Nick Dunston

In the artist's words:

Nick Dunston is an acoustic and electro-acoustic composer, improviser and sound artist. He has been called an "essential player in the New York avant-garde" (New York Times) and has performed at various venues and festivals in North America and Europe. His work explores notions of ancestral memory, materiality, embodiment, decolonization, and Afro-Surrealism. As a collaborator, he has worked with artists such as Marc Ribot, Ches Smith, Vijay Iyer, Mary Halvorson, Tyshawn Sorey, Moor Mother, JACK Quartet, Son Lux, Ingrid Laubrock, Wet Ink Ensemble, Craig Taborn, Dave Douglas, Allison Miller, Wendy Eisenberg, Lotte Anker, Darius Jones, Mette Rasmussen, Elliott Sharp, Sofia Jernberg, Jim Black, Achim Kaufmann, Lucrecia Dalt, Joy Guidry, Imani Uzuri, Anna Webber and Amirtha Kidambi. In addition to seven albums released under his name, Dunston has been commissioned as a composer by artists and organizations such as Wet Ink Ensemble, Bang on a Can, JACK Quartet, A L'ARME! Festival, Ex-Aequo, Bass Players for Black Composers, Tenth Intervention, Johnny Gandelsman, T R O M P O, Gaudeamus Festival, PULSE String Quartet, and Ekmeles.