Laurence Pike is a prolific drummer, composer, and producer and one of Australia’s most respected creative musicians. He has released solo albums to critical acclaim and has toured the world with his bands PVT (formerly Pivot), Triosk, and Szun Waves, and also as a member of the US-Australian savant-punk group Liars. Pike’s work explores the language of improvisation within disciplines, with an emphasis on listening, presence, and human experience through real-time composition and drawing on a musical value system developed over two decades. The year 2024 saw the realization of his most ambitious solo project yet: The Undreamt-of Centre is an evocative, contemporary reimagining of the Requiem Mass.
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