Damon Smith

Two times bassist Damon Smith surfaced around the Bay Region free improvisation picture in the middle-’90s. His design is comparable to Peter Kowald and Joëlle Léandre: extreme, lush, acutely free-form, yet inhabited by way of a type of lyricism. He 1st performed alongside saxophonist Marco Eneidi. Since that time, he has used many music artists from SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA and overseas. In 2001, he released his personal record label, Stability Point Acoustics. Given birth to Damon Jesse Smith on Oct 17, 1972, he found music rather past due and from your punk rock and roll perspective. Affected by fIREHOSE and Minutemen’s Mike Watt, he discovered to try out the electrical bass in 1991 and was involved with semi-pro avant-rock clothes until 1994. A duplicate of Peter Kowald’s recording Duos:Europa left out by an ex-roommate transformed everything. The sound from the German bassist opened up new possibilities towards the youthful Smith, who previously thought Charles Mingus got already done everything. He marketed his electrical bass, eliminate a ten-year profession in freestyle BMX race, and in the future concentrated exclusively on dual bass and innovative music. In mere a couple of years, Smith were able to build himself a solid musical vocabulary, borrowing from and growing upon traditional and jazz methods. He researched with Costs Douglas, Lisle Ellis, Kristin Zerneg, Michael Jones, and Bertram Turetsky. Marco Eneidi selected him up for his American Jungle Orchestra and, following that, the bassist networked with Bay Region improvisers. A trio with Gianni Gebbia and Garth Powell collected some interest. He in addition has performed with Eugene Chadbourne, Glenn Spearman, Elliott Clear, Luc Houtkamp, and so many more. In Apr 2000, Smith got the opportunity to perform duo concert with Kowald. His desire release a the documenting prompted the inception from the label Stability Stage Acoustics. He also documented with veteran Western european improvisers Tony Bevan and Wolfgang Fuchs. His association with Kowald continued because the two performed at the brand new York Vision Celebration in 2001. Various other projects add a duo with clarinetist Oluyemi Thomas, a Spontaneous Music Outfit tribute with John Butcher and Henry Kaiser known as the Crisis String Quartet, and his very own trio with Jerome Bryerton and Jeff Chan.