A3 risograph print for Tashi Dorji's June 2023 Cafe OTO show alongside Steve Noble.
Printed by Good Press in dark grey ink on pale yellow paper.
Design by Oli Barrett
Edition of 50.
Tashi Dorji is a Bhutanese-American guitarist known for his experimental and improvisational approach to guitar music. Originally from Bhutan, Dorji relocated to the United States, where he developed his unique style, blending avant-garde, free improvisation, and traditional sounds. Tashi’s own skewering of guitar traditions has developed an idiosyncratic take on the instrument, one defined by movement and profound openness to technique. Dorji has released numerous solo recordings and collaborated with artists from diverse musical backgrounds, often focusing on the raw, unfiltered potential of live improvisation.
Steve Noble is London's leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed playing has galvanized encounters with Derek Bailey, Matthew Shipp, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Stephen O'Malley, Joe McPhee, Alex Ward, Rhodri Davies and many, many more.
In the early eighties, Noble played with the Nigerian master drummer Elkan Ogunde, Rip Rig and Panic, Brion Gysin and the Bow Gamelan Ensemble, before going on to work with the pianist Alex Maguire and with Derek Bailey (including Company Weeks 1987, 89 and 90). He was featured in the Bailey's excellent TV series on Improvisation for Channel 4 based on his book ‘Improvisation; its nature and practise’. He has toured and performed throughout Europe, Africa and America and currently leads the groups N.E.W (with John Edwards and Alex Ward) and DECOY (with John Edwards and Alexander Hawkins).
