David Watson has been played on NTS in shows including PAN, featured first on 5 December 2016. Songs played include Dexter (Music For Highland Bagpipe), Expl Arditti SQ and A Reference Point.

Originally from New Zealand, David Watson lives and works in New York City. An internationally respected guitarist and improviser, Watson's more recent work uses the highland bagpipes. His work on the pipes subverts any conventional expectation, drawing on traditional sources, electronica and experimental improv "to blow the bagpipes into the 21st century."

In New Zealand, Watson was instrumental in developing a scene for experimental and improvised music, co-founding the recording collective Braille with the…