Karl Blau

Infobox musical artist
Name = Karl Blau
Background = khaki


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Origin = Anacortes, Washington
Genre = Indie rock, Folk, Experimental
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer
Years_active = 1996 - present
Instrument = vocals Guitar Bass guitar drums keyboards Saxophone
Latest_album = Dance Positive
Label = Knw-Yr-Own, K Records, Kelp Monthly, Marriage Records
Associated_acts = D+, The Microphones, Laura Veirs

Karl Blau is a musician based in Anacortes, Washington and member of the Knw-Yr-Own/K Records collective. He is very prolific and releases music through a subscription service called Kelp Lunacy. He has played in D+, Brothers Blau, Captain Fathom, Your Heart Breaks and has collaborated extensively with Phil Elverum (The Microphones/Mount Eerie). He also tours and records with Laura Veirs.

Blau's music is eclectic and incorporates elements of folk, dub, R&B, bossanova, grunge, hiphop, drone, and worldbeat.

As of December 2007, a grass roots online petition drive has begun gathering signatures asking Knw-Yr-Own Records [http://www.knw-yr-own.com/] of Anacortes, Washington to reissue "Shell Collection", a compilation of early 4 track recordings by Karl Blau. On December 21st 2007, Karl Blau posted on his Myspace page "If the petition reaches 1,000 Karl Blau fans (Oh, gosh, are there that many?) that want to see the 4-track album "Shell Collection" on vinyl than Knw-Yr-Own will issue it on this format. Please sign the petition, everything sounds better on LP not to mention the art is bigger."

Selected Discography

Full length LPs

*"Doin'Things the Way They Happen" (Knw-Yr-Own 1997)
*"Shell Collection" (Knw-Yr-Own 1997)
*"Bread & Grease" (Knw-Yr-Own 1999)
*"A Second Culling" (Knw-Yr-Own 1999)
*"Clothes Yr Eyes" (Knw-Yr-Own 2001)
*"Dragon Tape" (Kelp Monthly 2003)
*"Dark Magical Sea" (Kelp Monthly 2004)
*"Double Duty Booty" (Kelp Monthly 2004)
*"Lore Of Ears" (Live split CD with Laura Veirs) (Kelp Monthly 2004)
*"It Was Hot We Stayed In The Water" (Kelp Monthly 2004)
*"Sea Saw" (Kelp Monthly 2005)
*"If I Knew Zen What I Know Now" (Kelp Monthly 2005)
*"A.M." (Kelp Monthly 2005)
*"Sing Together/Lonely Under The covers" (split CD with Nate Ashley) (Kelp Monthly 2005)
*"Beneath Waves" (K Records 2006)
*"Dance Positive" (Kelp Monthly/Marriage Records 2007)
*"A.M." (Version 2) (Whistler Records 2008)
*"In Return Of Ghost Country" (Kelp Monthly 2008)
*"Nature's Got Away" (K Records 2008)

Singles

*'Slow Down Joe' b/w 'Lake King's Daughter' (K Records/OnPurpose Records 2006)

External links

* [http://www.kelpmonthly.com/ Kelp Lunacy]
* [http://www.myspace.com/karlblau MySpace]
* [http://www.krecs.com/html/artists/artistbio.php?interest=91 Artist Bio]
* [http://depts.washington.edu/kexp/blog/?p=4989 Interview with Karl Blau]
* [http://www.spin.com/articles/karl-blau SPIN's Artist of the Day]
* [http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=126&csid2=946&fid1=34002 Karl Blau interview 2008/10]