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Asthmatic Kitty
Asthmatic Kitty is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by a community of musicians from Holland, Michigan led by Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Some were Holland natives, and others had come to attend local colleges and universities. While the original Holland nucleus has dispersed across the country, the community has grown, with new artists and shared projects with other independent labels. The Library Catalog Music Series, inaugurated in 2009, showcases instrumental music by a wide variety of musicians, with eighteen albums in print as of February 2013, and more scheduled for release. Asthmatic Kitty is now based in Lander, Wyoming, Atlanta, Georgia and Brooklyn, New York. The label's name refers to Sara, a stray with feline asthma adopted by Lowell in 1994. From 2002 on, she lived in Lander, Wyoming (elevation 5,358 ft / 1,633 m), where the thin, dry air alleviated most of her asthma symptoms. Sara died in December, 2008,at fifteen or si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens ( ; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released nine solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nominations. His debut album, ''A Sun Came'', was released in 2000 on the Asthmatic Kitty label, which he co-founded with his stepfather. He received wide recognition for his 2005 album '' Illinois'', which hit number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers chart, and for the single "Chicago" from that album. Stevens later contributed to the soundtrack of the 2017 film '' Call Me by Your Name''. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and a Grammy nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media for the soundtrack's lead single, " Mystery of Love." Stevens has released albums of varying styles, from the electronica of ''The Age of Adz'' and the lo-fi folk of '' Seven Swans'' to the symphonic instrumentation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Schlarb
Chris Schlarb (born July 10, 1977) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He is best known as the founder and leader of the Psychic Temple cult. Career In 1998, Schlarb co-founded the free improvisation ensemble Create (!). Schlarb founded the record label Sounds Are Active in 1999. Sounds Are Active released over 50 albums and produced the Sean Carnage rockumentary ''40 Bands 80 Minutes!'' (2006). Schlarb's first solo album, ''Twilight and Ghost Stories'' (2007), was the result of recordings sourced from musicians across the US as well as his own home recordings of instruments, rainfall, and traffic. National Public Radio named ''I Heart Lung's'' ''Interoceans'' (2008) one of their ''Top 5 Jazz Albums of 2008.'' In 2009, Schlarb collaborated with Swedish video game developer Nifflas on ''NightSky''. Schlarb composed forty tracks of original music for ''NightSky'' which was nominated for the Independent Games Festival’s Seumas McNally Grand P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Stephens
Shannon Stephens is an American singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington, United States. She has released three solo albums, an EP entitled ''How I Got Away'' (1999), and also has exclusive tracks featured on both Asthmatic Kitty Records Samplers. Stephens was also featured on a bonus track of Denison Witmer's 2002 release titled ''Philadelphia Songs'' on "Burnt Toast Vinyl" (US). Stephens was the lead singer in aHolland, Michigan band Marzuki that featured Sufjan Stevens on the guitar, drums, and recorder. The band released two albums, one titled ''Marzuki'' (MS Records, 1996) and a second titled ''No One Likes a Nervous Wreck'' (MS Records, 1998). Several of her old band members including Paul Mumaw (Rockstar Crush), Jason Harrod, Kenny Hutson ( Vigilantes of Love) and Sufjan Stevens appeared on her self-titled release. After the release of her first album, she went on an eight-year hiatus before releasing a follow-up, ''The Breadwinner'' in 2009, which was noted internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal City (band)
Royal City was a Canadian indie rock band from Guelph. History Royal City were formed in 1999 at Jim Guthrie's house in downtown Guelph, Ontario. The band was fronted by Aaron Riches, known in the local all ages punk scene for having booked and opening up for Fugazi, his releases on DROG Records, and for being the subject of a Robert Munsch book as a child. The band's first album, ''At Rush Hour the Cars'', was released in 2000. Originally called The Royal City All Stars, the band moved to Toronto after signing with Three Gut Records. At Three Gut, Royal City joined label mates Cuff the Duke and The Constantines in Toronto's early 2000s music scene. While working with many collaborators, the core of Royal City consisted of Aaron Riches, Lonnie James, Simon Osborne and Jim Guthrie. James replaced original drummer Nathan Lawr in 2002. During their time as a band, Royal City toured across Canada, playing in Whitehorse, Yukon, and opening for Sarah Harmer. They performed at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafter (band)
Rafter is the performing name of the American musician and producer Rafter Roberts. He also owns his own studio, Singing Serpent, in San Diego, California, United States. In 2005 he formed the project ''Bunky'' together with Emily Joyce. The name is a combination of the words "bunny" and "monkey" while they released one album,'' Born To Be A Motorcycle ''(Asthmatic Kitty, 2005). In January 2019 he started a megaseries of Rafter releases with the album ''Terrestrial Extras'' and set a release schedule of a new Rafter album every month for the duration of the year. Discography Albums * ''Sweaty Magic'' (Asthmatic Kitty, 2008) * ''Sex Death Cassette'' (Asthmatic Kitty) * ''Music for Total Chickens'' (Asthmatic Kitty, 2007) * ''10 Songs (Rafter)'' (Asthmatic Kitty, 2006) * ''Born to be a Motorcycle'' as a member of Bunky * ''Animal Feelings'' (Asthmatic Kitty, 2010) * ''Quiet Storm'' (Asthmatic Kitty, 2011) * ''It's Reggae'' (Asthmatic Kitty, 2014) *''XYZ'' ( Joyful Noise Recordings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepe Deluxé
Pepe Deluxé is a Finnish electronic music oriented band, formed in 1996 by DJ Slow (Vellu Maurola) JA-Jazz (Tomi Castrén, formerly Paajanen) and James Spectrum (Jari Salo) in Helsinki, Finland. They started to experiment with sounds of hip hop, big beat, breakbeat and downtempo. With the 2007 release Spare Time Machine the band gave up on sampling and concentrated on vintage music styles including psychedelia, baroque pop and surf rock. DJ Slow departed the band in 2001 to pursue solo projects. JA-Jazz has been off-duty since 2008. Multi-instrumentalist Paul Malmström became an official member of the band in 2008. The Pepe Deluxé live line-up consists of Mirkka Paajanen (vocals), Miikka Paatelainen (guitar, theremin), Markku Reinikainen (drums), Ville Riippa (keyboards), James Spectrum (mixing, percussion) and Edward Greendanger (VJ). History The band's first release was a song called "Call Me Goldfinger". It was released in 1997 on the "Return of the DJ, Vol. II" scratch- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brightest Diamond
My Brightest Diamond is the project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shara Nova. The band has released five studio albums and a remix album, five studio EPs and four remix EPs, and made several tours across the United States. History Nova began performing and recording music while she was a student at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. She released an album, entitled ''Word'' in 1998, under the name Shara. Following her completion of a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Vocal Performance, Nova moved to Moscow, Russia, where she documented several newly written songs and released them on CD-R's as an album entitled ''Session I'', which included hand-made artwork. In 1999, she moved to Brooklyn, New York City, writing music that blended elements of her classical training with chamber music, and Avant-garde rock music she discovered in the underground rock scene, at venues such at Tonic, The Living Room, and the Knitting Factory. She began performing an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozart's Sister (musician)
Cecile Believe (formerly known as Mozart's Sister) is a solo project by Montreal-based Canadian musician Caila Thompson-Hannant. Biography Thompson-Hannant's musical beginnings are much accredited to the electropop introduced to her by her uncle. She went on to play guitar & synthesizer in the band Shapes & Sizes, which was on the Asthmatic Kitty label. She was also a member of Montreal-based bands Miracle Fortress and Think About Life. Thompson-Hannant independently released her first EP, ''Dear Fear'', in 2011 through Bandcamp. For the two years following this release, she garnered press attention through playing festivals such as SXSW and Pop Montreal. In February 2013 she released her second EP, ''Hello,'' through Merok Records. In June 2014 she announced a new album, titled ''Being'', for release on August 5 of that year and released the single "Enjoy". She thereafter released her second album, ''Field of Love'', on February 17, 2017. Thompson-Hannant performed vocals on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily & Madeleine
Lily & Madeleine are an American folk pop duo from Indianapolis, Indiana, consisting of the sisters Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz. They have released four full-length studio albums, ''Lily & Madeleine'' (2013) and ''Fumes'' (2014) on Asthmatic Kitty, ''Keep It Together'' (2016) and ''Canterbury Girls'' (2019) on New West Records. Biography Lily & Madeleine began singing together as high school students, uploading home videos of cover songs to ''YouTube''. On the strength of those videos, the Bloomington, Indiana, producer Paul Mahern invited them into his studio to record their first EP, ''The Weight of the Globe'', when their class schedule permitted. With the help of Kenny Childers (Gentleman Caller), they co-wrote their first original songs for that EP, and a video of Lily & Madeleine singing in Mahern's studio reached the front page of the news aggregator ''Reddit''. ''The Weight of the Globe'' was picked for a 2013 release by Sufjan Stevens's Asthmatic Kitty Records, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julianna Barwick
Julianna Barwick is an American musician who composes using electronic loops. Her first album, '' The Magic Place'', was released in 2011. Music career Barwick has said that her music is influenced by her participation in church choir while growing up in Louisiana. She composes with a machine to create electronic loops built around her vocalizing. She self-released her debut EP, ''Sanguine'', in 2006. The songs are wordless with vocal overdubs, vocal percussion, and improvisation. On the EP, ''Florine'', she uses a loop station and pedals to create minimalist repetition accompanied by layers of vocals and synthesizers. In 2010, Barwick was commissioned to remix "Reckoner" by Radiohead. During the next year, she released an album of improvisational music, ''FRKWYS Vol. 6'', with Ikue Mori. She recorded her first full-length album, '' The Magic Place'', on a rehearsal stage because it was soundproof and had a piano. The title of the album refers to a tree on her family's farm th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helado Negro
Roberto Carlos Lange (born 1980), better known by his stage name Helado Negro, is an American musician. In 2019 he was awarded a United States Artists Fellow in Music and also the recipient of a 2019 Grants to Artists award in Music from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. In 2015 he received a Joyce Foundation award. A South Florida native, born to Ecuadorian immigrants and based in Brooklyn, Roberto Carlos Lange's upbringing provides essential elements to his songwriting, including his consistently bilingual—English and Spanish—lyrics. Exploring the expressivity within intense states of being, Latinx identity, and pluralistic sensibilities, his music as Helado Negro is an engrossing statement achieved through lyrically personal and political avant-pop music. Since Helado Negro's 2009 debut album ''Awe Owe'', Lange has cultivated an untraditional approach to songcraft that places his voice on an adventurous musical impulse without shying away from familiar pop appreciatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fol Chen
Fol Chen is an American electronic band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2009.Staff (undated)"Fol Chen" Asthmatic Kitty Records. Retrieved February 18, 2013. The band is signed to Asthmatic Kitty Records and has released three full-length albums. ''Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made'' The band "maintained utmost secrecy from the start", working under aliases and disguising their faces during recorded shows, including KCRW radio's '' Morning Becomes Eclectic'' program and the 2009 South by Southwest festival. The cover art for their first album, '' Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made'', release in 2009, features silhouettes, and music videos replace band members with actors and animation, such as the video of the song "No Wedding Cake" where band members appear as animals. ''Part II: The New December'' In 2010, the band released ''Part II: The New December'', described by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as "screwball pastiche pop '' hat' sounds like an algebra pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
