David Moss (musician)
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David Moss is an American composer
, percussionist and self-taught vocalist, founder of the David Moss Dense Band; co-founder and artistic director of the Institute for Living Voice, Antwerp. His performances are noted for their innovative style, multimedia
approach and improvisation
.
, Al Lepak, Richard Lepore. In the following years he took percussion with Tanjore Ranganathan at Wesleyan University
and composition with Bill Dixon
at Bennington College
.
From 1971-73 he played percussion for the Bill Dixon Ensemble. In the early 1980s he played on the first album by the The Golden Palominos
Since his education has finished, he performed in many cities worldwide; in 1991 and 1992 he received Guggenheim
and DAAD
fellowships in Berlin
. He has collaborated with artists like Heiner Goebbels
, John Zorn
, Tom Cora
, Uri Caine
, Bill Laswell
, Olga Neuwirth
, Andrea Molino
, Luciano Berio
, Peter Machajdik
, Maya Dunietz
, Sir Simon Rattle, Smak
and many others.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, percussionist and self-taught vocalist, founder of the David Moss Dense Band; co-founder and artistic director of the Institute for Living Voice, Antwerp. His performances are noted for their innovative style, multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
approach and improvisation
Improvisation
Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...
.
Biography
Between 1963 and 1968 Moss studied percussion at Hartt College of Music and Hartford Symphony with Joe PorcaroJoe Porcaro
Joseph Porcaro is an American jazz drummer, percussionist and educator....
, Al Lepak, Richard Lepore. In the following years he took percussion with Tanjore Ranganathan at Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
and composition with Bill Dixon
Bill Dixon
Bill Dixon was an American musician, composer, visual artist, and educator. Dixon was one of the seminal figures in the free jazz movement. He played the trumpet, flugelhorn, and piano, often using electronic delay and reverberation as part of his trumpet playing.-Biography:Dixon hailed from...
at Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
.
From 1971-73 he played percussion for the Bill Dixon Ensemble. In the early 1980s he played on the first album by the The Golden Palominos
The Golden Palominos
The Golden Palominos was an American musical group headed by drummer and composer Anton Fier, first formed in 1981. Aside from Fier, the Palominos membership was wildly elastic, with only bassist Bill Laswell and guitarist Nicky Skopelitis appearing on every album.While the Palominos' records...
Since his education has finished, he performed in many cities worldwide; in 1991 and 1992 he received Guggenheim
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
and DAAD
German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation....
fellowships in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. He has collaborated with artists like Heiner Goebbels
Heiner Goebbels
Heiner Goebbels is a German composer, music director and professor at Justus-Liebig-University in Gießen and at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland....
, John Zorn
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
, Tom Cora
Tom Cora
Thomas Henry Corra , better known as Tom Cora, was a United States cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the field of experimental jazz and rock...
, Uri Caine
Uri Caine
Uri Caine is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer.-Early years:The son of Burton Caine, a professor at Temple Law School, Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer at 12. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he came...
, Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
, Olga Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth is an Austrian composer.As a child at the age of seven, Neuwirth began lessons on trumpet. She later studied composition in Vienna at the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts under Erich Urbanner, while studying at the Electroacoustic Institute...
, Andrea Molino
Andrea Molino
Andrea Molino is an Italian composer and conductor. He has first attracted international attention through a video/music theatre work, , a project about capital punishment, and later through the multimedia music theatre projects and .He has been Musical Director of the Pocket Opera Company...
, Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...
, Peter Machajdik
Peter Machajdik
Peter Machajdík is a contemporary Slovak composer and sound artist. He grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia and lives in Berlin, Germany....
, Maya Dunietz
Maya Dunietz
Maya Dunietz is an Israeli pianist, singer and composer, recording and performing worldwide in a wide range of musical genres.-Her early years:...
, Sir Simon Rattle, Smak
Smak
Smak is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene...
and many others.
Selected discography
- 1977: Coessential
- 1980: Terrain
- 1983: Cargo Cult Revival (Rift,
- 1984: House
- 1985: Dense Band
- 1985: The Relative Band
- 1988: Dense Band: Live In Europe
- 1989: Direct Sound: Five Voices
- 1991: The Day We Forgot
- 1991: My Favorite Things
- 1998: Time Stories
- 1996: Moss Tales
- 1999: Fragmentary Blues
- 2001: Vocal Village Project: Live at the Rote Fabrik
- 2002: AsKo Ensemble w. Peter Rundel, David Moss & Salome KammerSalome KammerSalome Kammer is a German actor, singer and cellist.- Professional career :Kammer was the fourth of six children. Her father was a Protestant pastor...
- 2008: NamahNamahNAMAH is the title of a CD of music by composer Peter Machajdik.CD © 2008 SF 00542131 [Limited Edition]1. She Will Be Picked by Herself...
by Peter MachajdikPeter MachajdikPeter Machajdík is a contemporary Slovak composer and sound artist. He grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia and lives in Berlin, Germany....