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David Watson (born 1960) is a 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 ; recording project with downtown drum legend 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,”〔 *Tobias Fischer, David Watson 'FIngering an Idea'. *(Tokafi Music Magazine ) ©2012. 〕 on Phill Niblock's XI records to critical acclaim. Together with Tony Buck and Ranaldo he formed the band Glacial. In 2010 Ranaldo released the solo album ''Maelstrom From Drift'' on Three Lobed Recordings with guest appearances of Tony Buck and David Watson. The band 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 * David Watson with Shelley Hirsch and Makigami Koichi - 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 * Skirl (CD) * Glacial - On Jones Beach, LP Insound 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Watson (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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