also known as Harry Kipper and the Kipper Kids Brian Routh has been a performance artist since 1971 performing as one of the Kipper Kids and as an individual artist since 1980 he has collaborated with and appeared with Karen Finley, Henry Rollins, Public Image, Genesis P. Orridge, Sex Pistols, Joanna Went, Eric Bogosian, Anne Bean, Bow Gamelan, Lol Coxhill, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Ian Hinchcliffe among others. He currently lives in Scarborough, Yorkshire in the UK and makes soundworks and movies. He has showed his digital movies at the Royal Academy and sound works at Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The Kipper Kids have been involved in writing and starring in three projects for HBO and Cinemax and acted in a number of movies. At the present time he is collaborating with digital media artist Patricia Wells on a proposal for a multi media installation incorporating video and sound. Brian is also working on soundworks that incorporate vocal soundbites of world leaders, politicians, madmen, poets, murderers, rebels and others.

began performing professionally in 1969

I prefer working in the studio

Davy Graham, Bert Jansch, Miles Davis, Bill Laswell, Incredible String Band, Mickey Katz, Spike Jones, Material, Hector Zazou.

Apple mac computers, keyboards, guitars, electronic drums.