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David Watson
Artist Biography For David Watson
Originally From New Zealand David Watson Lives And Works In New York City. An Internationally Respected Guitarist And Improviser Watson's More Recent Work Uses The Highland Bagpipes. His Work On The Pipes Subverts Any Conventional Expectation Drawing On Traditional Sources Electronica And Experimental Improv "to Blow The Bagpipes Into The 21st Century." In New Zealand Watson Was Instrumental In Developing A Scene For Experimental And Improvised Music Co-Founding The Recording Collective Braille With The Primitive Art Group In 1982 And Releasing Nine Recordings Including The Solo Album Reference. Arriving In New York In 1987 Watson Established Himself In The Downtown Scene As A Dynamic Performer And Innovative Composer. Regularly Working Across Several Genres He Has Performed And Recorded With Elliot Sharp Jon Rose Otomo Yoshihide Tony Buck Cyro Baptista Chris Mann Shelly Hirsch John Zorn Thurston Moore DJ Olive Eugene Chadbourne Christan Marclay Mark Stewart Ikue Mori And Kato Hideki Among Others As Well As With His Own Ensembles Endgame With Jim Pugliese / Christine Bard/ Michael Attias And Glacial With Lee Renaldo / Gunter Muller . In Addition To Having Appeared At Virtually Every Venue For Experimental Music In New York Including Roulette The Knitting Factory The Kitchen PS1 PS122 The Stone Tonic Merkin Hall And Alice Tully Hall Watson Has Performed At Many International Festivals Including The Taclos Festival Switzerland LMC Festival London Exiles Festival Berlin MIMI Festival France And Het Apollohuis In Holland. He Returns To New Zealand Frequently To Perform As Well As Program The International Experimental Festival Alt.Music Which He Founded With Artspace In Auckland. Watson's Collaborations With Visual Artists Dancers And Choreographers Have Been Presented As Venues Such As The Guggenheim Museum Mathew Barney The Whitney Museum Abigale Child Danspace/St. Marks And Musique Objective Dance France Yves Musard And St. Mark's Theater And The American Dance Festival In Toyko Jeremy Nelson . He Is The Recipient Of Commissions And Awards From Bang On A Can Meet The Composer Harvestworks The Mary Cary Flager Trust Mishkahoff Trust Arts International USA VPRO Radio Holland VPKR Radio Norway And Kunstradio Koln Among Others. Watson Has Contributed To The Recorded Work Of Many Internationally Recognized Improvisers Including Appearances On John Zorn's Cobra Tzadik Ikue Mori's Hex Kitchen Tzadik And B-Side Tzadik The Dave Soldier /Komar And Melamid Project The World's Most Unwanted Music And Chris Mann's The Use Lovely Music Which He Also Produced. Recent Solo Recordings Include Skirl Avant And Wane Dr. Jim's . Among Watson's Upcoming Releases Is Fingering An Idea A Double CD Set Of Guitar And Bagpipe Improvisations On Phil Niblock's XI Label And Throat On Ecstatic Peace.
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Originally From New Zealand David Watson Lives And Works In New York City. An Internationally Respected Guitarist And Improviser Watson's More Recent Work Uses The Highland Bagpipes. His Work On The Pipes Subverts Any Conventional Expectation Drawing On Traditional Sources Electronica And Experimental Improv "to Blow The Bagpipes Into The 21st Century." In New Zealand Watson Was Instrumental In Developing A Scene For Experimental And Improvised Music Co-Founding The Recording Collective Braille With The Primitive Art Group In 1982 And Releasing Nine Recordings Including The Solo Album Reference. Arriving In New York In 1987 Watson Established Himself In The Downtown Scene As A Dynamic Performer And Innovative Composer. Regularly Working Across Several Genres He Has Performed And Recorded With Elliot Sharp Jon Rose Otomo Yoshihide Tony Buck Cyro Baptista Chris Mann Shelly Hirsch John Zorn Thurston Moore DJ Olive Eugene Chadbourne Christan Marclay Mark Stewart Ikue Mori And Kato Hideki Among Others As Well As With His Own Ensembles Endgame With Jim Pugliese / Christine Bard/ Michael Attias And Glacial With Lee Renaldo / Gunter Muller . In Addition To Having Appeared At Virtually Every Venue For Experimental Music In New York Including Roulette The Knitting Factory The Kitchen PS1 PS122 The Stone Tonic Merkin Hall And Alice Tully Hall Watson Has Performed At Many International Festivals Including The Taclos Festival Switzerland LMC Festival London Exiles Festival Berlin MIMI Festival France And Het Apollohuis In Holland. He Returns To New Zealand Frequently To Perform As Well As Program The International Experimental Festival Alt.Music Which He Founded With Artspace In Auckland. Watson's Collaborations With Visual Artists Dancers And Choreographers Have Been Presented As Venues Such As The Guggenheim Museum Mathew Barney The Whitney Museum Abigale Child Danspace/St. Marks And Musique Objective Dance France Yves Musard And St. Mark's Theater And The American Dance Festival In Toyko Jeremy Nelson . He Is The Recipient Of Commissions And Awards From Bang On A Can Meet The Composer Harvestworks The Mary Cary Flager Trust Mishkahoff Trust Arts International USA VPRO Radio Holland VPKR Radio Norway And Kunstradio Koln Among Others. Watson Has Contributed To The Recorded Work Of Many Internationally Recognized Improvisers Including Appearances On John Zorn's Cobra Tzadik Ikue Mori's Hex Kitchen Tzadik And B-Side Tzadik The Dave Soldier /Komar And Melamid Project The World's Most Unwanted Music And Chris Mann's The Use Lovely Music Which He Also Produced. Recent Solo Recordings Include Skirl Avant And Wane Dr. Jim's . Among Watson's Upcoming Releases Is Fingering An Idea A Double CD Set Of Guitar And Bagpipe Improvisations On Phil Niblock's XI Label And Throat On Ecstatic Peace.
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