David Shea

Biography

David Shea is an American composer and sampler artist from Springfield, Massachusetts, associated with New York's downtown scene and *John Zorn*'s #Tzadik# label. Albums like 'Shock Corridor' (1992), 'Prisoner' (1994) and 'Hsi-Yu Chi' (1995) layer film music, cartoons and traditional musics into intricate sample-based compositions, and his later work draws on mythology and visual art. He has lived and worked in Melbourne, Australia, for many years.