Konrad

Navigating effortlessly through a dizzying array of styles, Konrad is an Amerikan song constructionist who puzzles together his unique brand of vocal poetics with a sorted sonic DNA that exhibits strains of indie, electro, folk, IDM and hip-hop. In the past he’s recorded as an 8-bit obsessed electronic musician known a Robotusa, an emo indie rocker known as eggspout, and a folksy singer/songwriter called Nigel Jeffrey who cut an album called "Struggle in the Hive" with Pat Stolley of daytrotter.com fame. Releasing dozens of underground mix tape albums over the past decade, Konrad started his own label, Radical Turf Records in 2004 under the premise of releasing compilation albums from innovative underground artists. Three US/UK/EURO "various artists" joints later, Konrad's first "official" solo album is ready to drop in May 2008 on Radical Turf. A new Konrad single can be heard on the current Magnet Magazine New Music Sampler volume 48 (issue NO. 78).
past work:
2007 witnessed the release of hello future? , a US/UK compilation release on Radical Turf records that featured a remix of the Konrad track "kites" by Swansea, Wales audio/visual artist Thomas Jerome Newton .
"Struggle in the Hive" was released in Spring 2006 on Future Appletree and features a full length LP release with daytrotter audio engineer Patrick Stolley .
2006 has also seen the release of an exclusive Konrad track on Deep Elm Records: This is IndieRock vol. 3 , as well as a guest appearance on Chrash-Audio Feng Shui on Future Appletree Records.
In 2004 Konrad toured various festivals as a guitar player with The Marlboro Chorus and played organ on the newest M.C. album "American Dreamers".
2003 saw the launch of Radical Turf Records , an electronic label Konrad founded with the purpose of releasing singles by various American and European electronic artists. To date, Radical Turf has released 3 compilation albums which have featured over 3 dozen artists from around the USA, UK and Germany.
In 2000, Konrad released a full-length album of experimental electronic music under the moniker Robot USA , an electronic full length album that was released on Diskatopia Records .
discography:
Albums:
Struggle in the Hive S/T (Future Appletree/Radical Turf 2006)
ROBOT USA s/t (Diskatopia 2000)
Konrad: The Closet Freak (EPJ 2001 out of print)
Konrad: Vintage Love (EPJ 2001 out of print)
eggspout: When it rains it floods (EPJ 2002 out of print)
Compilations:
New Music Sampler Volume 48 (Magnet Magazine 2008)
Deeper in the Box (Waveform Modulations 2007)
Radical Turf Presents: Hello Future? (Radical Turf 2007)
Radical Turf presents: First Disguised as Last (Radical Turf 2006)
This is Indie Rock vol. 3 (Deep Elm 2006)
Radical Turf presents: Tales from the Oxygen Den (Radical Turf 2004)
Diskatopia's Intimate Gathering vol. 1 (Diskatopia 1998)
Appearances on other albums:
The Marlboro Chorus - American Dreamers (Future Appletree 2007)
Chrash - Audio Feng Shui (Future Appletree 2006)
Chrash - The Party (Future Appletree 2002)
Quetzatl - Chilam Balam (Diskatopia 2000)
Wisteria Losenge - My Life the Chinese Box (Diskatopia 1999)
Synaptic Flow - Biotechnology (Diskatopia 1999)
Quetzal - Where Eternities Meet (Diskatopia 1997)
The Multiple Cat - elements of the... (Guilt Ridden Pop 1998)