ArtistInfo

Boxhead Ensemble

Band,
Rock and Classical

The first incarnation of the Boxhead Ensemble dates back to 1991 in Los Angeles, where Michael Krassner assembled a group of local musicians to improvise a score to Braden King and Larry Stuckey's student documentary, The Original Pantry Cafe. In 1996, Krassner assembled a new incarnation of the Ensemble to score the lyric film documentary by Braden King and Laura Moya, Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks its Back. Shortly thereafter, the Ensemble embarked on tours with a rotating lineup providing live soundtrack to screenings of Dutch Harbor. Recordings from the European tour are documented on The Last Place To Go and the US tour on Niagra Falls EP. In 2001, Braden King and Astria Suparak co-curated a program of existing and new short films created for the Boxhead Ensemble to perform to and self-released these recordings on the European tour as Stories, Maps and Notes from the Half-Light. The program was also curated in 2004 for a US tour. Boxhead Ensemble recordings since have been studio affairs. Two Brothers and Quartets consists of members Michael Krassner, Jessica Billey, Ryan Hembrey, Scott Tuma and Fred Lonberg-Holm from previous recordings and includes Glenn Kotche and Michael Colligan. The last album to date retains Michael Krassner and Fred Lonberg-Holm and comprises new members.

Members

	Jeff Parker g, eg US
	David Grubbs g, voc *1967 US
	Douglas McCombs b US
	Will Oldham voc, g *1970 US
	Edith Frost voc, acg *1964 US
	Michael Krassner g
	Julie Pomerleau vl, vn US
	Ken Vandermark sax, cl, ts *1964 US
	Tim Rutili g US
	Fredrick Lonberg-Holm vc
	Rick Rizzo g, voc
	Mick Turner g *1960 AU
	Jeff Tweedy voc, g *1967 US
	David Michael Curry vl, voc
	Jim Becker
	Jim White dr, perc *1962 AU
	Joe Ferguson b, voc
	Jessica Billey vn, voc *1969 US
	David Pavkovic dr
	Ryan Hembrey b, cb
	Michael Colligan sax, cl
	Charles Kim g
	Gerald Dowd dr, voc US
	Guillermo Gregorio cl, as *1941 AR
	Glenn Kotche dr, perc *1970 US
	Darren Richard
	Scott Tuma g, h US
	Steve Dorocke stg
	Frank Rosaly dr *1974 US