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Tashi Dorji

Tashi Dorji has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 13 October 2014. Tashi Dorji's music has been featured on 16 episodes.

Tashi Dorji is a Bhutanese-American guitarist who conjures incredible sounds from a prepared acoustic guitar. His spirited improvisations—recorded live without any loops or effects—evoke a composite of influences from Derek Bailey to Mauritanian pulaar to the traditional music of his native Bhutan. "Growing up in Bhutan with little access to music except random bootlegged cassettes and shortwave radio, I listened to anything i could find," Tashi Dorji writes in an email interview. He learned guitar by ear because "we didn't have music…

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Few Thousand Words Without Any
Tashi Dorji
Marmara Records2016
Few Thousand Words Without Any
Tashi DorjiMarmara Records2016
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Sunder
Tashi Dorji
Hermit Hut2014
Sunder
Tashi DorjiHermit Hut2014
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Sunder
Tashi Dorji
Headway Recordings2013
Sunder
Tashi DorjiHeadway Recordings2013
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April
Tashi Dorji
Headway Recordings2013
April
Tashi DorjiHeadway Recordings2013
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First Cut
Tashi Dorji, Tyler Damon
Astral Spirits, Monofonus Press2016
First Cut
Tashi Dorji, Tyler DamonAstral Spirits, Monofonus Press2016
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Storm Sinks Boat
Tashi Dorji, Shane Parish
MIE Music2016
Storm Sinks Boat
Tashi Dorji, Shane ParishMIE Music2016
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Ihintza
Tashi Dorji, Shane Parish
MIE Music2016
Ihintza
Tashi Dorji, Shane ParishMIE Music2016
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Taking Over Rungis
Tashi Dorji
Vin Du Select Qualitite2016
Taking Over Rungis
Tashi DorjiVin Du Select Qualitite2016
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Target For Raids
Tashi Dorji
Vin Du Select Qualitite2016
Target For Raids
Tashi DorjiVin Du Select Qualitite2016
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House Carpenter / See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Tashi Dorji, Marisa Anderson
Footfalls Records2015
House Carpenter / See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Tashi Dorji, Marisa AndersonFootfalls Records2015
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