Susanne Lewis is a German American
musician
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,
songwriter
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and
artist
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. She is a solo-artist and a founder or collaborator of a number of bands and music projects. She has a band with
Bob Drake called
Corpses as Bedmates
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and
Hail
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, and she also releases music under her own name. She was a member of the band
Thinking Plague and has guested on albums by
5uu's (''
Hunger's Teeth
''Hunger's Teeth'' is a 1994 studio album by the American avant-rock group 5uu's. It was the first album by the band since they reformed in 1994 and featured the new line-up of Dave Kerman, Sanjay Kumar and Bob Drake.
The album also featured ...
'', 1994) and
Biota
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* Biota (ecology), the plant and animal life of a region
* Biota (plant), common name for a coniferous tree, ''Platycladus orientalis''
* Biota, Cinco Villas, a municipality in Aragon, Spain
* Biota (band), a band from Color ...
(''Object Holder'', 1995).
Discography
Bands and projects
;
Hail
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*2006 ''Hello Debris'' (CD)
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
*1993 ''Kirk'' (CD)
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
*1991 ''Turn of the Screw'' (CD)
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
*1988 ''Gypsy Cat & Gypsy Bird'' (LP)
Prolific Records,
USA.
*1991 ''
RēR Records Quarterly Vol. 3 No.3'' (LP)
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
;
Venus Handcuffs
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(Which turned into
Hail
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)
*2004 ''Venus Handcuffs'' (CD)
Ad Hoc Records
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,
USA.
;
Thinking Plague
*2000 ''Early Plague Years'' (CD
Cuneiform Records
Cuneiform Records is a record label in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Founded in 1984, the label releases an mixture of musical styles, all with a Rock in Opposition aesthetic, including progressive jazz, jazz fusion, the Canterbury scene, and electr ...
,
U.S.
*1989 ''In This Life'' (CD)
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
*1987 ''Moonsongs'' (LP)
Dead Man's Curve Records
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,
U.K.
*1989 ''
RēR Records Quarterly Vol.2 No.4'' (LP)
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
*1994 ''
RēR Quarterly Vol.4 No.1'' (CD)
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
;Kissyfur
*1995 ''Frambuesa'' (CD)
Starlight Furniture Company
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Su ...
,
USA.
*1993 ''Self-Titled'' (CD)
Funky Mushroom
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,
USA.
;Susanne Lewis
*2000 ''Self-Titled'' (CD)
Sedimental,
USA.
;
Hail/Snail
(a collaboration with
Azalia Snail
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)
*1994 ''How to Live with a Tiger'' (CD)
Funky Mushroom
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Rhythm (from Greek , ''rhythmos'', "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a " movement marked by the reg ...
,
USA.
*1993 ''Hail/Snail 7" (single)
Funky Mushroom
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythm
Rhythm (from Greek , ''rhythmos'', "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a " movement marked by the reg ...
,
USA.
;
Corpses as Bedmates
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*1987 ''Venus Handcuffs'' (LP)
Dead Man's Curve Records
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,
U.K.
;
Biota
Biota may refer to:
* Biota (ecology), the plant and animal life of a region
* Biota (plant), common name for a coniferous tree, ''Platycladus orientalis''
* Biota, Cinco Villas, a municipality in Aragon, Spain
* Biota (band), a band from Color ...
*1995 ''Object Holder'' (CD
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
;
5uu's
*1994 ''
Hunger's Teeth
''Hunger's Teeth'' is a 1994 studio album by the American avant-rock group 5uu's. It was the first album by the band since they reformed in 1994 and featured the new line-up of Dave Kerman, Sanjay Kumar and Bob Drake.
The album also featured ...
'' (CD
Recommended Records
Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
,
U.K.
References
External links
Susanne Lewis HomepageSusanne Lewis Online Art
1963 births
Living people
American women singers
American women composers
21st-century American composers
American women songwriters
21st-century American women musicians
21st-century women composers
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