Marcia Bassett

Marcia Bassett is a guitarist, vocalist and sound artist based in New York. She co-founded the Philadelphia group un, the drone band Double Leopards and the trio GHQ, and she also played in Hototogisu with Matthew Bower. Since 2003 she has recorded solo as Zaïmph, a name taken from Flaubert's novel Salammbô, making noise and drone music with guitar, voice and electronics. Marcia Bassett builds Zaïmph pieces from prepared guitar, keyboard, drum machines, home-made noise and drone boxes, processed environmental sounds and tabletop effects.