Shahzad Ismaily

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Shahzad Ismaily

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Secret Chiefs 3 Barbez Klezmer Madness Quartet Ishraqiyun The Electromagnetic Azoth Doveman Badawi Quintet 2 Foot Yard Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog Cosa Brava Jolie Holland & The Grand Chandeliers Bly De Blyant Socket Ex Eye Gordon Grdina's Square Peg Beings

ex Keely Zoo

American guitarist, bassist, accordionist and composer, born to Pakistani immigrant parents, based in New York City, USA.
Founder and owner of [l84655].

ALBUMS

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily

Indian Classical

Shahzad Ali Ismaily* vs. Niño Lento Es Fuego*

Ahora Contra El Resto De Los Tiempos, Vol. 1

2022, LP, Figure & Ground

Leo Abrahams & Shahzad Ismaily

2020, LP, Album, Figureight

Thor Harris & Shahzad Ismaily With Anni Rossi

Shahzad & Thor – With Anni Rossi

2020, LP, Joyful Noise Recordings,

Merz, Laraaji, Shahzad Ismaily

Dreams Of Sleep And Wakes Of Sound

Shahzad Ali Ismaily* >< Niels Van Heertum

Sea Legs / Hum Back

Ceramic Dog*, Marc Ribot, Shahzad Ismaily, Ches Smith

YRU Still Here?

Jazz-Rock/Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde

Ceramic Dog*, Marc Ribot, Ches Smith, Shahzad Ismaily

Aaron Roche / R. Stevie Moore / Shahzad Ismaily

Cyclocardoray / Synthessiah

2011, 7", Ltd, La Station Radar

Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi, Shahzad Ismaily

Causing A Tiger

2010, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo

Carla Kihlstedt and Shahzad Ismaily

2004, CD, Holy Night In The Outhouse

Irreversible Entanglements

Protect Your Light

2023, Vinyl Tangerine,

Eau De Bonjourno

2021, LP, Album, Telephone Explosion Records, Figureight,

The Following Mountain

2015, 2x Vinyl 180g,

Contemporary Jazz/Ambient/Spoken Word/Dubstep/Downtempo/Modern Classical

Johanna Borchert

2014, CD, Album, Yellowbird,

Vocal/Chanson/Alternative Rock

2014, LP, Album, Ltd, 88 (2),

There Were Flowers Also In Hell

Ches Smith's Congs For Brums

Psycho Predictions

2012, LP, Album, 88 (2),

Free Improvisation

Jolie Holland & The Grand Chandeliers

2011, Vinyl, CD,

Folk Rock/Acoustic/Alternative Rock/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock

In Animal Tongue

Vowels Fade First

New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges

The Righteous Wrath Of An Honorable Man

2010, 7", Single, Ltd, Constellation

Charming Hostess

The Bowls Project

2010, CD, Album, Tzadik,

Folk Rock/Avantgarde

2010, LP, Album, Ltd, Hueso Records,

Soul/Neofolk/Indie Rock

The Jollity Of My Boon Companion

The Living And The Dead

Waiting To Be Broken

LP, Fuc, Not On Label (Otis M. Karson Self-released)

2020, 6xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Richard Sears Self-released)

Courtney Hartman

Folk/Folk Rock/Acoustic

There Were Flowers Also In Hell

Ches Smith And These Arches

2013, CD, Album, Clean Feed,

Avant-garde Jazz

Folk Rock/Experimental

2021, 25xFile, WAV, Opal Tapes,

If The Cat Come Back

Avantgarde/Experimental/Indie Rock

Songs For Australia

2020, 2x Vinyl White,

2019, File, WAV, Single, YK Records

Westering Animal

2019, File, WAV, Single, YK Records,

When You Lost Your Toys

2019, File, WAV, Single, YK Records

2017, LP, Album, Figureight

Deerhoof With Special Guest Marc Ribot

Who Sleeps, Only Dreams

2014, 7", RSD, Ltd, Northern Spy,

Mathias Künzli

2014, CD, Not On Label

Seamus Cater & Viljam Nybacka

2011, CD, Album, Skirl Records,

Modern/Contemporary

Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass

Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass

2011, 2xCD, Orange Mountain Music

Bonnie Prince Billy*

Wolfroy Goes To Town

2024, CD, Album, Klanggalerie

There Is A Garden

Free Jazz/Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz/Noise Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation

Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Black Metal

The Third Bly De Blyant Album

Secret Chiefs 3

Book Of Souls: Folio A

2013, CD, Album, Web Of Mimicry

Secret Chiefs 3

Satellite Supersonic Vol 1

2010, CD, Comp, Web Of Mimicry,

Post Rock/Ottoman Classical/Krautrock/Experimental/Psychedelic/Space Rock/Tribal/Avantgarde/Ambient/IDM/Downtempo

2008, CD, Album, Yard Work,

Alternative Rock

Secret Chiefs 3

Path Of Most Resistance

2007, CD, Comp, Enh, RM, Web Of Mimicry,

Post Rock/Avantgarde/Andalusian Classical/Experimental/IDM/Psychedelic/Downtempo/Romani/Surf

With My Left Hand I Raise The Dead

Acoustic/Experimental

Secret Chiefs 3

Book Of Horizons

Folk Rock/Tribal/Death Metal/Avantgarde

1992, Cass, EP, Not On Label (Keely Zoo Self-released)

APPEARANCES +

Brigid Mae Power

2025, LP, Album, Watusi

Live In Brooklyn

2024, LP, Album, Ltd, Bla, Raven Marching Band Records

Dave Harrington

2024, LP, Album, Maximum Overdub

2024, LP, Album, Stroom (2), Granvat

Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Rebecca Foon

2024, CD, One Little Independent Records, Envision Records,

Crying At Breakfast

2024, 7", EP, Ltd, Out Of Your Head Records, figureeight,

Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Rebecca Foon

2024, LP, Ltd, Cre, One Little Independent Records, Envision Records,

Avant-garde Jazz

Folk/Ghazal/Qawwali

Close to the Mystery

Chantal Acda & The Atlantic Drifters

Brooklyn Sunday

2023, 2xCD, Album, Corwood Industries

2023, 12", RSD, Opa, Verve Records

Ricardo Dias Gomes

2023, LP, Album, Ltd, Hive Mind Records,

Drone/Experimental/Psychedelic Rock/MPB/Samba/Post Rock

2023, LP, Ltd, gra, Figureight

Honey (Maya Hawke Version)

2023, File, MP3, Single, 320, Grand Jury,

2023, 10xFile, MP3, 320, Not On Label (Slowspin Self-released),

Experimental/Ambient/Neo-Classical/Psychedelic Rock

James Brandon Lewis Trio

Experimental/Noise Rock

Coke Studio (Season 14)

2022, 14xFile, FLAC, Album, 141, Giraffe Pakistan

Asfar Hussain & Arooj Aftab

2022, File, FLAC, Single, 460, Giraffe Pakistan

2022, LP, Ltd, Unknown Hands,

Chanson/Folk Rock

I Don’t Know Who Needs To Hear This…

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Fifth Anniversary Collection

2021, LP + LP, Whi + Album, Dlx, Laced Records,

Soundtrack/Video Game Music

Tommaso Cappellato

2021, LP, Album, Domanda Music

Gordon Grdina's Square Peg

2021, CD, Album, Attaboygirl Records,

Contemporary Jazz

2021, LP, Figureight,

Contemporary Jazz/Neo Soul

Hope For The Trees

2021, 12", EP, Figureight, Zitherine

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog

2021, 2x Vinyl,

Alternative Rock/Art Rock

Big Red Machine (2) Feat. Ilsey*

Ambient/Folk/Experimental

Gyða Valtýsdóttir

Big Red Machine

How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock

2021, Vinyl Blueberry marble,

Live At Saint Vitus

2020, 6xFile, FLAC, Album, Relapse Records,

Experimental/Avantgarde/Avant-garde Jazz/Post-Metal/Post Rock

Sputnik The Band

2020, CD, Album, Sputnik The Band

Ambient/Experimental/Contemporary Jazz

What I Did On My Long Vacation

Gyda Valtysdottir*

Joan As Police Woman

Alternative Rock/Acoustic/AOR

2020, 11x File 320 kbps,

Gordon Grdina's Square Peg

The 'Live At The White Room' Sessions

2019, LP, Album, The Black Dot,

Marteinn Sindri*

2019, LP, Album, Not On Label,

Folk/Alternative Rock

Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith

Songs From The Bardo

Tip Of The Sphere

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Catastrophic Deliquescence (Music From Fortitude 2015 - 2018)

Fatal Flower Garden EP (A Tribute To Harry Smith)

Thinking In Stitches

Joan As Police Woman

Indie Rock/Indie Pop

2018, LP, Album, Constellation,

Personnae: Halloween EP

Experimental/Theme

Josephine Foster

Faithful Fairy Harmony

Music To Make War To

Folk Rock/Neofolk/Alternative Rock

Songs Of Resistance 1942-2018

Gyða Valtýsdóttir

Anna von Hausswolff

Daniel Pemberton

Ocean's 8 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score

Our Ears Are In Excellent Condition

2017, DVDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Merz Self-released),

You Live Inside My Heart

2017, File, MP3, Single, 320, Oorwerk

Wisdom And The Illness

2017, 9xFile, AIFF, Not On Label (Jesse Quattro Self-released)

Weight Of The Water

2017, 7xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Not On Label (Ron Shalom Self-released)

Boxhead Ensemble

Here: Chicago Sessions

Acoustic/Experimental/Avantgarde

The Centre Cannot Hold

Experimental/Ambient

Creature Comforts

Chanson/Folk/Soft Rock

Fortitude (Music By Ben Frost)

Entrance Is Everywhere

Gifts Of Changes

2016, 10", RSD, Ltd, Universal Music, Polydor,

Amber Green Red EP

2016, CDr, EP, Ltd, Num, Not On Label (Merz Self-released)

Ragnar Kjartansson & The All Star Band

Indie Rock/Lo-Fi

Sorrow (A Reimagining Of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony)

Avantgarde/Experimental

Indie Pop/Trip Hop/Downtempo

The Sparkle In Our Flaws

Rabbit Rabbit Radio*

Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 3 - Year Of The Wooden Horse

Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Sicario (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score/Modern Classical

Thinking Like A Mountain

Hieroglyphic Being & J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Buhl

We Are Not The First

Experimental/Free Jazz/Techno/Acid

John Zorn - Eyvind Kang

Alastor (Book Of Angels Volume 21)

2014, CD, Album, Tzadik

2014, CD, Comp, Promo, Wire Magazine, Unsound (4),

Avantgarde/Experimental/Folk

Sam Amidon & Bill Frisell

Tiny Desk Concert

2014, File, MP3, 128, National Public Radio

Bonnie Prince Billy*

2014, 12", EP, Comp, Drag City, Palace Records,

矢野顕子* = Akiko Yano

飛ばしていくよ

Synth-pop/Vocal/J-pop

Marketa Irglova

Julian Sartorius

My Favourite Faded Fantasy

2014, Vinyl Yellow Translucent,

Ambient/Experimental/Noise

Folk/Acoustic/Indie Pop

Master Mix - Red Hot + Arthur Russell

2014, 3x Vinyl,

Secret Chiefs 3 / Ishraqiyun

Experimental/Avantgarde

Bonnie Prince Billy*

Singer's Grave A Sea Of Tongues / Barely Regal

2014, Vinyl, Vinyl,

Downtempo/Experimental/Shoegaze/Post Rock/Leftfield

The Norman Conquest

2013, Cass, Ltd, The Tapeworm,

Noise/Experimental/Modern Classical

Serenade Vapour / Pomiu Mentum

2013, 7", Ltd, Not On Label

Mystical Weapons

2013, LP, S/Sided, RSD, Ltd, Northern Spy

Yesterday, Perhaps (Songs Of The Kitchen Cynics)

2013, LP, Comp + CDr, Comp, Les Enfants Du Paradiddle, Les Enfants Du Paradiddle

Úsland Recording Artists

2013, 4xFile, FLAC, Úsland

Network Of Stoppages

2013, CD, Album, Muzieklab Brabant

2013, 10xFile, FLAC, Album, WOS Recordings,

Songs 4 Violin + Voice

2013, CD, EP, Not On Label (Dina Maccabee Self-released)

Bright Sunny South

Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Post Rock

Let Your Hands Be My Guide

Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band*

Take Me To The Land Of Hell

Rhythmic Noise/Punk/Noise

The Road To Jajouka: A Benefit Album

African/Free Jazz

Rabbit Rabbit Radio*

Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 1

Experimental/Folk/Art Rock

Secret Chiefs 3 / Traditionalists

La Chanson De Jacky / The Western Exile

2012, 7", Web Of Mimicry

NeXus Ⅰ: Cascadia

2012, CD, Album, Tzadik

2012, LP, Album, Command Records (2),

2012, 4xFile, WAV, EP, Rest Assured,

Billowing Shadows Flickering Light

Alternative Rock/Vocal

Martha Wainwright

Come Home To Mama

Folk/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Ballad/Indie Rock

Valgeir Sigurðsson

Architecture Of Loss

Experimental/Ambient/Modern Classical

The Narrow Garden

Persian Classical/Medieval/Nordic/Contemporary

Spirit Of Talk Talk

New Wave/Post Rock

2011, CDr, Comp, Chmafu Nocords,

Free Improvisation/Experimental

A Nod To Bob 2 (An Artists' Tribute To Bob Dylan On His 70th Birthday)

2011, CD, Album, Red House Records

Afterlife Music Radio: 11 New Pieces For Solo Cello

2011, CD, Album, DD Records (7),

The Simplest Thing

2011, CD, Album, Car, DD Records (7)

Causing A Tiger

How We Held Our Post

2011, 16xFile, AIFF, Not On Label (Causing A Tiger Self-released),

The Book Of Knots

Garden Of Fainting Stars

Art Rock/Experimental/Post Rock

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Contemporary/Ballad/Acoustic/Vocal/Soft Rock/Pop Rap

Justin Vivian Bond*

Trans-Love Energies

Leftfield/Electro/Downtempo/Indie Rock

Seeker Lover Keeper

Seeker Lover Keeper

Salt On Sea Glass

Bonnie Prince Billy*

Quail & Dumplings

This Must Be The Place - Colonna Sonora Originale

Acoustic/Avantgarde/Ethereal/Contemporary

Innundir Skinni

Laurie Anderson

Modern Classical/Avantgarde

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang

The Wonder Show Of The World

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang

Midday / You Win

A Swedish Love Story EP

Secret Chiefs 3

Live At The Great American Music Hall 2007 +++ Aylaqruh:hurqalyA

2009, DVD, NTSC, Web Of Mimicry

Joan As Police Woman

2009, 9x File 256 kbps,

Alternative Rock/Acoustic

Blackbird's Echo

Leftfield/Abstract/Downtempo

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber

Making Love To The Dark Ages

Avantgarde/Fusion/Free Jazz

Prince Of Truth

The Jollity Of My Boon Companion

Secret Chiefs 3 : Traditionalists

Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini - The Severed Right Hands Of The Last Men

Soundtrack/Darkwave/Downtempo/Dark Ambient/Theme

Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band*

Between My Head And The Sky

You Can Burn A Corpse But You Can't Kill A Ghost

2008, CD, Album, Ltd, Adluna Records

Live At Issue Project, NYC June 15, 2008

2008, CDr, Not On Label (Evangelista Self-released)

2008, CD, Album, Channel A Music

Corin Curschellas

2008, CD, Album, Traumton Records

Amir Ziv Presents... Kotkot Alive At Tonic

2008, CD, Album, Mai-Nya-Neem,

Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz/Jazz-Rock

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog

Party Intellectuals

2008, CD Digipak,

John Zorn - Secret Chiefs 3

Xaphan (Book Of Angels Volume 9)

Free Jazz/Gypsy Jazz/Avantgarde/Experimental/Surf

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Lie Down In The Light

Folk Rock/Acoustic

Flowering Spade

2007, CD, Album, Dig, Not On Label,

The Yelm Sessions

2007, CD, Album, Tzadik,

Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris*

Conduction® / Induction

2007, 2xCD, Album, Rai Trade

Raz Mesinai's Badawi*

Unit Of Resistance

Dub/Tribal/Dark Ambient/Illbient

Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Drum n Bass

2006, CD, Comp, Dakini Records,

Tribal/Downtempo/Dub/Ambient

Billy Martin And Socket

January 14 & 15 2005

2006, CD, Album, Amulet Records

Dub/Modern Classical/Ottoman Classical/Tribal/IDM/Experimental/Illbient/Instrumental

Dat Rosa Mel Apibus

Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Experimental

Transdub Massiv

Negril To Kingston City

2005, CD, Album, Nocturne

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber

If You Can't Dazzle Them With Your Brilliance, Then Baffle Them With Your Blisluth

2005, 2xCDr, Album, Trugroid,

Kevin Masaya Kmetz*

California Tsugaru Shamisen

2005, CD, Comp, Not On Label

Haughty Melodic

Alternative Rock/Soft Rock

Bum Raps & Love Taps

Lounge/Alternative Rock

Music From The Winery

2004, CD, Comp, Tzadik,

Folk Rock/Fusion/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz

2004, CDr, Album, Pax Recordings

Tha Darky Business EP

2004, CDr, EP, Trugroid

Great Jewish Music: Jacob Do Bandolim

I'm Gonna Stop Killing

2004, CD Digipak,

Country Rock/Experimental

Master Musicians Of Bukkake

The Visible Sign Of The Invisible Order

Carla Kihlstedt

2003, CD, Album, Tzadik

Clones & False Prophets

Illbient/Dub/Tribal

Guillermo E. Brown

Soul At The Hands Of The Machine

2002, CD, Album, Thirsty Ear,

Post Bop/Abstract/Future Jazz

2001, CD, Album, One Mad Son

Soldier Of Midian

2000, CD, Album, One Mad Son,

Happy Hollerdays 2021 - A Special Benefit Album For Team West Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund

2021, 52xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Not On Label,

The Golem Rescored

2021, LP, Comp, Reboot Records

Songs For Australia

Zilveruitjes.10.2019

2019, Cass, Comp, Mixtape, C90, Ultra Eczema,

Experimental/Abstract/Folk/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Minimal

The Road To Jajouka: A Benefit Album

En Secret (Bande Originale Du Film)

2012, CD, Album, Milan

For Your Listening Pleasure And Occasional Terror

2009, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Bedroom Community,

Leftfield/Abstract/Lo-Fi/Experimental

Songs Of Resistance 1942-2018

My Favourite Faded Fantasy