Carla Bozulich

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Carla Bozulich
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Background information
Birth nameCarla Ragin Bozulich
Born (1965-12-24) December 24, 1965 (age 58)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Instruments
Years active1982–present
Labels Constellation, Folktale
Website CarlaBozulich.com

Carla Ragin Bozulich (born December 24, 1965) [1] is an American musician based in Los Angeles, known as the lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers and Evangelista as well as a founding member of Ethyl Meatplow and Scarnella. The Geraldine Fibbers recorded two albums for Virgin Records. Their first album (Lost Somewhere Between The Earth And My Home) was described as "...a Country Feedback Masterpiece" by Vice . [2]

Contents

Bozulich's Evangelista project began in 2006. The album was under her own name and titled Evangelista. [3] The album was released by Montreal, Quebec-based Constellation Records and was that label's first release by a non-Canadian artist. [4] In 2007, The Sunday Times called Evangelista "...a vivid inner darkness which shames rock's weeping millionaires." [5] On the albums Hello, Voyager (2008), Prince of Truth (2009) and In Animal Tongue (2011), Bozulich adopted Evangelista as a project name. Some consistent members include bassist Tara Barnes, keyboardist/sampler Dominic Cramp, guitarist Nels Cline, violinist Jessica Moss, organist Nadia Moss, drummer Ches Smith, multi-instrumentalist and co-producer Shahzad Ismaily. Various members of Godspeed! You Black Emperor contributed to arranging, recording and additional collaborative songwriting. The line-up of Evangelista changes each time they play or record. The Hello, Voyager album features 14 musicians over various pieces.

In 2014, Constellation released Boy, under Bozulich's name, as solo artist. Her most recent album with Constellation, Quieter was released in May 2018 and is a compilation of previously unreleased recordings. Bozulich has also been involved in other projects, including collaborations with Francesco Guerri, Noveller/Sarah Lipstate and Devin Sarno.

Musical career

Bozulich was born in New York City, and raised in San Pedro, California. [6] Her musical career began at age 17 in a garage in Lawndale, California, with her first band, The Neon Veins. Under the name Carla Noelle, she also contributed to a recording by artist Gary Kail titled "Zurich 1916", which was released in 1984 as part of the album Creative Nihilism.

Bozulich produced and arranged the 2013 self-titled album by the band Blue Willa. This collaboration was documented in a short film by Pamela Maddaleno entitled Ignore the Noise in the Amp. [7]

She carried the recorded files from this album during 6 months of travel, mixing on her suitcase studio in multiple countries including France, Italy, Germany, Turkey and India. In March 2014, she released the self-produced solo album Boy with Evangelista member John Eichenseer and percussionist Andrea Belfi as her main collaborators.[ citation needed ]

On May 5, 2017, Jealous Butcher Records reissued Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home by the Geraldine Fibbers on vinyl format in the United States. This reissue included a previously unreleased song "Thank You For Giving Me Life" performed by Bozulich on vocals, William Tutton on bass, Kevin Fitzgerald on drums, Nels Cline on guitar and Jessica Moss on violin.[ citation needed ]

Bozulich has used the name Bloody Claws for one-off concerts and tours, including 45 International concerts with Francesco Guerri, with whom she toured Europe in 2009. She has also contributed to recordings by Mike Watt, Hadda Brooks and Lydia Lunch. She has performed live with Watt, as well as with Thurston Moore, Christian Marclay; [8] Carla Kihlstedt, Wayne Kramer, Wilco, Agathe Max, and Italian guitarist Simone Massaron.[ citation needed ]

On August 16–17, 2009 she performed live with Marianne Faithfull and Marc Ribot in Düsseldorf as part of the 2009 Ruhrtriennale. [9] Willie Nelson performed on her 2003 album The Red Headed Stranger , a song-by-song cover of his album of the same name.

Bozulich scored a 2001 production of Jean Genet's play The Maids , as well as the 2003 film By Hook or by Crook , directed by Harry Dodge and Silas Howard and produced by Steak House. The Geraldine Fibbers songs "Lilybelle" and "Seven or in 10," both co written by Bozulich, have been covered by Kiki and Herb. The Geraldine Fibbers track "Dragon Lady" was featured in the 1997 film All Over Me , and "House Is Falling" is featured in the opening scene of the film Kill Me Later , in which Selma Blair’s character contemplates suicide while teetering on the roof of her workplace.[ citation needed ]

Bozulich performed as a solo artist at two All Tomorrows Parties festivals as well as two Bad Bonn Kilbi festivals. In 2005, she performed Brecht/Weill composition "The Ballad of the Lily of Hell" at the Meltdown Festival in London, [10] curated by musician Patti Smith.

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Carla Bozulich and Tara Barnes in Club W71, Weikersheim

Performance art

Between 2000 and 2010, Bozulich created site-specific performance art pieces under the umbrella names Eyes for Ears and VOYAGERS. "Fake Party" (developed for Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound aka SASSAS) took place at the Schindler House in August 2000. [11] During the piece, the audience were made to feel part of a faux party. Guests were then pulled from the "party" into a private room where they were serenaded by Bozulich lip-synching to old pop songs and eventually led into yet another party setting. A second piece, Performance for Fever Dreams, was performed at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2004. The third performance in the series was a "guerilla sing-along" featuring Bozulich and others at Glendale Transportation Center in Glendale, California on Mother's Day 2005. Bozulich had recorded sounds at the train station for a previous project and decided to hold a free participatory musical event at the location. On March 5, 2010, Drowned To The Light, was performed as part of the California Institute of the Arts CEAIT Festival at REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles and featured Bozulich — along with David Rothbaum, Ezra Buchla and Danny Frankel — performing songs and improvised music before the projected films of Brooklyn musician and filmmaker Sarah Lipstate. "Under the Skin" (as part of the VOYAGERS series) was performed on May 7, 2011 in Krems an der Donau, Austria at Donaufestival. [12] [13]

Other work

Bozulich has written articles, short fiction, poetry and criticism for Alternative Press , LA Weekly , [14] Wire Magazine , [15] Ecstatic Peace , Bust Magazine and Ben Is Dead as well as being a featured poet at the 2014 Wire Off-The-Page Festival curated by: Wire Magazine, [16] Qu Junktions and the Bristol Literary Coalition. She has expanded her short story "The Sparkely Jewel" [17] into a full-length novel with some chapters already unveiled in public readings. [18] Bozulich has also run workshop seminars teaching the creative process. [19]

Discography

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References

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  2. ↑ Shipley, Al (June 1, 2017). "The Geraldine Fibbers' Debut Was a Country Feedback Masterpiece". Vice . Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Music Review: Carla Bozulich - Evangelista". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ "10 Essential Albums from Constellation Records, The Legendary Independent Record Label". Pitchfork. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  5. ↑ Lee, Stewart (2006-08-06). "Carla Bozulich: Evangelista". The Sunday Times. ISSN   0956-1382 . Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  6. ↑ Ali, Lorraine (June 26, 1993). "Undressing Ethyl Meatplow : Underground: The noisy L.A. dance trio wants audiences 'to look and see there's different ways to express yourself and your sexuality'". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  7. ↑ "IGNORE THE NOISE IN THE AMP (or how Blue Willa made an album with Carla Bozulich) ITALIAN SUBTITLES". Vimeo. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  8. ↑ "The Stone Calendar". thestonenyc.com. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  9. ↑ "Ruhrtriennale 2009-2011 - Carla Bozulich". archiv.ruhrtriennale.de. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  10. ↑ "Carla Bozulich Marc Almond Dresden Dolls Patti Smith Sparks --Brecht /Weill at Meltdown". YouTube . 7 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
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  13. ↑ "The Art Of Noise". May 7, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  14. ↑ Bozulich, Carla (2005-02-24). "Myth Spell". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  15. ↑ Bozulich, Carla. "Lou Reed 1942–2013: Carla Bozulich: Filthy And Demure - The Wire". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
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