Laurence Pike

Laurence Pike is an Australian drummer and electronic musician. He studied at Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Mike Nock. Pike has specialised in improvised music, "[integrating] everything from jazz to psych to ambient to ... experimental electronic".

Pike is a member of PVT (formerly Pivot) and Szun Waves (with Luke Abbott, and Jack Wyllie of Portico Quartet), a former member of Triosk, and released his debut solo album Distant Early Warning on The Leaf Label on 30 March 2018.

Pike is a longstanding member of Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders (featuring Kirin J. Callinan, Donny Benét), and regularly tours and records with Sarah Blasko, and 4AD recording artist D.D Dumbo.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details Title Album details Beginning and End of Knowing Released: October 2015 Label: FWM Records (FWM006) Formats: CD, LP, digital download Distant Early Warning Released: 30 March 2018 Label: The Leaf Label (BAY 109) Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming Holy Spring Released: 17 May 2019 Label: The Leaf Label (BAY 114) Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming Prophecy Released: 24 July 2020 Label: The Leaf Label (BAY 123) Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming Possible Utopias for Jazz Quintet Released: 29 May 2026 Label: Balmat (BALMAT21) Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming

Awards and nominations National Live Music Awards The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016. National Live Music Awards of 2016 Laurence Pike (PVT) Live Drummer of the Year