A founding member of Henry Cow and also a frequent guest on work by similar-minded groups Hatfield & the North and Slapp Happy, Tim Hodgkinson played reeds and keyboards but later moved into contemporary-classical composition. He had also played in or led post-punk/free jazz groups like the Work, God and Goose. His 1994 album Each in Our Own Thoughts was Hodgkinson's first solo composition, utilizing a sampler and computer. Four years later, Pragma appeared on ReR. in 2000 he issued another fusion of classical and rock energies with Sang ~ John Bush