Dave Harrington
Dave Harrington is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. A native New Yorker, Harrington has worked across many genres and musical communities including the downtown improvised scene, Brooklyn indie rock, various substrates of the jam band world, and the city’s burgeoning electronic milieu. Perhaps best known for his collaboration with Nicolas Jaar in the duo DARKSIDE, since the band's dissolution in 2014 Harrington has run with the spirit of synthesis and collaboration that drove the project and carved out a unique and eclectic solo career.
Improvisation is central to all that he does, a freewheeling and psychedelic approach that is applied to everything from jazz to techno. He has released two LPs with the Dave Harrington Group, “Become Alive” (2016) and “Pure Imagination, No Country” (2019), and has toured internationally performing headlining shows across Europe and the US, as well as appearing at festivals ranging from Pitch Festival in Amsterdam to We Love Green in Paris and the Gent Jazz Festival.
As a collaborator, Harrington has recorded or performed with artists including Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions, Innov Gnawa, Nels Cline, Miho Hatori, Nick Murphy (aka Chet Faker), Yuka Honda, Joe Russo, Ian Chang, Mauro Refosco, Lars Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist), Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), The Master Musicians of Jajouka, Kimbra, Sophia Brous, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Marshall Allen & The Sun Ra Arkestra, Angel Deradoorian, and many more.
