Homelights presents...
DOSH
(Anticon, Andrew Bird)
Whelan’s, Nov 30, 8pm
& special guests: HULK
“Only Dosh could imagine, let alone orchestrate, a meeting of Andrew Bird's tender violin and Fog's hyperactive guitar and bass.” – Pitchfork
“Wolves and Wishes, the fourth album by studio whiz Martin Dosh, is a shimmering, almost completely wordless affair, as zesty and refreshing as a slice of lemon.” – Paste Magazine
“Dosh has firmly established his reputation as a solid solo artist. He is a musician who knows his strengths and weaknesses, and on this record he plays to his strengths while letting other musicians fill in the gaps. More often than not, to stunning effect.” – Prefix Mag
Call him a one-man band, a virtuoso, a gifted collaborator or a family man, Martin, Marty, Dosh or Dad, our subject has gotten to now by what seems an uncanny path.
Martin was born in the greater Los Angeles area, but at age two, his health problems and the city's endless sprawl delivered the family back into the musically nurturing arms of the Twin Cities.
Returning to the Midwest, Martin was enrolled in a Montessori school and also started piano lessons. By comparison high school was, "academically, horseshit" so Dosh seized his destiny at sixteen and moved east to study jazz and drums at Simon's Rock College of Bard in Massachusetts. What followed was a flurry of summer jobs, road trips to see the Grateful Dead, van living around various college outposts in Mass and NY, Zappa-esque noodling in his band Como Zoo, further schooling, the requisite amount of pot, and a little too much partying.
But Dosh wanted more for his music and less for his student debt, so he swallowed his pride and returned to his parents' in Minneapolis. Soon Dosh was going to shows every night and meeting more and more people in the local music-rich scene (a collision of avant jazz, freewheeling rock and progressive hip-hop), quickly realizing that what he needed had been there all along. And throughout his dedicated solo drum-and-keyboard sessions in mom and dad's basement, he'd record, record, record, accumulating a massive library of sound. Soon he'd be a touring member of Andrew Broder's Fog, and full-time player in their instrumental counterpart Lateduster.
In 2003 Anticon proudly released Dosh's virtuoso debut, Dosh, a loop-building collage of shimmering Rhodes, atypical drumming grounded in groove, field recordings and spontaneous performance. By then he'd developed his untouchable live one-man show - swiveling on his drum stool between a kit, his modified Rhodes piano, a few pots and pans, and a simple looping pedal with a 12-second recording limit.
Back in Minneapolis, the city he'd finally recognized as home, Dosh had been teaching drum lessons to children and falling in love on the side. He formed a family with his wife Erin (who he'd wooed by handing her a copy of a song called "I Think I'm Getting Married") and her six year old son Tadhg.
Dosh's second full-length, Pure Trash was inspired by his life's most pleasant turns, and though the album was instrumental, it emoted all the warmth and anticipation, fear and relief that comes with building a family. Dosh's third album, The Lost Take, showcases the man's unique approach to sound with an expanded musicality and growing guest-list including Andrew Bird and members of Tapes 'N Tapes. His fourth record, Wolves And Wishes, adds to the ever-impressing oeuvre with the explorative wonderment of a debut album.
To date Dosh has recorded with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Fog, Jel, Odd Nosdam, Neotropic, Andrew Bird, Redstart, Vicious Vicious, Poor Line Condition, Lateduster, Why?, the Interferents, members of Tapes 'N Tapes, and just about any Twin Cities band with a collective ear for good taste and experimentation. He has shared the stage with Andrew Bird, Wilco, Why?, Damo Suzuki, Gary Wilson, Golden Smog, Sole, My Morning Jacket, Tapes 'n Tapes, cLOUDDEAD, Sage Francis, Devendra Banhart, Kid Dakota, Alias, Themselves, Peanut Butter Wolf, P.O.S., Happy Apple, Joseph Arthur, Pizza Boys, the Bad Plus, The Jayhawks, Atmosphere, DJ Vadim and many more.
www.anticon.com <http://www.anticon.com>
www.myspace.com/doshanticon
DOSH
(Anticon, Andrew Bird)
Whelan’s, Nov 30, 8pm
& special guests: HULK
“Only Dosh could imagine, let alone orchestrate, a meeting of Andrew Bird's tender violin and Fog's hyperactive guitar and bass.” – Pitchfork
“Wolves and Wishes, the fourth album by studio whiz Martin Dosh, is a shimmering, almost completely wordless affair, as zesty and refreshing as a slice of lemon.” – Paste Magazine
“Dosh has firmly established his reputation as a solid solo artist. He is a musician who knows his strengths and weaknesses, and on this record he plays to his strengths while letting other musicians fill in the gaps. More often than not, to stunning effect.” – Prefix Mag
Call him a one-man band, a virtuoso, a gifted collaborator or a family man, Martin, Marty, Dosh or Dad, our subject has gotten to now by what seems an uncanny path.
Martin was born in the greater Los Angeles area, but at age two, his health problems and the city's endless sprawl delivered the family back into the musically nurturing arms of the Twin Cities.
Returning to the Midwest, Martin was enrolled in a Montessori school and also started piano lessons. By comparison high school was, "academically, horseshit" so Dosh seized his destiny at sixteen and moved east to study jazz and drums at Simon's Rock College of Bard in Massachusetts. What followed was a flurry of summer jobs, road trips to see the Grateful Dead, van living around various college outposts in Mass and NY, Zappa-esque noodling in his band Como Zoo, further schooling, the requisite amount of pot, and a little too much partying.
But Dosh wanted more for his music and less for his student debt, so he swallowed his pride and returned to his parents' in Minneapolis. Soon Dosh was going to shows every night and meeting more and more people in the local music-rich scene (a collision of avant jazz, freewheeling rock and progressive hip-hop), quickly realizing that what he needed had been there all along. And throughout his dedicated solo drum-and-keyboard sessions in mom and dad's basement, he'd record, record, record, accumulating a massive library of sound. Soon he'd be a touring member of Andrew Broder's Fog, and full-time player in their instrumental counterpart Lateduster.
In 2003 Anticon proudly released Dosh's virtuoso debut, Dosh, a loop-building collage of shimmering Rhodes, atypical drumming grounded in groove, field recordings and spontaneous performance. By then he'd developed his untouchable live one-man show - swiveling on his drum stool between a kit, his modified Rhodes piano, a few pots and pans, and a simple looping pedal with a 12-second recording limit.
Back in Minneapolis, the city he'd finally recognized as home, Dosh had been teaching drum lessons to children and falling in love on the side. He formed a family with his wife Erin (who he'd wooed by handing her a copy of a song called "I Think I'm Getting Married") and her six year old son Tadhg.
Dosh's second full-length, Pure Trash was inspired by his life's most pleasant turns, and though the album was instrumental, it emoted all the warmth and anticipation, fear and relief that comes with building a family. Dosh's third album, The Lost Take, showcases the man's unique approach to sound with an expanded musicality and growing guest-list including Andrew Bird and members of Tapes 'N Tapes. His fourth record, Wolves And Wishes, adds to the ever-impressing oeuvre with the explorative wonderment of a debut album.
To date Dosh has recorded with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Fog, Jel, Odd Nosdam, Neotropic, Andrew Bird, Redstart, Vicious Vicious, Poor Line Condition, Lateduster, Why?, the Interferents, members of Tapes 'N Tapes, and just about any Twin Cities band with a collective ear for good taste and experimentation. He has shared the stage with Andrew Bird, Wilco, Why?, Damo Suzuki, Gary Wilson, Golden Smog, Sole, My Morning Jacket, Tapes 'n Tapes, cLOUDDEAD, Sage Francis, Devendra Banhart, Kid Dakota, Alias, Themselves, Peanut Butter Wolf, P.O.S., Happy Apple, Joseph Arthur, Pizza Boys, the Bad Plus, The Jayhawks, Atmosphere, DJ Vadim and many more.
www.anticon.com <http://www.anticon.com>
www.myspace.com/doshanticon
