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DOMINIC LASH
[contrabass, bass guitar, improviser and composer]

personal details

Born Cambridge, England, in January 1980; played bass guitar since 1994; studied with Hugh Boyd and Pascha Milner and at Basstech (London) with Rob Burns, Terry Gregory and others. Played double bass since 2001; basically self taught, with grateful thanks to Simon H. Fell. Received MA Composition from Oxford Brookes University in 2003, having studied with Paul Whitty, Ray Lee and others. Received PhD from Brunel University in 2010, having studied the work of Derek Bailey, Helmut Lachenmann and JH Prynne and been supervised by Richard Barrett and John Croft.

Currently based in New York City, Lash has performed in the UK, Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. Festival appearances include Akbank Jazz Festival (Istanbul), Audiograft (Oxford), Freedom of the City (London), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Hurta Cordel (Madrid), Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf), LMC Festival (London), Manchester Jazz Festival and Tampere Jazz Happening. His work has been broadcast on a number of radio stations, including BBC Radios 1 and 3 and Germany's SWR2, and released on labels including Another Timbre, b-boim, Bead, Cathnor, Clean Feed, Compost and Height, Emanem, FMR, Foghorn and Leo.

Dominic Lash is a freely improvising double bassist, although his activities also range much more widely. Based in Oxford, he has performed with musicians such as Tony Conrad (in duo and quartet formations), Joe Morris (trio and quartet), Evan Parker (duo, quartet and large ensemble) and the late Steve Reid. His current projects include The Dominic Lash Trio, The Set Ensemble (an experimental music group focused on the work of the Wandelweiser collective), The Convergence Quartet, a trio with John Butcher and John Russell and duos with Patrick Farmer and with Nate Wooley.

Full musical CV (six pages)

Available for gigs, recordings and private lessons
(improvising double bass, bass guitar at all levels and beginners' electric or acoustic guitar)

"following in an illustrious lineage from Barry Guy through Simon Fell ... breathtaking"
- All About Jazz
"His range is just about unrivalled" - The Watchful Ear
"explosive bass-strumming" - The Guardian
"endless efforts to veer left of every known note or chord" - Newcastle Journal
"dextrous bass playing teems with energy" - Nightshift
"extraordinarily sensitive... Every pluck or bowing seemed to embody grace and purpose." - Just Outside

contents of this page

• some active improvising groups

• previous gigs (for upcoming gigs email domlashAThotmailDOTcom and ask to be added to my monthly mailing list)

• recordings

• photographs

• writings and other works

  
  

co-operative groups

• Duo with David Stent

• The Imaginary String Trio with Bruno Guastalla ('cello) and Philipp Wachsmann (violin)

• Barkingside with Alex Ward (clarinet), Paul May (drums) and Alexander Hawkins (piano)

• The Convergence Quartet with Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, etc.), Harris Eisenstadt (drums & percussion) and Alexander Hawkins (piano)

• Duo with Patrick Farmer

• Gannets with Chris Cundy (bass clarinet), Fyfe Dangerfield (keys, guitar), Steve Noble (drums, percussion) and Alex Ward (clarinet)

• Two Plump Daughters with Chris Cundy (contrabass and bass clarinets)

• Trio with John Butcher (saxophones) and John Russell (guitar)

• Duo with Alex Ward

The Set Ensemble

Founded in May 2010, the Set Ensemble is dedicated to experimental music, especially that of the Wandelweiser group, and has to date performed music by composers including Antoine Beuger, George Brecht, Jürg Frey, Eva-Maria Houben, Radu Malfatti, Ben Patterson, Michael Pisaro, James Saunders, Stefan Thut and Manfred Werder.
The musicians who have performed as part of the Set Ensemble are: Eric Clarke, Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies, Jill Eliott, Patrick Farmer, Bruno Guastalla, Kate Hendry, Sarah Hughes, Alexander Hawkins, Dominic Lash, Tim Parkinson, David Stent and Paul Whitty.

Dominic Lash Quartet

Original compositions, plus selected other pieces, with Javier Carmona (drums), Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Ricardo Tejero (reeds)

representations
Dominic Lash's ongoing modular composition/improvisation project.
Musicians involved thus far:

• Paul Abbott (electronics)

• Javier Carmona (drums, percussion, etc)

• Angharad Davies (violin)

• Bruno Guastalla (cello, bandoneon)

• Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet, flugelhorn)

• Harris Eisenstadt (percussion)

• Alexander Hawkins (piano)

• Pete McPhail (saxophones and flutes)

• David Stent (electric guitar)

• Chris Stubbs (percussion)

groups led by others

• Roland Ramanan Tentet

• Skip [with Pat Thomas (piano, arrangements) & Mark Sanders (drums) reinventing the jazz repertoire]

• Predicate [with Alex Ward (guitar, compositions), Tim Hill (saxophones) and Mark Sanders (drums)]

For booking any of the above groups, contact one of the addresses or numbers above

at Jazz on 3 session [Feb 2008]

a rehearsal [Brookes '03]

Live at NOFI [Feb 2007]

live at Cafe Oto with Evan Parker [Feb 2011]

live at Colourscape [Sept 2006]

Live at KneeKnees with Okkyung Lee [Feb 2007]

live at SJC with Alex Ward and Otto Fischer [May 2002]

live at Cafe Oto [2010]

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