David Moss (musician)
David Moss (born January 21, 1949 in New York City ) is an American percussionist , vocalist , improvisation musician , composer and organizer of musical performance projects . He has lived in Berlin since 1991 .
Life and artistic creation
David Moss began his musical education with a percussion study from 1963 to 1968 at the Hartt School of Music and 1969 to 1970 at Wesleyan University . In 1970 he graduated in Russian history at Trinity College with the degree Bachelor of Arts. From 1971 to 1973 he studied composition with Bill Dixon at Bennington College .
Since 1973 David Moss has appeared worldwide as a percussionist and vocal artist in solo concerts or in collaboration with orchestras , music and theater ensembles . Since the mid-1970s he has been a central figure in New Improvisation Music , Art Rock and Noise Music . In his solo performances he combines live electronics and his idiosyncratic set of drums with artistic vocal interludes.
In 1991 Moss received a DAAD scholarship and moved to Berlin. Since then he has been working increasingly with composers such as Heiner Goebbels , orchestras and theater ensembles and has appeared as a soloist in numerous opera productions , music theater productions , orchestral concerts and festivals , including the Ensemble Modern , the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie , the Ensemble intercontemporain , the Arditti Quartet , the Klangforum Wien , the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Musiktheater Ohrpilot 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 in Berlin. With Paul Dutton , Koichi Makigami, Phil Minton and Jaap Blonk he founded the group Five Men Singing , which performed 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 .
Awards
- 2018: GEMA German Music Author Award in the Composition, Experiment, Voice category .
Publications
- on DVD
- Self Portrait : 10 years of Fabrica Media (FabricaMedia DVD 01)
- Die Fledermaus : Salzburg Festival 2001 (Arthaus 100 340); 2003
- on phonograms
- Terrain : Solo Percussion & Voice "- CPE 007/1980
- Full House : with John Zorn , Bill Laswell , Arto Lindsay , Jamaaladeen Tacuma , Fred Frith , Tom Guralnick, David van Tieghem / 1984
- Dense Band : with 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
- Direct Sound : Five Voices "with Greetje Bijma , Carles 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
- All at Once at Any Time : David Moss, Yoshihide Otomo, John King trio - Victo CD029 / 1994
- Texture Time : David Moss Dense Band with Anthony Coleman , John King, Uri Caine - Intakt CD 034/1994
- Moss Tales : Edel 0014502TLR / 1996
- Time Stories : with Heiner Goebbels , Hans Peter Kuhn , Frank Schulte , Koichi Makagami, Phil Minton , Catherine Jauniaux -Intakt CD054 / '98
- Animals and Cowboys : Paul Brody 's DetoNation Orch. NRW9004 / 1998
- Heartpiece : King / Knittel; Warsaw Autumn '99 [Warsaw Autumn / 1999, CD # 6] / 1999
- David Moss & Michael Rodach : Fragmentary Blues [Traumton CD 4432] / 1999
- Tea for Two : Sergey Kuryokhin & David Moss (CDLA 980101) / 1999
- Rhythm In the 21st Century : Hans Peter Kuhn, Stefan Kurt, David Moss / 2000
- Heiner Goebbels Surrogate Cities [ECM 1688] / 2000
- Uri Caine Ensemble: The Goldberg Variations - Winter & Winter 910 054-2 / 2000
- Uri Caine: Schumann : Winter & Winter 910 049-2 / 2000
- Rhythm in the 21st Century : Kurt / Kuhn / Moss [special editions / Theater Neumarkt] 2000
- Vocal Village Project : Koichi Makigami, Phil Minton, Catherine Janiaux, Frank Schulte - Live at the Rote Fabrik "[Intakt CD 062] / 2001
- David Moss / Phil Minton / Frank Schulte Nosferatu (poise odd 06); edition of 100; rec '98; rel. 2002
- Spaghetti's Club : Lewis Carroll Point of View, JL Therminarias 326/005/2002
- 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
- David Moss & Sdeng: Many More Voices (Tempo Reale 2012)
- appears on
- 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 [Edel 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 : from Fast Forward [XI 106] / 1995
- Switchbox : by Frank Schulte [NML 9421] / 1995
- Dust Out of 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 Sa'Di Do, A Sonic Geography : Anna Homler [AMF 1031 CD] / 1992
- New Duos 'N' Trios; Markus Stauss Project : [XOPF # 14] / 1992
- Hot Thumb .... ", John King" Electric World : [Enemy CD EMY 129-2] / 1991
- Berlin Tango : recorded 1986/1990 with Joe Sachse [ITM 1448]
- Electric World : by 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 : by Jon Rose [Dossier 7529] / 1987
- Slope : by Tenko Ueno [Rec. Rec.] / 1987
- Points Blank : Meltable Snaps It + Guests [No Mans Land 8604] / 1986
- The Relative Band: 'Live' in Australia [Hot Records] / 1985
- Country Music of SE Australia : by Eugene Chadbourne [RR Records] / 1985
- Envy: The Ambitious Lovers : by Arto Lindsay [EG ED 39] / 1985
- Desire Develops An Edge : by Kip Hanrahan [American Clavé] / 1983
- Cargo Cult Revival : with Tom Cora [Rift # 5] / 1983
- The Golden Palominos : [OAO / Celluloid 5002] / 1983
- Basslines : by Bill Laswell [ Elektra / Musician # 9] / 1982
- In The Dreamtime : by Michael Gilbert [Palace of Lights] / 1982
- Archery : by John Zorn [Parachute 17/18] / 1982
- Percussion Interchanges : with Andrea Centazzo [Ictus 21] / 1982
- Meltable Snaps It : with George Cartwright / Michael Lytle [CPE 004] / 1981
- The Call : by Michael Gilbert [Gibex # 2] / 1980
See also
Web links
- David Moss at Discogs (English)
- Official website of David Moss (English)
supporting documents
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moss, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American percussionist, vocalist, improvisation musician, composer and organizer of musical performance projects |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |