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Co-founder of Sun City Girls, owner of Abduction, and co-owner of Sublime Frequencies.
Alan was raised in Saginaw, Michigan and Arizona and later settled in Seattle. He has travelled extensively including long stays in Indonesia and Egypt.
Alan’s younger brother is Rick Bishop. Thiri Einsi is his step daughter.

ALBUMS


Asher Gamedze With Xristian Espinoza And Alan Bishop
Out Side Work / Two Duets
2022, LP, Astral Spirits
Alan Bishop
The Sea Between My Soul
2021, 2xLP, Red, Onassis Foundation
Sam Shalabi / Alan Bishop & Sam Shalabi, Sam Shalabi / Alvarius B.
Mother Of All Sinners (Puppet On A String)
2016
"A" Trio + Alan Bishop
Burj Al Imam
2015
Thurston Moore & John Moloney, Caught On Tape / Bishop*, Orcutt*, Corsano*
Parallelogram
2015, ,
Experimental/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation
Alan Bishop
Radio Moderna
2013, Cass, C44, Alterity 101
Alan Bishop & Mark Gergis
Sumatran Folk Cinema
2008, DVD-V, Ltd, Sublime Frequencies
Alan Bishop & Richard Bishop* Present The Brothers Unconnected*
The Brothers Unconnected: A Tribute To Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls
2008, CD, Album, Ltd, Abduction
Alan Bishop & Richard Bishop*
Nat Pwe: Burma's Carnival Of Spirit Soul
2003, DVD, Ltd, NTSC, Sublime Frequencies
Alvarius B.
Trolling The De-Enlightenment (Live In Europe)
2023
Adnan Othman
"Bershukor" A Retrospective Of Hits By A Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend
2019
Various
Guitars Of The Golden Triangle · Folk And Pop Music Of Myanmar (Burma) Vol. 2
2017, ,
Garage Rock/Lo-Fi/Psychedelic Rock/Rock & Roll
The Invisible Hands
Teslam
2014
Dara Puspita
1966-1968
2010, CD, Comp, Sublime Frequencies, ,
Beat/Pop Rock/Garage Rock
Koes Plus
Dheg Dheg Plas & Volume Two
2010, CD, Comp, RE, Sublime Frequencies
Koes Bersaudara
1967
2010
Sun City Girls
Funeral Mariachi
2010, ,
Experimental
The Invisible Hands
The Big Minute
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Abduction
The Dwarfs of East Agouza
High Tide In The Lowlands
2023, LP, Album, Sub Rosa
Alternative Particle Choir
Black Hole Diaries
2020, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Num, Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Doom Metal/Dark Ambient
Clandestine Trio
Blue Shell
2020, 7", Single, Unrock
Happy Dead Man
Vines Grow Between My Eyes
2020
Praed Orchestra!
Live In Sharjah
2020
The Dwarfs of East Agouza
The Green Dogs Of Dashour
2020
The Clandestine Quartet
One For The Fossa, Two For The Wolverine
2019, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Experimental
The Dwarfs of East Agouza
Rats Don't Eat Synthesizers
2018
The Dwarfs of East Agouza
Both Sides Of The Curtain (Live In Beirut)
2017, LP, Album, Ltd, Mophradat, Unrock
The Dwarfs Of East Agouza
Bes
2016, ,
African/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental/Psychedelic Rock
Sun City Girls
Eye Mohini (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 3)
2013, CD, Comp, Abduction
Brothers Unconnected
Unrock The House
2012, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Unrock
Sun City Girls
Gum Arabic
2010, CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Annihaya Records
Sun City Girls
Napoleon & Josephine (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2)
2009, CD, Comp, Abduction, ,
Spoken Word/Experimental
Sun City Girls
You're Never Alone With A Cigarette (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1)
2008, CD, Album, Comp, Abduction
Sun City Girls
Live At The Sit & Spin, Seattle May 17, 2002
2008
Sun City Girls
Beginnings Dark
2007, LP, S/Sided, Ltd, Whi, Enterruption, ,
Experimental
Sun Supreme
Sun Supreme
2007, LP, Ltd, Meds
Maybe Mental
Over Dark Harbors
2004
Sun City Girls
God Is My Solar System / Superpower
2003, 2xLP, Comp, Ltd, RE, Eclipse Records (3)
Sun City Girls
Live From The Land Of The Rising Sun
1997, CD, Album, Japan Overseas, ,
Experimental
Sun City Girls
Dante's Disneyland Inferno
1996
Sun City Girls
330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond The Rig Veda
1996, ,
Experimental
Sun City Girls
Live At C.O.N. Artists
1993, LP, Poon Village, ,
Experimental
Sun City Girls
Pelican 92
1993
Sun City Girls
Torch Of The Mystics
1990
Sun City Girls
Grotto Of Miracles
1986, LP, Placebo Records
JFA*
My Movie
1986
Sun City Girls
Midnight Cowboys From Ipanema
1986
Sun City Girls
Sun City Girls
1984, LP, Placebo Records
JFA*
Mad Garden E.P.
1984, 12", EP, Placebo Records
Maybe Mental
Over Dark Harbors / MMLATMJM2684
1984, Cass, Album, Not On Label
Maybe Mental
Lotuses On Fire
Sun City Girls
Arizona State University, Tempe, 1989
2015, Cass, Album, Unofficial, Anökumena, ,
Experimental

APPEARANCES +


Various
Everything Depends On Us: Zebulon L.A. Live Recording Vol. 1
2024, 3xLP, Comp, Ltd, Zebulon Records (3)
The Handover
The Handover
2024
Asher Gamedze
Turbulence And Pulse
2023
Neil Hamburger Presents*
Seasonal Depression Suite
2023, ,
Musical/Alternative Rock/Comedy/Rock Opera/Vocal
Dwarfs of East Agouza*
Speaking In Tongues
2022, 7", Single, Unrock
Climax Golden Twins
Climax Golden Twins
2022, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Fire Breathing Turtle, ,
Experimental/Ambient
Moon Juice
Fuck Synchronization
2022
Square 9*
Tsunami.2↑
2022
John Schuller
Lesser Angel Of Failure 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
2022
Eugene Chadbourne, Sun City Girls
Jazz At The Court
2021, CDr, Album, House Of Chadula, ,
Experimental
Procession Towards The Unknown
The Crystal Jaw
2021, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Mental Groove Records
Sun City Girls
Live At The Sky Church - September 3rd, 2004
2020, LP, Album, Ltd, Num + DVD-V, Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company, ,
Experimental
Vicious Fence
Primitives / Humanoid Front
2020, 7", Single, Total Life Society
Various
Well Known Strangers
2020, 14x7", Ltd, Num, Unrock, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avantgarde/Experimental
The No-Neck Blues Band*
Gitanjali + The Nascent Stigma
2020
Scarcity Of Tanks
Dissing The Reduction
2019, CD, Album, Total Life Society, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde
Dwarfs of East Agouza* / Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt
Electric Smog
2019
Eyvind Kang
Chirality
2019, CD, ,
Avantgarde
Natalia Beylis
Real Live Birds Vol. 1
2019
Tarkamt
Live At The Necropolis
2018, Cass, Album, Doom Trip Records
Èlg*
Mauve Zone
2016, LP, Album, Nashazphone
Eddy Detroit
Black Crow Gazebo
2016, LP, Assophon Records
Robert Millis
The Lonesome High
2016, LP, Album, Abduction
Ak'chamel, The Giver Of Illness
Transmissions from Boshqa
2016
Various
Here We Are Now (15 Tracks Of The Month's Best New Music)
2015, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), Uncut (2), ,
Acoustic/Country Rock/Folk/Indie Pop/Lo-Fi/Britpop
اسلام شيبسى*, E.E.K.
Live At The Cairo High Cinema Institute
2014, LP, Red, Nashazphone
Various
Radio Niger
2014, CD, Album, Sublime Frequencies
سام شلبي* = Sam Shalabi
الموسيقي للعرب = Music For Arabs
2014, CD, Album, Majmua Music
Various
Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock From Singapore And Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1
2014
Maurice Louca = موريس لوقا*
بنحيي البغبغان = Salute The Parrot
2014
Various
Your Victorian Breasts
2013, 2xLP, Comp, Ltd, Num, Three:four records, ,
Krautrock/Lo-Fi/Avantgarde/Drone/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Indie Pop/Acoustic
Various
Musicworks #117: Winter 2013
2013, CD, Comp, Musicworks
Various
Eight Trails, One Path
2012, LP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, Three Lobed Recordings, ,
Acoustic/Psychedelic Rock/Folk
Neung Phak
2
2012, ,
Experimental/Folk/Psychedelic Rock
Eddy Detroit Meets The Sun City Girls*
Eddy Detroit Meets The Sun City Girls
2011, 7", Ltd, Ammit Records
Master Musicians Of Bukkake
Totem Three
2011
Erkin Koray
Meçhul: Singles & Rarities
2011, ,
Folk Rock/Acid Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Hard Rock
Herb Diamante And Friends*
A Spoonful Of Yeast
2010, CD, Album, No-Fi, ,
Avantgarde/Lounge/Noise
Omar Khorshid
Guitar El Chark
2010
Various
Saigon Rock & Soul (Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974)
2010, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic/Soul/Nhạc Vàng
Dara Puspita
The Garage Years
2010
Hayvanlar Alemi
Guarana Superpower
2010
Master Musicians Of Bukkake
Totem One
2009
Various
Siamese Soul - Thai Pop Spectacular Vol.2 1960s - 1980s
2009
Various
Radio Myanmar (Burma)
2008, CD, Album, Sublime Frequencies
J. Spaceman / Sun City Girls
Mister Lonely (Music From A Film By Harmony Korine)
2008
Grails
Doomsdayer's Holiday
2008
Various
Folk And Pop Music Of Myanmar (Burma) Vol. 3: Music Of Nat Pwe
2007, CD, Comp, Sublime Frequencies
Various
Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s - 1980s
2007
Various
Molam: Thai Country Groove From Isan Vol. 2
2007
Various
Radio Thailand: Transmissions From The Tropical Kingdom
2006, 2xCD, Sublime Frequencies, ,
Radioplay
Various
Radio Algeria
2006, CD, Comp, Sublime Frequencies
Grails
The Burden Of Hope / Redlight
2006, LP, RE, Gre + LP, RE, Red + Album, Comp, RP, Robotic Empire, Robotic Empire, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Radio Sumatra: The Indonesian FM Experience
2005, CD, Comp, Sublime Frequencies
Unknown Artist
Radio Phnom Penh
2005, CD, Comp, Sublime Frequencies
Various
Molam: Thai Country Groove From Isan
2005, ,
Folk/Funk/Disco
Ennio Morricone
Crime And Dissonance
2005, ,
Soundtrack/Modern Classical/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Guitars Of The Golden Triangle: Folk And Pop Music Of Myanmar (Burma) Vol. 2
2005
Various
Streets Of Lhasa
2004, CD, Album, Sublime Frequencies
Hisham Mayet
Folk Music Of The Sahara: Among The Tuareg Of Libya
2004, DVD-V, Ltd, Sublime Frequencies
Various
Radio India: The Eternal Dream Of Sound
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Sublime Frequencies, ,
Radioplay
Various
Radio Morocco
2004, CD, Sublime Frequencies
Master Musicians Of Bukkake
The Visible Sign Of The Invisible Order
2004, ,
Experimental
Various
Radio Palestine: Sounds Of The Eastern Mediterranean
2004
Various
Folk And Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol.2
2004
Tucker Martine
Broken Hearted Dragonflies (Insect Electronica From Southeast Asia)
2004
Various
Princess Nicotine: Folk And Pop Music Of Myanmar (Burma) Vol. 1
2004
Hisham Mayet
Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous Of The Dead
2003, DVD, Ltd, Sublime Frequencies
Various
Radio Java
2003, CD, Comp, Sublime Frequencies
Various
Folk And Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol.1
2003
Various
Night Recordings From Bali
2003
Grails
The Burden Of Hope
2003
Alvarius B* And Cerberus Shoal
The Vim And Vigour Of Alvarius B And Cerberus Shoal
2002, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Ennio Morricone
Morricone 2001
2000
Ennio Morricone
Morricone 2000
1999
Eugene Chadbourne
Psychad
1997, LP, Album, Ltd, Swamp Room Records, n.UR-Kult Releases, ,
Country Blues/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
EP No3
1996, 7", EP, Comp, Hayfever, Hayfever, Hayfever, ,
Krautrock/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Indie Rock/Ambient
Dr. Eugene Chadbourne's New Archive Of Insanity*
Chadbourne Barber Shop
1996, CD, Comp, Airline 61, ,
Country Blues/Folk Rock/Punk/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Miss Murgatroid
Time Theory 11:11 / Railroad To Kali
1995, 7", Mar, Rabid God Inoculator Industries
Jabon
Apis
1993, Cass, C48, Gravelvoice Music
Life Garden
Caught Between The Tapestry Of Silence & Beauty
1992
Eugene Chadbourne
Country Music From The World Of Islam Vols. 11 & 12
1991, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Eugene Chadbourne Self-Released), ,
Experimental
Eugene Chadbourne
Chadbourne Baptist Church Live In Concert
1991, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Eugene Chadbourne Self-Released)
Various
Les Mystères Des Voix Vulgaires
1990, ,
Art Rock/Experimental/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Eugene Chadbourne
Long Lost Classics
1989, Cass, Album, C90, Not On Label (Eugene Chadbourne Self-Released)
Eugene Chadbourne
Country Music In The World Of Islam Volume XV
1989
Eddy Detroit with King Heathen
The Philosopher's Journey
1987, LP, Album, Pan Records (7)
Bean Church
The Night Of A Thousand R's
1987, Cass, Album, Breakfast Without Meat, Gravyhills Cassettes
Eugene Chadbourne
Fuck The Audio Evolution Network - A Documentary
1987
Controlled Bleeding / Maybe Mental
Halved
1986, LP, Placebo Records
Various
Amuck
1982, LP, Comp, Placebo Records
Eddy Detroit
Immortal God's
1982
Various
Victrola Favorites Vol. 4 : Burmese
Cass, Comp, C30, Fire Breathing Turtle
Various
Musicworks #130
2018, CD, Comp, Musicworks
Various
Parallelogram
2015, LP, Album + LP, Album + LP, Album + LP, Album + LP, Three Lobed Recordings, Three Lobed Recordings, Three Lobed Recordings, Three Lobed Recordings, Three Lobed Recordings,
Various
Smash Your Tom Tom, Listen To Sun City Girls
2012, 14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Boomkat
Various
Let's Try It Another Way
2003, CDr, Album, Comp, The Laughing Madcaps
Various
Postal Sound Surgery
1992, Cass, C90, Audiofile Tapes, ,
Experimental