David Grubbs (born September 21, 1967) is an American

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pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

, and

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. He was a founding member of

Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait was an American punk rock band from Louisville, Kentucky active from 1983 to 1987. Squirrel Bait's dense, moody, melodic hardcore sound, featuring pronounced tempo shifts, foreshadowed the grunge sound of the late 1980s as well a ...

Bastro Bastro was an American post-hardcore band which was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band's main line-up consisted of David Grubbs on guitar, Clark Johnson on bass guitar, and John McEntire on drums. The band also experimented wit ...

, and

Gastr del Sol Gastr del Sol (derived from a combination of the name of a race horse (Gato del Sol) and David Grubbs' previous band Bastro) was an American, Chicago-based band, consisting for most of their career, of David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke. Between 19 ...

. He has also played in

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The Red Krayola The Red Krayola (originally Red Crayola) is an American avant rock band from Houston, Texas formed in 1966 by the trio of singer/guitarist Mayo Thompson, drummer Frederick Barthelme, and bassist Steve Cunningham. The group were part of the 1960 ...

Bitch Magnet Bitch Magnet was an American post-hardcore band who formed in 1986 at Oberlin College in Ohio and later moved to North Carolina, United States. They released their first record in 1988. All of the band's albums were released on Communion Records ...

and The Wingdale Community Singers.

Music career

Grubbs' first band was a brief-lived

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/ new wave group called The Happy Cadavers that released the four-song 7" record ''With Illustrations'' in 1982. Grubbs then formed a

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...

band called Squirrelbait Youth that later evolved into the influential

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group

, releasing a 12" EP and an album on

Homestead Records Homestead Records was a Long Island, New York-based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading that operated from 1983 to 1996. The label was known for not paying its artists and not spending any money on promotion. History The l ...

. Grubbs's next group was the

post-punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...

power trio A power trio is a rock and roll band format having a lineup of electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit (drums and cymbals), leaving out a second rhythm guitar or keyboard instrument that are often used in other rock music bands that are quart ...

, which released an EP and two albums on Homestead.Strong, Martin C. (2003), ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 522–23. In 1991 Bastro morphed into the more avant-garde

. This project soon became essentially a partnership between Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke after the band's first album. The albums released by the duo include '' Crookt, Crackt, or Fly'', ''

Upgrade & Afterlife ''Upgrade & Afterlife'' is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Gastr del Sol, released on June 17, 1996 by Drag City. The album cover is ''Wasserstiefel (Water Boots)'' by Swiss artist Roman Signer. Composition ''Pitchfork'' wr ...

'', and ''

Camoufleur ''Camoufleur'' is the fifth and final studio album by American indie rock band Gastr del Sol, released on February 23, 1998 on Drag City. Critical reception Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described ''Camoufleur'' as "a subdued, meditativ ...

''. In this period, Grubbs also contributed to other projects, including guitar for two tracks on

's 1994 album ''

The White Birch ''The White Birch'' is the second and final album by the New York City band Codeine. Released in April 1994, the album is considered by many to be the band's best album and a clear influence on Low, among other bands. Background On their debut ...

'' and guitar, piano, and harmonium on recordings by

Palace Music Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...

Will Oldham Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...

Royal Trux Royal Trux was an American alternative rock band active from 1987 to 2001, reuniting in 2015 but disbanded once again in 2019. It was founded by Neil Hagerty (vocals, guitar) and Jennifer Herrema (vocals). History While still a teenager, Hagert ...

Dirty Three Dirty Three is an Australian instrumental rock band, consisting of Warren Ellis (violin and bass guitar), Mick Turner (electric and bass guitars) and Jim White (drums), which formed in 1992. Their 1996 album '' Horse Stories'' was voted by '' ...

Matmos Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore. M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their per ...

, Richard Buckner,

Tony Conrad Anthony Schmalz Conrad (March 7, 1940 – April 9, 2016) was an American video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both ...

Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Cente ...

Arnold Dreyblatt Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953) is an American composer, performance artist and visual artist. Biography Arnold Dreyblatt was born in 1953 in New York City. His mother, Lucille Wallenrod (1918–1998), was a painter. He started his studies at W ...

, and many others. Since the breakup of

in 1997, Grubbs has released numerous solo and collaborative records, mostly on the Drag City label, for which he co-directed the Dexter's Cigar sub-label.Proefrock, Stacia " David Grubbs Biography,

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, retrieved 2010-01-23. In 2000, his album '' The Spectrum Between'' was named "Album of the Year" in the ''

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''. His 2017 album '' Creep Mission'' was described by The Quietus as "a typically playful and intellectually ambitious set – and is as good an entry into the world of Grubbs as any." In 2018, Grubbs released ''Failed Celestial Creatures'', a collaboration with Japanese guitarist and electronic musician Taku Unami. According to Pitchfork, the album "feels of a piece with Grubbs’ last two records under his own name, ''Creep Mission'' and ''Prismrose'', both nominal solo releases that each features a handful of guests. On all three albums, Grubbs uses the presence of collaborators to play with drones, repetition, and improvisatory interplay, taking his style to a more intuitive place." He operates his own label, Blue Chopsticks, which has released new and archival recordings from

Luc Ferrari Luc Ferrari (February 5, 1929 – August 22, 2005) was a French composer of Italian heritage and a pioneer in musique concrète and electroacoustic music. He was a founding member of RTF's Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRMC), working alongsid ...

, Derek Bailey and

Noël Akchoté Noël Akchoté (born 7 December 1968) is a French guitarist in free improvisation, classical, experimental, and free jazz. Career Starting on guitar at when he was eight years old,Philippe Carles, André Clergeat et Jean-Louis Comolli, ''Dict ...

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, Van Oehlen, and

Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...

. Grubbs is also known for his collaborations with writers

Susan Howe Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among other poetry movements.

Rick Moody Hiram Frederick Moody III (born October 18, 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel ''The Ice Storm'', a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 19 ...

, and

Kenneth Goldsmith Kenneth Goldsmith (born 1961) is an American poet and critic. He is the founding editor of UbuWeb and since 2020 is the ongoing artist-in-residence at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW) at the University of Pennsylvania, where ...

, and with visual artists including Anthony McCall,

Angela Bulloch Angela Bulloch (born 1966 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada), is an artist who often works with sound and installation; she is recognised as one of the Young British Artists. Bulloch lives and works in Berlin. Life and career Bulloch studied at G ...

Stephen Prina Stephen Prina (born 1954) is an American artist. His work has been categorized as post-conceptualism. Prina is a professor at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) at Harvard University. Early life and education Born in 1954, in ...

, and

Cosima von Bonin Cosima von Bonin (born 1962) is a German contemporary artist. von Bonin's practice features the use of sculptures, textiles, sound, film and performances. von Bonin draws inspiration from the intellectual, artistic, and musical culture of her neigh ...

. He has composed the soundtracks for

's installations '' Z Point'', '' Horizontal Technicolour'', and '' Hybrid Song Box.4'', and his music appears in two installations by

Doug Aitken Doug Aitken (born 1968) is an American artist. Aitken's body of work ranges from photography, print media, sculpture, and architectural interventions, to narrative films, sound, single and multi-channel video works, installations, and live perf ...

. Grubbs's sound installation "Between a Raven and a Writing Desk" was included in the 1999 group exhibition ''Elysian Fields'' at the Centre Pompidou. Grubbs's soundtrack work includes music with

for Thierry Jousse's feature film ''

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(Les Invisibles)''. Grubbs has also contributed music to the

Red Krayola The Red Krayola (originally Red Crayola) is an American avant rock band from Houston, Texas formed in 1966 by the trio of singer/guitarist Mayo Thompson, drummer Frederick Barthelme, and bassist Steve Cunningham. The group were part of the 196 ...

's soundtrack to Norman and Bruce Yonemoto's film '' Japan in Paris in LA'' and to three films by Augusto Contento ('' Parallax Sounds'', '' Strade Trasparenti'', and '' Onibus''), to Braden King and Laura Moya's film '' Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks its Back'', and to John Boskovich's film ''

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''. Music by Gastr del Sol appears in the PBS television series ''The United States of Poetry'',

Hal Hartley Hal Hartley (born November 3, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and composer who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and '90s. He is best known for his films '' The Unbelievable T ...

's film '' The Book of Life'', and

's film ''The Diamond Sea''. Grubbs composed the score for Karl Bruckmaier's radio adaptation of

Peter Weiss Peter Ulrich Weiss (8 November 1916 – 10 May 1982) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays ''Marat/Sade'' and ''The Investigation'' and hi ...

's '' Die Ästhetik des Widerstands'' (Hessischer Rundfunk Hörbuch des Jahres 2007) and contributed music to Bruckmaier's adaptation of

Alexander Kluge Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) is a German author, philosopher, academic and film director. Early life, education and early career Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony (now Saxony-Anhalt), Germany. After growing up durin ...

's '' Chronik der Gefühle'' (Deutscher Hörbuchpreis 2010, "Best Fiction"). David Grubbs 06

From 1997 to 1999, Grubbs was a part-time instructor in the Liberal Arts and Sound departments at the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and ...

. He is currently Professor of Music in the Conservatory of Music at

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus. Being New York City's first publ ...

CUNY , mottoeng = The education of free people is the hope of Mankind , budget = $3.6 billion , established = , type = Public university system , chancellor = Fél ...

. He teaches in Brooklyn College's MFA program in

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(PIMA) and Brooklyn College's MFA program in Creative Writing, and is a member of the faculty of the

Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music (BC-CCM) The Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music (BC-CCM) located at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY) was one of the first computer music centers at a public university in the United States. The BC-CCM is a community of a ...

. He is one of five musicians (with

Steve Albini Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal en ...

Ken Vandermark Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered compos ...

, Damon Locks, and Ian Williams) profiled in Augusto Contento's 2012 documentary film '' Parallax Sounds''.

Academic career

Grubbs received a

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...

degree from

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, an A.M. degree from the

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in 1991, and a

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degree in English, also from Chicago, in 2005.Faculty Bios: David Grubbs
- website of the

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Grubbs is Professor of Music at

and the

, specialised in

sound art Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms. According to Brandon LaBelle, sound art ...

and

experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

, and teaching in

performance arts Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...

interactive art Interactive art is a form of art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose. Some interactive art installations achieve this by letting the observer walk through, over or around them; others ask the artist ...

and

creative writing Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary ...

. His criticism has appeared in ''

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'', ''

Chicago Review ''Chicago Review'' is a literary magazine founded in 1946 and published quarterly in the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago. The magazine features contemporary poetry, fiction, and criticism, often publishing works in translation and ...

'', ''TDR'', ''Conjunctions'', ''Bookforum'', and ''Purple'', and from 1999-2007 he regularly contributed music criticism to the Munich newspaper ''

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''. Grubbs received a 2005–2006

Foundation for Contemporary Arts The Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), is a nonprofit based foundation in New York City that offers financial support and recognition to contemporary performing and visual artists through awards for artistic innovation and potential. It was ...

Grants to Artists Award. Grubbs is the author of two books for

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: ''Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording'' (2014) and ''Now That the Audience Is Assembled'' (2018). ''Now That the Audience Is Assembled'' was described by The Washington Post as "a new book-length poem

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reminds us that listening can feel stranger than dreaming."

Personal life

Grubbs lives in

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with his wife, Cathy Bowman, and their son Emmett Bowman-Grubbs.

Selected solo discography

* '' Creep Mission'' LP/CD ( Drag City/Blue Chopsticks, 2017) * '' Prismrose'' LP/CD ( Drag City/Blue Chopsticks, 2016) * '' Borough of Broken Umbrellas'' EP ( Drag City, 2013) * ''

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'' LP/CD (Drag City/

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, 2013) * '' Hybrid Song Box.4'' CD ( Blue Chopsticks, 2009) * '' An Optimist Notes the Dusk'' CD/LP (Drag City, P-Vine, 2008) * '' Two Soundtracks for Angela Bulloch'' CD ( Semishigure 2005) * ''Yellow Sky'' split 12" picture disc with

Åke Hodell Åke Hodell (April 30, 1919 – July 29, 2000, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist. Daughter Laila Hodell (author) He was the son of author Björn Hodell and brother of actor Ulla Hodell. ...

( Kning Disk/ Håll Tjäften, 2005) * '' A Guess at the Riddle'' CD/LP (Drag City/ Fat Cat/P-Vine 2004) * '' Comic Structure'' LP with artist's edition by

David Shrigley David John Shrigley (born 17 September 1968) is a British visual artist. He lived and worked in Glasgow, Scotland for 27 years before moving to Brighton, England in 2015. Early life and education Shrigley was born 17 September 1968 in Maccles ...

( En/Of, 2003) * ''Crumbling Land'' split 12" with

Avey Tare David Michael Portner (born April 24, 1979), also known by his moniker Avey Tare, is a musician and songwriter who co-founded the American experimental pop band Animal Collective. He has released three solo albums, as well as three collaborative ...

(

Fat Cat Records FatCat Records is an English independent record label based in Brighton. The label's output reaches into many styles including experimental rock, electronica, psychedelic folk, contemporary classical, noise and post-punk. Notable artists that ...

, 2003) * '' Rickets & Scurvy'' LP/CD (Drag City/Fat Cat/P-Vine, 2002) * '' Act Five, Scene One'' (Blue Chopsticks/P-Vine, 2002) * '' Thirty-Minute Raven'' CD (

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/P-Vine, 2000) * '' The Spectrum Between'' CD/LP (Drag City/P-Vine, 2000) * " Aux Noctambules" 3" CD (Rectangle, 2000) * ''

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'' LP/picture disc (Rectangle, 1999) * '' The Thicket'' CD/LP (Drag City, 1998) * '' Banana Cabbage, Potato Lettuce, Onion Orange'' CD (

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, 1997)

Selected collaborations

* ''Failed Celestial Creatures'' with Taku Unami (Empty Editions, 2018) * ''I Said No Doctors!'' with

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( Dymaxion Groove, 2017) * '' Frolic Architecture'' with

Susan Howe Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among other poetry movements.

CD ( Blue Chopsticks, 2011) * '' Souls of the Labadie Tract'' with

Susan Howe Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among other poetry movements.

CD (Blue Chopsticks, 2006) * '' The Harmless Dust'' with

Nikos Veliotis Nikos Veliotis (born 26 February 1970 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek musician, composer and cellist. Biography Nikos Veliotis initially studied classical piano until the age of 16. He became involved in the Athens underground electronic music s ...

CD (

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, 2005) * '' Thiefth'' with

Susan Howe Susan Howe (born June 10, 1937) is an American poet, scholar, essayist, and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among other poetry movements.

CD (Blue Chopsticks, 2005) * '' Off-Road'' with

CD (Blue Chopsticks, 2003) * '' Arbovitae'' with

Loren Connors Loren Mazzacane Connors (born October 22, 1949) is an American guitarist who has recorded and performed under several different names: Guitar Roberts, Loren Mazzacane, Loren Mattei, and currently Loren Connors. His music has touched on many genres ...

CD ( Häpna, 2003) * ''

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'' with

CD (Blue Chopsticks, 1999)

References

External links

Drag City Page

77 Boadrum Site Profile
Viva Radio, September 2007. (

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)
David Grubbs interview
on Ràdio Web MACBA - Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Brooklyn College Center for Computer Music

Discogs page
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