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A protest against the perceived artificial commercialism of current popular music is set to boost a charity aiding those with a hearing loss, including people who may be eligible for tinnitus compensation due to work-related deafness.
Xfm DJ Eddy Temple-Morris, who is an Ambassador for the British Tinnitus Association and suffers from the condition himself after years in the music industry, has part-organised the Cage Against the Machine campaign.
A ‘supergroup' of musicians, including Madness star Suggs, Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield, Unkle's James Lavelle, Scroobius Pip and Dan Le Sac were among those who took part in an unusual recording of the sound of silence.
Dozens of other musicians were present at Dean Street Studios, London, to recreate 4'33", an experimental composition of the 1950s by minimalist John Cage, which can be downloaded to benefit five charities.
Temple-Morris and others behind the project hope if enough people buy Cage Against the Machine it will have the additional benefit of preventing the winner of the X-Factor from topping the Christmas charts.
The DJ is one of many deaf people who have contracted their hearing loss through being exposed to loud noises at work which should have been prevented. It is not known if he has ever claimed tinnitus compensation against former employers.
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