Zane Lazos

Sublime bowed string music evocative of South Slavic, Ancient Greek, and West Asian flavours.

Zane Lazos has been writing, performing, recording and researching music for over 20 years. He was educated in his native Cascadia region North America in music from an early age with his father's guitar in the house, consistent encouragement from his parents to play, and academic training resulting in a Bachelor's degree emphasizing musical composition, performance and ethnography.

Zane has performed regionally in the U.S. and internationally in Europe, Turkey, Australia, and New Zealand. He fuses the otherworldly sound of the Turkish-style bowed and plucked tanbur, bass guitar, and voice with the art of live sampling and world music sound design. Zane draws from his background in Western academic musical training, progressive rock and metal bass guitar, and study with Turkish and Greek music masters in the United States, Turkey, and Greece (Sadun Aksüt, Timuçin Çevikoğlu, Evgenios Voulgaris) to blend the ancient with the contemporary in a journey that charts new musical waters wherever they may lead.

Generally, my instrument is loud enough to play acoustically in small venues where the ambient noise level is low. If needed, I will provide microphone and lightweight portable sound reinforcment. Staging requirements are generally a 6' x 6' (2 meter x 2 meter). The venue should provide an armless comfortable chair, if appropriate.
If the venue requires the usage of the house system, then the following requirement applies:
- Powerpoint/Electrical Outlet within 10-15 feet of the performance area.
The artist can provide his own microphone and stand and prefers to do so, but may utilize any mic provided by the venue or hiring organization. Lighting generally is best subdued with a single focused very soft spotlight as applicable. The venue is generally expected to provide a sound system of adequate wattage, quality, and SPL to project to the expected audience. The artist can provide his own monitor (fallback) system (which can be utilized as a primary sound system for smaller venues), but may utilize the monitoring system inherent to the venue's main sound system.