - Melbourne
* 'Departures' w/ Julien Wlison & Steve Magnusson, CD - (Newmarket), 2004 - Melbourne
* 'Leave me Bitter' w/ Alexandre Bellenger & Miho, CDR - (ARR-16), 2004 - Paris
* CHARLIE CHARLIE presents 'La Respiration des Saintes', miniCDR - (antboy-06), 2005 - Nantes
* 'Cinabri' w/ Ferran Fages, CDR - (absurd -54), 2004/05 - Paris/Barcelona
* 'November Quebec' w/[N:Q] (Keith Rowe, Julien Ottavi, Manu Leduc, Will Guthrie), CD - (esquilo), 2005 - Nantes
* 'What's Left' w/ Ren Walters & Chris Bekker, CD - (listening02), 2007 - Melbourne
* 'Elwood & Guthrie' - CDR - (Rural Faune rur048cdr), 2008 - Nantes
* 'Patrice Grente, Will Guthrie, Cedric Piromalli' - CDR - (Petit Label), 2008 - Caen