Nils Frykdahl
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Nils Frykdahl is an American
musician most known for his work with the bands Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
and the now-defunct band Idiot Flesh
. He has a bachelor's degree in music from UC Berkeley, which he received in 1989. He also is a member of the bands Faun Fables
and Darling Freakhead, and used to be a member of Charming Hostess
. Along with bandmates Carla Kihlstedt
and Dan Rathbun, Frykdahl also is active with the performance company Ink Boat.
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musician most known for his work with the bands Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is an American experimental rock band, formed in 1999 in Oakland, California. The band fuses classical, industrial, and art-rock themes throughout their music...
and the now-defunct band Idiot Flesh
Idiot Flesh
Idiot Flesh was a band formed in Barrington Hall, a student co-op at the University of California at Berkeley. They formed in 1985 under the name Acid Rain, and their demo album "We Were All Very Worried" was released as a cassette-only edition in 1987...
. He has a bachelor's degree in music from UC Berkeley, which he received in 1989. He also is a member of the bands Faun Fables
Faun Fables
Faun Fables is a band from Oakland, California. Faun Fables is a concept and vehicle for Dawn McCarthy, who was inspired to write the original material while traveling after leaving the New York City music scene in 1997. Faun Fables also covers both 20th century compositions by other song writers...
and Darling Freakhead, and used to be a member of Charming Hostess
Charming Hostess
Charming Hostess is a band that grew out of the Oakland avant-rock scene in the mid-1990s.-Current work:Today, the music primarily springs from three women with an emphasis in the body—voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. The work grows from diaspora...
. Along with bandmates Carla Kihlstedt
Carla Kihlstedt
Carla Kihlstedt is an American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist from Lancaster, Pennsylvania currently living in Oakland, California....
and Dan Rathbun, Frykdahl also is active with the performance company Ink Boat.
With Idiot Flesh
- Drip Demo (demo, 1986) (as Acid Rain)
- We Were All Very Worried (demo, 1987) (as Acid Rain)
- Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure DeathTales of Instant Knowledge and Sure DeathTales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death is the debut album by the now-defunct avant-garde rock band Idiot Flesh.-Track listing:# "Something" - 6:33# "Thinking of a Number Above 17" - 2:56# "Meditation" - 6:45...
(full-length, 1990) - The Nothing Show (full-length, 1994)
- Teen Devil/Twitch (7-inch single, 1995)
- Fancy (full-length, 1997)
With Faun Fables
- Early SongEarly SongEarly Song is the 1999 studio album by Faun Fables. It was released through the label Drag City.-Track listing:#"Muse" - 3:48#"The Crumb" - 3:04#"Old Village Churchyard" - 4:19#"Apple Trees" - 4:42#"Only A Miner" - 2:39#"Sometimes I Pray" - 5:01...
(full-length, 1999) - Mother TwilightMother TwilightMother Twilight is the 2001 studio album by Faun Fables. It was released through the label Drag City.-Track listing:#"Begin" - 2:44#"Sleepwalker" - 3:37#"Shadowsound" - 5:02#"Hela" - 4:33#"Traveller Returning" - 6:22#"Train" - 3:20...
(full-length, 2001) - Family AlbumFamily Album (Faun Fables album)Family Album is the 2004 studio album by Faun Fables. It was released through the label Drag City.-Track listing:#"Eyes of a Bird" - 7:30#"Poem 2" - 2:40#"A Mother and a Piano" - 4:52#"Lucy Belle" - 3:58#"Joshua" - 4:03#"Nop of Time" - 2:09...
(full-length, 2004) - The Transit RiderThe Transit RiderThe Transit Rider is the title of the fourth album by Faun Fables and the theatrical production on which it was based.-Album Track Listing:# "Birth" – 2:10# "Transit Theme" – 4:46# "The House Carpenter" – 5:05# "In Speed" – 3:51# "Taki Pejzaz" – 8:12...
(full-length, 2006) - A Table Forgotten (EP, 2008)
- Light of a Vaster Dark (full-length, 2010)
With Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Grand Opening and ClosingGrand Opening and Closing-Personnel:* Carla Kihlstedt – Electric Violin, Percussion Guitar, Autoharp, Pump Organ, Voice* Dan Rathbun – Bass Guitar, Slide-piano Log, Pedal-action Wiggler, Thing, Autoharp, Voice* David Shamrock – Drums, Piano* Frank Grau – Drums on "The Stain"...
(full-length, 2001) - Live (full-length, 2003)
- Of Natural HistoryOf Natural HistoryOf Natural History is the second album by Avant-rock/metal group Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. It was recorded and mixed at Polymorph Recording in Oakland, California during the years 2003 and 2004...
(full-length, 2004) - The Face (DVD, 2005)
- In Glorious TimesIn Glorious Times-External links:* official page* Label* video on YouTube* video on YouTube...
(full-length, 2007)
As a guest musician
- Barbez - Barbez (2004)
- Charming HostessCharming HostessCharming Hostess is a band that grew out of the Oakland avant-rock scene in the mid-1990s.-Current work:Today, the music primarily springs from three women with an emphasis in the body—voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. The work grows from diaspora...
- Sarajevo BluesSarajevo BluesSarajevo Blues is a book of poetry first published in 1992 during the siege of Sarajevo by Semezdin Mehmedinović. Mr. Mehmedinović's book was translated into English by Ammiel Alcalay in 1998. Mr...
(2004) - Charming Hostess - The Bowls Project CD (2010)
- Moe! StaianoMoe! StaianoMoe Staiano is an American experimental drummer/percussionist and composer who works in a variety of found sounds and prepared trap set as well as massive orchestra conductions of his own scored compositions.-His style:Mainly an improviser in a solo performance setting, Moe! Staiano Moe Staiano...
's Moe!kestra! - An Inescapable Siren Therein And Other Whereabouts (2006) (plays flute on Piece No.5) - Už Jsme DomaUž Jsme DomaUž Jsme Doma, , are a progressive rock band from Prague, Czech Republic, who originally formed in the Czech border town Teplice in 1985. The group's complex and genre-bending sound, longevity, relentless touring and diverse involvement in outside artistic media have earned them a large...
- Rybí tuk (Codliver Oil) (2007) - InduktiInduktiIndukti is a progressive metal band from Poland, founded in 1999. Indukti's debut album, S.U.S.A.R., featured Mariusz Duda of the Polish band Riverside on vocals....
- IDMENIDMENIDMEN is the second full-length album by the Polish rock band Indukti.Album is a metaphorical tale of human struggle with destiny, faith, daily life, nature and himself...
(2009)