Steve Noble


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Steve Noble (b. 16 March 1960, Streatley, Berkshire, England) plays drums, percussion and turntables. He studied with Nigeria master drummer Elkan Ogunde and in the early 1980s was a member of Rip Rig and Panic, touring extensively throughout Europe and England. Since then he has worked in a variety of musical contexts but has been extensively involved in improvised music through work with a wide range of musicians.

ALBUMS


Sophie Agnel, John Edwards, Steve Noble
Three On A Match
2024, CD, Album, Otoroku, ,
Free Improvisation
Wilkinson*, Edwards*, Noble*
Forth To 4th
2023, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Ping Pong Productions (2)
Steve Noble
H E M P
2023, 4xCD, Album + Box, Ping Pong Productions (2), Ping Pong Productions (2), Ping Pong Productions (2), Ping Pong Productions (2)
Alan Tomlinson, Steve Beresford, Steve Noble
Baggage And Boating
2023, 6xFile, FLAC, Album, Scatter, ,
Free Improvisation
Dominic Lash, Rachel Musson, Phil Durrant, Steve Noble
Trim
2023
John Dikeman / Pat Thomas / John Edwards / Steve Noble
Volume 2
2023, ,
Free Improvisation
John Butcher, Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash, Steve Noble
Fathom
2023
Steve Noble, Seymour Wright
EFV
2022, CD, Album, Ping Pong Productions (2)
John Edwards / Steve Noble / Yoni Silver
Heme
2022
John Dikeman / Pat Thomas / John Edwards / Steve Noble
Volume 1
2022
Lucas* / Moore* / Musson* / Noble*
Crushed Air
2022
Steve Noble / Farida Amadou with Chris Pitsiokos
Space 1
2021, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Takuroku
Steve Noble / Farida Amadou with Alex Ward
Space 11
2021, 3xFile, FLAC, Album, Takuroku
Steve Noble / Farida Amadou With Yoni Silver
Space 111
2021, 3xFile, FLAC, Album, Takuroku, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Steve Noble
solo
2021, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Empty Birdcage Records
Christian Wolff, Keith Kirchoff, Dominic Lash, Steve Noble
Exercises And Explorations
2021, 5xFile, WAV, Album, Spoonhunt
Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble
Moon Day
2021
Keune*, Lash*, Noble*
And Now
2020, CD, Album, FMR Records (2)
Steve Noble & Yoni Silver
Lost
2020, 4xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Yoni Silver Self-released)
John Chantler, Steve Noble, Seymour Wright
Atlantis
2020
Simon Rose (2) / Steve Noble
North Sea Night
2019, CD, Album, Not Two Records
Spring Heel Jack And Wadada Leo Smith With Pat Thomas And Steve Noble
Hackney Road
2018, LP, Treader, ,
Free Jazz
Wilkinson*, Edwards*, Noble*
3 Of A Kind (Live At Iklectik)
2018, LP, Bo'Weavil Recordings, ,
Free Jazz
Sophie Agnel, John Edwards, Steve Noble
Aqisseq
2018, CD, Album, ONJ RECORDS
Han Bennink / Steve Noble / Alexander Hawkins
11.8.17
2018, ,
Free Improvisation
Evan Parker, John Edwards, Steve Noble
PEN
2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Dropa Disc
Steve Noble, Yoni Silver
Home
2017, CD, Album, Aural Terrains, ,
Free Improvisation/Abstract
Steve Noble, Adrian Northover, Daniel Thompson
Ag
2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Creative Sources
Johan Berthling / Martin Küchen / Steve Noble
Threnody, At The Gates
2017
John Chantler, Steve Noble, Seymour Wright
Front And Above
2017, ,
Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Chessex* / Noble* / Edwards*
12.12.16
2017, ,
Free Improvisation
Sebastian Lexer + Steve Noble
Muddy Ditch
2016, CD, Ltd, Fataka
Klaas Feat. Steve Noble
Feel
2016, 2xFile, MP3, Single, Planet Punk Music
Phantom Orchard & Steve Noble
Live At Cafe Oto 2014
2016, 2xFile, FLAC, Otoroku,
Julie Kjær 3 Ft. John Edwards & Steve Noble
12.1.15
2016
Steve Noble & John Butcher
5.7.16
2016
Keiji Haino / Steve Noble
28.2.12
2016
Steve Noble & Kristoffer Berre Alberts
Coldest Second Yesterday
2016, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Martin Küchen, Johan Berthling, Steve Noble
Night In Europe
2015, CD, Album, NoBusiness Records
Steve Noble & Daniel Thompson
Sunday Afternoon (Live At The Hundred Years Gallery)
2015, CDr, Album, Confront
Stefan Keune / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble
Fractions
2015
Akira Sakata / Giovanni Di Domenico / John Edwards / Steve Noble
Live At Cafe Oto
2014, CDr, Album, Clamshell Records
Brötzmann* / Edwards* / Noble*
Soulfood Available
2014, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Broetzmann*, Adasiewicz*, Edwards*, Noble*
Mental Shake
2014, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
ADA (18), Steve Noble
OTO
2013, CD, Album, Not On Label, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Sophie Agnel, John Edwards, Steve Noble
Meteo
2013, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Thomas* / Noble* - The Both
The Founder Effect III
2013, CD, Album, Treader, ,
Free Improvisation
Wilkinson* / Thomas* / Noble* / Coxon*
The Founder Effect I
2013, CD, Album, Treader
Wilkinson* / Thomas* / Noble* / Coxon*
The Founder Effect II
2013, CD, Album, Treader
Brötzmann* / Noble*
I Am Here Where Are You
2013
Ikue Mori, Steve Noble
Prediction And Warning
2013, ,
Free Improvisation
Lean Left With Special Guest Steve Noble
Live At Café Oto - Day Two
2012, LP, Kollaps, ,
Free Improvisation
St. Francis Duo - Stephen O'Malley & Steve Noble
St. Francis Duo
2012
Broetzmann* / Edwards* / Noble*
... The Worse The Better
2012, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Maya Dunietz, John Edwards, Steve Noble
Cousin It
2011, CD, Album, Hopscotch Records (3), ,
Free Improvisation
Wilkinson*, Edwards*, Noble*
Live At Cafe Oto
2009, CD, Album, Bo'Weavil Recordings
Bailey*, Noble*
Out Of The Past
2009, CD, Album, Ping Pong Productions (2)
Steve Noble, Mal Pelo
Ten Years After
2009, CD, Album, Dig, Mal Pelo, Ping Pong Productions (2), Mercat De Les Flors
Coxhill* / Edwards* / Noble*
The Early Years
2007, CD, Album, Ping Pong Productions (2)
Steve Noble, John Edwards, Alan Wilkinson
Obliquity
2007, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Alex Ward (5), Luke Barlow, Simon Fell*, Steve Noble
Help Point
2005, CD, Album, Copepod Records
Noble*, Edwards*, Ward*
False Face Society
2001, CD, Album, Incus
Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, John Adams (6), Oren Marshall, Tony Marsh, Steve Noble
Zap III
2000, CDr, Album, Ltd, DUNS, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Paul Dunmall, John Adams (6), Oren Marshall, Mark Sanders, Steve Noble
Zap II
1999, CDr, Album, Ltd, DUNS
Derek Bailey / Pat Thomas / Steve Noble
And
1997
Noble* / Williams* / Marshall*
Flathead Reunion
1996, CD, Album, Ping Pong Productions (2)
Tony Bevan / Alexander Frangenheim / Steve Noble
Twisters
1996
Steve Noble, Billy Jenkins, Roberto Bellatalla
The Shakedown Club
1994, CD, Album, Babel
Tony Bevan, Paul Rogers (2), Steve Noble
Bigshots
1992, CD, Album, Incus
Steve Noble, Davey Williams, Oren Marshall
Say What Trios Vol. 3
1992, Cass, Album, VOTP
Steve Noble / Alex Ward
Ya Boo, Reel & Rumble
1991, CD, Album, Incus
Steve Noble, Billy Jenkins, Roberto Bellatalla
Tumble Shakedown - Trios Vol. 2
1991, Cass, Album, VOTP
Billy Jenkins, Steve Noble
Big Fights Vol. 2
1991, Cass, Album, VOTP, ,
Free Improvisation
Steve Noble, Billy Jenkins, Oren Marshall
!Tumba La Casa! - Trios Vol. 1
1991, Cass, Album, VOTP
Alex Maguire / Steve Noble
Live At Oscars
1987, LP, Album, Incus, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
The Mancini Project
Views Of Mancini
2008, CD, Album, FMR Records (2)
Noble / Marshall / Buckley*
Bud Moon
1996, CD, Album, Ping Pong Productions (2)
N.E.W.
Motion
2014, ,
Free Jazz
Decoy (13) With Joe McPhee
Spontaneous Combustion
2013, ,
Free Improvisation
Gannets
Transmissions Of Not
2012
Decoy
Spirit
2009, CD, Album, Bo'Weavil Recordings
The Both
4t's
2022, CD, Ltd, Num, Ping Pong Productions (2)
Duck Baker Quartet
Coffee For Three
2019, CD, Album, Copepod Records
Threnody
A Paradigm Of Suspicion
2019, CD, Album, Trost Records
Julie Kjær 3
Dobbeltgænger
2016, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Julie Kjær 3
12.1.15
2016
Æthenor
Hazel
2016
St. Francis Duo
Peacemaker Assembly
2016
Dikeman Noble Serries Trio
Obscure Fluctuations
2015
The Offshoot
Charybdis
2015, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Tongues Of Fire
Pathways
2014
Badland
Six High Windows
2013, CDr, Album, Ltd, Bug Incision Records
Gannets
Transmissions Of Not
2012
Æthenor
En Form For Blå
2011
N.E.W.
NEWtoons
2009, LP, Ltd, Num, Bo'Weavil Recordings
N.E.W.
Deadeye Tricksters
2008, CD, Album, Bo'Weavil Recordings
Tongues Of Fire
Washerwoman's Brawl / Smokin' Jo Crow
2006, 7", Nanny Tango
Free Base
The Ins And Outs
2005, CD, Album, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation
Badland
The Society Of The Spectacle
2005, CD, Album, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation
And
Barbarian
2003, CDr, Album, Incus, Incus, ,
Free Improvisation
Badland
Axis Of Cavity
2002, CD, Album, Bruce's Fingers
SFQ
Thirteen Rectangles
2002, CD, Album, Bruce's Fingers, ,
Free Improvisation
Lol Coxhill
Spectral Soprano
2002, 2xCD, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz
School Of Velocity
Homework
2001, CD, Album, GROB, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
London Improvisers Orchestra
The Hearing Continues...
2001, 2xCD, Album, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation
London Improvisers Orchestra
Proceedings
2000, 2xCD, Album, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation
Franz Hautzinger Quartett
Bent
1996
Rip Rig + Panic*
Knee Deep In Hits
1990, ,
Post-Punk/Jazz-Funk/New Wave/Experimental
Kahondo Style
Green Tea & Crocodiles
1987, LP, Album, Nato
Rip Rig + Panic*
Attitude
1983, ,
Alternative Rock/Jazz-Funk
Rip Rig + Panic*
I Am Cold
1982, ,
Post-Punk/Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz

APPEARANCES +


Arthur Doyle Duo*
Live At Kraak Fest 2011
2023, Cass, Ltd, C-6, Troglosound, ,
Free Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Free Improvisation
Duck Baker
Confabulations
2021, CD, ESP-Disk' Ltd.
M.A.N. (16), B.A.N.
M.A.N. - B.A.N.
2021, 2xLP, Ltd, Dropa Disc
Daniel Blumberg
The World To Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2021
Decoy (13) With Joe McPhee
AC / DC
2020, CD, Album, Ltd, Otoroku, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Airway / Hijokaidan
The Lowest Form Of Music
2020, 2xCD, Album, Helicopter, Troniks, ,
Experimental/Noise/Free Improvisation
Ken Vandermark
Unexpected Alchemy
2019, 7xCD, Not Two Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Various
Discovery Festival 2017 - Channel
2018, 23xFile, FLAC, Album, Weekertoft, ,
Free Improvisation
Alex Ward Quartet
Inductance
2017, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Copepod Records
Various
The Horse Box Volume 1 - Ventures At Iklectik In Association With Iklectik Art Lab And St Austral Sound
2017, 19xFile, WAV, Comp, IKLECTIK Records, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Musique Concrète/Avant-garde Jazz/Noise
Saint Francis Duo*
Los Bordes De Las Respuestas
2016, LP, Ltd, Num, Dropa Disc
Antoine Prum
Taking The Dog For A Walk (Conversations With British Improvisers)
2015, 2xDVD-V + CD + Box, Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu, ,
Interview/Spoken Word/Free Improvisation
Noble - Edwards - Ward*
N.E.W.
2015, CD, Album, Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu, ,
Free Improvisation
Alex Ward Trios* & Sextet*
Projected / Entities / Removal
2015, CD, Album, Copepod Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Chispas
Pep Whit
2015, File, WAV, Spoonhunt
Iancu Dumitrescu / Ana-Maria Avram
Paris - London (III)
2013, CD, Album, Edition Modern, ,
Contemporary/Experimental/Free Improvisation
The Brick Keepers
Laid To Rest
2012, LP, Album, Ltd, Whi, Kordos, ,
Post-Modern/Neo-Classical/Movie Effects/Experimental/Dark Ambient
Black Music Disaster
Black Music Disaster
2012
Various
Classic Rock Presents PROG - Prognosis 16
2011, CD, Comp, Classic Rock, ,
Prog Rock/Experimental/Progressive Metal/Alternative Rock/Death Metal/Pop Rock
Decoy (13) & Joe McPhee
OTO
2011, CD, Album, Bo'Weavil Recordings
BBC Concert Orchestra, Brian Irvine Ensemble*, Paul Dunmall
Montana Strange
2011, CD, Album, FMR Records (2)
Ulver
Wars Of The Roses
2011, ,
Abstract/Alternative Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
C.C. Sager
Hey, Dad What Do Poets Eat For Tea? Pork And Opium, Son, Pork And Opium.
2010, 13xFile, MP3, Album, Bristol Archive Records
Tim Hart And Friends
My Very Favourite Nursery Rhyme Record
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Park Records, ,
Folk Rock/Country/Nursery Rhymes
Brion Gysin
Live In London 1982
2007, CD, Album, Sub Rosa
Simon H. Fell
Composition No. 62: Compilation IV (Quasi-Concerto For Clarinet(s), Improvisers, Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra & Electronics)
2005, CD, Album, Bruce's Fingers
Nick J. Swarth
De Napalmsessies
2005, DVD-D, Het Muzieklab
Hans Koch
London Duos And Trios (Hans Koch Meets London Musicians)
2004, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Simon H. Fell - SFQ
Four Compositions
2004, 2xCD, Album, Red Toucan Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Freedom Of The City 2003: Small Groups
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Emanem, ,
Free Improvisation
Lol Coxhill
Out To Launch
2003, CD, Album, Emanem
Enzo Rocco
London Gigs
2000, CD, Album, Prominence
Billy Jenkins
Suburbia
1999, CD, Album, Babel
Louis Philippe
A Kiss In The Funhouse
1998, CD, Comp, Le Grand Magistery, Le Grand Magistery
Various
Rectangle Omnibus
1998, CD, Album, Comp, Uplink Records, Rectangle
Various
Musikprotokoll - Im Steirischen Herbst 97
1997, CD, Album, ORF Steiermark
Laïla Amezian
Initial
1997, ,
Bossa Nova/Smooth Jazz/Chanson
Noble-Marshall-Buckley-Trio
Bad Gleichenberg Festival-Edition Vol.3
1995, CD, Album, Jazz Live (2)
Buckley*, Batchelor*
The Whole And The Half
1995, CD, FMR Records (2)
Round the Horn
Front Ears
1993, Cass, Album, Bonjour Records
Billy Jenkins With The Voice Of God Collective
Uncommerciality: Vol 3
1991, Cass, Album, VOTP,
C.C. Sager
Fats Hustles The Pros And Cons
1991
Cat O'Nine Tails*
Hoki-Poki
1990, Cass, Album, Wire Cassettes
Various
Fab Gear
1990, ,
Pop Rock
Craig Davies
Groovin' On A Shaft Cycle
1990, ,
Acoustic/Ballad
Company
Once
1989, CD, Album, Incus, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Tristan Honsinger, Toshinori Kondo
This, That And The Other
1987, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
ZTT: The Value Of Entertainment (Time Capsule Version)
1986
Tim Hart And Friends
Drunken Sailor And Other Kids Songs
1983, LP, Album, Music For Pleasure, Music For Pleasure
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley Sings Leiber & Stoller
1980
Various
IBA 2° ANIVERSARIO
CDr, Album, Not On Label, ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Horse Improv Music Club - Recorded Live At Iklectik
2021, 2xCD, Ltd, Shrike Records (4), ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Shape Platform 2020 - Sound, Heterogeneous Art And Performance In Europe
2020, CD, Album, Comp, Wire Magazine, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Various
Blanco Y Negro DJ Culture Vol.13
2017, 2xCD, Comp, Blanco Y Negro (2), ,
Deep House/House
Various
Anual (El Álbum Dance Del Año 2017)
2017, 3xCD, Comp, Blanco Y Negro (2), ,
Dance-pop/Euro House/House
Various
Future Trance 79
2017, 2xCD, Comp + CD, Mixed, Polystar (3), Universal Music Group, ,
Deep House/Progressive House/Progressive Trance/Hard Trance/Hands Up
Nick Skitz
Skitzmix 53
2017, 2xCD, Comp, Mixed, LNG Music, ,
Trance/Jumpstyle/Hard Trance/Electro House/Eurodance/Hands Up
Various
EDM Top 200 Vol.01
2017, 3xCD, Comp, Mixed, More Music And Media, ,
House/Progressive House/Latin/Trance/Hard House/Electro House/Dance-pop
Various
Ballermann Mega Party 2016
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Platja de Palma Records, ,
Schlager/Dance-pop/Disco/Euro-Disco
Various
Après-Ski- & Silvester-Party-Kracher 2016/2017
2016, 3xCD, Comp, Blue Bavaria Records, Nova MD, ,
Schlager/Volksmusik/Disco
Derek Bailey
Tout Rectangle : Complete Derek Bailey
2011, 43xFile, MP3, Comp, 256, Rectangle, ,
Noise/Spoken Word/Free Improvisation
Various
Afterhours #25 2008-2009 Winter
2008, 2xCD, Comp + DVD, Comp + Per, After Hours, After Hours, After Hours,
Various
Wild Weavils Volume One
CDr, Comp, Bo'Weavil Recordings
Ulver
Wars Of The Roses
2011, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Ambient