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  • Genre: Ambient / Experimental / Psychedelic

    Location Seattle, Washington, US

    Profile Views: 73131

    Last Login: 6/8/2012

    Member Since 10/11/2005

    Website http://www.billhorist.com/frameset.htm

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  • Bio

    ...... ...... While, in the last several years, the guitar is......considered “more in terms of its limitations than its......capabilities, BILL HORIST [explores] the guitar’s......continued presence as a vital and still challenging......form of musical expression.” (Willamette Week-May,......1998). ...... Since moving to Seattle.... in 1995, BILL HORIST has......established himself as a noted......improviser/composer/performer along the West Coast ....and......beyond. In the past decade, he has appeared on over......40 recordings and has performed almost 700 concerts in......Canada, Mexico, Europe........, Japan ........and throughout the US. ......Bill has performed and/or recorded with Bill Frisell,......Wayne Horvitz, KK Null, Matt Chamberlain, Trey......Gunn(King Crimson), Chris Cutler, Kawabata Makoto(Acid......Mothers Temple), William Hooker, Trey Spruance(Mr......Bungle/Secret Chiefs 3), Eugene Chadbourne........, Tatsuya......Yoshida(Ruins), Shazaad Ismaily, Climax Golden Twins,......Haco, Illusion of Safety, Saadet Tuerkoez,......Planktonman(Nortec Collective), Jack Wright, Amy......Denio, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Steve Fisk, Reggie......Watts(Maktub), Anla Courtis (Reynols), Luigi Archetti,......Michael White, Christoph Gallio, Eyvind Kang, Paul......Rucker, Lesli Dalaba, Paul Hoskin, Thomas Dimuzio,......Wally Shoup, Jessica Lurie, Mason Jones, Jeff Grienke,......and Tucker Martine as well as members of Earth, The......Boredoms and Larsen among others. ...... Horist has toured and recorded with a number of......his own bands including Nobodaddy, Phineas Gage,......Axolotl, UnFolkUs, Zahir, Tablet and Nervewheel. He......currently performs with Master Musicians of Bukkake,......Ghidra and the Paul Rucker Ensemble in addition to......several periodic collaborations. ...... As a solo artist, Bill’s improvised, prepared......guitar work is informed by Hans Reichel, Fred Frith,......and Henry Kaiser, but shows a unique style and......personality. He has received critical praise......internationally from periodicals including The Wire......and Alternative Press, and several of his recordings......have made critics’ year-end lists. Bill was featured......in the March 2007 issues of Guitar Player Magazine and......Earshot Jazz Magazine. In 2005 and 2006, he was......nominated for "Jazz Artist of the Year" (despite his......total inability to play jazz!) and "Guitarist of the......Year" respectively by the Seattle Weekly. He has......appeared at numerous festivals including......Taktlos(Zuerich), Spring Reverb(San Diego/Tijuana), ..Big Sur........ Experimental Music Fest(Big Sur),....Yamaguchi......University Festival(Yamaguchi) Mission Creek Music......Fest(San Francisco), Seattle........ Improvised Music Fest,......AntiMatter Fest(Vancouver) and Olympia Experimental......Music Fest. He was the recipient of the 2006 GAP......grant, 2005 Artist Trust Fellowship, the 1997 Jack Straw........ ..Artist Assistance Program Grant and has done......several presentations and workshops at schools from......first grade to college-level, including the University......of Calgary, Seattle Art Institute, Martin Luther King..........Elementary (....Seattle........), the Experience Music Project ....and......Big Picture School for at-risk youth....... Bill improvises and composes for film, dance and......theater as well. In the Fall 2002, he was composer in......residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts where he......developed a solo guitar score for University of......Calgary choreographer, Davida Monk's "Lyric". Bill......continues to work with Calgary's M-Body Dance company....... ....Additionally, Horist works as sideman for......recording and performing. He has worked with Kinski,......Jessica Lurie, Two Loons for Tea, Elizabeth Carpenter,......Mische Eddins, Paul Rucker, Rollerball, Sulpher, John......Schuller, Karl Stevens and Nancy Martin among others. ......For more info, e-mail flattopbix@yahoo.com.................SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY........FULL-LENGTH RECORDINGS........-Sleep Hammer- Bill Horist/Marron; Public Eyesore......(2006)......-Live at Radio Student Ljubljana ........- OvO/Bill Horist;......Friends and Relatives Records (2006)......-Northwest Music- Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo/Bill......Horist; Final Muzik (2006)......-Lyric/Suite- solo recordings; Accretions (2004)......-Strawberry Skinflint- Ghidra (Wally Shoup, Bill......Horist, Mike Peterson); Sol Disk (2003)......-Interstellar Chemistry- KK Null/Bill Horist; Beta......Lactam Ring Records (2002)......-Zahir- Lesli Dalaba, Bill Horist, Randall Dunn;......Endless Records (2002)......-KK Null/Bill Horist- split 10” clear vinyl; Torture......Music Records (2001)......-Songs from the Nerve Wheel- solo recordings; Unit......Circle Rekkids (2000)......-Continentes- Luigi Archetti, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Bill......Horist; self-produced (1999)......-Black Helicopters- FIN live on KCMU; self-produced......(1998)......-UnFolkUs- eponymous CD; Unit Circle Rekkids (1998)......-Soylent Radio- solo and duet recordings; Unit Circle......Rekkids (1997)......-Phineas Gage Travelling Sideshow- eponymous CD;......self-produced (1997)......-Duh Evolution- NOBODADDY live at 10 Weston;......self-produced (1995)......-Guitometry- solo and ensemble recordings;......self-produced (1993) ....Additionally, Bill Horist has appeared on over twenty releases. ...... ..

  • Members

    Bill Horist has or does play with: Nobodaddy (93-93), Phineas Gage (95-98), UnFolkUs (97-99), Axolotl - with Dennis Rea (99-02), Tablet (99-02), Nervewheel (02-04), Zahir (99-present), Paul Rucker Ensemble (00-present), Ghidra - with Wally Shoup (00-present), Master Musicians of Bukkake (07-present) + many more!!

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    commented on in the drink's profile

    "hey Jason!  Call me!  Never got yr msg from last night!  I talked to Adja from Black Fortress of Opium and In the drink is on the Crocodile bill Sun 6/17 if you want it.  Call/txt/email me for confirmation! "

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      • Bill Horist

        hey Jason!  Call me!  Never got yr msg from last night!  I talked to Adja from Black Fortress of Opium and In the drink is on the Crocodile bill Sun 6/17 if you want it.  Call/txt/email me for confirmation! 

        11 months ago
      • in the drink

        inthedrink playing @ the Sunset with Books on Tape! wed april 4

        1 year ago
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