Carla Kihlstedt Explained
Carla Kihlstedt |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Birth Place: | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Genre: | Avant-garde, experimental, free improvisation, contemporary classical |
Occupation: | Musician, composer |
Instrument: | Violin, keyboards, vocals |
Years Active: | 1998–present |
Label: | Tzadik, Twelve Cups, Intakt |
Associated Acts: | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Tin Hat, Causing a Tiger, Charming Hostess, 2 Foot Yard, Stolen Babies, The Book of Knots, Cosa Brava, Rabbit Rabbit |
Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971)[1] is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod.[2]
She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, renamed Tin Hat), Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Book of Knots, Causing a Tiger, and Rabbit Rabbit. Other musical projects include 2 Foot Yard, Charming Hostess and Minamo (Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii). She is a recognized classical composer who has performed with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE),[3] has worked occasionally on projects with Tom Waits, John Zorn, and Fred Frith, and recorded numerous albums as a guest or session musician. Kihlstedt has studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.[4]
In February 2012 she founded Rabbit Rabbit with her husband (and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum drummer) Matthias Bossi. Rabbit Rabbit released their debut album, Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 1 in 2013. The band revolves around a song-a-month subscription website called Rabbit Rabbit Radio.[5]
Personal life
She is the sister of American actress Rya Kihlstedt.[6]
Discography
Collaborations and bands
- Phil Gelb, Carla Kihlstedt, John Shiurba, Matthew Sperry
- 1998–99 – Smoking Balance: The Complete Recordings (Limited Sedition, 2011)
- Charming Hostess
- 1999 – Eat (Vaccination)
- 2004 – Punch (RēR)
- 2004 – Sarajevo Blues (Tzadik)
- Tin Hat
- 1999 – Memory Is an Elephant (Angel)
- 2000 – Helium (Angel)
- 2002 – The Rodeo Eroded (Ropeadope/Rykodisc)
- 2004 – Book of Silk (Ropeadope/Rykodisc)
- 2007 – The Sad Machinery of Spring (Hannibal)
- 2007 – La giusta distanza (OST, Radiofandango)
- 2010 – Foreign Legion (BAG)
- 2012 – The Rain Is a Handsome Animal (New Amsterdam)
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- 2 Foot Yard
- 2003 – 2 Foot Yard (Tzadik)
- 2008 – Borrowed Arms (Yard Work/CD Baby)
- Lesli Dalaba, Fred Frith, Eric Glick Rieman & Carla Kihlstedt
- The Book of Knots
- 2004 – The Book of Knots (Arclight)
- 2007 – Traineater (ANTI-)
- 2011 – Garden of Fainting Stars (Ipecac)
- Carla Kihlstedt & Shahzad Ismaily
- 2004 – Flying Low (Holy Night in the Outhouse)
- Carla Kihlstedt, Fred Frith & Stevie Wishart
- Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii
- 2007 – Minamo (Henceforth)
- 2009 – Kuroi Kawa ~ Black River (Tzadik)
- Cosa Brava
- Causing a Tiger
- 2010 – Causing a Tiger (Les Disques Victo)
- 2011 – How We Held Our Post (Twelve Cups)
- Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi
- 2008 – Ravish (And Other Tales for the Stage) with Dan Rathbun (Twelve Cups)
- 2011 – Still You Lay Dreaming: Tales for the Stage, II (self-released)
- 2012 – Niagara Falling: Tales for the Stage, III (self-released)
- Rabbit Rabbit
- 2013 – Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 1 (self-released)
- 2014 – Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 2: Swallow Me Whole (self-released)
- 2015 – Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 3: Year of the Wooden Horse (self-released)
- 2018 – Black Inscription (self-released)
As a guest or session musician
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Carla Kihlstedt. Other Minds. May 12, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223349/http://otherminds.org/shtml/Kihlstedt.shtml. May 12, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
- Web site: WNYC Sound Check . February 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140220195402/http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/story/301382-check-ahead-rabbit-rabbit/ . February 20, 2014 . dead .
- News: New York Times. August 21, 2013 . February 1, 2014. Kozinn . Allan .
- Web site: The official Carla Kihlstedt website . February 1, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130911014901/http://www.carlakihlstedt.com/carla.html . September 11, 2013 . mdy .
- Web site: Rabbit Rabbit Radio . Rabbit Rabbit Radio . September 25, 2013.
- Web site: About Andrea Kihlstedt. March 8, 2024.
- Web site: Super Meat Boy Forever: OST . January 11, 2022.
- Web site: The Binding of Isaac - Repentance: OST . May 20, 2021.