David Moss (musician)

David Moss ( born January 21, 1949 in New York City ) is an American percussionist, vocalist, improviser, composer and organizer of musical performance projects.

Life and artistic creation

David Moss began his musical training with a studied drums 1963-1968 at the Hartt School of Music, and from 1969 to 1970 at Wesleyan University. In 1970, he earned a degree in Russian history at Trinity College with a Bachelor of Arts. From 1971 to 1973 he was followed by a study of the composition with Bill Dixon at Bennington College.

Since 1973, David Moss entered the world as a percussionist and vocal artists in solo concerts or in collaboration with orchestras, music and theater ensembles. He is regarded since the mid- 1970s as a central figure of the New improvisation music, art-rock and noise music. In his solo performances, he combines live electronics and his headstrong compiled drums with artistic vocal deposits.

Since the 1990s, David Moss working more and more with composers such as Heiner Goebbels, orchestras and theater ensembles and has appeared in numerous opera productions, musical theater productions, orchestral concerts and festivals as a soloist, including with the Ensemble Modern, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, the ensemble intercontemporain, the Arditti Quartet, the sound forum Vienna, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the musical theater ear pilot and the Berlin Philharmonic. He is co-founder and artistic director of the Institute for Living Voice, a workshop center for outstanding singers and vocal musicians. With Paul Dutton, Koichi Makigami, Phil Minton and Jaap Blonk, he founded the group Five Men Singing, which occurred at the festival in Victoriaville.

In 2001 he was seen at the Salzburg Festival as Prince Orlovsky in the controversial staging of the bat by Hans Neuenfels

Publications

On DVD:

  • " Self Portrait": 10 years of Fabrica Media ( DVD FabricaMedia 01)
  • " The Bat": Salzburg Festival 2001 ( Arthaus 100 340 ); 2003

Phonograms

  • Terrain: Solo Percussion & Voice " - CPE 007/1980
  • Full House: with John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Arto Lindsay, Jamaldeen Tacuma, Fred Frith, Tom Guralnick, David van Tieghem / 1984
  • Dense band featuring Fred Frith, Christian Marclay, John Zorn, Arto Lindsay, Wayne Horvitz, Tenko, Tom Cora/1985
  • David Moss Dense Band: ' Live' In Europe " [ Ear Rational # 1004 ] / 1988
  • DirectSound: Five Voices " with Gretje Bijma, Carlos Santos, Anna Homler, Shelley Hirsch - Intakt CD 015/1989
  • My Favorite Things: Intakt CD 022/1991
  • The Day We Forgot: David Moss / Axel Otto / Frank Schulte - No Man's Land CD # 9118/1992
  • Texture Time: David Moss Dense band with Anthony Coleman, John King, Uri Chaine - Intakt CD 034/1994
  • Moss Tales: Precious 0014502TLR / 1996
  • Time Stories: with Heiner Goebbels, Hans Peter Kuhn, Frank Schulte, Koichi Makagami, Phil Minton, Catherine Jauniaux Intact CD054 / '98
  • Heart Piece: King / Knittel; Warsaw Autumn '99 [ Warsaw Autumn/1999, CD # 6] / 1999
  • Fragmentary Blues: David Moss & Michael Unterrodach [ Traumton CD 4432 ] / 1999
  • Tea for Two: Sergey Kuryokhin & David Moss ( CDLA 980 101 ) / 1999
  • Rhythm in the 21st Century: Hans Peter Kuhn, Stefan Kurt, David Moss / 2000
  • Surrogate Cities: Heiner Goebbels' [ ECM 1688 ] / 2000
  • Uri Caine Ensemble: The Goldberg Variations - Winter & Winter 910054-2 / 2000
  • Uri Caine: Schumann: Winter & Winter 910049-2 / 2000
  • Rhythm in the 21st Century: Kurt / Kuhn / Moss [ special editions / Theater Neumarkt ] 2000
  • Nosferatu: David Moss / Phil Minton / Frank Schulte ( poise odd 06); edition of 100; rec '98; rel. 2002
  • Spaghetti 's Club: Lewis Carroll's Point of View, JL Therminarias 326/ 005 /2002
  • The Liberation of Prometheus: Heiner Goebbels' [ Hessischer Rundfunk ] / 2002
  • Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa: " Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions " (RCA Red Seal 82876 56061 2) / 2003
  • Five Men Singing: Blonk, Dutton, Makigami, Minton, Moss; Live in Victoriaville ( Victo ) / tbr 2004
  • Namah: Peter Machajdík, Musica slovaca SF 00542131/2008
  • The Parachute Years - 1977-1980, by John Zorn Tzadik TZ 7316-4 / 1997
  • Many Many Voices: by Roberto Paci Dalo [ precious 0014512TLR ] / 1996
  • Sunk in the Sun: Jean Chaine [ Atonal ACD 3020 ] / 1996
  • Reviews: Klaus König [[[ Enja ] ] CD 9061/2 ] / 1996
  • Golem: Richard Teitelbaum [ Tzadik 7105 ] / 1995
  • Same Same: Fast Forward [ XI 106 ] / 1995
  • Switchbox: Frank Schulte [ NML 9421 ] / 1995
  • Out of Dust Brain, Henning Christiansen, Ben Patterson, David Moss / 1995
  • Macaronic Sines: Anna Homler [ Lowlands ( Belg, ) CD 002] / 1995
  • Thank You For Flying American, by Jacki Apple [ Cactus Foundation ] / 1994
  • Material: Live from Soundscape [ DIW 389 ] / 1994
  • Meltable Snaps It- Point Blank, [ NML 8604 ] / 1993
  • Possible Fruit: Mia Zabelka, Extraplatte EX 172 093/1993
  • It Was A Dark & ​​Stormy Night: Nic Collins [Trace Elements # 1019 ] / 1992
  • Do Ya Do Sa'di, A Sonic Geography: Anna Homler [ AMF 1031 CD] / 1992
  • New duo 'N' trio; Markus Stauss Project: [ XOPF # 14] / 1992
  • Hot Thumb .... " John King " Electric World [ CD Enemy EMY 129-2 ] / 1991
  • Berlin Tango: Joe axis [ ITM 1448 ] recorded 1986/1990
  • Electric World: John King [ Ear Rational CD] / 1989
  • Marcus & Stauss JoPo Meet Electric World: [ XOPF CD] / 1989
  • Musical Elements 10th Anniversary: [ CRI 550 ] / 1987
  • Forward of Short Leg: Jon Rose [ Dossier 7529 ] / 1987
  • Slope of Tenko Ueno [ Rec Rec ] / 1987
  • Blank Points: meltable Snaps It Guests [ No Mans Land 8604 ] / 1986
  • The Relative Band: ' Live' in Australia [ Hot Records ] / 1985
  • Country Music of S. E. Australia: Eugene Chadbourne [[] ] [ RR Records ] / 1985
  • Envy: The Ambitious Lovers: Arto Lindsay [ ED EC 39] / 1985
  • Desire Develops An Edge: Kip Hanrahan [ American Clavé ] / 1983
  • Cargo Cult Revival: with Tom Cora [ Rift # 5] / 1983
  • The Golden Palominos: [ OAO / Celluloid 5002 ] / 1983
  • Bass Lines: Bill Laswell [[[ Elektra ] ] / Musician # 9] / 1982
  • In The Dreamtime: Michael Gilbert [ Palace of Lights ] / 1982
  • Archery: John Zorn [ Parachute 17/18 ] / 1982
  • Percussion Interchanges: Andrea Centazzo [ Ictus 21] / 1982
  • Meltable Snaps It: George Cartwright / Michael Lytle [ CPE 004 ] / 1981
  • The Call: Michael Gilbert [ Gibex # 2] / 1980
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