Nils Frykdahl

Nils Frykdahl
Birth name	Nils James Larson Frykdahl[1]
Origin	Oakland, California
Genres	Avant-garde rock, theatre, performance art, experimental rock, art rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, flute, percussion, bass guitar, saxophone
Years active	1985-present
Labels	The End Records Tzadik Records Drag City Vaccination Records
Associated acts	Charming Hostess Darling Freakhead Faun Fables Idiot Flesh Sleepytime Gorilla Museum The Two Dimensions[1][2]

Nils Frykdahl is an American musician most known for his work with the bands Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and the now-defunct band Idiot Flesh. He has a bachelor's degree in music from UC Berkeley, which he received in 1989. He also is a member of the bands Faun Fables and Darling Freakhead, and used to be a member of Charming Hostess. Along with bandmates Carla Kihlstedt and Dan Rathbun, Frykdahl also is active with the performance company Ink Boat.^[3]

Discography

With Idiot Flesh

• Drip Demo (demo, 1986) (as Acid Rain)
• We Were All Very Worried (demo, 1987) (as Acid Rain)
• Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death (full-length, 1990)
• The Nothing Show (full-length, 1994)
• Teen Devil/Twitch (7-inch single, 1995)
• Fancy (full-length, 1997)

With Faun Fables

• Early Song (full-length, 1999)
• Mother Twilight (full-length, 2001)
• Family Album (full-length, 2004)
• The Transit Rider (full-length, 2006)
• A Table Forgotten (EP, 2008)
• Light of a Vaster Dark (full-length, 2010)

With Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

• Grand Opening and Closing (full-length, 2001)
• Live (full-length, 2003)
• Of Natural History (full-length, 2004)
• The Face (DVD, 2005)
• In Glorious Times (full-length, 2007)

As a guest musician

• Barbez - Barbez (2004)^[4]
• Charming Hostess - Sarajevo Blues (2004)
• Charming Hostess - The Bowls Project CD (2010)
• Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra! - An Inescapable Siren Therein And Other Whereabouts (2006) (plays flute on Piece No.5)
• Už Jsme Doma - Rybí tuk (Codliver Oil) (2007)^[5]
• Indukti - IDMEN (2009)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nils Frykdahl @ nndb
2. ^ Nils Frykdahl Bio @ inkboat.com
3. ^ "Nanos Operetta, Nils Frykdahl Join Absurdist Opera". ALARM Magazine. July 16, 2007. http://www.alarmpress.com/742/art-news/inkboat-nanos-operetta-collaborate-on-absurdist-opera/. ""Starring Frykdahl of abstract prog-rock pioneers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, the opera is performed in absurdist vignettes against a backdrop of surrealist imagery relating the strange fairytale of a man’s ill-fated love for a bird."" 
4. ^ Barbez CD @ CD Universe
5. ^ Cod Liver Oil CD @ CD Universe

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