The Lowest Note

The Lowest Note (ak.a. The Lowest Note On The Organ, Low Note and The Low Notes) was a British Avant-Prog collaborative project formed by members Andy Bole (guitar, vocals), Bill Gilonis [aka Billy Rebel] (bass, guitar, clarinet, keyboards, vocals), Stéphane Karo [aka Stefan Van Karo] (drums), Catherine Jauniaux (vocals), Mick Hobbs (1/2 Japanese, Family Fodder, Officer!, Strobe Talbot, The Lo Yo Yo, The Momes, The Paddock, The Work), Rick Wilson (Family Fodder, People In Control, The Work) and Tim Hodgkinson.

Andy Bole is half of Tang, one of the guitarists in Daevid Allen's Glissando Guitar Orchestra and member of the duo Shankara. Bill Gilonis (born 1958) co-founded the gritty experimental rock group The Work in 1980 with Tim Hodgkinson. Tim Hodgkinson played alto in free-jazz poetry and happenings group met up with Fred Frith and formed Henry Cow in October 1968. Took up organ in 1969 at the insistence of drummer Andy Powell. Later played briefly in Barcellona with OM and singer Pau Riba. 

Stéphane Karo, born 1960 in Brussels, Belgium and died November 15, 2016 in Brussels, was co-inventor, artistic director and manager of Taraf de Haïdouks, Koçani Orkestar and Mahala Raï Banda. Catherine Jauniaux began her career as an actress in Belgium at the age of 15. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she sang with several experimental rock groups, including Aksak Maboul and The Work. In 1983 she teamed up with Tim Hodgkinson in London to record her first solo album, 'Fluvial'.

The Lowest Note released only two singles on Woof Records: ‘The Lowest Note On The Organ’ (1983) and ‘Piggy Bank’ (1984).