Samara Lubelski is an American singer, violinist, guitarist and bassist. She has been a member of numerous bands, including Of a Mesh, Metabolismus, Salmon Skin, the Sonora Pine, Hall of Fame, the Tower Recordings,

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and the Bummer Road, and

Chelsea Light Moving Chelsea Light Moving was an American alternative rock band formed in 2012 in New York City. The band consisted of Samara Lubelski, John Moloney, Thurston Moore, and Keith Wood. The band's eponymous debut album was released in 2013 on Matador ...

. Since 2003, she has released nine solo studio albums. Lubelski is a prolific guest musician, performing (predominantly on violin and occasionally on bass) on dozens of recordings by artists such as

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Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running ...

, God Is My Co-Pilot,

Jackie-O Motherfucker Jackie-O Motherfucker is an American experimental music group that formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994. Biography Jackie-O Motherfucker began as a duo consisting of multi-instrumentalist Tom Greenwood and saxophonist Nester Bucket. The group i ...

and Sightings. As a recording engineer, she has also worked with Double Leopards on ''Halve Maen'' (2003,

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) and ''Out of One, Through One and to One'' (2005, Eclipse); Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on '' Hearts of Oak'' (2003,

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); Magik Markers on ''Untitled'' (2003, self-released), ''Blues for Randy Sutherland'' (2004, Arbitrary Signs) and '' I Trust My Guitar, Etc.'' (2004,

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); the Fiery Furnaces on '' Blueberry Boat'' (2004,

Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England. It was formed in 1976 by Geoff Travis, who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove. It is currently run by co-managing directors Travis and Jeannette Lee and ...

);

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on ''Arrived in Gold'' (2004,

Load Records Load Records was an American experimental music-oriented independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. "Load Records might possibly be in possession of the world's most challenging record roster," writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pi ...

);

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on '' Creature Comforts'' and '' Miles of Smiles'' (both 2004,

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);

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on ''

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'' (2004,

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) and '' The Wedding'' (2005, Jagjaguwar); Mouthus on ''Saw a Halo'' (2007, Load Records); and Religious Knives on ''It's After Dark'' (2008, Troubleman Unlimited Records).

Career

Lubelski grew up in an artistic community in

SoHo SoHo, short for "South of Houston Street, Houston Street", is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Since the 1970s, the neighborhood has been the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, art installations such as The Wall ...

, New York, United States. She began her career as a violinist, later on expanding into a multi-instrumentalist playing cello, guitar, bass and mellotron. Lubelski made her solo debut in 2003 with ''In the Valley'', followed by eight additional full-lengths: ''The Fleeting Skies'' in 2004, ''Spectacular of Passages'' in 2005, ''Parallel Suns'' in 2007, ''Future Slip'' in 2009, ''Wavelength'' in 2012, ''String Cycle'' in 2014, ''The Gilded Raid'' in 2016, and ''Flickers at the Station'' in 2018. In 2006, Belgian tape label Sloow Tapes issued a single-sided cassette, ''Quartet''. A live album, ''Unrock Series – November 19, 2009'', was released in 2010. The album ''Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon'' was released as a duo with Marcia Bassett in 2012. A second duo record with Bassett, ''110 Livingston St.'', was released in 2014 on Golden Lab Records. An eponymous album by Augenmusik, an offshoot project of Metabolismus, was released on cassette by Eiderdown in 2015.

Discography

Studio albums

*''In the Valley'' (2003, Child of Microtones/Eclipse Records) *''The Fleeting Skies'' (2004,

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/De Stijl) *''Spectacular of Passages'' (2005, The Social Registry/De Stijl) *''Parallel Suns'' (2007, The Social Registry) *''Future Slip'' (2009,

) *''Wavelength'' (2012, De Stijl) *''String Cycle'' (2014, Ultra Eczema) *''The Gilded Raid'' (2016, Drawing Room Records) *''Flickers at the Station'' (2018, Drawing Room Records) *''Partial Infinite Sequence'' (2020, Open Mouth/

Relative Pitch Records Relative Pitch Records is an American independent record label specializing in free jazz and avant-garde jazz, free improvisation, and experimental music. Run by Kevin Reilly, Relative Pitch has been ranked among the top jazz record labels in ''T ...

)

Live albums

*''Unrock Series – November 19, 2009'' (2010, Unsound Recordings)

Singles

*"Did You See?"/"Spectacular of Passages" 7-inch (2009,

Time-Lag Records Time-Lag Records is an independent record label based in Portland, Maine. It has released albums by artists such as Phantom Buffalo, Elephant Micah, Fursaxa, MV+EE and the Bummer Road, Death Chants, Six Organs of Admittance, Wooden Wand, ...

)

Cassettes

*''Quartet'' single-sided cassette (2006, Sloow Tapes) *''Joy Rides'' single-sided cassette (2016, Drawing Room Records)

EPs with Of a Mesh

*''Of a Mesh'' 12-inch EP (1986, Black Afternoon Records) *''Broken'' 12-inch EP (1987, 109 Records)

Albums with Metabolismus

*''Azzafatazzam'' (1992, Swamp Room Records) *''Grounded'' (1994, Swamp Flower Records) *''Terra Incognita'' (1998, Blackjack Records) *''Anthem of the Moon'' (1998, Catatonic Records) *''Sprießwärtsdrall'' (1998, Amish Records) *''SUS'' (2014, Amish Records)

Singles with Metabolismus

*"Snowy Meadow"/"Somnia" 7-inch (2008, The Social Registry)

EPs with Pacer

*''Pacer'' 10-inch EP (1994, Remora/Bear Records)

Albums with the Sonora Pine

*''The Sonora Pine'' (1996,

Quarterstick Records Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. To ...

) *''II'' (1997, Quarterstick Records)

Albums with Hall of Fame

*''Hall of Fame'' (1996, Amish Recordings) *''First Came Love, Then Came the Tree'' (1999, Amish Records) *''Hall of Fame'' (2000,

Siltbreeze Siltbreeze is an American independent record label based in Philadelphia. It is known for its eclectic roster of artists and releases of experimental, noise, folk, and rock-based music. Founded in 1989 by Ohio native Tom Lax, the label evolved out ...

) *''Paradise Now'' (2004, The Social Registry)

Singles and EPs with Hall of Fame

*''Coliseum Rising'' 7-inch EP (1998, Amish Records) *''Split'' 7-inch with Golden Calves (1999, Polyamory) *"The Cannibal"/"Superstring Theory" 7-inch (2000,

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)

Albums with the Tower Recordings

*''The Folk Scene'' (2001, Shrat Field Recordings) *''The Futuristic Folk of the Tower Recordings Volumes 1 & 2'' (2004, Time-Lag Records) *''The Galaxies' Incredibly Sensual Transmission Field of the Tower Recordings'' (2004, Communion Label) *''Message from the Celestial Explosions'' (2004, Holoscanner Consciousness)

Albums with Metal Mountains

*''Golden Trees'' (2011, Amish Records)

Albums as Marcia Bassett/Samara Lubelski

*''Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon'' (2012, Kye) *''110 Livingston St.'' (2015, Golden Lab Records) *''Live, NYC'' (2017, Feeding Tube Records) *''Morning Flare Symmetries'' (2020, Feeding Tube Records)

Albums with Chelsea Light Moving

*''

'' (2013,

Matador Records Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, and electronic acts. History Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City ap ...

)

Albums with Augenmusik

*''Augenmusik'' (2015, Eiderdown Records)

Albums with Bill Nace

*′′Samara Lubelski/Bill Nace′′ (2018, Open Mouth/Relative Pitch) *′′Live in Belchertown′′ (2019, Open Mouth) *''Live in Brussel'' (2020, Bergpolder)

Guest appearances

*''Mir Shlufn Nisht'' by God Is My Co-Pilot (1994,

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) – violin *''Picture Show'' by Ed Chang & Blindfold (1994, Jiffy Boy Records) – violin *''The Gothic Years and After'' by Fahrenheit 451 (2000,

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) – violin *''Peregrine'' by

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(2000, Quarterstick Records) – violin *''In the Sun Lines'' by Tara Jane O'Neil (2001, Quarterstick Records) – violin *''Space Chanteys'' by Matt Valentine (2002, Fringes Recordings) – violin, bass *'' Blueberry Boat'' by

(2004, Rough Trade) – violin,

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, mixing *''Arrived in Gold'' by

(2004,

) – violin, engineering *''The Cowboy's Road'' by the Bummer Road (2006, Child of Microtones) *''Deep Space Circuit'' (live) by the Bummer Road (2006, Child of Microtones) – violin, bass *''Suncatcher Mountain'' by the Bummer Road (2006, Child of Microtones) – violin, percussion *''America Mystica'' by

(2006, Very Friendly/Dirter Promotions) – violin *''Candyland'' (live) by Jackie-O Motherfucker (2006, self-released) – violin *''The Long Salt'' by Mouthus (2006,

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) – violin, vocals *''Green Blues'' by

with the Bummer Road (2006, Ecstatic Peace!) – violin, bass *''Mother of Thousands'' by MV & EE with the Bummer Road (2006, Time-Lag Records) – violin, bass *''Dat Rosa Mel Apibus'' by

(2006, Drag City) – violin *''Gettin' Gone'' by MV & EE with the Golden Road (2007, Ecstatic Peace!) – bass *''Iron Brew'' (live) by MV & EE (2007, Heroine Celestial Agriculture) *'' Trees Outside the Academy'' by

(2007, Ecstatic Peace!) – violin *''Total Loss Songs'' by MV & EE (2008, Three Lobed Recordings) – violin, bass *''Astral Bleachers, Big Moment – Pete's Picks Volume One'' (live) by MV & EE with the Golden Road (2008, Child of Microtones/Ecstatic Peace!) *''Sniffin' Glue'' (live) by MV & EE (2008, Heroine Celestial Agriculture) – violin, bass *''Freedom Fries'' (live) by MV & EE (2008, Heroine Celestial Agriculture) – violin, bass *''Softly Softly Copy Copy'' by Graham Lambkin (2009, Kye) – violin *''Known Quantity'' by Willie Lane (2009, Cord-Art, 2009) – bass *''Road Trips'' by MV & EE (2009, Blackest Rainbow) – violin, bass *''Bollywoe'' by MV & EE (2010, Child of Microtones) – bass *''In the Sparking Age of the Great White Horse'' (2010, Arbitrary Signs) by Spectre Folk *'' Demolished Thoughts'' by Thurston Moore (2011, Matador Records) – violin *''The Tingle of Casual Danger'' by Sunburned Hand of the Man (2012, Manhand) – violin *''Sun Gift Earth'' cassette by Thurston Moore (2014, Blank Editions) – bass, violin

References

External links

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