Jesse Krakow
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Jesse Krakow is a New York City
based bassist/musician. He has toured with Shudder To Think
, playing bass on their 2009 live album "Live From Home." He has also collaborated with Tatsuya Yoshida and Ron Anderson
for live performances as RonRuins, was previously in Anderson's band PAK
, and is featured on their Motel (album)
CD. Currently he works with Craig Wedren
(Shudder To Think), Sam Mickens (The Dead Science), The Tall Pines, Spray Paint Star, Doctor Nerve, Fast 'n Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project, and the music collective We Are The Musk Brigade.
He was a longtime member of NYC-avant rock band Time of Orchids
, who released 5 albums, collaborated with pianist Marilyn Crispell
, Kate Pierson
(The B-52's) and Julee Cruise
("Twin Peaks"), and trumpeter Tim Byrnes, and was signed to a number significant indie labels (one of which was John Zorn
's Tzadik label). He has two solo albums out of Nebraska's Public Eyesore/Eh? record label - 2004's Oceans in the Sun + 2008's "World Without Nachos".
Some of his collaborators in the past have been Mike Pride
, Jac Berrocall, Pat Irwin (The B-52's), George Korein (Infidel!/Castro?), Elliott Sharp
, Scott Bruzenak, Keaton Simons
, Dynamite Club, Snuggle/Stencil, Anne Gomez (Cantwell Gomez + Jordan, scutopus, Keith Abrams (PAK/Time of Orchids), Dylan Sparrow (Giggle The Ozone), and Lori.
PARTIAL DISCOGRAPHY:
w/ Time of Orchids: "Melonwhisper" (2001, Badnews), "Much Too Much Fun" (2003), "Early As Seen In Pace" (2004, Epicene), "Sarcast While" (2005, Tzadik), "Namesake Caution" (2007, Cuneiform), "In Due Time" (2010)
w/ PAK: "100% Human Hair" (2002, RA Sounds), "Motel" (2005, RA Sounds)
w/ Shudder To Think: "Live From Home" (2009, Team Love)
w/ Fast 'N Bulbous: "Pork Chop Blue Around The Rind" (2005, Cuneiform), "Waxed Oop!" (2009, Cuneiform)
w/ Michael Showalter: "Sandwiches + Cats" (2007, JDub)
w/ Michal: "Sky With Stars" (2000, Columbia)
w/ Giggle the Ozone: "Order" (2006, Laser Seizure)
w/ Dynamite Club: "Fusion Era" (2008, Caminante), "Teriyaki Suplexxx: A Snapshot Of The Japanese Underground" (2007, GC Records)
w/ Improp/Improg: "Drink Tickets From God" (2001)
w/ Scott Bruzenak & Keaton Simons: "Noise Research Program Volume 2" (2005, Burning Emptiness), "Slam F---ing Dunk!" (2004, Magnacarta)
w/ We Are The Musk Brigade: "Sand Dunes + Beef Balloons/Let Me See Your Moo-Flomps" (2005, MT6/Crucial Blast), "Lori's Songs (2006), "Inebriate The Entire Sector" (2006), "this is d/emo" (2006), "Brown Mirrow" - (2010)
SOLO: "Moltvick Comes Alive!" (1996), "thatfunkyhippopjamthing" (1999), "Hairy Teeth: Plane Crashing Into Dancing Dolphin Pony-boy) (2000), "Negative Fun" (2001), "Confactions" (2003), "Oceans In The Sun" (2004, Public Eyesore), "Nostril Town" (2004),
"Feeling Frenzy!" - (2006), "Edgy Music For The Contemporary Urban Youth Market" - (2006), "I Hate Everyone And Especially You" - (2007), "World Without Nachos" - (2008, Eh!), "NAIF" - (2010)
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
based bassist/musician. He has toured with Shudder To Think
Shudder to Think
Shudder to Think is an American indie rock group. Formed in 1986, they released three albums on the Washington, D.C.-based label Dischord Records and were a post-hardcore band, although they drew upon a wide range of stylistic influences, including pop....
, playing bass on their 2009 live album "Live From Home." He has also collaborated with Tatsuya Yoshida and Ron Anderson
Ron Anderson (musician)
Ron Anderson is a New York City based internationally known musician and composer. He is known for collaborations with many famous musicians, and has a large catalog of releases and compositions.-Molecules:...
for live performances as RonRuins, was previously in Anderson's band PAK
PAK (band)
PAK is a New York City based band. They are signed to John Zorn's Tzadik label.PAK was originally formed by Ron Anderson in 2000, after he spent some time with The Molecules. The original line-up consisted of Anderson, Jesse Krakow, Will Redmond, and Race Age. This line-up released the album 100%...
, and is featured on their Motel (album)
Motel (Pak album)
Motel is a 2005 album by New York City brutal prog band Pak. It has been well received in the indie marketplace it was targeted for.-Track listing:*1 You Like It Like That *2 Heatwave *3 100% Human Hair...
CD. Currently he works with Craig Wedren
Craig Wedren
Craig Wedren is the former lead singer of Shudder to Think and now the lead for the newer pop-mash project, "BABY".Wedren has also contributed vocals to the musical act Tweaker with Chris Vrenna, formerly of Nine Inch Nails, The Verve Pipe's self-titled album, the musical act Cex, The Dead...
(Shudder To Think), Sam Mickens (The Dead Science), The Tall Pines, Spray Paint Star, Doctor Nerve, Fast 'n Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project, and the music collective We Are The Musk Brigade.
He was a longtime member of NYC-avant rock band Time of Orchids
Time Of Orchids
Time of Orchids was a NYC-based avant rock band founded in 1999.Two of the band's albums feature renowned female vocalists. Kate Pierson performs on "Much Too Much Fun" while Julee Cruise of Twin Peaks fame sings on "Sarcast While"....
, who released 5 albums, collaborated with pianist Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell is an American jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Crispell studied classical piano and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. She has been a resident of Woodstock, NY since 1977 when she came to study and teach at Karl Berger's Creative Music Studio...
, Kate Pierson
Kate Pierson
Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Pierson is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. One of the multi-instrumentalists in the band, Pierson played guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments...
(The B-52's) and Julee Cruise
Julee Cruise
Julee Cruise is an American singer, and actress.With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S. television series Twin Peaks...
("Twin Peaks"), and trumpeter Tim Byrnes, and was signed to a number significant indie labels (one of which was John Zorn
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
's Tzadik label). He has two solo albums out of Nebraska's Public Eyesore/Eh? record label - 2004's Oceans in the Sun + 2008's "World Without Nachos".
Some of his collaborators in the past have been Mike Pride
Mike Pride (musician)
Based in New York for the past decade, Mike Pridehttp://www.mikepride.com currently leads the quartet, From Bacteria To Boys, who record for AUM Fidelity Records. Pride is renowned worldwide for his ability to excel in a wide range of genres and ensembles...
, Jac Berrocall, Pat Irwin (The B-52's), George Korein (Infidel!/Castro?), Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City since the late 1970s, Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from blues, jazz, and orchestral music to noise, no wave rock,...
, Scott Bruzenak, Keaton Simons
Keaton Simons
Keaton Simons is a Los Angeles recording and performing artist. He is signed to CBS Records and his music has been featured on shows such as NCIS: Los Angeles, Crash, American Dad!, Harper's Island, and The Cleaner to name a few...
, Dynamite Club, Snuggle/Stencil, Anne Gomez (Cantwell Gomez + Jordan, scutopus, Keith Abrams (PAK/Time of Orchids), Dylan Sparrow (Giggle The Ozone), and Lori.
PARTIAL DISCOGRAPHY:
w/ Time of Orchids: "Melonwhisper" (2001, Badnews), "Much Too Much Fun" (2003), "Early As Seen In Pace" (2004, Epicene), "Sarcast While" (2005, Tzadik), "Namesake Caution" (2007, Cuneiform), "In Due Time" (2010)
w/ PAK: "100% Human Hair" (2002, RA Sounds), "Motel" (2005, RA Sounds)
w/ Shudder To Think: "Live From Home" (2009, Team Love)
w/ Fast 'N Bulbous: "Pork Chop Blue Around The Rind" (2005, Cuneiform), "Waxed Oop!" (2009, Cuneiform)
w/ Michael Showalter: "Sandwiches + Cats" (2007, JDub)
w/ Michal: "Sky With Stars" (2000, Columbia)
w/ Giggle the Ozone: "Order" (2006, Laser Seizure)
w/ Dynamite Club: "Fusion Era" (2008, Caminante), "Teriyaki Suplexxx: A Snapshot Of The Japanese Underground" (2007, GC Records)
w/ Improp/Improg: "Drink Tickets From God" (2001)
w/ Scott Bruzenak & Keaton Simons: "Noise Research Program Volume 2" (2005, Burning Emptiness), "Slam F---ing Dunk!" (2004, Magnacarta)
w/ We Are The Musk Brigade: "Sand Dunes + Beef Balloons/Let Me See Your Moo-Flomps" (2005, MT6/Crucial Blast), "Lori's Songs (2006), "Inebriate The Entire Sector" (2006), "this is d/emo" (2006), "Brown Mirrow" - (2010)
SOLO: "Moltvick Comes Alive!" (1996), "thatfunkyhippopjamthing" (1999), "Hairy Teeth: Plane Crashing Into Dancing Dolphin Pony-boy) (2000), "Negative Fun" (2001), "Confactions" (2003), "Oceans In The Sun" (2004, Public Eyesore), "Nostril Town" (2004),
"Feeling Frenzy!" - (2006), "Edgy Music For The Contemporary Urban Youth Market" - (2006), "I Hate Everyone And Especially You" - (2007), "World Without Nachos" - (2008, Eh!), "NAIF" - (2010)