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David left his homeland Jersey to enrol on the Jazz & Contemporary degree at Leeds College of Music. From there he travelled up to Newcastle University going on to finish his Masters in Contemporary Electronic Music in 2004. His speciality was Glitch Music.
Now he can be found playing electric bass throughout the UK as well as internationally in Europe, Canada and the USA. His main roles include playing fretless bass with award-winning folk singer/songwriter Jez Lowe, keeping the floor jumping with the squak-abilly-hoppa-blues madness of Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle and pushing the boundaries of ceilidh music with Monster Ceilidh Band, although he's just as happy playing in musical productions of Footloose and Oliver or jamming in a session. As a free improviser he has played alongside Pat Thomas, Caroline Kraabel and Will Edmondes amongst others and recently recorded a studio CD with Sardinian prepared guitarist Paolo Angeli. See the 'Bands' page for more info.
Other musical achievements include setting up the New/Experimental music agency Canopy New Music, lecturing experimental music at Northumbria University, running masterclasses on Freely Improvised music, being assistant sound technician at Newcastle University, reviewing CD's for Sonic Arts Network and Furthernoise.org, curating a broadcast on 'Music and Climate Change' for London radio station ResonanceFM, etc. etc.
‘Twenty-Two Miniatures for Two Basses’ is his first solo album and a welcome break from the folk and glitch styles he has come to be associated with. The basic premise is explained on the CD inlay. The result is a collection of minimalist modal pieces wherein two abstract bass parts intertwine to reveal fragmented melodies and chance rhythms. A truly curious offering! You can purchase it HERE
Current Bands
Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies
(Award-winning North East Folk Singer Songwriter)
Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle
(Alt-Country Rockabilly troubadours)
Monster Ceilidh Band
(Contemporary Ceilidh Band)
Soznak
(Latin/Brazilian street musician group)
Anomaly
(Electronic glitch/bass minimalism)
Megamos Transponder
(Legendary Improv Jam trio)
Occasionally seen with...
'Make Me A Dancer'
Monster Ceilidh Band (Recorded at Home, 2009)
'Hotel Fandango'
Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle (Trees Are Good Creations/Quayside Studios, TBA)
'Elliott Rush Band'
Elliott Rush Band (Quayside Studios, 2009)
‘Northern Echoes’
Jez Lowe, live (Tantobie/Proper Music 2008)
'Da Nessuna Parte'
With Sardinian prepared-guitarist Paolo Angeli (Culture Lab, 2008)
‘Bushwacka’
Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle (Trees Are Good Creations, 2008)
‘Twenty-Two Miniatures for Two Basses’
solo album (Canopy New Music, 2008)
‘Jack Common’s Anthem’
Jez Lowe (Tantobie/Proper Music, 2007)
'Didn't Lie' single
Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle (Trees Are Good Creations, 2007)
‘Heartsease (viola tricolour)’
Shona Mooney Band (Watercolour Music/Foot Stompin’ Records, 2006)
‘Tønder Festival Compilation 2006’
‘Triptych Tower’ by D. de la Haye arr. Shona Mooney Band (2006)
'Electro Flamenko'
Electro Flamenko (2006)
'Best of...'
20 or so full-length recordings by Free Improv trio Megamos Transponder (2003 - present)
‘Songs to Enjoy EP’
Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle (Trees Are Good Creations, 2006)
Various DVD’s with improvised busking outfit Wildlife Producer
(2004 – 2007)
Demo
Futuristic Plastic Surgery Disaster (2003)
‘What’s the Forecast, Carly?’
track used on the ‘Gypsy Fair’ DVD produced by Cumbria Council (2007)
‘Solo Duets’
score for an acclaimed animation by Josef Feltus, awarded at several film awards including the Krakow Film Festival (2004)
‘RelationshipD’
score and sound design for a short film by Simon Eaves (2008)
Recorded, mixed and mastered 'Make Me A Dancer' by Monster Ceilidh Band. It was nominated for 'Best Instrumental Album' (2009) by Spiral Earth
Assistant mixing engineer on Jez Lowe's live album 'Northern Echoes'.
Assisted production on the album 'Heartsease' by Shona Mooney. Featured on the 'Top Of The World' cover CD of Songlines magazine.
Mixed and mastered the demo for local function band 'Fortuna Trio'.
I recently remixed one of the Monster Ceilidh tracks, 'Monaghan Jig'. You can hear the dark, glitchy Anomaly version at their website.
FREE DOWNLOADS & ALBUMS HERE
(opens my Last.fm page)
There'll soon be a media player on this site with a playlist of tracks i've been featured on - watch out!
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Basses
For those who are interested, here's what i play:
I have just two basses, nothing too fancy - just ones that i enjoy the sound/feel of. Firstly a 5-string fretted Stuart Spector Design, recently strung with a high-C. I've had this since i was 17 and still love the punchy, woody sound of it.
The other is an Italian 5-string Manne Acoustibass. It's fretless (lined) and strung with standard low-B. I bought it from a great bassist from these parts called Sean Taylor. It has both a great upright sound and a throaty electric bass sound with minimal of controls - too many controls and i can't stop fiddling! Everything runs through my tiny but mighty Gallien Krueger MBE-150. So there.
If you would like to ask a question about private tuition rates,
PA hire or anything else just email :
david@daviddelahaye.co.uk
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