Older white man with long wavy hair and a beard. His hair is brown with streaks of gray, his beard is short and white. He has brown eyes and wears a black shirt. He sands in front of an abstract painted wall.

Tim Motzer
musician and composer

After over two decades of world touring, a dozen solo soundscape albums, and stunning collaborations including over 100 albums of credits, Tim Motzer continues to “traverse manifold territories in music” (Guitar Player magazine). Tim is widely known for his distinctive textural acoustic-electro guitar voice utilizing looping, bowing, electronics, and prepared techniques. He has collaborated with numerous musical luminaries including David Sylvian, Burnt Friedman, Jaki Liebezeit, poet Ursula Rucker, King Britt, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Vernon Reid, David Torn, Markus Reuter, Pat Mastelotto, and Percy Jones, among others. Since 2016, Tim has toured the world playing prestigious venues and jazz festivals with Bandit65, an improvising trio he co-leads with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and drummer Gintas Janusonis; their most recent release, Searching the Continuum (Heartcore Records), received a rare five-star review from J.D. Considine in Downbeat Magazine. His film/TV credits include the hit HBO series True Blood as well as Miami Vice, a major motion picture directed by Michael Mann, and Adam Sandler’s Hustle. As an in-demand, solo live composer/improviser in the world of modern dance, Tim co-creates alongside master choreographers at Princeton University and the University of the Arts. He has composed  and performed with a diverse mixture of extraordinary choreographers worldwide including Limon Dance Company, Olivier Tarpaga,  Raphael Xavier, Manfred Fischbeck and Curt Haworth among others.

For Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Peggy licensed Tim’s track we were for her solo epilogue and he performed the piece live for the 2017 Stereophonic concerts in Toronto.

For more information visit timmotzer.com and 1krecordings.bandcamp.com