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Leo Ciesa

LEO CIESA ( www.leociesa.com ) is a drummer, composer and educator based in New York City. He is best known for the New York City hardcore jazz duo ICONOCLAST (www.iconoclastnyc.com), which he co-founded with saxophonist Julie Joslyn in 1987, and also for being a longtime member of Nick Didkovsky's 8 piece avant-rock ensemble DOCTOR NERVE (www.doctornerve.org), which he joined 1988. Ciesa also has a solo project that became "COAT OF ARMS - MUSIC FOR SOLO DRUMSET", a 50 minute CD with 22 solo pieces. With Iconoclast and Doctor Nerve he has made numerous CD's and has toured all over the USA, Canada and Europe including performances at many renowned festivals, such as: Moers Jazzfestival and Zappanale Festival in Germany - Sziget Festival in Hungary - Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) in Canada - Rock In Opposition Festival, Festival Musique Innovatrices, Musique Action and Festival Mimi in France - Avant Garde Jazzfestival and Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival in Italy - Festival de la Cite in Switzerland - Jazz Od Nowa Festival, Audio Art Festival and Festiwal Muzyka z Mozgu in Poland - Ring Ring Festival and Interzone International Festival in Serbia - Pohyb-Zvuk-Prostor Festival in the Czech Republic - ProgDay in USA - The DUMBO Arts Festival and NYU Independent Music Fest in New York City etc.

Iconoclast

Iconoclast is a duo from New York City comprised of Julie Joslyn (alto saxophone, live electronics, violin, vocals) and Leo Ciesa (drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals). Ciesa and Joslyn have been composing and performing together since 1987 and have developed a bold and distinctive sound. Iconoclast's music and performance is known for its intensity, physicality and "larger than duo" impact. Acoustic and electronic sounds exist side by side as the music moves between improvisation and composition without stylistic limitation.As a review in "Culture Catch" states "Falling in the cracks between genres, sounding like nobody else on the scene, Joslyn and Ciesa have carved out a brave nich for themselves as Iconoclast."

Iconoclast has performed extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe

Cobalt Confidential

Label: Fang Records
Released: 2025

Demolition of Wisdom

By Iconoclast

Label: Fang Records
Released: 2022

Driven to Defiance

By Leo Ciesa

Label: Fang Records
Released: 2017

Naked Rapture

By Leo Ciesa

Label: Fang Records
Released: 2014

Iconoclast: Naked Rapture

by Claudio Bonomi
August 19, 2014

Se state per partire per le vacanze e volete portarvi dietro qualcosa di veramente forte e amate Frank Zappa, John Zorn e i Lounge Lizards allora gli Iconoclast fanno per voi. Questo bizzarro e folle duo newyorchese formato da Julie Joslyn (sax alto, violino, voce, elettronica) e da Leo Ciesa (batteria, percussioni, tastiere ...

Leo Ciesa: Coat of Arms

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 10, 2013

Leo Ciesa bazzica da anni gli ambienti off di mezzo mondo - prima di stabilirsi nel 1986 a New York ha vissuto in California, poi in Svezia e suonato nelle località più improbabili - facendo della sperimentazione, della ricerca e dell'anticonformismo la propria ragione artistica. Così lo si è visto frequentare per lungo tempo l'ensemble di ...

COAT OF ARMS - Music for Solo Drumset

By Leo Ciesa

Label: Soundyard
Released: 2012
Track listing: After Part 1 #1; 0-100-0 In 68 Seconds #2; Colada #3; Undisputed #4; Beyond The Red#5; Philosophitating Alone #6; Heard On The Range #7; Nothing But A Thigh #8; Sweet Butter #9; Tom Click #10; Them Figurative Bagatelles #11; Mistakenly Seduced #12; Handyman #13; Three Abrasive Croissants #14; General Custard Pie #15; Before #16; After Part 2 #17; Burnt Solids #18; I've Got An Accent #19; The Offensive Driving Course #20; Emotional Cream Sauce #21; After Part 3 #22.

Dirty Jazz

By Leo Ciesa

Label: Fang Records
Released: 2010