a drummer
Marko Lasič started his drumming edjucation in Primary School of Music in Nova Gorica. Later he studied for five years at the private school of the renowned Slovenian drummer, percussionist and teacher Zlatko Kaučič. At that time, he joined the Kaučič musical group called Kombo. For many years he has collaborated with the Jubileium Orchestra and the Orkester brez meja / Orchestra senza confini. For two years he also played in the jazz band Big Band Nova. He is also active in several other bands: Free Stellar Trio, Gian Agresti quartet, Alchemical Playgrounds, Snake Snake and Lev, Trus !, The Puzzled, Elastic Man, Giorgio Pacorig Trio, Trans Trio, Electric Violet, Cars, etc.
As a member of Zlatko Kaučič’s Kombo group, he participated in the recording of three albums. His drumming can be heard on the recordings of some other bands, too.
Marko Lasic has also attended workshops at numerous internationally renowned musicians, with some of whom he has played with, including: Tristan Honzinger, Joell Loandre, Evan Parker, Phil Minton, Reggie Workman, Kyle Gregory, Herb Robertson, Massimo de Mattia , Bruno Cesseli, Ares Tavolazzi, Giovani Maier and Cristina Zavalloni. He performed on some of the most important festivals and series of improvised and jazz music in Slovenia and across to the border in Italy: Jazz Cerkno, Neposlušno (Zavod Sploh, Ljubljana), Jazz Ljubljana, Trieste jazz, Udine jazz, Mittelfest Cividale, Defonija, Ljubljana.
Sometimes he also drops into the field of the performing arts; for example, he played live in the contemporary dance performance of the Ruedis of the Cultural Society of Arearea in Udine, Italy.
Diskography
· Orkester brez meja / Orchestra senza confini – Live in Nova Gorica (Klopotec, 2020)
· Alchemical Playgrounds – cikel albumov (self-publishing, 2015–2019)
· Free Stellar Trio – Age of chaos (Clean Feed, 2019)
· Orkester brez meja/Orchestra Senza confini – Schengen (Klopotec, 2016)
· Zlatko Kaučič / Cerkno Jubileum Orchestra – Zvočni sejalec (Klopotec, 2016)
· Kača Sraka in Lev Quintet – TheLabour suite (Associazione Nuovo Corso, 2016)
· Orkester brez meja/Orchestra Senza confini (Dobia Label, Zvočni izviri, 2015)
· ThePuzzled – Bad Times ForBedtimeStories (Celinka, 2013)
· Trus! – First Step (Moonlee Records & Založba Radio Študent, 2013)
· Trus! – Banana split (Moonlee Records, God Bless This Mess, 2013)
· Zlatko Kaučič Kombo / Orkester Rara Roža / posebna gosta Herb Robertson, Bruno Cesselli – Zvočna polja za T. S. (ZKP RTVS, 2012)
· Kombo – Biči (Zvočni izviri, 2009)
· Avtomobili – Klub klubov (ZKP RTVS, 2008)
· Avtomobili – Mesta železniških postaj (ZKP RTVS, 2006)
· Kombo – Skriti kotički svetlobe (Zvočni izviri, 2005)
Current Projects
· Free Stellar trio: Cene Resnik – tenor saxophone; Giorgio Pecorig – piano; Marko Lasič – drums
· Gian Agresti quartet: Gian Agresti – saxophone; Mauro Constantini – piano; Marko Lasič – drums; Matjaž Bajc – double bass
· Alchemical Playgrounds: Mimo Cogliandro – tenor saxophone; Matjaž Bajc – double bass, Samo Lasič – guitar; Marko Lasič – drums
· Kača Sraka in Lev Quintet: Gabriele Cancelli – trumpet; Paolo Pascolo – flute; Mimo Cogliandro – bass clarinet; Giovanni Maier – double bass; Marko Lasič – drums
· Giorgio Pacorig trio: Giorgio Pacorig – Fender Rhodes; Marko Lasič – drums; Gabriele Cancelli – trumpet
Past Projects
· Trus!: Jelena Rusjan – bass guitar; Boštjan Simon – saxophone; Marko Lasič – drums
• The Puzzled: Tibor Mihelič Syed – bass guitar, vocals; Marjo Babojelič – guitar; Marko Lasič – drums; Marko Brdnik – electronic accordion
• Elastic man: Giovanni Maier – double bass, Mimo Cogliandro – bass clarinet, saxophones; Marko Lasič – drums, percussion
• Trans Trio: Marko Lasič – drums, percussion; Aleš Valentinčič Brdonč – guitar; Boštjan Simon – saxophones, electronics
• Electric Violet: Aleš Valentinčič Brdonč – guitar; Marko Lasič – drums; Aleš Krebs – bass
»Aggressive smacks from dual drummer Vid Drašler and Marko Lasič define the head of “Kekčeva Pesem” until the rhythm girth is punctured by dawdling reed split tones if they were knives thrown at a target. Latterly the deflated combination is perked up from a pseudo-funeral march by de Mattia’s popping flute echoes.« (Ken Waxman, Jazz Word, 2016)
https://moonleerecords.bandcamp.com/album/first-step
https://trus-trus.bandcamp.com/album/banana-split