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Dosh performs "Um, Circles and Squares"

Martin Dosh was best known as the powerhouse drummer in the Ninja Tune crew Fog (with Andrew Broder) before he began churning out solo work as Dosh. His first release was on the Anticon label in 2003, a self-titled, virtuosic effort combining the sound of his trademark Rhodes piano with distorted microphone noise and awesome drum effects. The CD made Dosh a success in his chosen home of Minneapolis, where he also became a family man, inspiring his second full-length Pure Trash; all in all a light, happy album featuring cameos by his wife, stepson, and newborn baby. He continued with the family theme, naming his next release, Naoise, after his youngest son. The latest CD, The Lost Take, sounds like a full band; expansive, complex, and layered with the addition of collaborator Andrew Bird’s violin loops. Still, Martin Dosh is really a one-man band, his music highly personal, his vision clearly his own. See him at Soundlab with guests Sleeping Kings of Iona on Wednesday (Oct. 1), 9pm.