Samara Lubelski

Samara Lubelski

Samara Lubelski

Samara Lubelski playing at Centro de Artes Visuais in Coimbra, Portugal on Feb. 1, 2013
Background information
Genres Indie rock, psych-folk, post-rock
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, engineer
Instruments Violin, guitar, bass, vocals
Labels The Social Registry, De Stijl, Ecstatic Peace!, Ultra Eczema
Associated acts Of a Mesh, The Salmon Skin, Pacer, The Sonora Pine, Hall of Fame, The Tower Recordings, Metal Mountains, Chelsea Light Moving, Thurston Moore, Fahrenheit 451, The Fiery Furnaces, White Magic, God Is My Co-Pilot, Metabolismus, Graham Lambkin, Tara Jane O'Neil, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Mouthus, Sightings, Ed Chang & Blindfold, Willie Lane, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Spectre Folk, The Bummer Road, Matt Valentine, MV & EE
Website samaralubelski.com

Samara Lubelski is a singer, violinist, guitarist and bassist. She has been a member of numerous bands, including Of a Mesh, The Salmon Skin, Pacer, The Sonora Pine, Hall of Fame, The Tower Recordings, Metal Mountains and Chelsea Light Moving. Since 2003, she has released seven 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 The Fiery Furnaces, White Magic, Thurston Moore, God Is My Co-Pilot, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Sightings and MV & EE.

As a recording engineer, she has also worked with bands like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Hearts of Oak (2003, Lookout! Records), Black Dice on Creature Comforts and Miles of Smiles (both 2004, DFA Records), Oneida on Secret Wars (2004, Jagjaguwar) and The Wedding (2005, Jagjaguwar), and Baby Dee on Safe Inside the Day (2008, Drag City).

Career

Lubelski grew up in an artistic community in SoHo, New York.[1] 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 six additional full-lengths: The Fleeting Skies in 2004, Spectacular of Passages in 2005, Parallel Suns in 2007, Future Slip in 2009, Wavelength in 2012[2] and String Cycle in 2014.

In 2006, Belgian tape label Sloow Tapes issued a single-sided cassette, Quartet. A live album, Unrock Series – 19.11.2009, was released in 2010. The album Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon was released as a duo with Marcia Bassett in 2012.

She formed a trio called Metal Mountains, who released their debut album, "Golden Trees", in January 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

Cassettes

Albums with Of a Mesh

Albums with Pacer

Albums with The Sonora Pine

Albums with Hall of Fame

Albums with The Tower Recordings

Albums with Metal Mountains

Albums as Marcia Bassett/Samara Lubelski

Albums with Chelsea Light Moving

Guest appearances

References

  1. ↑ http://blog.fixemag.org/post/38400317102/samaralubelski
  2. ↑ http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/samara-lubelskis-releasing-an-album-called-wavelength-on-july-24-via-de-stijl-and-dont-you-dare

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