David Watson (New Zealand musician)
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David Watson (born 1960) is an American musician originally from New Zealand. Watson has lived and worked in New York City since 1987. Originally known as a guitarist, since 1991 Watson's work has also featured new music for the Highland Bagpipes.
Before moving to New York, while in New Zealand in the 1980s, Watson co-founded Braille Records to document the local experimental music scene. He organized national improvisation festivals (Off the Deep End, in 1984 and 1985) and in 2001 started the Artspace/alt.music festival to present new experimental music in Auckland.
Watson's work includes regular performances with MacArthur Award winner John Zorn; ongoing recording projects with Lee Ranaldo and Christian Marclay; a premier performance of a Robert Ashley work in New York; performances in Europe with rock-minimalism pioneer Rhys Chatham; a recording project with Jonathan Kane; performances with Zeena Parkins at Brooklyn Academy of Music and a score for Jeremy Nelson Dance.
Watson released his disc Throats - with vocalists Makigami Koichi and Shelley Hirsch - on Ecstatic Peace; and a double CD Fingering an Idea,[1] on Phill Niblock's XI Records to critical acclaim. Together with Tony Buck and Ranaldo he formed the band . In 2010, Ranaldo released the solo album Maelstrom From Drift on Three Lobed Recordings with guest appearances of Tony Buck and David Watson. Glacial released On Jones Beach In 2012.
Discography[]
- Reference (LP, Album), Braille Records 1986
- David Watson / Jim Denley / Rik Rue / Amanda Stewart / Ikue Mori - Bit-Part Actor (CD), Braille Records, 1996
- Skirl (CD), 1999
- David Watson with Shelley Hirsch and - Throats (CD, Album), Ecstatic Peace! 2007
- Fingering An Idea (2xCD, Album), XI Records, 2007
- Frode Gjerstad, Kevin Norton, David Watson - Tipples (CD, Album), FMR Records (2), 2011
- Glacial - On Jones Beach, LP Three Lobed Recordings, 2012[2][3]
- TiPPLE (Frode Gjerstad, Kevin Norton, Watson), No Sugar On Anything (2013)[4]
- TiPPLE, Live At Elastic Arts (2015)
- TiPPLE, Cartoon Heart (Relative Pitch Records, 2020)[5]
References[]
- ^ "Tobias Fischer, David Watson 'FIngering an Idea'". Tokafi Music Magazine, 2012
- ^ "three lobed recordings: TLR 071: glacial - on jones beach". Threelobed.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "David Watson | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Stilo, Rocco. "Frode Gjerstad". A History of Jazz Music. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ Hareuveni, Eyal (13 May 2020). "TIPPLE". salt peanuts*. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
External links[]
- David Watson discography on Discogs
- David Watson profile at Forced Exposure
- David Watson at XI Records
- 1960 births
- Living people
- American people of New Zealand descent
- American male musicians
- American bagpipe players
- New Zealand composers
- American composers