Earl Harvin

Last updated
Earl Harvin
Born New York City, United States
Origin Berlin, Germany
Genres Alternative rock, pop, electronica
InstrumentsDrums, percussion, drum programming, guitar, bass
Website Official site

Earl Harvin is an American drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany.

Contents

Harvin studied at the University of North Texas College of Music [1] where he was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band for one year, beginning 1989. Throughout most of the 1990s, he led the jazz band Earl Harvin Trio [2] [3] (including Fred Hamilton and Dave Palmer) and led the rock band rubberbullet. [4] Earl Harvin Trio won the Dallas Observer category of "Jazz" in 2003. [5] Harvin also performed or recorded with various Texas-based artists including James Clay, Chao, Ten Hands and Billy Goat. He has since performed, or recorded with MC 900 Foot Jesus, Seal, Joe Henry, [2] The The, The Psychedelic Furs, Trevor Horn, Pet Shop Boys, Art of Noise, The Frames, Richard Thompson, Jeff Beck, Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, Hikaru Utada, and many others. Harvin's contribution to Seal's Human Being includes drums, bass and guitar as well as co-writing on "Latest Craze". [2] Harvin has toured extensively with the French duo Air. Recently he has performed and recorded with Berlin- and London-based Warren Suicide. As of 2010 he has recorded and toured as a member of the English band Tindersticks. [6] Ari Hoenig has cited him as a major influence. [7]

In 2009, Harvin released a CD solo project Oracles on which he played all instruments and vocals. [1] [8]

Discography

Earl Harvin Trio

Rubberbullet

With others

With others

Related Research Articles

Terry Bozzio American drummer

Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Persons. Bozzio has been a prolific sideman, playing on numerous releases by other artists since the mid-1970s. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1997. His son and stepdaughter are also drummers with the latter, Marina, being a member of the band Aldious.

Tindersticks

Tindersticks are an English alternative rock band formed in Nottingham in 1991. They released six albums before singer Stuart A. Staples embarked on a solo career. The band reunited briefly in 2006 and more permanently the following year. The band recorded several film soundtracks, and have a long-standing relationship collaborating with French director Claire Denis.

<i>Tindersticks</i> (1995 album) 1995 studio album by Tindersticks

Tindersticks is the second album by the British alternative band Tindersticks, released in 1995. It is often referred to as The Second Tindersticks Album to distinguish it from the band's first album, which was also called Tindersticks. It reached no. 13 in the UK Album Chart.

Secret Machines American alternative rock band

Secret Machines are an American alternative rock band, originally from Dallas, Texas, United States, before moving to New York City. The original lineup consisted of two brothers, Brandon and Benjamin Curtis, and Josh Garza (drums). Benjamin left the band in March 2007 to focus on his work with School of Seven Bells, and was replaced on guitar by Phil Karnats. The re-activated band is a two-piece, with the remaining members being Brandon Curtis and Josh Garza.

The Judy's were a Pearland, Texas-based punk and new wave band that flourished from the late 1970s through the early 1980s.

Beck, Bogert & Appice

Beck, Bogert & Appice was a rock supergroup and power trio formed by English guitarist Jeff Beck, evolving from the Jeff Beck Group. It included bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, Americans who had played together in Vanilla Fudge and Cactus.

Mike Dillon (musician) American musician

Mike Dillon is a percussionist, vibraphonist, bandleader, vocalist and songwriter born in San Antonio, Texas. He is a member of Critters Buggin, Les Claypool's Fancy Band and Garage A Trois. He has performed with many musicians including Ani DiFranco, Galactic, Brave Combo, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Marco Benevento, Claude Coleman Jr., and New Orleans musicians Kevin O'Day, Johnny Vidacovich and James Singleton.

<i>Dance the Devil</i> 1999 studio album by The Frames

Dance the Devil... is the third studio album by Dublin based band The Frames. The album was first released in Ireland on 25 June 1999 on ZTT Records and subsequently in the UK and USA later in the year. On this album the band returned to using their original name in place of the moniker The Frames DC employed on Fitzcarraldo. The band's line-up for this album featured Glen Hansard on guitar and vocals, Colm Mac Con Iomaire on violin, Joseph Doyle on bass guitar and backing vocals, Dave Odlum on lead guitar, Earl Harvin and Graham Hopkins on drums. Doyle replaced Graham Downey on bass.

Shara Nova American musician

Shara Nova is the lead singer and songwriter for My Brightest Diamond. As a composer she is most recognized for her choral compositions and the baroque chamber opera "You Us We All". New music composers Sarah Kirkland Snider, David Lang, Steve Mackey and Bryce Dessner have composed pieces for Nova's voice. She has recorded as a guest vocalist with David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Jedi Mind Tricks, The Blind Boys of Alabama and Stateless as well as extensive collaborations with visual artists Matthew Ritchie and Matthew Barney. She was formerly the frontwoman of AwRY. On March 3, 2016, Shara legally changed her last name from Worden to Nova after divorcing her ex-husband, to whom she had been married most of her adult life.

My Brightest Diamond

My Brightest Diamond is the project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shara Nova. The band has released five studio albums and a remix album, five studio EPs and four remix EPs, and made several tours across the United States.

<i>Bring Me the Workhorse</i> 2006 studio album by My Brightest Diamond

Bring Me the Workhorse is the debut studio album from the American rock group My Brightest Diamond.

Gene Summers American musician (1939–2021)

David Eugene Summers was an American rockabilly singer, songwriter and guitarist. His most famous recordings include the late 50s "School of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", "Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That", "Twixteen", "Alabama Shake", "Fancy Dan" and his biggest-selling single "Big Blue Diamonds". Summers was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Southern Legends Entertainment & Performing Arts Hall of Fame in 2005. He still performed worldwide and celebrated his 50th anniversary as a recording artist in 2008 with the release of Reminisce Cafe.

Eric Schermerhorn is an American guitarist and composer. He played with Iggy Pop on the American Caesar and Naughty Little Doggie albums, and David Bowie on the Tin Machine It's My Life Tour, and appeared in the video and live record Oy Vey Baby.

Leaning House was an independent record label in Dallas, Texas. It was founded by Mark Elliott and Keith Foerster and existed from 1994 until 1999.

S. Husky Höskulds Musical artist

S. Husky Höskulds is a Grammy Award–winning audio engineer based in Los Angeles, California.

<i>11th Song</i> 1993 studio album by Deep Blue Something

11th Song is the debut album by alternative rock band Deep Blue Something. It was released on Doberman Records in 1993.

Rubberbullet was an art rock band from Dallas, Texas in the 1990s. The band was formed and led by drummer Earl Harvin in 1993. Described as avant-garde noise rock, their first album, rubberbullet, included "free-jazz jams" of guitars, a tribal and funky rhythm section and ranting vocals. According to music critic Robert Wilonsky, their music was at once both "overpowering" and "beautiful". Over time recordings moved towards modern-rock. Members included Aaron Berlin on guitar, Richard Paul on guitar, Johnathan Mulkey on bass and Beth Clardy fronting with vocals. The band was put on hold and eventually disbanded when Harvin began touring with Seal and prioritized the jazz project Earl Harvin Trio.

The Telefones

The Telefones are a musical group based in Dallas, Texas. A regular act at the notable punk venue the Hot Klub in the 1980s, they are generally considered a pioneer Texas punk band, but have also been called “Dallas' first—and best—new wave band,” and yet also "[n]either punk nor new-wave." Their sound is a blend of many different styles and eras of rock and pop music.

<i>This Is My Hand</i> 2014 studio album by My Brightest Diamond

This Is My Hand is the fourth studio album from the American rock group My Brightest Diamond.

<i>A Million and One</i> (album) 2018 studio album by My Brightest Diamond

A Million and One is the fifth studio album from the American group My Brightest Diamond.

References

  1. 1 2 Special Interview Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine , TAMA drums, copyright 2006
  2. 1 2 3 Robert Wilonsky Bang the drum loudly, Dallas Observer, June 3, 1999
  3. Earl Harvin Trio, Nightstick by Robert Wilonsky, Alec Hanley Bemis, Kirk Silsbee, Sam Molineaux, Jeff Niesel and Franklin Bruno (archived) New Times LA , June 11–17, 1999
  4. Richard Baimbridge The 1997 Dallas Observer Music Awards dallasobserver.com, May 1, 1997
  5. Shannon Sutlief 2003 Dallas Observer Music Awards, Dallas Observer, April 17, 2003
  6. Joe Tangari Tindersticks - Falling Down a Mountain pitchfork.com, February 15, 2010
  7. Ari Hoenig - Le batteur qui n’en finit pas de gravir les sommets citizenjazz.com
  8. Oracles allmusic.com