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Carla Kihlstedt
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Tin Hat Trio
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
The Book Of Knots
Insect And Western Party
2 Foot Yard
Redressers
Ben Goldberg Quintet
Minamo
Cosa Brava
Masaoka Orchestra
Rabbit Rabbit
Rova Channeling Coltrane
Crater
Carnival Skin
Folie À Quatre
ex
Charming Hostess
,
Rova::Orkestrova
American violinist, accordionist and composer, born 1971 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
ALBUMS
Carla Kihlstedt, Present Music
26 little deaths
2025, CD, Album, Cantaloupe Music
Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi
Niagara Falling: Tales For The Stage, III
2012
Phil Gelb*, Carla Kihlstedt, John Shiurba, Matthew Sperry
Smoking Balance: The Complete Recordings
2011, 2xCDr, Album, Limited Sedition
Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi
Still You Lay Dreaming - Tales For The Stage, II
2011
Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Shahzad Ismaily
Causing A Tiger
2010, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo
Lisa Bielawa - Carla Kihlstedt, Colin Jacobsen, Lisa Bielawa, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
In Medias Res
2010, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel + CD, BMOP/sound
Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi , And Dan Rathbun
Ravish (And Other Tales For The Stage) - Music Written For Dance And Theater
2008, CD, Comp, Twelve Cups Records
Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii
Minamo
2007, CD, Henceforth Records
Fred Frith, Stevie Wishart, Carla Kihlstedt
The Compass, Log, And Lead
2006, CD,
,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Carla Kihlstedt and Shahzad Ismaily
Flying Low
2004, CD, Holy Night In The Outhouse
Carla Kihlstedt
2 Foot Yard
2003, CD, Album, Tzadik
Lesli Dalaba / Fred Frith / Eric Glick Rieman / Carla Kihlstedt
Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt
2002,
,
Abstract/Experimental
Carla Kihlstedt, Gino Robair, Matthew Sperry
Sonarchy 1998
CDr,
,
Avantgarde/Experimental
The Book Of Knots
Garden Of Fainting Stars
2011, CD,
,
Art Rock/Experimental/Post Rock
Lisa Bielawa
A Handful Of World
2007, CD, Album, Tzadik
Tin Hat*
The Sad Machinery Of Spring
2007, CD,
,
Acoustic/Contemporary Jazz
The Book Of Knots
Traineater
2007, CD,
,
Art Rock/Noise/Post Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Cosa Brava
Z Sides
2024, CD, Album, Klanggalerie
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Of The Last Human Being
2024
Cosa Brava
The Letter
2012, CD,
,
Art Rock
Cosa Brava
Ragged Atlas
2010, CD, Album, Intakt Records,
,
Avantgarde/Art Rock/Prog Rock/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Fusion
Minamo
Kuroi Kawa = Black River
2009, 2xCD, Album, Tzadik,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
2 Foot Yard
Borrowed Arms
2008, CD, Album, Yard Work,
,
Alternative Rock
The Book Of Knots
Traineater
2007
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
In Glorious Times
2007
Ben Goldberg Quintet
The Door, The Hat, The Chair, The Fact
2006
Rova::Orkestrova
Electric Ascension
2005, CD, Album, Atavistic,
,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Charming Hostess
Sarajevo Blues
2004, CD, Album, Tzadik
The Book Of Knots
The Book Of Knots
2004, CD, Album, Arclight Records,
,
Alternative Rock
Charming Hostess
Punch
2004, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp, Ad Hoc Records
Rova::Orkestrova
An Alligator In Your Wallet
2004, CD, Album, EWE Records,
,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Of Natural History
2004
Redressers
"To Each According..."
2004
Tin Hat Trio
Book Of Silk
2004, CD,
,
Acoustic/Modern/Avantgarde
Tin Hat Trio
The Rodeo Eroded
2002, CD,
,
Acoustic/Experimental
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Grand Opening And Closing
2001
Tin Hat Trio
Helium
2000, CD,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Acoustic
Tin Hat Trio
Memory Is An Elephant
1999
Masaoka Orchestra
What Is The Difference Between Stripping & Playing The Violin?
1998, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo
Charming Hostess
Eat
1998, CD Gatefold Slipsleeve,
,
Folk Rock/Doo Wop/Vocal/Ballad
Charming Hostess
Nub City
1994, 7", Vaccination Records,
,
Klezmer/Prog Rock
Carnival Skin
Holy Cow Charlie
1994, 7", EP, Dream Chair Records
APPEARANCES +
Raven Chacon & Present Music
Voiceless Mass
2025, CD, Album, New World Records,
,
Contemporary/Experimental
Yang
Rejoice!
2024, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Federale
Reverb & Seduction
2024
Plutocracy Planet
Plutocracy Planet
2024, Vinyl Clean With Neon Green Swirl Limited to 250,
,
Prog Rock/Beat/Rock & Roll/Post-Hardcore
Various
The Holdovers (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2023, 2xLP, Comp, Back Lot Music, Focus Features,
Soundtrack/Score
Surplus 1980
Illusion Of Consistency
2023
Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec Folie À Quatre
Séances
2022, CD, Album, Pyroclastic Records
Trevor Dunn
She Found A Moviola (An F. Theodore Elliot Film Original Soundtrack)
2022, 12xFile, FLAC, Album, Riverworm Records
Rabbit Rabbit Radio*
Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Volume 5 - Love Is Code
2022, 11xFile, AIFF, Album, Not On Label
Oceans Of Slumber
Starlight And Ash
2022,
,
Progressive Metal/Goth Rock/Southern Rock
Surplus 1980 with GW Sok
Kremlin Gremlin (A Dull Fiddler)
2022,
,
Art Rock/Post-Punk/Dub
Ridiculon
Super Meat Boy Forever
2021
Trevor Dunn
Nocturnes
2019, CD, Album, Tzadik,
,
Contemporary
Rabbit Rabbit Radio*
Volume 2 • Swallow Me Whole
2018, CD, Album, Klanggalerie,
,
Experimental/Alternative Rock/Synth-pop
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Final Answer
2018, CD, Album, Orange Mountain Music
Tom Waits
Bawlers
2018, 2x Vinyl Blue Transparent,
Rabbit Rabbit Radio*
Vol. III • The Year Of The Horse
2018,
,
Alternative Rock/Experimental
Tom Waits
Bastards
2018, 2x Vinyl Grey,
,
Alternative Rock/Spoken Word/Avantgarde/Experimental
Cheer-Accident
Fades
2018
Rova Channeling Coltrane
Electric Ascension + Cleaning The Mirror
2016, Blu-ray, Album + DVD, Album + CD, Album, RogueArt,
,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Jeremy Flower
The Real Me
2016,
,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Fred Frith
Field Days (The Amanda Loops)
2015, CD, Album, Fred Records, ReR Megacorp,
Tracy Chapman
Greatest Hits
2015, CD,
,
Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock
Ben Goldberg
Orphic Machine
2015,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Lissy Walker
Wonderland
2014, CD, Album, Dogwood Records (4)
Stoni*
Live Altrove
2014, CDr, Album, Marsiglia Records
Godswounds
Death To The Babyboomers
2014,
,
Abstract/Avantgarde/Funk Metal/Fusion/Heavy Metal/Noise/Prog Rock
The Norman Conquest
Myriad
2013, Cass, Ltd, The Tapeworm,
,
Noise/Experimental/Modern Classical
Various
Got RIO? Romantic Warriors II Special Features DVD [A Progressive Music Saga About Rock In Opposition]
2013, DVD-V, NTSC, All, Zeitgeist Media
Sasha Dobson
Aquarius
2013, CD Digipak,
,
Alternative Rock
Rabbit Rabbit Radio*
Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 1
2013,
,
Experimental/Folk/Art Rock
Thomas Carnacki
Oar Of Panmuphle
2012, CD, Album, Alethiometer Records
Tin Hat*
The Rain Is A Handsome Animal
2012, CD, New Amsterdam Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz
The Tiger Lillies
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
2012, 2xCD, Album, Misery Guts Music,
,
Avantgarde/Poetry/Spoken Word/Cabaret
Various
Romantic Warriors II (A Progressive Music Saga - About Rock In Opposition)
2012, DVD-V, NTSC, All, Zeitgeist Media,
,
Avantgarde/Prog Rock
Aaron Novik
Secrets Of Secrets
2012
Various
DAMN!
2011, CDr, Comp, Chmafu Nocords,
,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Theresa Wong
The Unlearning
2011, CD, Album, Tzadik
Marika Hughes
Afterlife Music Radio: 11 New Pieces For Solo Cello
2011, CD, Album, DD Records (7),
,
Contemporary
Tin Hat*
Music For Film
2011, CD, Album, Pitchfork Media
Causing A Tiger
How We Held Our Post
2011, 16xFile, AIFF, Not On Label (Causing A Tiger Self-released),
,
Experimental
A Storm Of Light
As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us Our Silver Memories Fade
2011
Aaron Novik
Floating World Vol. 1
2011
Surplus 1980
Relapse In Response
2011, CD,
,
Post Rock/Experimental
The Nuns Of Telekinesis
La Maison Ancestrale
2010, CD, Album, Shinto Records (2),
,
Industrial/Abstract/Drone/Darkwave/Rhythmic Noise/Noise/Ambient/Dark Ambient/Experimental
Tin Hat*
Foreign Legion
2010, CD, Album, Dig, BAG Production Records,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Fred Frith
Eye To Ear III
2010, CD, Album, Tzadik,
,
Musique Concrète/Avantgarde/Ambient
Puspa Dewi
Secret Wish
2010, CD-ROM, Album, Bird Productions (2),
,
Ethno-pop/Indie Pop
Various
Earth Music - Ten Years of Meridian Music: Composers In Performance
2010, CD, Album, Innova Recordings
John Vanderslice
Green Grow The Rushes
2010, 6x File 320 kbps,
,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Cheer-Accident
Fear Draws Misfortune
2009, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records,
,
Math Rock/Post Rock/Experimental/Prog Rock
Robert Burger*
City Of Strangers
2009, CD, Album, Tzadik,
,
Soundtrack
Fred Frith
Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air
2009, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp, Fred Records
Various
DAMN!
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Chmafu Nocords,
,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Michael Fiday
Same Rivers Different
2009, CD, Album, Innova Recordings
John Vanderslice
Romanian Names
2009
Mary Bragg
Sugar
2009, CD,
Madeleine Peyroux
Bare Bones
2009,
,
Contemporary Jazz
A Storm Of Light
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
2009, CD,
,
Post Rock/Doom Metal
Maybe Monday
Unsquare
2008, CD, Album, Intakt Records,
,
Free Improvisation
Greg Copeland
Diana And James
2008, CD, Album, Inside Recordings (2)
Tracy Chapman
Our Bright Future
2008,
,
Folk Rock/Acoustic
Sonarchy Trio
Sonarchy 1998
2008
Various
Elegy Sampler 49
2007, CD, Album, Smplr, Car, Elegy,
,
Industrial/EBM/Modern Classical/New Wave/Electro/Doom Metal/Synth-pop
The Molecules
Friends
2007, CD, Album + DVD, Ra Sounds
Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!*
2 Rooms Of Uranium In 83 Markers: Conducted Improvisations Vol.II
2007, CD, Album, Edgetone Records,
,
Post-Modern/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Tin Hat*
La Giusta Distanza (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2007, CD, Album, Radiofandango,
,
Soundtrack
Jorge Liderman*
Many Moons (Solos Duos Trios)
2007, CD, Album, Albany Records
Wu Fei
A Distant Youth
2007
Fred Frith
The Happy End Problem
2006, CD, Album, Dig, ReR Megacorp, Fred Records
Mark Orton
Sweet Land
2006, CD, Album, Mark Orton
Tom Waits
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
2006, 3x CD Digibook,
,
Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Experimental
Vermillion Lies
Separated By Birth
2006
Madeleine Peyroux
Half The Perfect World
2006, CD,
,
Soul-Jazz/Vocal
Vienna Teng
Dreaming Through The Noise
2006
Stolen Babies
There Be Squabbles Ahead
2006
Peter Garland
Love Songs
2005, CD, Album, Tzadik
Various
Knormalities V.3 Posthumorites
2005, 7", EP, Comp, Ltd, Num, Ora, Dephine Knormal Musik,
,
Post-Punk/Avantgarde/Experimental/Alternative Rock/Post Rock/Math Rock
PAK
Motel
2005, CD, Album, RA Sounds
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum And Momo*
The Face
2005, DVD, Not On Label
Thin Pillow
Thin Pillow
2005, CD, Album, Pillowsounds
John Schott's Typical Orchestra*
John Schott's Typical Orchestra
2005, CD, Album, Smash The State (2)
Tom Waits
You Can Never Hold Back Spring
2005, CD, Single, Promo, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, RCA,
,
Alternative Rock
Tommy Lee
TommyLand: The Ride
2005, CD Digipak,
,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
Lesli Dalaba
Timelines
2004, CD, Album, Enh, Tzadik,
,
Musique Concrète/Cool Jazz
Jorge Liderman* - Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Karen Rosenak, Sonia Rubinsky, Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players
Trompetas De Plata (A Collection Of Chamber Works)
2004, CD, Album, Albany Records
Call And Response
Winds Take No Shape
2004
Knife & Fork
Miserycord
2004
Various
Great Jewish Music: Jacob Do Bandolim
2004, CD,
Carla Bozulich
I'm Gonna Stop Killing
2004, CD Digipak,
,
Country Rock/Experimental
Kultur Shock
Kultura-Diktatura
2004, CD,
,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Punk/Ska
John Zorn
Voices In The Wilderness
2003, 2xCD, Album, Tzadik,
,
Free Jazz/Fusion/Swing/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Great Jewish Music: Sasha Argov
2003, CD, Album, Tzadik,
,
Bossa Nova/Reggae/Pop Rock/J-pop/Avantgarde/Tango/Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Eesk
Ghost Taxi
2003, CD, Album, Nocturnal Love Feast Music,
,
Ambient
Steve Kirk
Voodoo Vince - Original Xbox Game Music
2003, CD, Album, Sumthing Else Music Works,
,
Video Game Music
Už Jsme Doma
Rybí Tuk
2003, CD,
,
Alternative Rock/Punk/Experimental
Beth Custer & The Joe Goode Performance Group
The Maverick Strain And Other Stories
2002, CD, Album, BC Records (3)
Tom Waits
Alice
2002, Vinyl,
,
Alternative Rock/Experimental
Various
For The Kids
2002, CD,
,
Ethereal/Nursery Rhymes/Indie Rock/Vocal
Tracy Chapman
Let It Rain
2002,
,
Folk Rock/Pop Rock
Jewlia Eisenberg
Trilectic
2001, CD, Album, Tzadik,
,
Folk Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Avantgarde
Various
Oasis: Music From Mills 2001
2001, CD, Album, Comp, Mills College
Elaine Buckholtz
Horse In The Window
2001, CD, Album, Out Of Round Records,
,
Avantgarde
Various
In His Own Sweet Way - A Tribute To Dave Brubeck
2000, CD, Album, Avant,
,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
John Schott
Shuffle Play: Elegies For The Recording Angel
2000, CD, Album, New World Records,
,
Abstract/Modern Classical/Experimental
The Lullaby Baxter Trio*
Capable Egg
2000
Eugene Chadbourne
Worms With Strings
1999, CD, Album, Leo Records
Eugene Chadbourne And The Insect And Western Party*
Beauty And The Bloodsucker
1999, CD, Album, Leo Records
Mumble And Peg*
This Ungodly Hour
1999,
,
Folk Rock/Alternative Rock
Deadweight
Half-wit Anthems
1999
Mr. Bungle
California
1999
Dubtribe Sound System
Bryant Street
1999, CD,
,
Tribal House/Acid Jazz/Deep House
Third Eye Blind
Blue
1999, CD,
,
Alternative Rock
Ann Dyer & No Good Time Fairies
Revolver (A New Spin)
1999
Eighty Mile Beach
Inclement Weather
1998, CD, Album, OM Records, OM Records,
,
Future Jazz/Downtempo
Ben Goldberg
Twelve Minor
1998, CD, Album, Avant,
,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Angels Of Life In A Psychic Wasteland
1998, CD, Comp, Eerie Materials,
,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Trip Hop/Psychedelic Rock/Lo-Fi/Leftfield/Experimental
Gino Robair
Buddy Systems - Selected Duos And Trios
1998, CD, Album, Meniscus,
,
Free Improvisation
Eskimo
Some Prefer Cake
1998, CD, Album, 3-f, Vaccination Records,
,
Score/Avant-garde Jazz
Third Eye Blind
Losing A Whole Year
1998, CD,
,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
The Grassy Knoll
III
1998, CD,
,
Jazz-Rock/Future Jazz/Abstract
Various
Lounge-A-Palooza
1997, CD,
,
Lounge/Smooth Jazz/Pop Rock
Various
Eyesore (A Stab At The Residents)
1996, CD,
,
Avantgarde
Various
The U.S. And The Holocaust
2022, CD, Album, In A Circle Records,
,
Soundtrack
r.roo
SSS Podcast #070
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, SeekSickSound,
,
IDM/Modern Classical/Dark Ambient
Tom Waits
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
2006, 3x CD,
,
Alternative Rock
Tommy Lee
TommyLand: The Ride
2005, CD,
,
Alternative Rock
Tom Waits
Alice
2002, CD,
,
Alternative Rock/Experimental
Deadweight
Half-wit Anthems
2002
Tracy Chapman
Let It Rain
2002,
,
Folk Rock/Pop Rock
Mr. Bungle
California
1999,
,
Lounge/Rock & Roll/Doo Wop/Avantgarde/Heavy Metal