During the 1960s, Tilbury was closely associated with the composer
Cornelius Cardew, whose music he has interpreted and recorded and a member of the
Scratch Orchestra. His biography of Cardew, "Cornelius Cardew – A life unfinished" was published in 2008. Tilbury has also recorded the works of
Howard Skempton and
John White, among many others, and has also performed adaptations of the radio plays of
Samuel Beckett. He collaborated with the choreographer
Ernest Berk. With guitarist AMM bandmate
Keith Rowe's electroacoustic ensemble
M.I.M.E.O., Tilbury recorded
The Hands of Caravaggio, inspired by the painter's
The Taking of Christ (1602). In this live performance, twelve of the members of M.I.M.E.O. were positioned around the piano in a deliberate echo of Christ's
Last Supper. The thirteenth M.I.M.E.O. member (
Cor Fuhler) is credited with "inside piano" as he interacted and interfered with Tilbury's playing by manipulating and damping the instrument's strings, essentially doing
piano preparation in real time. Critic Brian Olewnick describes the album as "A staggering achievement, one is tempted to call The Hands of Caravaggio the first great piano concerto of the 21st century". Another notable recent recording of Tilbury's was
Duos for Doris (like
The Hands of Caravaggio also on
Erstwhile Records), a collaboration with Keith Rowe. It is widely considered a landmark recording in the genre of
electroacoustic improvisation (or "EAI"). In 2013, he collaborated with artist Armando Lulaj in FIEND performance at the National Theatre of Tirana (Albania). ==Discography==