Karl Blau
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Origin | Anacortes, Washington, United States |
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Years active | 1996–present |
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Website | karlblau |
Karl Blau is an American indie rock and country vocalist, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but originally from Anacortes, Washington. A member of the Knw-Yr-Own/K Records collective, he is known for his musical output, live shows, and self recording and distribution. Blau incorporates elements of folk, dub, R&B, bossa nova, grunge, hip hop, drone, country, & worldbeat.[1][additional citation(s) needed]
Career
[edit]Blau has released more than 40 records in 20-odd years, many self-released in handmade packaging and mailed to subscribers as part of his Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism series, and others on iconic indie Northwest labels K Records and knw-yr-own. Blau has also toured and recorded for years with Laura Veirs, the Microphones/Mount Eerie, Little Wings, D+, Your Heart Breaks, LAKE, and Earth.[2]
In the 1990s, Blau worked at The Business record store in Anacortes.[3][4]
Blau was referenced in a song carrying his name by the London punk band Video Nasties.[5] The Microphones' album, It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water, also has a song titled "Karl Blau."
Discography
[edit]LPs
[edit]- Doin' Things the Way They Happen (Knw-Yr-Own 1997)
- Shell Collection (Knw-Yr-Own 1997)[6]
- A Second Culling (Knw-Yr-Own 1999)
- Clothes Your I's (Knw-Yr-Own 2001)[7][8][9]
- Beneath Waves (K Records 2006)[10][11][12][13]
- Dance Positive (Marriage Records 2007)[14][15][16][17]
- AM (Whistler 2008)[18][19][20]
- Nature's Got Away (K Records 2008)[21][22][23][24]
- Zebra (K Records 2009)[25][26][27]
- Songles (Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society, 2012)
- Introducing Karl Blau (Raven Marching Band/Bella Union 2016)[28][29][30]
- Out Her Space (Bella Union 2017)[31][32][33]
- Scream Time (Self-released 2022)
Singles
[edit]- "Slow Down Joe" b/w "Lake King's Daughter" (K Records/OnPurpose Records 2006)
- "That's How I Got To Memphis" b/w "Forest" (collaboration with Mount Analog) (K Records)
Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society series
[edit]- Dark, Magic Sea
- The Coconutcracker
- Turning Tutu, Turning Leaves
- Dunkel Blau
- Purple Heart
- Deep Sandwich
- Remember Tomorrow
- Lore of Ears
- Dubble Dooty Booty
- Trust in Sirens
- It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water
- Welsh Phantoms and Other Ghosts of Western Europe
- Sea/Saw
- Stereoearrings
- If I Knew Zen What I Know Now
- AM
- Sing Together/Lonely Under the Covers
- Beer & Chai
- Flotsam & Jetsam
- Let It All Out
- Sigh Lens
- Bread-n-Grease
- Trunkal Howl
- LAKE
- Free The Bird
- Dance Positive
- Good Lovin' County
- In Return From Ghost Country
References
[edit]- ^ "Karl Blau". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Karl Blau | Bella Union". bellaunion.com. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
- ^ "About". The Business. October 15, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "Anacortes Magazine (Issue 2, August 2012)". Issuu. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "Video Nasties - Karl Blau". YouTube. October 29, 2007. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ "Shell Collection - Karl Blau". AllMusic.
- ^ Stosuy, Brandon. "Karl Blau: Clothes Your I's". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Karl Blau: Clothes Your I's". PopMatters. March 13, 2003.
- ^ "Clothes Your I's - Karl Blau". AllMusic.
- ^ Motley, John. "Karl Blau: Beneath Waves". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Music Review: Karl Blau - Beneath Waves". Tiny Mix Tapes.
- ^ "Karl Blau: Beneath Waves". PopMatters. February 9, 2006.
- ^ "Beneath Waves - Karl Blau". AllMusic.
- ^ Moerder, Adam. "Karl Blau: Dance Positive". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Music Review: Karl Blau - Dance Positive". Tiny Mix Tapes.
- ^ "Karl Blau: Dance Positive". PopMatters. June 28, 2007.
- ^ "Dance Positive - Karl Blau". AllMusic.
- ^ McGonigal, Mike. "Karl Blau: AM". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Music Review: Karl Blau - AM". Tiny Mix Tapes.
- ^ "Karl Blau: AM". PopMatters. March 17, 2008.
- ^ "Karl Blau: Nature's Got Away". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Music Review: Karl Blau - Nature's Got Away". Tiny Mix Tapes.
- ^ "Karl Blau: Nature's Got Away". PopMatters. September 21, 2008.
- ^ "Nature's Got Away - Karl Blau". AllMusic.
- ^ Currin, Grayson Haver. "Karl Blau: Zebra". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Music Review: Karl Blau - Zebra". Tiny Mix Tapes.
- ^ "Zebra - Karl Blau". AllMusic.
- ^ "Music Review: Karl Blau - Introducing Karl Blau". Tiny Mix Tapes.
- ^ "On his gorgeous 21st album, Karl Blau finally introduces himself... as a plastic cowboy". The Line of Best Fit.
- ^ "Introducing Karl Blau - Karl Blau". AllMusic.
- ^ "Music Review: Karl Blau - Out Her Space". Tiny Mix Tapes.
- ^ "Karl Blau shows us another side to his multifaceted oeuvre". The Line of Best Fit.
- ^ "Out Her Space - Karl Blau". AllMusic.