Tim Dahl


Tim Dahl is a professional electric and double bass player, vocalist, keyboardist and composer living in New York City. He is best known as the bass player of the noise-rock band Child Abuse and Lydia Lunch Retrovirus. He also writes and performs for the jazz ensemble Pulverize The Sound.
Dahl has toured extensively throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. He has performed with many notable musicians, composers and performers including Yusef Lateef, Archie Shepp, Eugene Chadbourne, Tatsuya Yoshida, Von Freeman, Stanley Jordan, Mary Halvorson, Malcolm Mooney, Marc Ribot, Brian Chase, Hamid Drake, Elliott Sharp, Weasel Walter, Marni Nixon, Peter Evans, Kevin Shea, Mick Barr,Lydia Lunch, Jan Terri, The Bureau of Atomic Tourism, Ava Mendoza etc.
As a bass player he is notable for unique style and technical savviness. Clifford Allen of Tiny Mixtapes' wrote "Tim Dahl approaches his well-worn axe with a battery of pedals and loops, combining determinate speed with murkier sonics to create a landscape not unlike a harsh, speed-freak variant on Hugh Hopper."
Dahl currently lives in Brooklyn and is an active member in the music scene there.

Selected discography

American Liberty League
BarrSheaDahl
Child Abuse
Lydia Lunch Retrovirus
Pulverize The Sound
Weasel Walter Large Ensemble ft. Henry Kaiser
Nandor Nevai
GRID
G.o.V.
The Gate
Yusef Lateef
Talibam!
Jason Cady
Matthew Welch
Barker Trio
Andrew Barker/Paul Dunmall/Tim Dahl
The Hub
The Spinning Wheels Drive Band