Tashi Dorji is a Bhutanese-born, Asheville-based experimental guitarist whose fiercely intuitive
improvisations have carved out a unique space in the contemporary avant-garde. His expansive
discography includes deeply felt solo works like Stateless (2020) and we will be wherever the
fires are lit (2024), and his forthcoming electric album low clouds hang, this land is on fire
(2026) on Drag City. Dorji is one half of Manas, the dynamic duo with drummer Thom Nguyen,
and a founding member of the free jazz trio KUZU, alongside saxophonist Dave Rempis and
drummer Tyler Damon. His collaborators span a wide spectrum: from Mette Rasmussen, Susie
Ibarra, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Alex Zhang Hungtai, John Dieterich, Audrey Chen and Joe
McPhee to more recent partnerships with Tony Buck, Terrie Ex, Andy Moor, bassist John
Edwards, and drummer Steve Noble. Across his solo and group projects, Dorji’s playing, rooted
in alternate tunings, prepared guitar, and spontaneous gesture, articulates an aesthetic of
resistance, deep listening, and collective transformation.