“In Regina, Saskatchewan, our elementary school teacher used to play classical records, and make large diagrams which followed the form of the music- while listening she would point to the place in the diagram, and introduce a lot of us kids to the repertoire that way. I got interested in music, started learning the violin.
As a teenager, I played in the youth orchestra, as well as played bass in some top 40 bands. I listened to a lot of classical music, as well as stuff like Prince, Bad Brains, etc. I moved over to Seattle in the early 90s, where I met the jazz violinist Michael White, who was an enormous influence on me. At Cornish college I went to talks by John Cage, Lou Harrison, Toru Takemitsu, which made a strong impression. In '98 I studied with the great violinist Dr. N. Rajam in Mumbai, which really changed the way I heard music. I'm interested in "sound", and in all the musical traditions that treat of it. I've met a lot of great musicians and learned from them.
I played viola with different bands, like Bill Frisell and Secret Chiefs, and created string arrangements for a lot of other artists, Laurie Anderson, Blonde Redhead, Laura Veirs, the Stares, and many more. It's great to collaborate with musicians, to see how it works, from different points of view, how it sounds, how they do it, what one listens to in sound. I don't believe you can know an objective music with notes, tempos, etc; rather, it’s mostly about the process which is intersubjective. At the same time, when the thought of music appears, I bring it out.â€
- Eyvind Kang, 2007
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~ Discography ~
Athlantis (2007, Ipecac Rec.)
Virginal Co-ordinates (2003, Ipecac Rec.)
Live Low to the Earth, in the Iron Age (2002, Abduction)
The Story Of Iceland (2000, Tzadik)
Sweetness Of Sickness (1999, Radio God Innoculator)
Theater Of Mineral NADEs (1998, Tzadik)
7 NADEs (1996, Tzadik)
Driftwood And Dreams (7"/ 1995, Rabio God Innoculator)
Various Artists - John Zorn - The Unknown Masada (2003, Tzadik)
Various Artists - In His Own Sweet Way: A Tribute to Dave Brubeck (2000, Avant)
Various Artists - Great Jewish Music : Serge Gainsbourg (1997, Tzadik)
Various Artists - Great Jewish Music : Burt Bacharach (1997, Tzadik)
~ As Co-Leader ~
Mark O'Leary, Eyvind Kang, Dylan Van Der Schyff - Zemlya (2008, Leo Rec.)
William Hooker, Eyvind Kang, Bill Horist - The Seasons Fire (2007, Important)
Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney - Aestuarium (2005, Endless Rec.)
Billy Martin & Socket - January 14 & 15 2005 (2005, Amulet Rec.)
Orchestra Dim Bridges - Eyvind Kang & Tucker Martine (2004, Conduit Rec.)
Various Artist - Poor Boy - Songs of Nick Drake with Ian Moore (2004, Songlines)
Napoli 23 w/ Hilmar Jensson, Skuli Sverrisson & Matthias M.D. Hemstock (2003, Smekkleysa)
Amir Koushkani with Eyvind Kang - In The Path Of Love (2001, Golbarg)
Eyvind Kang, François Houle, Dylan van der Schyff - Pieces of Time (1999, Spool)
Michael Bisio & Eyvind Kang - MBEK (1999, Meniscus)
Dying Ground Eyvind Kang, Kato Hideki, G. Calvin Weston (1998, Avant)
William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch : Music by Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz & Eyvind Kang (1995, Warner)
~ Collaborations ~
Sunn O))) (Upcoming 2009, Southern Lord)
Laurie Anderson - Homeland (Upcoming 2009, Nonesuch)
Laura Gibson (Upcoming 2008)
Lou Reed's Berlin - Original Film Soundtrack (Upcoming 2008, Matador)
Lisa Miller Octet - Sleep Furiously (2008, Green Ideas)
Mister Lonely - Film Soundtrack with Sun City Girls (2008, Drag City)
Bill Frisell - History, Mystery (2008, Nonesuch)
Reptet - Chicken or Beef ? (2008, Monktail Rec.)
Stebmo - Stebmo (2008, Stebmo)
Jenny Scheinman - Crossing The Field (2008, Koch Rec.)
Jamshied Sharifi - One (2008, Ceres)
Samamidon - All Is Well (2008, Bedroom Community)
Red Jacket Mine - Hello, Old Cloud (2008, Showpony)
Jarrad Powell - Stonehouse Songs (2007, Present Sounds Rec.)
Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers (2007, Nonesuch)
Secret Chiefs 3 - Path of Most Resistance (2007, Mimicry Rec.)
Floratone Bill Frisell, Tucker Martine, Matt Chamberlain & Lee Townsend (2007, Blue Note)
Anyu - Reasons (2007, Axent)
Glass Candy - Miss Broadway (2007, Troubleman Unlimited)
Thilges - La Double Absence (2007, Staubgold)
Two Loons for Tea - Nine Lucid Dreams (2007, Sarathan)
Mamak Khadem - Jostojoo (2007, Banyan tree Prod.)
Skúli Sverrisson - Seria (2006, 12 Tónar )
Mike Dumovich - Mesojunarian (2006, Tarnished)
Gabriela - El Viaje (2006, Intuition)
Brent Arnold - Cinema Deep Crush (2006, Audiofriction Music)
Wayne Horvitz - Whispers, Hymns and a Murmur (2006, Tzadik)
Caryn Kupferman - Pitch Black Mile (2006, Socially Inept Music)
Badawi - Safe (2006, Asphodel)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006, Capitol Rec.)
Kevin Joyce - Say It (2006, EnJoy Prod.)
Jim Ragland - When I Grow Up (2006, Jim Ragland)
Sunn O))) / Boris - Altar "limited edition" (2006, Southern Rec.)
Robin Holcomb - John Brown’s Body (2006, Tzadik)
Yungchen Lhamo - Ama (2006, Real World)
Various Artists - Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys (2006, Anti- )
Joan As Police Woman - Real Life (2006, Reveal Rec.)
Gretchen Yanover - Bow and Cello (2005, Gretchen Yanover)
Bill Frisell - Richter 858 (2005, Songlines)
The Long Winters - Ultimatum EP (2005, Barsuk Rec.)
Animal Collective - Feels (2005, FatCat Rec.)
Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors (2005, Nonesuch)
Amy Denio - Tasogare (2005, Public Eyesore)
Critters Buggin - Monkeypot Merganzer (2005, Kufala)
Matt Chamberlain - Matt Chamberlain (2005, Mimicry Rec.)
Julia Francis - Five Challenges to Flight (2005, No Shrinking Violet)
The Stares - Spine to Sea (2005, Mimicry Rec.)
Asva - Asva (2005, Enterruption)
Laura Veirs - The Triumphs & Travails of Orphan Mae (2005, Bella Union)
Alvarius B. - Blood Operatives Of The Barium Sunset (2005, Abduction)
KJ Sawka - Synchronized Decompression (2005, Wax Orchard)
Blonde Redhead - The Secret Society Of Butterflies (2005, 4AD)
Magdalen Hsu-Li - Smashing the Ceiling (2005, Chickpop)
Critters Buggin - Stampede (2004, Ropeadope)
Secret Chiefs 3 - Book Of Hoizons (2004, Mimicry Rec.)
O.blaat - Two Novels : Gaze / In The Cochlea (2004, Crónica)
Mount Analog - New Skin (2004, Film Guerrero)
Mylab : Wayne Horvitz and Tucker Martine (2004, Terminus Rec.)
Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier (2004, Nonesuch)
Jim White - Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See (2004, Luaka Bop/V2)
Branden Harper - Tangents (2004, Endless Rec.)
Raz Mesinai - Cyborg Acoustics (2004, Tzadik)
Master Musicians of Bukkake - The Visible Sign of the Invisible Order (2004, Abduction)
Brent Arnold & The Spheres - Last Boat (2004, Up Rec.)
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly (2004, 4AD)
William Hooker Ensemble - Complexity 2 (2004, Kos Rec.)
Various Artist - Amalgam(e) - 10 Years of Red Toucan (2004, Red Toucan)
Jami Sieber - Hidden Sky (2004, Out Front Music)
Andrew Drury - Momentary Lapse (2003, Innova)
Laura Veirs - Troubled by the Fire (2003, Bellaire)
The Ruby Doe - Dream Engine Blue (2003, Hometown Tragedy)
Tableland - Tremulous Elemental (2002, Sonic Boom Rec.)
Jason Webley - Counterpoint (2002, Springman)
Robin Holcomb - The Big Time (2002, Nonesuch)
Wayne Horvitz - Film Music 1998-2001 (2002, Tzadik)
Ely Guerra - Lotofire (2002, Higher Octave)
Two Loons for Tea - Looking for Landmarks (2002, Sarathan Rec.)
John Schuller - Lesser Angel of Failure (2002, World Misery Rec.)
Geoff Tate (2002, Sanctuary)
Aki Onda - Don't Say Anything (2002, Ewe Rec.)
Secret Chiefs 3 - Book M (2001, Mimicry Rec.)
No Soap Rodeo - Hey Sailor (2001, Tower Rec.)
Aiko Shimada - Blue Marble (2001, Tzadik)
Laura Veirs - The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae (2001, Minner Bucket Rec.)
Sanford Arms - Too Loud for the Snowman (2001, Orchard)
Laurie Anderson - Life on a String (2001, Atlantic)
Two Loons for Tea (2001, Sarathan Records)
Wayne Horvitz - From a Window (2001, Avant)
Finding Forrester - Soundtrack (2000, Sony)
Antonio Chainho - A Guitarra E Outras Mulheres (2000, Movie Play)
Ikue Mori - One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (2000, Tzadik)
Sinister Kitchen (2000, Endless Rec.)
Aiko Shimada - Sound (2000, East Works Entertainment)
Robert Reigle - The Marriage of Heaven and Earth (1999, Acoustic Levitation)
Arto Lindsay - Prize (1999, Righteous Babe)
El Gran Silencio - Libres Y Locos (1999, Ark 21/EMI)
Mark Nodwell - (Co)Incidents (1999, Songlines)
Jr - Songs of Angels (1999)
Secret Chiefs 3 - Eyes Of Flesh ~ Eyes Of Flame (1999, Mimicry Rec.)
Mr. Bungle - California (1999, Warner B.)
Rockin Teenage Combo - Mr Birdy's Fryday (1999, Endless Rec.)
Andrew Drury - Polish Theater Posters (1998, Red Toucan)
Line 4 - Pieces of Time (1998, Spool)
Aiko Shimada - Window (1998, Bera)
Sun City Girls - Dulce (1998, Abduction)
Wayne Horvitz - 4+1 Ensemble (1998, Intuition)
Secret Chiefs 3 - Zulfikar II / Zulfikar III (1998, Mimicry Rec.)
Death Praxis : Tenko / Ikue Mori - Mystery (1998, Tzadik)
Timothy Young - With Very Special People (1997, Endless Rec.)
Michael White & Bill Frisell - Motion Picture (1997, Intuition)
Charles Gocher & Scott Colburn Jr - Pint Sized Spartacus (1997, Gravelvoice)
Gabriela - Detrás Del Sol (1997, Intuition)
Secret Chiefs 3 - Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws: Hurqalaya (1997, Mimicry Rec.)
Mount Analog (1997, Pehr Rec.)
We - As Is (1997, Asphodel)
Karen Pernick - Apartment 12 (1996, Shanachi)
Aiko Shimada - Bright And Dark (1996, Bera)
Doghead (1996, Cavity Search)
Michael Bisio Quintet - Covert Choreography (1996, Cadence Jazz)
Bill Frisell - Quartet (1996, Nonesuch)
Sun City Girls - 330,003 Cross Dressers from Beyond the Rig Veda (1996, Abduction)
Joe Mcphee Quintet - Common Threads: Live at the Tractor Tavern (1996, Deep Listening)
John Doe Thing - Kissingsohard (1995, Rhino)
~ Video Appearance ~
Lou Reed's Berlin a film by Julian Schnabel (2008, Waterboy Productions)
Sun City Girls - The Burning Nerve Ending Magic Trick (2004, Abduction)
~ Musical Notes ~
John Zorn - Arcana I Musicians on Music (2000, Tzadik)
Secret Chiefs 3
"Exodus" - From : Book of Horizons (2004) Mimicry Records
video directed by Chip Yamada.