Dominic Lash

Dominic Lash at the concert at Club W71 , 2016

Dominic Lash (* 18th January 1980 in Cambridge ) is a British jazz - bassist who in Oxford improvisation scene operates.

Live and act

Lash, son of the theologian Nicholas Lash , first played the guitar before switching to the double bass in 2001. He studied a. a. at Basstech in London, in 2003 he obtained a master's degree in composition from Oxford Brookes University , where he a. a. studied with Paul Whitty and Ray Lee. In 2010 he received his doctorate from Brunel University on metonymy in the work of Derek Bailey , Helmut Lachenmann and JH Prynne . In Oxford he played a. a. with Tony Conrad , Joe Morris , Evan Parker , Steve Reid , John Butcher / John Russell and Nate Wooley . He is co-founder of the transatlantic Convergence Quartet , with Alexander Hawkins , Taylor Ho Bynum and Harris Eisenstadt ; he also worked with Alex Ward ( Barkingside , 2008), in the Imaginary String Trio with Philipp Wachsmann and Bruno Guastalla , and in the London Improvisers Orchestra and the Oxford Improvisers Orchestra ( 4 Compositions For Orchestra , 2010). He made his record debut in 2006 as the head of a brass ensemble with the 7-inch single Tongues of Fire / Smokin 'Jo Crow / Washerwoman's Brawl . Lash, who temporarily lives in New York, is currently working with The Set Ensemble and his improvisational project representations and in duo / trio projects with Chris Cundy, Alex Ward, Pat Thomas and Mark Sanders . In 2009 he gave several concerts in London with Theo Jörgensmann and Sebastian Rochford .

Lash moves stylistically in the field of jazz, free improvisation and contemporary music. With the Set Ensemble he is also involved in performances of music by Edition Wandelweiser . a. by Manfred Werder , Eva-Maria Houben , Jürg Frey , Michael Pisaro and Radu Malfatti .

Discographic notes

• Tongues of Fire: Smokin 'Jo Crow / Washerwoman's Brawl (Nanny Tango, 2006), with Pete McPhail, Tim Hill, Steve Noble , Dan Fox, Harry Dawes, Stuart Henderson
• No Now Is So ( FMR Records , 2009) with Alexander Hawkins, Hannah Marshall, Javier Carmona, Orphy Robinson , Otto Fischer
• Patrick Farmer, Dominic Lash: Bestiaries (Cathnor Recordings, 2010)
• The Convergence Quartet: Song / Dance (2010)
• Dominic Lash, Patrick Farmer, Sarah Hughes, Eva-Maria Houben, Taylam Susam: Droplets (Another Timbre, 2011)
• Angharad Davies , Julia Eckhardt, Dominic Lash, Stefan Thut: Four Quartets and Four Soli (Compost and Height, 2011)
• Tony Bevan , Paul Obermayer, Phil Marks, Dominic Lash: A Big Hand (Foghorn Records, 2011)
• Dominic Lash & Chris Cundy: Two Plump Daughters (Creative Sources, 2012)
• The Convergence Quartet: Slow and Steady (2012)
• Stefan Keune , Dominic Lash, Steve Noble : Fractions ( NoBusiness Records , 2015)
• The Convergence Quartet: Owl Jacket (NoBusiness, 2015), with Taylor Ho Bynum, Harris Eisenstadt, Alexander Hawkins
• Extremophile (2017), with Ricardo Tejero , Alex Ward , Javier Carmona
• Dominic Lash & Seth Cooke: Egregore (Intonema, 2017)

Web links

Commons : Dominic Lash  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Web presence
• Dominic Lash at Allmusic (English)
• Dominic Lash at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Bibliography of JH Prynne ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ remotegoat uk  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ cf. Peter Margasak: Two sides of British bassist Dominic Lash in Chicago Reader and interview with Lash, Another Timbre