John Lely (born Norwich, England, in 1976)[1] is a British experimental composer, improvising musician and curator based in London, UK.
[4] Lely studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, with Roger Redgate, Dave Smith and John Tilbury, and privately with Michael Parsons.
From 2003 to 2008, he taught composition and creative strategies at Goldsmiths, and experimental sound at Chelsea College of Arts.
[5] Lely's music is influenced by an older generation of British experimental composers, such as John White and Michael Parsons, with both of whom he is friends.
[6] He has also regularly performed in improvising groups in London, notably with the drummer Eddie Prévost,[7][8] the violinist Angharad Davies, Sebastian Lexer and others.