Laurence Pike

Laurence Pike
OriginAustralia
Genres
Occupationinstrumentalist
Instruments

Laurence Pike is an Australian drummer and electronic musician. He studied at Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Mike Nock. Pike has specialised in improvised music, "[integrating] everything from jazz to psych to ambient to ... experimental electronic".[1]

Pike is a member of PVT (formerly Pivot) and Szun Waves (with Luke Abbott, and Jack Wyllie of Portico Quartet), a former member of Triosk, and released his debut solo album Distant Early Warning on The Leaf Label on 30 March 2018.[2][3][1]

The album was recorded on a drum kit and sampler in one day, and was described by All About Jazz as "a technological and spiritual jazz suite" and "a work of intense serenity".[4][5]

Pike is a longstanding member of Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders (featuring Kirin J. Callinan, Donny Benét), and regularly tours and records with Sarah Blasko, and 4AD recording artist D.D Dumbo.

  1. ^ a b "The Spiritual Space: Szun Waves Interviewed". The Quietus. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ "DISTANT EARLY WARNING". The Leaf Label. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Contemporary album of the month – Laurence Pike: Distant Early Warning review". The Guardian. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Laurence Pike 'Life Hacks'". XLR8R. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Laurence Pike: Distant Early Warning". All About Jazz. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.