Nervous Cabaret Explained

Nervous Cabaret is an American punk-cabaret band from Brooklyn, New York, which formed in 2002.

History

The singer Elyas Khan's stage creation Fragmented Devotion To You, an operetta he conceived, wrote, and scored the surrounding music for, debuted at the 2001 DUMBO Arts Festival in Brooklyn, and was the final stage in the development of his band Nervous Cabaret.^[1]

The band has also performed with Amanda Palmer and Sxip Shirey at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} and Jil Is Lucky^[11] at La Cigale theatre in Paris, France^[12] Additionally, Nervous Cabaret performed on the same stage with Sonic Youth at Les Escales Festival in Saint-Nazaire, France.^[13]

Nervous Cabaret also supported Amanda Palmer on tour at the Bijou Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee, as mentioned on p. 210 of Tara Prescott and Aaron Drucker's book Feminism in the Worlds of Neil Gaiman (Gaiman is Palmer's husband).^[14]

In 2008, Nervous Cabaret was invited to perform at the Louvre museum in Paris.^[15]

Band members

• Elyas Khan vocals, guitar, bass, electronics
• Fred Wright cornet, recorder
• Brian Geltner drums, percussion, organ
• Greg Wieczorek drums, percussion
• Don Undeen baritone saxophone, clarine
• Sam Kulik trombone

Discography

• Nervous Cabaret 2005 (France) Naïve Records (released in the United States in 2006); produced by Kenny Siegal; recorded at Old Soul Studios in Catskill, New York; mixed by Bryce Goggin at Trout Studios in Brooklyn, New York; mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York City, New York
• Drop Drop 2007 CD / Naïve Records (released in the United States in 2009); produced by Kenny Siegal, recorded at Old Soul Studios in Catskill, New York; mixed by Bryce Goggin at Trout Studios in Brooklyn, New York; mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Avatar Studios in New York City, New York
• Ecstatic Music for Savage Souls 2003 EP/ ELab Recordings; produced and mastered by Danny Kadar

See also

External links

• Nervous Cabaret's music on Bandcamp

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fowler. Melissa. Nervous Cabaret 2001 DUMBO Arts Festival. October 24, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20040205014238/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2002/10/prweb48701.htm. February 5, 2004. dead.
2. Web site: Goldenberg. Victoria. Amanda Palmer, Sxip Shirey & Nervous Cabaret at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. December 10, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214151314/http://www.theaquarian.com/2009/12/10/amanda-palmer-with-nervous-cabaret-music-hall-of-williamsburg/. December 14, 2014. live.
3. Web site: Bruchman. Bryan. Amanda Palmer & Nervous Cabaret played Port City Music Hall in Portland, Maine. November 14, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091116134211/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/11/amanda_palmer_n_5.html. November 16, 2009. live.
4. Web site: Videos of Amanda Palmer performing with Nervous Cabaret and Sxip Shirey. February 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210144847/http://mp3loot.ninja/index.php?q=amanda+palmer+nervous+cabaret+runs+in+the+family+live&type=video&view=645738356f5a4d6d687551. February 10, 2015. live.
5. Web site: Roberts. Zach. Amanda Palmer and Nervous Cabaret. November 14, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225150/http://www.demotix.com/news/207465/amanda-palmer-and-nervous-cabaret/all-media. September 23, 2015. dead.
6. The Karaoke Queen. Natalia. Amanda Palmer Concert In review……. November 16, 2009. February 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210153153/https://nataliathekaraokegodess.wordpress.com/tag/amanda-palmer/. February 10, 2015. live.
7. WKNC. Concert Report: Amanda Palmer. 2009. February 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210154612/http://blog.wknc.org/post/63350901925/concert-report-amanda-palmer. February 10, 2015. live.
8. Web site: Whittle. Solveig. Musician Elyas Khan I'm not bad I was just drawn that way. October 7, 2013. October 7, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131008063100/http://www.shadesofsolveig.com/2013/10/07/musician-elyas-khan-im-not-bad-i-was-just-drawn-that-way/. October 8, 2013. live.
9. Web site: Keuneman. Tash. Feeding Amanda Palmer. November 22, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210155940/http://littleflutters.com/2009/11/feeding-amanda-palmer/. February 10, 2015. dead.
10. News: Price. Holly Cara. Amanda Palmer: No Rules. The Huffington Post. May 25, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111024951/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/holly-cara-price/amanda-palmer-ino-rulesi_b_375071.html. January 11, 2012. live.
11. Web site: Tyfoo. Collaboration with Jil Is Lucky at la Cigalle, Paris. December 20, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220143157/http://tyfoo.de/artist/elyas-khan. December 20, 2014. live.
12. Web site: Niang. Joëlle. Nervous Cabaret & Jil Is Lucky play at La Cigale. April 7, 2010. April 8, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100410233953/http://www.soul-kitchen.fr/13221-photos-concert-jil-is-lucky-julien-pras-la-cigale-07-04-2010. April 10, 2010. live.
13. Web site: Bulting. Patrice. Nervous Cabaret & Sonic Youth play Les Escales Festival. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214191628/http://www.les-escales.com/action-culturelle/. December 14, 2014. live.
14. Book: Aaron Drucker. Tara Prescott. Feminism in the Worlds of Neil Gaiman: Essays on the Comics, Poetry and Prose. September 24, 2012. McFarland & Company. 978-0786466368 . 210–220. 1st.
15. Web site: Harding. Chris. Nervous Cabaret. The only band ever to play the Louvre. www.dazeddigital.com. March 10, 2008. December 10, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220080048/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/441/1/nervous-cabaret. December 20, 2014. live.