Carla Kihlstedt

Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971) is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod.

Contents

• Carla Kihlstedts Necessary Monsters Trailer
• The curious one by carla kihlstedt matthias bossi porto franco files
• Collaborations and bands
• As a guest or session musician
• References

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), has worked occasionally on projects with Tom Waits 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.

In February 2012 she founded Rabbit Rabbit with her husband (and former 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.

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)

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

2005 – 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)

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 – Unsquare – Maybe Monday (released 2008)

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

2007 – 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 – 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