Kevin Blechdom

Kevin Blechdom

Kevin Blechdom in performance
Background information
Birth name Kristin Erickson
Born 1978 (age 37–38)
Florida, United States
Origin San Francisco, California
Genres Electronica
Electro
Instruments Vocals, Piano, Computer, Banjo
Labels Sonig, Tigerbeat6, Chicks on Speed Records, Shimmy Disc
Associated acts Blectum from Blechdom, Adult Rodeo, Barnwave, Blevin Blectum
Website www.kevyb.com

Kevin Blechdom (born Kristin Grace Erickson, 1978 from Florida) is an American experimental electronic musician and performance artist based in Los Angeles.

Life and career

She attended Mills College in Oakland, California, where she founded Blectum from Blechdom with Blevin Blectum, an experimental electronic group. In 2001, Blectum From Blechdom won an Award of Distinction for digital music at the Prix Ars Electronica.

Blechdom also played in an art-rock band, Adult Rodeo, with her brother lumberob, a.k.a. Rob Erickson, and his wife mephany stankins. They released records on Shimmy Disc and Four States Fair.

Kevin Blechdom's solo release Eat My Heart Out features a 13-minute "musical movie" called Countdown to Nothing, a collaboration with Lucile Desamory.

Blechdom produced two albums for New York City anti-folk/cabaret group Ching Chong Song; their debut album, Little Naked Gay Adventure, and their second album, Everything is for Babies.

Blechdom also performs with Christopher Fleeger as the computer-country band Barnwave.

She collaborated with Chicks on Speed on the song "Wordy Rappinghood" from their album 99 Cents in 2003 along with other female musicians such as Miss Kittin, Le Tigre, Adult.'s Nicola Kuperus, and Tina Weymouth of the Tom Tom Club.[1] "Wordy Rappinghood" became a moderate dance hit in Europe, peaking at number five on the Belgian Dance Chart,[2] and at number sixty-six on the UK Singles Chart.[3] In 2011 she was artist in residence at WORM, a Rotterdam-based institute for avant garde music and art.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Phares, Heather (2003). "99 Cents - Chicks on Speed". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be - Chicks On Speed - Wordy Rappinghood". Ultratop (in Dutch). Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Chart Stats - Chicks On Speed". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kevin Blechdom". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

External links

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