Dan Rathbun / Din


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Dan Rathbun is a musician, instrument builder, and sculptor of sound. Having spent 12 years as a core member of the rock circus Idiot Flesh and 8 with Charming Hostess he now plays with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Dan co-owns Polymorph Recording Studio and has produced and recorded countless CD’s and records in a wide range of styles. Dan has worked with Shinichi Iova-Koga since 1996 and is a founding member of the performance collective known as inkBoat (formerly Uro Teatr Koku).

ALBUMS


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
Faun Fables
Family Album
2024, ,
Acoustic
The Mommyheads
Flying Suit
2010, ,
Indie Rock
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
Moe! Staiano / Moe!kestra!
An Inescapable Siren Within Earshot Distance Therein And Other Whereabouts
2006, CD, Album, Amanita, Rastascan Records, ,
Post-Modern
Faun Fables
The Transit Rider
2006
Charming Hostess
Punch
2004, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp, Ad Hoc Records
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Of Natural History
2004
Faun Fables
Early Song
2004
Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!*
Two Forms Of Multitudes: Conducted Improvisations
2003, CD, Album, Dephine Knormal Musik, Pax Recordings, Edgetone Records, ,
Post-Modern
The Phantom Limbs
Displacement
2003
Watch Them Die
Watch Them Die
2003
Nigel Pepper Cock
The New Way
2002
Deadbodieseverywhere
Buy A Bullet Rent A Gun
2002
Deadweight
Stroking The Moon
2002
Jewlia Eisenberg
Trilectic
2001, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Folk Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Avantgarde
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Grand Opening And Closing
2001
Peachfish
Peachfish
1999, CD, Album, Not On Label (Peachfish (2) Self-released)
Už Jsme Doma
Uši
1999, CD, ,
Punk/Ska/Avantgarde/Experimental
Deadweight
Half-wit Anthems
1999
Creeps On Candy
Wonders Of Giardia
1999
Dan Plonsey
Ivory Bill
1997, CD, Music & Arts, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Guano
Starfighter
1996, LP, Album, Bun Length, Etc., ,
Space Rock/Funk/Experimental
Mumble & Peg
Mumble & Peg
1996
Schlong
Schlong's Punk Side Story
1995
Schlong
Fish Booty
1995
Charming Hostess
Nub City
1994, 7", Vaccination Records, ,
Klezmer/Prog Rock
Dreamland
God's Fools
1994, CD, Album, Caliban Records, ,
Art Rock
RROPE*
West Tone Song
1993
Fibulator
Drankfromtheasphalt
1993
Fibulator
Even From Here You Look Big
1992, ,
Alternative Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Experimental
Sluggo
Sluggo
1991, LP, Dandelion Records (4)
Edmund Welles
Imagination Lost
2011
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Of The Last Human Being
2024, ,
Experimental/Industrial/Post-Metal/Avantgarde
Ceremony
The Doldrums (Friendly City)
2020
Ceremony
#YourLifeInAmerica
2017, 5xCass, Album, RE, Not On Label (Ceremony (4) Self-released)
Free Salamander Exhibit
Undestroyed
2016
Serpent Crown
Serpent Crown
2013, CD, Album, Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
Mirthkon
Snack(s)
2013, CD, Album, AltrOck
Ceremony
He-God-Has Favored Our Undertakings
2012
Surplus 1980
Relapse In Response
2011, CD, ,
Post Rock/Experimental
Ceremony
Rohnert Park LP
2010
Mute Socialite
Cheap Clocks
2009, Vinyl, ,
Post Rock
Matthias Bossi
Last Show On Earth
2009
Ceremony
Still, Nothing Moves You
2008
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
In Glorious Times
2007
Various
Not Alone - Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders
2006, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Durtro, Jnana Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Country Rock/Ambient/Acoustic/Downtempo/Experimental
ZZZZ / Uz Jsme Doma*
Assassination Polka / Triska
2005, 7", Polyvinyl Record Company, ,
Art Rock/Punk/Prog Rock
Three Piece Combo
Three Piece Combo
2005, CD, Album, Feast Or Famine
Takaru
Takaru
2005, ,
Hardcore/Punk
Iron Lung / Lana Dagales
Iron Lung / Lana Dagales
2004
Fall Of The Bastards
Dusk Of An Ancient Age
2004
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Live
2003, CD, Album, Sickroom Records
Už Jsme Doma
Rybí Tuk
2003, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Punk/Experimental
Deadbodieseverywhere
Buy A Bullet, Rent A Gun
2003
The Vanishing
Songs For Psychotic Children
2003
Laudanum
The Apotheker
2003
Lesser Of Two
War Circus
2002, CD, Not On Label (Lesser Of Two Self-released)
Fleshies
Kill The Dreamer's Dream
2001
Faun Fables
Mother Twilight
2001
Tarantula Hawk
Tarantula Hawk
2000
Ninewood*
American Salt Lick
1999, CD, Album, Vaccination Records
Ninewood*
New Can Of Ice
1998, CD, Album, Vaccination Records
Charming Hostess
Eat
1998, CD Gatefold Slipsleeve, ,
Folk Rock/Doo Wop/Vocal/Ballad
Various
Eyesore (A Stab At The Residents)
1996, CD, ,
Avantgarde
Idiot Flesh
The Nothing Show
1995, CD, Album, Rock Against Rock Records
Ebola Soup
Feelin' Logy
1995, 7", EP, Vaccination Records, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
The Mommyheads
Coming Into Beauty
1992, ,
Power Pop/Experimental
G.G.F.H.
Eclipse
1991
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Of The Last Human Being
2024
Charming Hostess
The Bowls Project
2010, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Folk Rock/Avantgarde
Charming Hostess
Sarajevo Blues
2004, CD, Album, Tzadik
Idiot Flesh
Fancy
1997, CD, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Idiot Flesh
Teen Devil Worshipper
1995
Idiot Flesh
The Nothing Show (20 minute EP)
1993, Cass, EP, Rock Against Rock Records, ,
Folk Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Idiot Flesh
Tales Of Instant Knowledge And Sure Death
1992

APPEARANCES +


Stolen Babies
There Be Squabbles Ahead
2007
Stolen Babies
There Be Squabbles Ahead
2006
The Oakland Elementary School Arkestra
The Saga Of Padani
2018, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Space-Age
Rabbit Rabbit Radio*
Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 3 - Year Of The Wooden Horse
2015, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Ether
Ether Archive: Unreleased Recordings 1993-2013
2013, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental/Rhythmic Noise
LikeLove
Talking To Everyone
2012, 5xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
The Parlour Trick
A Blessed Unrest
2012
Iron Lung / The Process
Iron Lung / The Process
2012
Ceremony
6 Cover Songs
2011, ,
Hardcore/Punk
Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi
Still You Lay Dreaming - Tales For The Stage, II
2011
Extortion
Loose Screws
2010
Ceremony
Rohnert Park EP: Sick
2010
Various
DAMN!
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Chmafu Nocords, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Matthias Bossi
Last Show On Earth
2009
Fuzzy Cousins
Progress
2008, CD, Album, Not On Label (Fuzzy Cousins Self-released)
Mute Socialite
More Popular Than Presidents And Generals
2008, CD, ,
Post Rock/Experimental
Various
Century Media - Covering 20 Years Of Extremes
2008, 2x CD, ,
Thrash/Speed Metal/Death Metal/Heavy Metal
Moe! Staiano
The Absolute Tradition Of No Traditions
2007, CD, Album, PsychForm Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
Elegy Sampler 49
2007, CD, Album, Smplr, Car, Elegy, ,
Industrial/EBM/Modern Classical/New Wave/Electro/Doom Metal/Synth-pop
Various
Oakland: The Secret Is Out
2007, CD, Comp, Warm And Fuzzy Records, ,
Experimental/Indie Rock/Punk
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Ekvílibríum
2007, ,
Leftfield/Downtempo
Red Bennies
Announcing
2007
Talk Is Poison
Condensed Humanity: The Prank EPs
2007
Iron Lung
Sexless // No Sex
2007, ,
Power Violence
Giraffes? Giraffes!
More Skin With Milk-Mouth
2007
Thomas Carnacki, Jesse Quattro, Jesse Burson, Jon Brumit
Far Voyage From A Placid Island
2006, CD, Album, Ltd, Alethiometer Records
World Burns To Death
Totalitarian Sodomy
2006, ,
Thrash/Hardcore/Punk
Faun Fables
The Transit Rider
2006
Tragedy
Nerve Damage
2006
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
Math Camp
Away
2005, CD, Album, Enh, Dig, Agenda Del Mondo Records
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum And Momo*
The Face
2005, DVD, Not On Label
Jewlia Eisenberg
The Grim Arithmetic Of Water
2005, CDr, Not On Label
Look Back And Laugh
Look Back And Laugh
2005
Desolation
Desolation
2005, ,
Hardcore/Punk
Takaru
Takaru
2005
Red Pocket
Thick
2004, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Alternative Rock
Iron Lung / Scurvy Bastards
Iron Lung / Scurvy Bastards
2004, 7", EP, Enterruption
Iron Lung
Life. Iron Lung. Death.
2004
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
Iron Lung / Quattro Stagioni
Iron Lung / Quattro Stagioni
2003, 5", EP, Ltd, W/Lbl, Crucificados Pelo Sistema
Pathos
Perdition Splits The Skies
2003, CD, Album, Intolerant Messiah
Brainoil
Brainoil
2003
Look Back And Laugh
Look Back And Laugh
2003
Artimus Pyle
Inheritance
2003
Swann Danger
Swann Danger
2003
From Ashes Rise / Victims
From Ashes Rise / Victims
2003, ,
Hardcore/Punk/Crust
Tragedy / Totalitär
Tragedy / Totalitär
2003
Artimus Pyle
Fucked From Birth
2003
BG / Iron Lung
BG / Iron Lung
2002, 7", Ltd, Born To Die Records
Grndntl Brnds
The Great Dumbening
2002, CD, Album, Promo, Vaccination Records
Artimus Pyle
Civil Dead
2002, Cass, Comp, Prank, Nikt Nic Nie Wie
Robot Arm
Giant
2002, CD, Motherfucking Jackson Recordings, ,
Post Rock/Experimental
Tragedy
Vengeance
2002, ,
Hardcore/Punk/Crust
Victims Family / Fleshies
Calling Dr. Schlessinger / Gonna Have To Pass
2001, 7", Alternative Tentacles, Alternative Tentacles, ,
Punk
Artimus Pyle / Crow
Release From Agony
2001
Yaphet Kotto
Syncopated Synthetic Laments For Love
2001, ,
Emo/Hardcore/Punk
Crow
Neurotic Organization EP
2001
Heart Of Snow
Endure Or More
2001
Artimus Pyle
Civil Dead
2001
From Ashes Rise
Silence
2001, ,
Hardcore/Crust
Alboth! / Nels Cline / Moe!kestra!
Knormalities V.2 Exclamatories!
2000, 7", Comp, Ltd, Num, Gre, Dephine Knormal Musik, Amanita
Various
Vaccination Records Co. 2000●2001 (Rawk Party)
2000, CD, Comp, Vaccination Records
Grndntl Brnds
Communicating For Influence
2000, CD, Album, Vaccination Records
Ether
Music For Air Raids
2000
From Ashes Rise
From Ashes Rise
2000
Tragedy
Tragedy
2000
From Ashes Rise
From Ashes Rise
2000
Ninewood* / Rube Wadell*
Split
1999, 7", Ritchie Records
The Heck
The Heck
1999, 7", EP, Rebelabel
The Crushing Spiral Ensemble
Pictures Of An Inhibition
1999, CD, Album, Not On Label
Grnd Ntnl*
Grand National Product - Limited Sound Device
1999, CDr, EP, Vaccination Records
Word Salad
Death March 2000
1999
Talk Is Poison
Control
1999
Mumble And Peg*
This Ungodly Hour
1999, ,
Folk Rock/Alternative Rock
The Residents
Refused
1999, CD, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Artimus Pyle
Cold Cold Earth
1998, 7", Prank, ,
Hardcore
His Hero Is Gone
Fool's Gold
1998
Talk Is Poison
Straight To Hell
1998
His Hero Is Gone
The Plot Sickens: Enslavement Redefined
1998
Various
Oh God! Mother Blood!
1997, CD, Comp, Smplr, Vaccination Records
Various
Ox-Ray Trax (Ox-Compilation Nr. 26)
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Ox Fanzine, ,
Garage Rock/Hardcore/Punk/Indie Rock/Industrial/Noise/Doom Metal
Gauze
Gauze
1997
Smash Your Face
Dirty, Nasty & Fuckin' High Energy
1997
Ether
Hush
1997
His Hero Is Gone
Fifteen Counts Of Arson
1997, ,
Hardcore/Punk/Crust
His Hero Is Gone
Monuments To Thieves
1997
Various
A Compendium Preview Guide To Eyesore: A Stab At The Residents
1996, Vinyl, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
LemonLime Volume One...A Pop Compilation
1995, CD, Album, Comp, spinART Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
The Mommyheads, The Jennifers
Making Music Your Own
1995, 7", You Say When
Ponyride
Golden Pill
1995
Hieronymus Firebrain
Here
1994, CD, Album, Magnetic, ,
Experimental
Fibulator
Unhammerlike
1994, CD, Album, Jim Wilbur Records And Productions
Toast (12) / The Mommyheads
Emperor Of Everything / Tension
1994, 5", Single, Club, I-Sore Records
The Mommyheads
The World Is Round
1993, 7", Single, Hairy Records, Simple Machines
Various
Four Two Pudding
1992, CD, ,
Punk
Schlong
Waxy Yellow Buildup
1992, ,
Punk/Experimental/Hardcore
Schlong
Squatting On The Pot
1991, 12", Very Small Records
Various
Akrobat Schööön
1991, Cass, Comp, Not On Label
Christ On Parade / Die Schlacht
Live At Gilman Street / Die Schlacht
1989, ,
Punk/Hardcore
Acid Rain
We Were All Very Worried
1987, Cass, Not On Label (Acid Rain (4) Self-released), ,
Funk Metal/Experimental/Rock & Roll
Various
Nostalgia Del Buio - A Cochon Records Compilation
2xCD, Comp, Cochon Records, ,
Electro/Punk/Synth-pop/Disco
Talk Is Poison
Self Titled.
Cass, Comp, Pig.ment
r.roo
SSS Podcast #070
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, SeekSickSound, ,
IDM/Modern Classical/Dark Ambient
Deadweight
Half-wit Anthems
2002
Elliott Smith
May 18th, 1998 - Bottom Of The Hill - San Francisco, California
1998, CDr, Smplr, Unofficial, Staticwhitesound Records