David Thomas

David Thomas is a violist and improviser whose recorded work with Creative Sources includes Bear Ground (CS143), a quartet with violinist Matt Milton and percussionists Ryan Jewell and Patrick Farmer. His instruments on the release include viola and bamboo.

The performance was recorded in March 2008 at Middlesex University and developed through a collective interest in restrained gestures, contact sounds and texture. Thomas also took part in recording and production with Patrick Farmer. Since independent career information is limited in the available sources, this profile centres on the documented collaboration and his contribution to the ensemble's acoustic sound world.