Editing David First

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[[File:Davidfirst.png|thumb|David First.]]
'''David First''' (born August 20, 1953) is an American [[composer]] and [[guitarist]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=David First on Dais Records |url=https://www.daisrecords.com/collections/david-first |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Dais Records}}</ref> His music most often deals with [[drone (music)|drones]] and interference [[Beat (acoustics)|beat]]s, the latter aligning his music with that of [[Alvin Lucier]]. He has led the [[World Casio Quartet]], [[Joy Buzzers]] and [[The Notekillers]] which originally existed from 1977–81 and reformed in 2004. He is also a member of [[Matter Waves]], which includes [[Kid Millions]] on drums and [[Bernard Gann]] on bass, and the music collective [[New Party Systems]].

His albums include 1991's ''Resolver'', instrumental pieces influenced by [[minimalism]] and 2002's relatively pop-oriented ''Universary'', which consists of "songs and drones". More recent releases include 2010's ''We're Here to Help'' (Prophase Records) by The Notekillers and ''Privacy Issues'', a 3-CD set of droneworks on the XI label.

In 1995 First, along with visual artist Patricia Smith created an opera, ''The Manhattan Book of the Dead'', which was presented at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]]'s Annex Theater in 1995 and The Washaus in Potsdam, Germany in 1996.

First received a 2001 [[Foundation for Contemporary Arts]] Grants to Artists Award.

In January 2012, the music collective, '''New Party Systems''', an ensemble containing First, released a song First wrote (C2011 Silent Graph Music ASCAP), "We Are" –– an anthem for [[We are the 99%|the 99%]], with a video by director, [[Toni Comas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newpartysystems.bandcamp.com/ |title=Music &#124; New Party Systems |publisher=Newpartysystems.bandcamp.com |date=2011-12-24 |accessdate=2022-05-04}}</ref>

==Sources==
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==External links==
*[http://www.davidfirst.com/ The Music of David First]
*[http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2010/11/symphonic_slide.html] Kyle Gann's blog review of Privacy Issues
*[http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/Sounds-Heard-David-First-Privacy-Issues/] New Music Box review of Privacy Issues
*[http://pitchfork.com/features/the-out-door/7887-the-out-door-9/4/] interview with David First in [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]
*[http://home.earthlink.net/~kgann/First.html Kyle Gann recommended composer: David First]

===New Party System===
*"[http://pitchfork.com/news/44989-listenwatch-members-of-tvotr-liturgy-record-an-occupy-wall-street-anthem/ Listen/Watch: Members of TVOTR, Liturgy Record an Occupy Wall Street Anthem]", ''PitchFork.com''.

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