David Shea

David Shea (born December 8, 1965 in Springfield (Massachusetts) ) is an American turntablist (including samples and piano) and composer .

Shea studied composition at the School of Performing Arts in Indianapolis and then moved to New York City , where he joined as a DJ made his name. John Zorn drew him to numerous of his projects. His debut album Shock Corridor was released in 1992. Since then he has published works for ensembles as well as sound collages based on Fluxus , Patchwork Music , John Cage and Iannis Xenakis . As part of the Down Town scene, he regularly works with musicians such as Zorn, Fred Frith , Anthony Coleman , Zeena Parkins , Erik Friedlander , Bill Laswell and Elliott Sharp , but also with electronics such as Ikue Mori , Robin Rimbaud ( scanner ) or Charles Hayward and Bands like Mr. Bungle .

Discographic notes

Prisoner ( Sub Rosa , 1994)
Hsi Yu-Chi ( Tzadik , 1994)
A Tower of Mirrors (Sub Rosa, 1995)
Satyricon (Sub Rosa 1997)
Classical Works (Tzadik 1998, with Ictus Ensemble and with Miguel Bernat , Erik Friedlander , Jim Pugliese )
An Eastern Western Collected Works (Sub Rosa, 1999)
The Book of Scenes (Sub Rosa, 2005)
Rituals (Room40, 2014)

Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .

personal data
SURNAME	Shea, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American turntablist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 8, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Springfield, Massachusetts