KAWIKA SOUND
Mangled vocals, choice snippets of sublime rhodes and wonky cassette samples make a bed of ghostly electronic music inna bristol style. Bittersweet bass music.
Raised on a bass heavy diet, this shapeshifter has spent years cross pollinating ambient music with sub poly rhythms.
THEATRE SESSION MUSICIAN
DAVE HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE UKS GREATEST COMPOSERS AND THEATRE DIRECTORS. CURRENTLY TOURING THE WORLD AS A MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST FOR THE ACCLAIMED KNEEHIGH THEATRE COMPANY, HAVING PREVIOUSLY WORKED ALONGSIDE EMMA RICE AT THE SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE AND STEPHEN WARBECK.
SESSION MUSICIAN
SINCE GRADUATING FROM BRITISH ACADEMY OF NEW MUSIC DAVE HAS BEEN AN IN DEMAND SESSION MUSICIAN.
PREVIOUS SESSION WORK INCLUDES:
AFRIKA BABY BAM (THE JUNGLE BROTHERS)
THE ALLERGIES
DUB MAFIA
BABYHEAD
EVA LAZARUS
MARK B
HONEY LAROCHELLE
CHRIS MUNKY
BRONTE SHANDE
COMPOSER
IN 2016 DAVE WAS ASKED TO COMPOSE FOR A SHORT FILM BY DIRECTOR LUTIA SWAN-HUTTON. BEAUTY OF A STATELESS MIND WAS RELEASED IN 2017 AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SHOWCASE.
EXPLORING INFLUENCES IN AMBIENT MUSIC AND THE CLASSICAL MINIMALISM MOVEMENT HAS LED TO OTHER COMMISSIONS IN FILM, ADVERTS AND RADIO.
CONTINUING TO MAKE FRESH ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS, DAVE IS NOW WORKING WITH FRENCH DIRECTOR KEZIAH SERREAU ON A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS EXPLORING THE STATE OF EU AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE.