Carla Kihlstedt

Carla Kihlstedt
Carla Kihlstedt
	Carla Kihlstedt performing with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Austria, November 2007
Background information
Born	1971 (age 52–53); Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Avant-garde, experimental, free improvisation, contemporary classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Violin, keyboards, vocals
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Tzadik, Twelve Cups, Intakt
Website	www.carlakihlstedt.com

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

2001 – Grand Opening and Closing (Seeland/Belle Antique/Chaosophy)
2003 – Live (Sickroom)
2004 – Of Natural History (Web of Mimicry)
2005 – The Face with Shinichi "Momo" Koga (DVD, not on label)
2007 – In Glorious Times (The End)
2024 – of the Last Human Being (Avant Night)

2 Foot Yard

2003 – 2 Foot Yard (Tzadik)
2008 – Borrowed Arms (Yard Work/CD Baby)

Lesli Dalaba, Fred Frith, Eric Glick Rieman & Carla Kihlstedt

2003 – Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt (Accretions)

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

2006 – The Compass, Log and Lead (Intakt)

Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii

2007 – Minamo (Henceforth)
2009 – Kuroi Kawa ~ Black River (Tzadik)

Cosa Brava

2010 – Ragged Atlas (Intakt)
2012 – The Letter (Intakt)

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

1994 – Carnival Skin – Dreamchair Music
1998 – Twelve Minor – Ben Goldberg
1998 – III – The Grassy Knoll
1998 – What Is the Difference Between Stripping & Playing the Violin? – Masaoka Orchestra
1998 – Buddy Systems – Selected Duos and Trios – Gino Robair
1998 – Sonarchy 1998 – Sonarchy Trio: Kihlstedt, Gino Robair, Matthew Sperry (released 2008)
1999 – Beauty and the Bloodsucker – Eugene Chadbourne and the Insect and Western Party
1999 – Half-wit Anthems – Deadweight
1999 – Bryant Street – Dubtribe Sound System
1999 – California – Mr. Bungle
1999 – Blue – Third Eye Blind
1999 – Pokey in the Bobo – Baby Snufkin
2000 – Revolver (A New Spin) – Ann Dyer
2000 – Shuffle Play: Elegies for the Recording Angel – John Schott
2000 – American Pi – Austin Willacy
2001 – This Ungodly Hour – Mumble & Peg
2002 – Alice – Tom Waits
2002 – Trilectic – Jewlia Eisenberg
2003 – Rybi Tuk – Už Jsme Doma
2003 – Ghost Taxi – Eesk
2004 – I'm Gonna Stop Killing – Carla Bozulich
2004 – Timelines – Lesli Dalaba
2004 – To Each According... – Redressers
2004 – An Alligator in Your Wallet – Rova::Orkestrova
2005 – Tommyland: The Ride – Tommy Lee
2005 – Love Songs – Peter Garland
2005 – Motel – PAK
2005 – Electric Ascension – Rova::Orkestrova
2005 – Thin Pillow – Thin Pillow
2006 – There Be Squabbles Ahead – Stolen Babies
2006 – The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact – Ben Goldberg
2006 – Half the Perfect World – Madeleine Peyroux
2006 – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards – Tom Waits
2006 – Dreaming Through the Noise – Vienna Teng
2006 – The Happy End Problem – Fred Frith
2007 – A Distant Youth – Wu Fei
2007 – A Handful of World; Kafka Songs – Lisa Bielawa
2007 – Two Rooms of Uranium Inside 83 Markers – Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!
2008 – Unsquare – Maybe Monday
2008 – Our Bright Future – Tracy Chapman
2008 – Diana and James – Greg Copeland
2009 – Sugar – Mary Bragg
2009 – Fear Draws Misfortune – Cheer-Accident
2009 – Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air – Fred Frith
2009 – Bare Bones – Madeleine Peyroux
2010 – Eye to Ear III – Fred Frith
2012 – Secrets of Secrets – Aaron Novik
2015 – Orphic Machine – Ben Goldberg
2020 – Super Meat Boy Forever - RIDICULON^[7]
2021 – The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - RIDICULON^[8]
2022 – Séances - Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre

References

^ ^a ^b "Carla Kihlstedt". Other Minds. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
^ "WNYC Sound Check". Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
^ Kozinn, Allan (August 21, 2013). "New York Times". Retrieved February 1, 2014.
^ "The official Carla Kihlstedt website". Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
^ "Rabbit Rabbit Radio". Rabbit Rabbit Radio. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
^ "About Andrea Kihlstedt". Retrieved March 8, 2024.
^ "Super Meat Boy Forever: OST". Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ "The Binding of Isaac - Repentance: OST". Retrieved May 20, 2021.

External links

The official Carla Kihlstedt web site
Carla Kihlstedt on Bandcamp
Interview with Carla Kihlstedt from Hitchhiking Off the Map radio program (RealAudio file; click to listen)
Guest host of Bowed Radio – Episode 006 (50 minutes, mp3 format)

[otherminds-1] "Carla Kihlstedt". Other Minds. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[2] "WNYC Sound Check". Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

[3] Kozinn, Allan (August 21, 2013). "New York Times". Retrieved February 1, 2014.

[4] "The official Carla Kihlstedt website". Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

[5] "Rabbit Rabbit Radio". Rabbit Rabbit Radio. Retrieved September 25, 2013.

[6] "About Andrea Kihlstedt". Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[7] "Super Meat Boy Forever: OST". Retrieved January 11, 2022.

[8] "The Binding of Isaac - Repentance: OST". Retrieved May 20, 2021.

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