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Gary Smith is a avant-garde

Avant-garde

Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....

guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, improviser and composer from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. He is known for developing dense extended techniques on electric guitar. Gary Smith has released close to twenty albums in solo, group and live settings with Shoji Hano, Rhys Chatham

Rhys Chatham

Rhys Chatham is an American composer, guitarist, and trumpet player, primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music. He is best known for his "guitar orchestra" compositions...

, John Stevens

John Stevens (drummer)

John William Stevens was an English drummer. He was one of the most significant figures in early free improvisation, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble .-Biography:Stevens was born in Brentford, the son of a tap dancer...

, Hugh Hopper

Hugh Hopper

Hugh Colin Hopper was a progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and various other related bands.-Early career:...

, Masayoshi Urabe

Masayoshi Urabe

is a Japanese musician, best known for his intensely physical style of free improvisation on the alto saxophone and his deployment of long, laden silences. He has sometimes been compared to the late Japanese free jazz altoist Kaoru Abe...

, Chie Mukai

Chie Mukai

is a female Japanese composer and musician, best known for her underground improv-folk group Ché-SHIZU. She has been involved in improvised performance since 1975, when she participated in the East Bionic Symphonia group, a graduation project for students of Takehisa Kosugi at the Bigakko art...

, Aufgehoben No Process, and Bill Fay

Bill Fay

Bill Fay is an English singer, pianist and songwriter.-Biography:His first single, "Some Good Advice" / "Screams in my Ears", was issued on the Deram label in 1967, and was followed by two albums, Bill Fay in 1970 and Time of the Last Persecution in 1971. The recordings did not sell well, and Fay...

Selected discography

Gary Smith: Rhythm Guitar (Impetus) 1991
Gary Smith: Stereo (Chronoscope) 1996
Gary Smith & John Stevens: S/T (Ecstatic Peace) 1996
Gary Smith: Forgotten Room With Chairs (Fmr) 1998
Mass: Mass (Paratactile) 1998
Mass: From Zero (Paratactile) 1998
Powerfield: Electronic/Electric/Electronic (Paratactile) 1999
Glass Cage: Glass Cage (Paratactile) 2001
Aufgehoben No Process Vs Gary Smith: Magnetic Mountain (Junior Meat) 2001
Masayoshi Urabe & Gary Smith: S/T (Paratactile) 2001
Aufgehoben: Anno Fauve (Riot Season) 2004
Gary Smith: Future Thought Reveal 2003 (Paratactile) 2003
Mass: Mixed Media (Paratactile) 2003
Mukai Chie & Gary Smith: Eight+ (Paratactile) 2005
Bill Fay
Bill Fay
Bill Fay is an English singer, pianist and songwriter.-Biography:His first single, "Some Good Advice" / "Screams in my Ears", was issued on the Deram label in 1967, and was followed by two albums, Bill Fay in 1970 and Time of the Last Persecution in 1971. The recordings did not sell well, and Fay...

Group: Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Durtro) 2005
Gary Smith: Supertexture (Sijis) 2006

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