The name of pianist/composer David Moore might not be a household name, even among those more in the know about more experimental-oriented artists. Or that might not be the case if they are familiar with Bing & Ruth, the atmospheric-oriented exploratory group, as Moore is also a member of that collective.
As a solo artist, Moore seems to try to do things the simple way, or that is what it might seem only on the surface, as on his latest solo album Graze The Bell, Moore sticks solely to the acoustic piano. Now, solo acoustic piano records have become something of a ‘dime-a-dozen’ these days, as the quality and genre classification of those can vary wildly.
Trying to explain himself in words here, Moore says, “I want to keep growing and challenge dogmatic ways of thinking”. Quite a brief and bold statement at the same time, but it turns out that Moore explains himself much more thoroughly through the nine tracks, songs, compositions or what you want to call them here.
And that seems to be exactly the point Moore is attempting to get across here – it is not all in the technique or knowledge of any specific genre that is the key in expressing yourself through music, but the feel you get for both of these and how you can transform it into something that really reaches the listeners.
It turns out that Moore has both the technique and the knowledge of quite a few genres, from modern (or not so modern) classical music to jazz and atmospherics conveyed through electronics-oriented genres like ambient. Yet he also has that feel that can convey these elements exactly as they should be conveyed.
