(Arista, The White Room, April 1991) ------------------------------------------------------------------- KLF BIOGRAPHY The KLF is the creative partnership of Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond. They started working together in January 1987 NINETEEN EIGHTY SEVEN For the duration of 1987 Cauty and Drummond operated under the name The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The Jams for short). Using the personal alias' Rockman Rock and King Boy D, The Jams recorded two albums, 1987 (What The Fuck Is Going on?) and Who Killed The Jams?, as well as several 12" singles. These were released on their own label, KLF Communications. Although primitively recorded, their rap, rhyme and scratch approach to making music was the first to totally make use of the cheap new sampling and computer technology. Their liberal use of other artists' tracks within the construction of their own music on "The Queen And I" led to the infamous court case with Abba over the track "Dancing Queen", which resulted in all unsold copies of their debut LP 1987 being destroyed. Secondhand copies of this LP now change hands at vastly inflated prices. Throughout the year they gained much media exposure with their illegal but effective use of large scale graffiti on billboards and public buildings. This was done in such a way as to completely subvert the original meaning of the existing adverts or these sites. NINETEEN EIGHTY EIGHT Cauty and Drummond decided to have a number one record. They changed their name to The Timelords and recorded "Doctorin' The Tardis". Within three weeks of release, the record was number one in the UK national charts, "Doctorin' The Tardis" was also a "celebration" of a very British strand of pop music. It went on to repeat it's UK success around the world. No Timelords follow-up was attempted. Cauty and Drummond then wrote a book, The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way) In which they revealed the "zenarchistic" methods used. With the thesis of the book being 'anybody can do it', The Manual has since inspired numerous other chart hits including the Edelweiss song "Bring Me Edelweiss. " November and December 1988 saw filming begin on their movie The White Room . Directed by Bill Butt, the project will not reach completion until some time in 1991. NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE Now operating exclusively as the KLF, Cauty and Drummond released "What Time Is Love?" and "3 A.M. Eternal". Both tracks went on to become anthems of the huge summer raves at which the KLF became a regular live attraction, blasting their audiences with polystyrene pellets, cornflakes and Scottish pound notes. "What Time Is Love?" inspired numerous cover versions and sound alikes, the best of which the KLF collected together and released on one album entitled The What Time Is Love Story. As the rave season drew to a close (forever?) the KLF coined the phrase "ambient house" to describe a type of music they had been working on since the remix of "Doctorin' The Tardis". NINETEEN NINETY The KLF released Chill Out, the first "ambient house" LP in February. In May Cauty and Drummond spent eight days on the Isle of Jura off the west coast of Scotland. While there they filmed and recorded a forty-minute piece entitled "Waiting" which is available as a music video cassette only. The KLF's own cover version of their now classic track "What Time Is Love!" was released in July and reached number 5 in the national charts in the UK, and went top 10 in Germany and Scandinavia. In September, the KLF remixed and remodelled the Pet Shop Boy's single "So Hard." NINETEEN NINETY ONE In the latter part of 1990 the KLF re-recorded the 1989 track "3 A.M. Eternal' as the follow-up to "What Time Is Love?". Released on January 7th the record was the highest entry in the UK singles chart, entering at number 5. A new album The White Room entered the UK charts at number 3 in early March. The third single from The White Room album was released on April 22nd. Yet another reworking from a 1989 underground club track, "Last Train To Transcentral" is the third and final part of what is now commonly known as The Stadium House Trilogy . While recording The White Room the KLF revived their alter egos, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, and recorded an underground club album entitled The Black Room. The first single to be taken from this album entitled "It's G,-im Up North" will be released in the early summer. Jimmy Cauty has recorded and released an LP entitled Space and Bill Drummond is working on his second book Zenarchy - A Case History. The KLF work from a space know as Transcentral. BILL DRUMMOND THE MAN 1977 -78: Founder member of "seminal" Liverpool group Big In Japan. Late '78, established proto independent record label The Zoo with David Balfe. 1979 -84: Prime mover and catalyst in the early eighties "Liverpool Scene". Operating as manager, producer and publisher, for Echo & The Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes. 1985: Spends one year and 500,000 pounds of WEA money working with Peter Waterman attempting to transform turgid, punk funk rockers Brilliant into international shimmering super stars. The project fails. The money was enough to establish Waterman's P.W.L. empire. 1986: Disgusted at the business and filled with self-loathing for his part in it, Drummond writes and records The Man LP in ten days, using real musicians playing proper instruments. It is his first and only solo recording. It is released by Creation Records, his soul cleansed, he 'retires' from the music business to embark on his first novel From The Shores Of Lake Placid. Gets no further than page 367. 1987: New Year's day 1987, KLF Communications is born. It is a creative partnership of musician artist Jimmy Cauty and himself. They release two LPs 1987 (What The Fuck Is Going On? and 'Who Killed The Jams? and numerous singles under the name The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The Jams). Drummond co-produces, with long standing Zoo partner David Balfe, Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction's LP and hit singles. Signs the Proclaimers to Zoo music. 1988: Drummond and Cauty became The Timelords for one single and score an international number one with "Doctorin' The Tardis". They write The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way), a book where all the short cuts are revealed. 1989: Drummond and Cauty become the KLF. Start work on their motion picture The White Room. Record rave classics "What Time Is Love?" and "3 A.M. Eternal". Invent the phrase "ambient house". 1990: The KLF release the LP Chill Out. Ambient house taken to its logical extremes. Produce and remix tracks for Depeche Mode, Pete Whylie and The Pet Shop Boys. Film a 40-minute long-form Ambient video on the Isle of Jura with director Bill Butt. Their own cover version (after numerous from others) of "What Time Is Love?" gives them another hit in the UK and throughout Europe. Drummond is now working on his second book entitled Zenarchy - A Case History.