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A song cycle for 7 musicians, it follows a mythologized version of the late great freediver Natalia Molchanova on her final journey through our ocean. Through her eyes, we see, hear and experience things that are both awe-inspiring and devastating. www.blackinscription.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/a9f070f0-5199-4cdf-a2d2-88eaa2c883dc/Rabbit_Rabbit_buttons.jpg Rabbit Rabbit Radio Since 2012, on the first day of every month (with only minor interruptions) Rabbit Rabbit Radio has released a new song to their subscribers on Bandcamp. Then at the end of each year they release the collection as an album. Become a subscriber at RabbitRabbitRadio.Bandcamp.com. 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The second, Traineater (Anti-), is a portrait of crumbling mid-western rust belt towns. The third, Garden of Fainting Stars (Ipecac Recordings), was deemed the number 1 rock record of 2011 by Rock A Rolla magazine. A tribute to experiments in flight and space travel, it completes our trilogy: by sea, by land, by air, and features vocal performances by Mike Patton, Blixa Bargeld, Nils Frykdahl and Elyas Khan. They are currently working on their 4th album, Hiraeth. You can find their albums wherever you prefer to listen to music. (Though the band is "The Book of Knots" they are variously labeled with and without the "The.") The Book of Knots is: MATTHIAS BOSSI – DRUMS, VOICE, KEYBOARDS JOEL HAMILTON – GUITARS CARLA KIHLSTEDT – VIOLIN, VIOLA, VOICE TONY MAIMONE – BASS https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/tin-hat daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/f6ba49c7-9d3f-4256-8d80-530ca05dba21/2+Tin+Hat_KSW2415-+Kimberly+Warner.jpg tin hat Evocative melodies, subtle textures and elegant arrangements are the hallmark of this evolving composers’ collective. Though Tin Hat (formerly Tin Hat Trio) never pitches their tent in any musical camp for very long, their musical topography is varied yet remarkably cohesive. Their atmospheric sound sways gracefully between the worlds of folk, classical, Americana and countless others. The New York Press put it this way: Tin Hat “interweaves Old World Europe with postmodern America, south-of-the-border sensuality with concert-hall propriety, and odd-metered syncopation with deeply soulful grooves.” Their first five studio albums – Memory is an Elephant, Helium, The Rodeo Eroded, The Book of Silk and The Sad Machinery of Spring – were largely instrumental, but included vocal cameos by Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, Mike Patton, and Carla Kihlstedt. On their most recent studio album – the rain is a handsome animal – 17 songs after the poetry of E.E. Cummings (New Amsterdam Records) – Kihlstedt embraced the dual role of violinist/vocalist, interpreting Cummings’ concise, bold and whimsical poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/1ebb9508-362c-482f-a306-9520ba432715/album2_sm_r.jpg tin hat The most recent Tin Hat line-up is: BEN GOLDBERG – CLARINET, CONTRA-ALTO CLARINET CARLA KIHLSTEDT – VIOLIN, VOICE MARK ORTON – GUITAR, DOBRO, BANJO ROB REICH – ACCORDION, PIANO https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/sleepytime-gorilla-museum daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/4685542c-d02b-43f3-98c3-a441a058c3ef/32cd_1.jpg sleepytime gorilla museum It was also a family, a traveling circus, a soothsayer, a call to arms, a blind man standing naked in the middle of a bridge, a Saturnalian celebration, and yes… a Museum. SGM are collectively makers of instruments, barkers and bakers, finders and fixers, drawers and snappers, and brave putters-together of thought and theory into great big orderly messes of sound and fury. Built on a circuitous and bewildering mythology, SGM has released 3 studio records: Grand Opening and Closing (The End, 2001), Of Natural History (Mimicry, 2004) and In Glorious Times (The End, 2007). The fourth and final record, Of the Last Human Being, will be released at some indiscernible date in the future, followed by a vaguely educational film about The Last Human Being, and a live concert DVD. 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Then I think: This is a dream, a pure diversion of my will; and now I have unlimited power, I am going to cause a tiger.” — Jorge Luis Borges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/db4b36b1-316c-4554-877b-5b221540cd9e/Carla_Kihlstedt-bw_by_Peter_Gannushkin-05.jpg causing a tiger “Causing a Tiger… went off the deep end in all the right ways… Textures were intermingled beautifully, and this group truly improvised as a collective… They created their own musical world in which they were all-powerful and which the rest of us could merely observe. It was quite an experience.“ — Mathew Cmiel, New Music Box https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/cosa-brava daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/b217b4c0-768b-4d14-8e19-93420726cac5/5549.jpg cosa brava Cosa Brava is: MATTHIAS BOSSI – (DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOICE) FRED FRITH – (GUITAR, BASS, VOICE) SHAHZAD ISMAILY – (GUITAR, BASS, PERCUSSION) CARLA KIHLSTEDT – (VIOLIN, VOICE) ZEENA PARKINS – (ACCORDION, KEYBOARD) THE NORMAN CONQUEST – (SOUND MANIPULATION) https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/2-foot-yard daily 0.75 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/0f2faff4-ec48-4fdf-99aa-aa13646f3f88/61WJ9PbR8tL._SX355_.jpg 2 foot yard They made two albums: Carla Kihlstedt – 2 Foot Yard (Tzadik) and 2 Foot Yard – Borrowed Arms (self-released). 2 Foot Yard is: MARIKA HUGHES – CELLO, VOICE SHAHZAD ISMAILY – DRUMS, GUITAR, VOICE CARLA KIHLSTEDT – VIOLINS, VOICE https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/26-little-deaths daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/6872610a-0bec-4c4f-81e9-3279f6a6475f/81xu7bXqt9L.jpg 26 Little Deaths - June 23-24, 2022 Carla Kihlstedt’s 26 Little Deaths is a 60-minute set of 26 miniatures for singing violinist and chamber orchestra, inspired by Edward Gorey’s macabre abecedary, The Gashlycrumb Tinies – an illustrated children’s book in which, on every page, a child meets an untimely demise. Following in the footsteps of Hanns Eilser and Kurt Weill who moved seamlessly between art song, pop song and cabaret, Kihlstedt has created a song cycle for the extraordinary players of Present Music that captures the pathos, humor and wit of Gorey’s iconic images. https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/black-inscription daily 0.75 2022-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/1f115026-f366-423f-8f50-efdc04d5869c/2018_01_19_RABBIT_RABBIT_RADIO__0678.jpg Black Inscription The live version is performed by 7 musicians in an immersive environment created by a fabulous team of designers – lighting, video, stage and sound. Black Inscription follows world famous free diver Natalia Molchanova as she swims through the ocean on her final, fatal dive. It is about the power and the fragility of the ocean and the profound place it holds in our lives and our psyches. The initial phase was supported by a grant from Visions and Voices at USC. The fully-rendered multi-media performance, co-directed by Carla and by Mark DeChiazza, premiered at the 2018 Prototype Festival in NYC. For more details, go to BlackInscription.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/17a11aa3-3577-4bd9-b636-07f26ac69325/BI+19-26.JPG Black Inscription - Musical Team: CARLA KIHLSTEDT – COMPOSER, LYRICIST, CO-DIRECTOR, VOICE, VIOLIN MATTHIAS BOSSI – COMPOSER, PROGRAMMING, DRUMS, VOICE JEREMY FLOWER – COMPOSER, ELECTRONICS, GUITAR JON EVANS – BASS, GUITAR, RECORDING AND MIX ENGINEER – COMPOSER, PROGRAMMING, DRUMS, VOICE GEORGE BAN-WEISS (R.I.P.) – BASS (live shows) MICHAEL ABRAHAM – GUITAR KRISTIN SLIPP – VOICE, KEYTAR, AUTOHARP ARIEL PARKINGTON – VOICE, VIOLA Design Team: MARK DECHIAZZA – ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, CO-DIRECTOR MARY ELLEN STEBBINS – LIGHTING DESIGN QUENTIN CHIAPPETTA – SOUND DESIGN https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/at-night-we-walk-in-circles daily 0.75 2022-06-15 https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/pandaemonium daily 0.75 2022-08-01 https://www.carlakihlstedt.com/necessary-monsters daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/bb308cd4-411c-43d4-91b6-bbe8b3e7deee/IMG_7693-bw-w-pak-han.jpg Necessary Monsters In his The Book of Imaginary Beings, Jorges Luis Borges assembled a compendium of 120 fictional beasts from the mythologies, stories and superstitions of cultures around the globe and through the ages. Though each being originates from a particular place and time, their resonance is universal. They are all manifestations of an aspect of the human experience, borne out of our collective imaginations. They are the embodiment of our hopes and fears, a multi-faceted depiction of the shadows in our human nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627bd8a37fbe3a08500eacc5/48025a31-9019-4a88-8d7e-13fb8df5254d/necessary-monsters-carla-kihlstedt-rinde-eckert-allen-willner-band.jpg Necessary Monsters Necessary Monsters is a song-cycle based on nine of the creatures from Luis Borges’ book with words by poet Rafael Osés and music by Carla Kihlstedt. It is a kind of psychological safari, complete with a poetically-rich field guide which introduces the audience to the character, habits and habitat of each monster. Necessary Monsters began as a co-commissioning project by Alverno Presents in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the National Performance Network Creation Fund. The NPN Creation Fund is sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Altria, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). NM has been performed as a theater piece in Milwaukee, Chicago and San Francisco. 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