The Odes are Ted Milton, legendary frontman of Blurt, saxophonist, poet, singer and puppeteer (active since the 1960s when he published his first volume of verse), with electronic musician and sound artist Sam Britton (aka Isambard Khroustaliov).
Fusing avant-garde sound assemblages, improvisation, experimental electro-acoustic textures, politically charged poetry, free-jazz saxophone and propulsive rhythms, The Odes have toured extensively in Europe and have featured, amongst numerous other festival appearances, as part of Patti Smith’s ‘Soirées Nomades’ at the Fondation Cartier and Thurston Moore’s ‘City Poems & City Music’ at the Whitechapel Gallery.
“outrageous, profane performances … Milton’s anti-authoritarian streak remains as strong as ever” – The Guardian
“high art with punk poetic intervention … linguistic détournement, backed by tense electronics” – The Quietus
“encapsulates the current messy, fucked-up state of society and politics, and offers up a performance of equals working out on the peripherals of the music world.” – Monolith Cocktail