Jarboe

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jarboe

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Background = solo_singer
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Alias = The Living Jarboe
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Origin = Mississippi
Instrument = Voice, Keyboard, Laptop
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Genre = Experimental Vocalist Psych folk Rock Modern Blues
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Years_active = 1984–present
Label = Atavistic Touch and Go Records Revolver Alternative Tentacles Neurot Recordings The End Records Season Of Mist
Associated_acts = Swans World of Skin
URL = [http://thelivingjarboe.com thelivingjarboe.com]
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Jarboe (also known as The Living Jarboe) is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist.

Jarboe is a solo artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the New York City based group Swans. With founder Michael Gira, the duo was the core of Swans until the group broke up in 1998. She continues to release numerous solo albums and collaborations.

Discography

=with the Swans=

"See Swans discography for the full discography"
*"Time is Money (Bastard)." EP (1985, K.422)
*"Greed" (1986, K.422)
*"A Screw" EP (1986, K.422)
*"Holy Money" (1986, K.422)
*"New Mind" 12" EP (1987, Product Inc.)
*"Children of God" (1987, Caroline Records)
*"Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1988, Product Inc.)
*"The Burning World" (1989, Uni/MCA Records)
*"White Light From the Mouth of Infinity" (1991, Young God Records)
*"Love of Life" (1992, Young God Records)
*"The Great Annihilator" (1994,Invisible, Young God Records)
*"Soundtracks for the Blind" (1996, Atavistic Records)
*"Swans Are Dead" (1998, Young God Records)

As Jarboe

* "Thirteen Masks" (1991, SKY Records)
**reissued in 2004
* "Red" CD single (1991, Jarboe Records 75066)
* "Beautiful People Ltd" with Lary Seven (1993, Sub Rosa Records 061)
**reissued in 2004
* "Warm Liquid Event" CD single (1993, Sub Rosa Records 064)
* "Sacrificial Cake" (1995, Alternative Tentacles 167)
* "Anhedoniac" (1998)
**reissued in 2004
* "Disburden Disciple" (2000)
* "Dissected" (2002)
* "Process" (2004)
* "" (2004)
* "Knight of Swords/The Beggar" with Nic LeBan (2005, Vivo Records)
* "The Men Album" CD (2005, Atavistic Records 167)
* "The Conduit" CD (2005, Atavistic Records 175)
* "J2" CD (2008, The End Records )

Collaborations

* Skin - "Blood, Women, Roses" (1987)
* Skin - "Shame, Humility, Revenge" (1987)
* Skin - "Girl Come Out" (1987)
* World of Skin (1998)
* World of Skin - "Ten Songs from Another World" (1991)
* Ignis Fatuus: Futility Goddess; Cache Toi/Encomium (1998)
* Two Small Bodies : Soundtrack
* (1998)
* Backworld: Isles of the Blest; Anthems from the Pleasure Park, (1999)
* C17H19NO3: 1692/2092 Soundtrack
* PBK - "Life-Sense Revoked" , (1996)
* H.I.A.: Thunder Perfect Mind (Gallery Installation, ICA, London)
* The Body Lovers : Number One Of Three, (1998)
* Pfrenz-C: Dopamine Quest, (1999)
* Jarboe/Telecognac - "Over" CD (2000, Crouton Records 007)
* Thread - "In Sweet Sorrow/Abnormal Love" (2000)
* Steven Severin - "The Woman in the Dunes" (2000)
* Neotropic : La Prochaine Fois , (2001)
* Karma : God Is Mine , (2002)
* Blackmouth , (2000)
* Blackmouth: Blackness Bleeding remixes (2000)
* A Perfect Circle - "Thirteenth Step" (2003, Virgin Records)
**(selected vocal embellishments on two tracks)
* Neurosis & Jarboe - "Neurosis & Jarboe" (2003, Neurot Recordings)
* Meridiem : A Pleasant Fiction (2004)
* Kirlian Camera : Invisible Front. 2005 (2004)
* Larsen : Krzykognia DVD (2003)
* Nic Le Ban + Joshua Fraser : The Conduit (2005)
* Nic Le Ban : Knight Of Swords / The Beggar (2005)
* Cedric Victor : The End (2006)
* The Sweet Meat Love And Holy Cult (in progress as of 2007)
* Byla & Jarboe : "Viscera" (2007, Translation Loss Records)
* Jesu : "Lifeline " (2007)
**(Vocals on "Storm Comin' On")
* Puscifer : "V" Is for Vagina
**(Background vocal samples on "Trekka")

Compilation appearances

* "Nine Underground" (1984)
* "Dry Lungs I" and "Dry Lungs II" ( 1985 , 1986)
* "Insane Music for Insane People" (1986)
* "Mighty Risen Plea", (1990)
* "Serious Statements and Silly Symphonies" ( 1991)
* "Shrine" (1993)
* "" (1993)
* "Alphabet City" (1993)
* "A Far Cry, Featuring Women in Independent Music" (1995)
* "" (1995)
* "We Hate You : A Small Tribute to Throbbing Gristle" (1997)
* "" (1998)
* "What Is Eternal" (1998)
* "What's the Word, Vol. 1" (1999)
* "Pixies Fuckin' Die!" (LifeLike Records, 1999)
**Track 12 - Jarboe and The Trepaners - "Tame"
* "Summon Room" (1999)
* "The Unaccompanied Voice" (2000)
* "Zann" (2000)
* "Apocalypse Always" (2002)
* "VA Neurot Recordings 1", (2004)
* "" (2004)
* "Electronic Thisturbance" (2004)
* "Rising Sun/Nuclear Free Future"(2005)
* "Durtro /Medecins Sans Frontieres" (2005)

Guest appearances

* pFrenz-C – "Dopamine Quest" (1999)
* The Agony Scene - "Prey -Music Video" (2005)
* Rivulets / Marc Gartman - "Rivulets / Marc Gartman" (2006)
* Monica Richards - "Infrawarrior" (2006)
* Cobalt - "Eater of birds" (2007)
* Guapo - "Elixir" (2008)
* Desert Kites - "Pleasure in the Confusion of Boundaries" (2008)
* [http://ilya.mythosmedia.net Lives of Ilya] - "Lives of Ilya Audiobook" released by Mythos Media (2008)

External links

* [http://www.thelivingjarboe.com/ Jarboe's official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jarboeliving Jarboe] on MySpace
*it [http://www.rockline.it/modules.php?name=Interviste&rop=view_int&id=232 Interview with Jarboe]
* [http://www.myspace.com/llikyouridols Official Myspace page] for "Llik Your Idols", a documentary about the Cinema of Transgression featuring Jarboe
* [http://www.kuci.org/~justin/bedtime/jarboe.htm Interview with Jarboe]
* [http://www.valkenberghermitage.org Exhibition featuring Jarboe and Nic Le Ban]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jarboe]
* [http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/JARBOE7.html Jarboe interview (march 1996) for QRD]
* [http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/jarboe16.html Jarboe interview (september 1999) for QRD]

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