Music
Born studied cello and piano at the Royal College of Music in London and performed various kinds of classical and modern music, including stints with the Michael Nyman Band, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and the Flying Lizards. She also studied for a year at the Chelsea School of Art.
In June 1976 she joined the English avant-rock group Henry Cow as bass guitarist and cellist, following the departure of founding bassist John Greaves. Henry Cow was in a period of intensive touring and Born toured Europe with the group for two years.
After Henry Cow, Born performed and recorded with a number of groups and musicians, including Lindsay Cooper, National Health, Bruford and Mike Westbrook, particularly as a cellist in the Westbrook Orchestra. Her playing is prominent on Westbrook's album, The Cortege. Late in 1977, Born, Lindsay Cooper, Sally Potter and Maggie Nichols founded the Feminist Improvising Group. She also recorded with The Raincoats, and played improvised music with Lol Coxhill, Steve Beresford, David Toop and others as a member of the London Musicians' Collective.
In the 1980s she was an occasional member of Derek Bailey's Company and played cello and bass guitar on numerous soundtracks for television and film for composers Lindsay Cooper and Mike Westbrook (including the soundtrack for the 1980 Stephen Poliakoff play Caught on a Train). She had a walk-on part in Sally Potter's 1983 film The Gold Diggers.
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