Marvellous snap shot of a brilliant creative mind, in an early work which points forward beautifully to the things to come.

This is what I was doing before I started writing "classical" music!

Hammer & Tongs was a typical example of my experiments in the 1990s with sampling acoustic instruments and creating MIDI sequenced dance-music influenced tracks out of the samples.
In this case the instrument sampled was a Welmar upright piano. No other sound source is being used.

Equipment list : 
Emu E-Synth Sampler, Waldorf Pulse+ (for the analog filter input), Behringer compressor, Yamaha 01v digital desk, Logic version 4(?).

Film maker Gabriella Cserhati used this track in 2001 for a short film called "Codec". Unfortunately this is currently not available to watch online.

Hammer & Tongs (1999)

2nd ever performance of Trophic Cascades (at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam, 26 February 2015).
Piano Left - Ralph Van Raat
Piano Right - Maarten Van Veen
Vibraphone - Colin Currie
Timpani - Benjamin Ramirez

TROPHIC CASCADES Part 3: NORTH ATLANTIC (live in Amsterdam)

Another improvised epic by Electric Biddle:

Julien Lourau - Sax/Electronics
Hannes Riepler - Guitar
Dave Maric - Piano/Synth/Electronics
Jim Hart - Drums


Return Of The WAXX - Electric Biddle live at Le Triton, Paris SEP'15

The heaviest moment from the Last Wednesday Society on 30 September 2015.
Jon Scott - Drums
Hannes Riepler - Guitar
Dave Maric - Piano/Synth/Electronics

LWS SEP'15 Jon Scott, Hannes Riepler, Dave Maric HEAVY JAM

SEYMOUR'S FAT LADY
Sam Steer - Voice, Ukulele, Composer
Dave Maric - daveotron

Live at the Last Wednesday Society, 27 Jan 2016

Vampire Song - Seymour's Fat Lady

One part of a great concert we had at Le Cri Du Port in Marseille on 29 April 2016. Totally made up on the spot, and typical of the epic evolving improvisations that we do as a band.
Julien Lourau - Saxophones/Electronics
Hannes Riepler - Electric Guitar
Dave Maric - Piano/Analog Synth Bass/Various Software  (i.e. the daveotron)
Jim Hart - Drums

Je Suis Désole Pour Mon Visage - live in Marseille

Electric Biddle live in Théâtre Municipal, Viviers, 30 April 2016
Julien Lourau - Saxophone/Electronics
Hannes Riepler - Guitar
Dave Maric - Piano/Electronics/Bass Synth
Jim Hart - Drums

Avant Le Mistral (live in Viviers, April 2016)

Composed by Dave Maric.
Performed by Phronesis and Engines Orchestra, conducted by Phil Meadows at the Milton Court, London Jazz Festival, 12 November 2017.

Decade Zero - Phronesis & Engines Orch live at London Jazz Festival 2017

Dave Maric - Voice, Recorder, Gaffa Tape, Violin, Shaker, iPad
Recorded in Tottenham, London, February 2018.

Free improvisations multitracked.

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Dave Maric is a British composer and performer of acoustic and electronic music who has created numerous works for the concert hall, stage and film. He has regularly worked with classical musicians, jazz musicians, experimental electronics, free improvisers, folk musicians, art-rock musicians, singer-songwriters, poets, visual/performance artists, choreographers, animators and film makers, and has also curated numerous events featuring stylistically varied music - often in conjunction with other artistic disciplines.

Maric's long term interest in the natural world and the biodiversity crisis has been a key feature in his output and since late 2018 he has relocated to rural Scotland to live at the heart of a long established and ever-evolving rewilding project. Here he continually develops mixed media works and collaborations with predominantly scottish based artists, musicians and environmentalists.

Hammer & Tongs (1999)

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