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A brief music life story which consists of many recordings with many artists. I have participated in several world tours and appeared on television and radio throughout the world. As a member of Spiritualized I arranged brass and played on the Dr John album “Anutha Zone” as well as recording with Spiritualized, the albums “Live at the Albert Hall, Let it Come Down” and “Amazing Grace”. As a member of the Too Pure Records band Moonshake, I recorded two critically acclaimed albums, although sales didn't reflect this......and played with both Stereolab and Cornershop as well as performing alongside PJ Harvey. With my own free jazz noise band Solar Fire Trio we have released 3 acclaimed albums, with again - not many sales.... HA Ha.. ! I have also recorded and performed with, amongst others: Moose, Lush, Durutti Column, AMP, The Duke Spirit, Six by Seven, Damo Suzuki, Slipstream, Thighpaulsandra, Soulsavers (Mark Lanegan), Suicide, Sonic Youth, Super Numeri, John Moores Revolution 9 and Michael J Sheehey, as well as performing with improvisers Jandek, Philip Marks, Chris Corsano, Brigitte Kuepper, John Butcher, Lol Coxhill, Carlos Zingaro, John Edwards, Martin Kuchen, Jeffery Morgan, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Paal Nilssen-Love, Satoko Fujii, Agusti Fernandez, Tim Daisy, Peter Brotzmann and many more. Currently I am resident in Warsaw where I am an active member of the Polish improvised music scene. I am the founder / director and principal conductor of both the Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra and the Sound in Space Orchestra. I have developed a set of conduction signs and symbols (still ongoing) that I use in the process of Instant Music Composing with the Large Scale Improvising Ensembles. I am also music director and composer in residence for Theatre Strefa WolnoSłowa, based at Teatr Powszechny, Warsaw, Poland. For the Theatre, I compose and perform music, create installation pieces, and conduct musicians and choir during live shows. I have also completed several soundtracks for documentary films and animations as well as podcasts. You wanna' help me out ?.... .....then check out my Bandcamp page for downloads and purchasing of my music. For full Biog please click ....here Previous Bands as member : Gallon Drunk 1991 – 1992 Skree 1992 – 1994 Moonshake 1994 – 1997 Spiritualized 1997 – 2002 Solar Fire Trio 2004 - Ongoing Loka 2008 - 2012 Some words on Solar Fire Trio "Only John Coltrane around ’67 is in any way as brutally wanton as these thugs" - Julian Cope "Solid, savage blurt." - Thurston Moore "Serious fucking shit-kicking sax/drums heads down free-blurt that roars out of the speakers like some long-forgotten ESP-Disk trio who've mainlined that same vein of fuck off that fueled Blue Cheer" - Dr Womm's Medicine Cabinet Current active groups include: The Quiet Temple A band formed with Rich Marcin (Soulsavers) and Duke Garwood (Mark Lanegan) exploring a more psych' jazz musical angle. Debut album released July 2019 Wichita (USA) Point of Departure (Europe) More information can be found by clicking on the name above and following the link. Light Star Guiding A quartet of Drums, Double Bass, Electric Guitar and Sax. A trance - time suspending - electric group. Casting Lots A quartet of Cello, Percussion Sax and Vocals. Somewhere between Icelandic folk and the avant garde. Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra Large scale project which I conduct and direct.Live album from 2015 available to purchase. Currently mixing a studio record, recorded in March 2017. Sound in Space Orchestra A group which organically emerged out of my regular Improvising workshops. This group is specifically for non-musicians (Although not exclusively) playing non traditional instruments - various objects and electronics are used. The concept follows the work of Pauline Oliveros and the Deep Listening Institute. Infant Joy Quintet A 5 piece band exploring the legacy of Albert Ayler. First release "New Ghosts" released on For Tune Records 2014. Noise of Wings A composition based band, for which I am uncovering and working on songs old and new; recording of first album "Frozen Songs" is complete and available via Bandcamp. Currently Inactive : Line of Fire A trio of Tenor and Baritone saxophones and drums.Pretty loud. Pretty in your face. Even pretty in some ways.. Osaka Vacuum Trio with cellist Mikolaj Palosz and drummer Pawel Szpura (our first CD "Emerging View" was released on Slowdown records) also The KoM Trio, Sounds of the Night Sky, Pulsaris. Plus many improvised music meetings with so many players, to many to mention... I thank you all for including me in your / our ongoing journey in music. Miscellaneous I run workshops in the UK and Europe on Improvising music from small to large ensembles, discussion to practice. I am also a session player for rock bands (contact me if interested in a session) For 4 years, I was the music director for Spacefest Gdansk coordinating, arranging and writing the music for the Pure Phase Ensembles numbers I - IV. See work page for details on Workshops, Private Teaching and Session Work. Use the contact page form to get in touch. Some Past shows : starting from 10/2011
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LINKS For music and videos please click on the following Ray Dickaty Bandcamp Ray Dickaty Soundcloud Ray Dickaty YouTube Light Star Guiding Spotify Light Star Guiding YouTube Solar Fire Trio Bandcamp Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra Bandcamp Infant Joy Quintet Pure Phase Ensemble Bandcamp Pure Phase Ensemble Facebook Due to the present and ongoing Covid-19 situation. Workshops as of March 2022 are happening in person with BUT restrictions.
Future Concerts / Workshops / Theatre Starting 03/2022
Music Improvisation Workshops weekly at, Teatr Powszechny Warsaw 27.02.2022
Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra Chmury Warsaw PL 27.03.2022
Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra Chmury Warsaw PL 24.04.2022
Warsaw Improvisers Orchestra Chmury Warsaw PL 20.06.2022
"AZYL" Live performance at Teatr Powszechny. Limited numbers only. |
