ABOUT NIRAN
Niran Dasika is a trumpeter, improvisor and composer based in Melbourne, Australia whose work encompasses jazz, free improvisation and electronic music. Niran’s virtuosic trumpet playing and unique voice as a composer and band leader have lead a wide-ranging career around Australia and Japan, where he lived for several years. He has released seven albums as a leader, the latest of which are Niran’s latest album ‘Kiri’, released in 2020 through ABC Jazz capturing Niran’s long-term duo collaboration with Japanese pianist Sumire Kuribayashi.
Niran’s live solo performances augments his distinctive, etherial trumpet sound with delay, looping and live processing to create mesmeric, hypnotic patterns underneath his lyrical trumpet playing. Niran’s recent releases “Endless Spring, Infinite Summer” and “Assorted Drone Music Vol. 1-3” have explored an expanding sonic world of synthesisers, drum machines and lo-fi electronica.
Niran’s work has been recognised by a number of awards including:
- 2017 National Jazz Awards - 2nd Place
- 2019 Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year - winner
- 2019 APRA AMCOS Professional Development Award - winner
- 2020 Freedman Jazz Fellowship - finalist
“a ravishing duo concert”
“an exquisite set… brimming with melody and stripped-back themes. Dasika’s tone was full-bodied and luxuriant, floating above Kuribayashi’s mellifluous piano”
“like birds singing in a placid twilight… glows with a luminescent reverence”
“There is very clear sense of joy and trust in the music. Both Niran and Sumire are accomplished composers and the way that they unravel and explore the material together showcases not only their considerable improvisatory skill but also their attention to form, variety and cohesion.”