Based in New York for the past decade, Mike Pridehttp://www.mikepride.com currently leads the quartet, From Bacteria To Boys, who record for AUM Fidelity Records. Pride is renowned worldwide for his ability to excel in a wide range of genres and ensembles. He has worked with everyone from improvised music icon Anthony Braxton to punk legends Millions Of Dead Cops, toured extensively on four continents and appeared on more than 80 recordings. A short list of his collaborators includes Aarktica, Mick Barr, Boredoms, Califone, Eugene Chadbourne, Chinese pop-star Priscilla Chan, Nels Cline, Peter Evans, Trevor Dunn, Milford Graves, Mary Halvorson, Curtis Hasselbring, Jon Irabagon, Haino Keiji’s Fushitsusha, George Lewis, Bill McHenry, Tony Malaby, Sam Mickens, Ikue Mori, Butch Morris, Joe Morries, Marc Ribot, Matana Roberts, Jamie Saft, Jason Stein, Otomo Yoshihide and John Zorn.
Pride’s versatility doesn’t end with his eclectic résumé as a popular sideman and leader/co-leader of eight active ensembles spanning the worlds of blues, modern-jazz, avant-rock, modern composition, minimalist improvisation, and doom metal improv. He is also a busy educator and clinician, a soundtrack composer for TV shows, video games and independent films, and an experienced painter, cartoonist and photographer.