John Fernandes (musician)

John Kiran Fernandes (born November 21, 1975) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician.

Fernandes playing bass at FYF Fest 2010

Professional career

Fernandes, along with several other members of the Elephant Six Collective, joined the acclaimed psychedelic pop group The Olivia Tremor Control in Athens, GA in 1994. Fernandes was also a member of the side-project Black Swan Network.

Upon that band's demise, Fernandes went on to form the Athens-based group Circulatory System with other members of Olivia Tremor Control, most notably Will Cullen Hart.

In addition, Hart and Fernandes started a record label in 2001 called Cloud Recordings, which issued the Circulatory System's self-titled first album. Fernandes frequently contributes to multiple Athens-based bands' live shows and recordings. He currently plays with Circulatory System, The New Sound of Numbers, Old Smokey, Freehand, Lavender Holyfield, Jacob Morris - Moths, and Dream Boat. He has also recently been performing his own live solo shows, and has performed as part of the Elephant 6 Collective's occasional tours.

He released an album of solo material in February 2011 under the name John Kiran Fernandes. He released a second album of solo material in November 2015. He released a third album of solo material on September 19, 2024.

Fernandes worked at Wuxtry Records in Athens for 23 years, where one of his co-workers was Danger Mouse.

Discography

• The Olivia Tremor Control – The Giant Day [7-inch] (1996)
• The Olivia Tremor Control – Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle [CD/2LP] (1996)
• Black Swan Network – The Late Music Volume One [CD] (1997)
• The Olivia Tremor Control/Black Swan Network [CD/LP] (1997)
• of Montreal – The Bird Who Ate the Rabbit's Flower [CD/LP] (1997)
• Elf Power – When The Red King Comes [CD/LP+7-inch] (1997)
• The Olivia Tremor Control – Jumping Fences [CD/12-inch] (1998)
• The Olivia Tremor Control – Hideaway [CD/12-inch] (1998)
• of Montreal – The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy [CD/LP] (1998)
• The Olivia Tremor Control – Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One [CD/2LP] (1999)
• of Montreal – The Gay Parade [CD/LP] (1999)
• Calvin, Don't Jump! – Solamente La Luna Esta Noche [7-inch] (1999)
• The Sunshine Fix – Beaconary Word [7-inch] (1999)
• The Olivia Tremor Control – John Peel Session [CD/LP] (2000)
• The Olivia Tremor Control/Kahimi Karie – Once Upon a Time [CD] (2000)
• Black Swan Network [7-inch] (2001)
• Circulatory System – Circulatory System [CD/2LP] (2001)
• Circulatory System – Inside Views [CD] (2001)
• Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't – Individualized Shirts [CD] (2001)
• Major Organ and the Adding Machine – Major Organ and the Adding Machine [CD/LP] (2001)
• A Hawk and A Hacksaw – A Hawk and A Hacksaw [CD/LP] (2002)
• The Instruments – Billions of Phonographs [CD] (2003)
• Elf Power – Back to the Web [CD/LP] (2006)
• The Instruments – Cast Half a Shadow [CD] (2006)
• The New Sound of Numbers – Liberty Seeds [CD] (2006)
• The Apples in Stereo – New Magnetic Wonder [CD/LP] (2007)
• Folklore – The Ghost of H.W. Beaverman [CD] (2007)
• Hope for Agoldensummer – Ariadne Thread [CD] (2007)
• The Instruments – Dark Småland [CD] (2008)
• Dark Meat – Universal Indians [CD/LP] (2008)
• The Music Tapes – Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes [CD/LP] (2008)
• Paper Tanks – Trigger Happy/Cocoon [CD] (2009)
• Circulatory System – Signal Morning [CD/LP] (2009)
• Dark Meat – Truce Opium [CD/LP] (2009)
• Madeline – White Flag [CD/LP] (2009)
• Supercluster – Waves [CD] (2009)
• Supercluster – I Got the Answer/Sunflower Clock [7-inch] (2009)
• Whiskey Sunrise – Rêvenant [CD] (2009)
• Circulatory System – Side Three [LP] (2010)
• Ham1 – Let's Go On and On and On [CD/LP] (2010)
• Mouser – Storm Dumps [CD] (2010)
• Spirit Hair – Star Don [CD] (2010)
• Werewolves – Someday We'll Live in the Forest [CD] (2010)
• Elf Power – Elf Power [CD/LP] (2010)
• Secrets in the Stars - Electromagnetism [CD] (2011)
• Supercluster – Paris Effect [7-inch] (2011)
• Marshmallow Coast – Seniors and Juniors Strikes Back [CD] (2011)
• The Elephant Six Orchestra – Welcome to Our Story [7-inch] (2011)
• John Kiran Fernandes – John Kiran Fernandes [CD] (2011)
• Madeline – Black Velvet [CD/LP] (2011)
• Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't – Lost in the Pancakes [CD] (2011)
• The Olivia Tremor Control – "The Game You Play Is In Your Head, Parts 1, 2, & 3" (2011)
• The Music Tapes – Mary's Voice [CD/LP] (2012)
• Dream Boat – Eclipsing [CD/LP] (2012)
• Jacob Morris – Moths [CD/LP] (2012)
• Nesey Gallons – When I Was an Ice Skater [CD/LP] (2012)
• Old Smokey – Old Smokey [EP CDr/7-inch] (2013)
• Elf Power – Sunlight on the Moon [CD/LP] (2013)
• Jandek – Athens Saturday [2CD/DVD] (2013)
• The New Sound of Numbers – Invisible Magnetic [LP] (2013)
• Old Smokey – Wester Easter [CD/LP] (2014)
• Circulatory System – Mosaics Within Mosaics [CD/2LP/cassette] (2014)
• Dream Boat – The Rose Explodes [CD/LP] (2014)
• Hand Sand Hands – The Shipping Forecast [cassette] (2014)
• Cult of Riggonia – Harry Chanchfield Presents... [LP] (2014)
• Mind Brains – Mind Brains [LP/CD] (2014)
• El Hollín – Una Tuesday [cassette] (2015)
• The Electric Nature – Alienation [cassette] (2015)
• Jo RB Jones – Jo RB Jones [cassette] (2015)
• Alec Livaditis – Clear and Cloud [LP] (2015)
• John Kiran Fernandes – II [cassette] (2015)
• Aural Oceans - HarmoniumClarinet (2016)
• Dave Marr – We Were All In Love [CD] (2016)
• The Taxicab Verses/Kofi Atentenben and the Warriors – Is What You Make It [LP/CD] (2016)
• Jeff Tobias – Some [cassette] (2016)
• John Kiran Fernandes – Warm (2016)
• Muuy Biien – Age of Uncertainty [LP/CD] (2016)
• Lavender Holyfield – Rabbitboxing Midnightmouth [LP] (2017)
• Philipp Bückle – They Never Got the Message [cassette] (2017)
• Faust – Fresh Air [LP/CD/7-inch] (2017)
• Cindy Wilson – Change [CD/LP] (2017)
• Bed Rugs – Hard Fun Grand Design [2LP/CD/cassette] (2018)
• Old Smokey – Sundowners (2019)
• Sleepy Co. – Kind of Warm for a Lonesome Home (2020)
• Rambutan – Parallel Systems [2CD] (2021)
• The Rishis – Wake Up (2021)
• Scotty Lingelbach – Cow Tools (2022)
• The Rishis – August Moon [LP] (2022)
• John Kiran Fernandes & Shane Parish – Improvisations on Clarinets and Steel-String Guitar (2022)
• Shane Parish – Walk Back Words (2023)
• The Electric Nature – Old World Die Must [LP] (2023)
• Immaterial Possession – Mercy of the Crane Folk [LP/CD] (2023)
• Jacob Morris – Slow Funeral [LP/CD] (2023)
• Michael Potter & Friends [cassette] (2023)
• Eden Arnold - II [cassette] (2023)
• Patrick Barry - Alien Song (2023)
• Eden Arnold, Nesey Gallons, John Kiran Fernandes - Haunted Harmonies & Halloween Dreams [cassette] (2023)
• Sham - Machine Simple [LP/cassette] (2023)
• Eden Arnold & Carousel Museum - Ramoncita Light [CD] (2023)
• Orange Doors - Tornado (2024)
• John Kiran Fernandes/Arianna Petersen - Live at Buvez (2024)
• John Kiran Fernandes/Franklin Russell/Arianna Petersen - Flicker (Live) (2024)
• John Kiran Fernandes/Klimchak - Ciné (Live) (2024)
• John Kiran Fernandes/Franklin Russell - Live at Flicker (2024)
• John Kiran Fernandes/Doc Calico - Buvez (Live) (2024)
• John Kiran Fernandes - John Kiran Fernandes & Friends (2024)
• Dhana Jeera - Dhana Jeera (2024)