Drummer Kevin Shea wishes YOU good health.

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2023

Stephen Gauci, Keisuke Matsuno, Tim Dahl, KS - Live at Scholes Street Studio (CD/DD 11.17.23 gaucimusic).

Gauci, Shinya Lin, Adam Lane, KS - Live at Scholes Street Studio (CD/DD 10.20.23 gaucimusic).

PETER KERNEL - Drum To Death (LP/CD/DD 10.13.23 On The Camper Records).

Lurch Purse - Downtown Kung-Fu Live Live (DD 8.4.23). Michael Eaton, Max Kutner, KS.

PETER KERNEL - BRAVO (single 7.1.23 On The Camper Records). w/KS drums. 

KEVIN SHEA - CAVEMAN ARCHETYPE (CD 5.12.23). KS - composition, piano, drums, voice, synth. 

MISS AMBIVALENT - Miss Ambivalent (5.5.23). Jeong Lim Yang w/Santiago Leibson & KS.

ENTROPIC HOP - s/t (CD 5.5.23). Debut studio album. Ayumi Ishito, Aron Namenwirth, KS.

ENTROPIC HOP - LIVE AT DMG (CD 5.5.23). Ayumi Ishito, Aron Namenwirth, KS.

LURCH PURSE - DON'T MESS WITH LURCH PURSE (Mother Brain Records 4.28.23). Michael Eaton, Max Kutner, KS.

THE GOLDEN RABBIT - THE GOLDEN RABBIT (4.25.23). Aron Namenwirth & KS.

@KEVINSHEADRUMS - I DON'T WANT TO DO MY TAXES (4.9.23). I didn't want to do my taxes today...I recorded this instead.

PARANOID LARRY - Wombat Mating Calls (4.9.23).

Aron Namenwirth, Lisa Hoppe, Matt Mottel, Joe Hertenstein, KS - Live In Berlin (Darkfyre Records 3.30.23). 

TRIPPING LANDLOCKED INFIDELS - GUNK TRAP (3.22.23, limited-edition cassette, Radical Documents). Fritz Welch & KS.

2022

This Ain’t Your Mama and Papa’s Holiday Music: A Compilation of Holiday Favorites for the Weirdo in Your Life – 12.18.22 Island House Recordings. Track 3 = Dos Juden w/KS.

Talibam!+Neubauer+Rubel – live in Mülheim (digital 11.11.22). Matt Mottel – keytar, Fabian Neubauer – organ, Peter Rubel – guitar, KS – drums.

NEW YORK 69 – s/t (Chant Records 11.4.22). Adam Caine guitar/electronics, KS drums/electronics.

Stephen Gauci/Liz Kosack/Dan Peter Sundland/Kevin Shea – Live at Sowieso-Berlin (CD/Digital 7.1.22). Stephen Gauci – tenor saxophone; Liz Kosack – piano; Dan Peter Sundland – bass guitar/electronics; KS – drums.

God Is My Co-Pilot – America Is An Asshole (Digital Track 6.25.22). NORMANDY vocals CRAIG guitar JASON bass KEVIN drums.

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – DISASTERS VOL1 (LP/digital Hot Cup 2.18.22). MOPDTK’s 14th album. Moppa Elliott (bass/composition), Ron Stabinsky (piano/electronics), KS (drums/electronics).

GREAT LAKES – CONTENDERS (LP/digital HHBTM 2.4.22). Great Lakes’ seventh album. For Contenders, Ben Crum is joined by longtime collaborators Kevin Shea on drums and Suzanne Nienaber on vocals, with contributions from The Essex Green’s Chris Ziter, Louis Schefano, Petter Folkedal, Ray Rizzo and Dave Gould.

Simon Camatta – THIS IS NOT A SOLO RECORD (CD/digital UMLAND, 1/1/22). Camatta has several collaborators on this album — included on a few tracks is a quartet of Camatta with KS, Vincent von Schlippenbach and Matt Mottel.

2021

God Is My Co-Pilot – “Dribble” (Digital single released December 31, 2021). NORMANDY SHERWOOD vox CRAIG FLANAGIN gtr JASON BLACKKAT bass KEVIN SHEA trap kit.

God Is My Co-Pilot – “Mind Your Own Business” — Digital single released in December 2021 on Kill Rock Stars 30th Anniversary compilation named Stars Rock Kill (Rock Stars) .

Kevin Shea – PSYCHOTIC SOUND MAN 1 for solo drums (digital 10/31/21). My 5th solo album recorded/composed/performed in Moers, Germany where I was for the full year of 2021 as part of the moers “improvisor in residence” prize. “This compositional approach was inspired by the complex process of programming emotive psychosomatic characters into the head of an artificial life form.”

Kevin Shea – myaudience#VIP (digital 10/17/21). My 4th solo album recorded/composed/performed in Moers, Germany where I was for the full year of 2021 as part of the moers “improvisor in residence” prize. “this is what I imagine the brain of an eurasian red squirrel sounds like.”

HEY!TONAL – Self Titled (2LP + Digital 10/8/21 Computer Students™). Anatomical Reissue. Mitch Cheney, Alan Mills, Kevin Shea, Theo Katsaounis, Dave Davison, Kenseth Thibideau, Julien Fernandez.

Jonah Rosenberg’s Fabulous Trio – The Bulbous and The Budding (digital 10/1/21 Infrequent Seams). Jonah Rosenberg – Piano/Compositions; James Ilgenfritz – Bass; Kevin Shea – Drums; Daniel Carter – Flute/Alto Saxophone.

Kevin Shea / Stephen Gauci – Pandemic Duets (digital May 16, 2021). Kevin Shea – drums; Stephen Gauci – tenor saxophone. Recorded 8/13/20 by Rene Allain at Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn NYC. Mixed & Mastered by Michael Coleman.

Matt Mottel, Kevin Shea & The Clean Associates – ANTISEPTIC RELEASE (digital 5.6.21). Ongoing release with updates to be continued featuring Ayako Kanda, Martín and Oscar Escalante, Sana Nagano, Fritz Welch and more.

Kevin Shea – ROUGH EDUCATION (digital 4.29.21). This is my 3rd album composed, performed, recorded, mixed by me in Moers/Germany where I was Improvisor In Residence the full year of 2021. I played a prepared grand piano and percussion on this one. “Rough Education (composition for prepared piano and drums) was written to elucidate how interplanetary koan study marries certainty and doubt as a process between alien species. Each “stimulus” has a ubiquitous fermentation of direct reflection/emulation/gestation as reinterpreted/warped through or without a logic of contexts. ROMANTIC EXTRACTIONS FROM EXOGENOUS SHOCKS waver between musical passages to ponder/devolve into a litany of simulated/fantastical customs as endemic prosopagnosia obscures the mysterious mind-body conundrum endured by extraterrestrials and humans alike.” – KS

Matt Mottel & Kevin Shea – No Memory (digital 3.14.21). We have no memory of recording this.

God Is My Co-Pilot – “Mole Vapor” (Digital single released March 13, 2021). NORMANDY SHERWOOD vocals CRAIG FLANAGIN guitar FRED LONBERG-HOLM cello JASON BLACKKAT bass KEVIN SHEA drums.

Kevin Shea – MY TRUE FEELINGS (digital 3.4.21). Shea plays suona and granite slab for your listening pleasure.

2020

Kevin Shea – Love Letter to My Drum Pad (Digital 11/27/20). Solo practice pad.

Beam Splitter – Dedicated Play (Digital 10/1/20). BEAM SPLITTER (Audrey Chen & Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø) and friends (including Talibam!).

GAUCI / LANE / SHEA – Studio Sessions Vol. 9 (Digital 9/30/20). Stephen Gauci (tenor saxophone), Adam Lane (bass), Kevin Shea (drums/mix).

Lucas Brode – “Vague sense of virtue” and other dreams of mundane profundity (cassette/CD/digital 9/25/20 Cacophonous Revival Recordings). Lucas Brode (guitar/compositions) + Kevin Shea (drums).

Silke Eberhard & Nikolaus Neuser with Talibam! – This Week Is in Two Weeks (LP/digital 9/4/20 ESP-Disk’). Recorded direct to vinyl lathe cut. Featuring artiwork by Steve Dalachinsky!

Kevin Shea – Places I’ve Been Around The World (digital 8/10/20). I tried to remember every city/town I’ve been to on the planet.

UNTT 350 – Mint Over The Blow Critters (cassette/digital 7/17/20 Falt Records). Francesco Calandrino (sounds, saxophones); Kevin Shea (drums).

Sexy Thoughts – 🇪Call me @ my home # and I’ll **** you (Digital July 4th 2020). A spiritual exploration by Sexy Thoughts, meandering through layer upon layer of subconscious material to expose the spiritual core of modern Western Society. –Leonardo Featherweight.

Sexy Thoughts – 🇪Call me @ my home # and I’ll **** you. PART II (Digital July 4th 2020). Yet another spiritual exploration by Sexy Thoughts, meandering through layer upon layer of subconscious material to expose the spiritual core of modern Western Society. –Leonardo Featherweight.

Kevin Shea – Buncha $’s (Digital 6/25/20). New realities exposed by education … imagine! With this album I am interested in the active application or destruction of these concepts.

Colin L. & Talibam! – Billy Joel Cover Band (Digital 5/9/20). Colin L. (guitar/voice), MAtt Mottel (keytar/voice), Kevin Shea (drums/voice). Mixed by Colin L.

NOMOTO – NOMOTO_EP (Digital 5/1/20 Cart/Horse Records). DANTON BOLLER BASS, JEREMY WILMS AND NICK DEMOPOLOUS GUITARS, TOMAS FUJIWARA AND KEVIN THE SHEA DRUMS.

GAUCI / LANE / SHEA – Live at the Bushwick Series (Digital 4/26/20). Stephen Gauci (tenor saxophone), Adam Lane (bass), Kevin Shea (drums).

GAUCI / WALLACE / SHEA – Live at the Bushwick Series (Digital 4/12/20). Stephen Gauci (sax), Eli Wallace (keyboard/effect), Kevin Shea (drums).

Camilla Sparksss – BRUTAL REMIx (2/21/20 On The Camper Records). Camilla Sparksss remixed by Fakear, Rebeka Warrior, Vadim Vernay, Mike Mare, Xelius, Sonoplasta, Kevin Shea, Monte Mai, Isolated Lines, Tam Bor, Toh Imago, Bitter Moon, Texture Droite, IUEKE.

2019

DAVID TAYLOR – Dave Taylor Plays the Music of David Taylor (CD/Digital 9/1/19). Dave Taylor – bass trombone, voice; Ron Stabinsky – piano; Moppa Elliott – contrabass; Kevin Shea – drums.

KEVIN SHEA – The Fade (Digital 12/13/19). Composition for syntheziser and electronic drums.

GAUCI / EWEN / LANE / SHEA – Studio Sessions Vol.5 (CD/Digital 12/6/19). Stephen Gauci (sax), Sandy Ewen (guitar), Adam Lane (bass), Kevin Shea (drums).

Talibam! / Makoto Kawashima / Mico – Live in Japan. (CD 11/15/19). Produced by airport installation artist Ronald Dilf.

Lucas Brode + Kevin Shea – the importance of being or not being, whichever (cassette/digital 11/4/19).

ALPHAWHORE – EP (Digital 8/15/19). Chris Cochrane (guitar), Gordon Beeferman (Nord C1 organ, piano) & Kevin Shea (drums).

SWEET BANDITRY – Guilt (Digital 8/1/19 Marsken Records). Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen – alto saxophone, vocals & compositions. Brandon Seabrook – guitar. Tom Blancarte – upright bass. Kevin Shea – drums.

GAUCI / LANE / SHEA – Studio Sessions, Vol . 2 (CD/Digital 6/9/19). Stephen Gauci (sax), Adam Lane (bass), Kevin Shea (drums).

Desertion Trio + Tara Middleton / Ron Stabinsky – Twilight Time (LP/Digital Long Song Records 4/26/19).

TALIBAM! & Alan Wilkinson – Malice Aforethought (CD/Digital 3/26/19). Alan Wilkinson saxophones; Matt Mottel keytar, Kevin Shea drums.

TALIBAM! / Tamio Shiraishi / David Watson – Transynthorbital Implant (CD/Digital 3/26/19). Tamio Shiraishi – alto saxophone; David Watson – guitar, bagpipes; Matt Mottel – keytar, electronics; Kevin Shea – drums, spd-s.

GAUCI / EWEN / LANE / SHEA – Live At The Bushwick Series (CD/Digital 3/25/19). Stephen Gauci (sax), Sandy Ewen (guitar), Adam Lane (bass), Kevin Shea (drums)

2018

Kevin Shea Quintet – s/t (Arktelogy Records, CD/Digital, October 31, 2018). Sam Kulik – trombone/effects + Tim Dahl – synth + Ron Stabinsky – piano + Tom Blancarte – bass + Kevin Shea – drums/voice. Kevin Shea collages together popular song excerpts with his own music and spontaneous cues as interpreted by his all-star NYC band.

Kevin Shea – Misophonic Presentiments – Compositions for Celesta, Synthesizer, Voice & Electronics (Arktelogy Records, Digital, November 6, 2018). Sound is noumenal, at best … All performances, sounds, composition and engineering by K. Shea.

Hello Lovers – World of Fantasy (Screendoorofenchantment, Digital, December 15, 2018). Seven songs of love and war. J.C. King – Songs, Singing, Piano; Jude Webre – Contrabass; Lathan Hardy – Reeds, Flute; Jordan Mclean – Trumpet; Kevin Shea – Percussion; Engineered by Jeff Cook.

Talibam! & Jeremy Wilms – Sanifarian Equipage (Cart/Horse Records, Digital, December 4, 2018). This record is a collaboration between Avant-Maximalist band Talibam! and producer/multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Wilms. The songs were recorded by Andrew Barker. Inspired by melodic fragments central to the Talibam! live set, they were expanded in the studio with Wilms’s assertive vision. “Sanifarian Equipage” traffics in the nether worlds of Dub, Psychedelic Jazz, and Space Rock. Think Neil Young’s ‘On the Beach’ jammed out by Prince Far I.

rootless – all that’s left is a desert (Aural Canyon, Digital, November 9, 2018). Jeremy Hurewitz: guitar & sampler with Kevin Shea: percussion and Matt Nelson: alto & tenor saxophone, flute.

Puttin’ On The Ritz – Rock With You EP (Dick Move Records, Digital, September 11, 2018). Puttin’ On The Ritz’s BJ Rubin (vocals) + Kevin Shea (drums) joined by Moppa Elliott (upright bass), Peter Evans (trumpet), Jon Irabagon (saxophone), Weasel Walter (keyboard).

Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie II – Silenced II – Views from the Auction Block (LP/CD/Digital 08/31/18). Several guests appear on the album including a bonus track with Shea.

Proven Recording – Dubs Vol. 1 (Cassette/Digital 07/30/18). Colin L. dubs-out the sounds of Talibam! and many other giants in the industry.

Talibam! – 15th Anniversary Box Set, 2003-2018, Presenting 15 New Albums for 2018 (CD/Digital, May 18, 2018). Musicians featured on this box set include Audrey Chen & Phil Minton, Tamio Shiraishi & David Watson, Alan Wilkinson, Joe McPhee/Sandy Ewen/Luke Stewart, Jeremy Wilms, Colin L., Steve Dalachinsky, Sam Kulik/Ron Stabinsky/Tim Dahl/Tom Blancarte.

Great Lakes – Dreaming Too Close to the Edge (CD/Digital, Loose Trucks, April 6, 2018). 6th album by ben Crum’s Great Lakes, featuring Kevin Shea, Suzanne Nienaber, Kenny Wachtel, David Gould, Phil Sterk, Joe McGinty, Andrew Rieger, and Luis Leal. Recorded by Ben Crum and Jason LaFarge. Mixed by Steve Silverstein. Mastered by Jen Munson.

Desertion W/Jamie Saft – Midtown Tilt (CD Shhpuma 1/19/18).

Nong-Nong* – First Nonging. (Digital, RCarchives, March 1st, 2018). Drums by Fred Schneider & Kevin Shea.

2017

Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Paint (CD/Digital, Hot Cup Records October 20, 2017). Ron Stabinsky piano + Moppa Elliott bass + Kevin Shea drums.

Sexy Thoughts – It’s Thursday Night Tonight (Digital single, October 2017). Available on Chant Records’ compilation Strength In Numbers.

Talibam! – Endgame Of The Anthropocene (LP 180gm colored vinyl limited to 600 / Download, ESP-Disk’ 9/22/17). Electronic abstract instrumental game-soundtrack action-music. Sci-fi psychedelics for the future. In 2049, the race to claim sovereign territory in Antarctica is in full effect.

Talibam! + Matt Nelson + Ron Stabinsky – HARD VIBE (LP 180gm colored vinyl limited to 600 / Download, ESP-Disk’ 9/22/17). HARD VIBE is a new cosmic-modular jazz quartet based in New York City featuring saxophonist Matt Nelson, pianist Ron Stabinsky, keyboardist Matthew Mottel, and drummer Kevin Shea. Inspired by Herbie Hancock’s ’70’s space-music and long-form repetitive works like Miles Davis’ On The Corner, Hard Vibe has a trans-minimalist compositional impetus with an atypical array of structural obstructions. LP / DOWNLOAD.

Mark Ospovat – Occupy EP (A SpeakerSonic production 6/29/17) with Kevin Shea on drums.

Hello Lovers – Gold Remains EP (Digital Screendoorofenchantment 5/22/17). Featuring J.C. King – Piano and Voice, Lathan Hardy – Reeds, Jordan McLean – Trumpet, Jude Webre – Bass, Kevin Shea – Percussion.

Micah Gaugh – Stars are a Harem (Digital, Sê-lo! 5/12/17). Featuring Micah Gaugh (composer, piano, voice, sax) + Henry Schroy (bass) + Kevin Shea (drums). The 13-song suite, “Stars are a Harem” is a modern day answer to Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” — the music is steeped in the tradition of the avant-garde, yet accessible to the public ear using “pop” recording techniques.

Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Loafer’s Hollow (CD/Digital, Hot Cup Records 2/24/17). Featuring Moppa Elliott, bass + Steven Bernstein, trumpet + Dave Taylor, trombone, basstrombone + Jon Irabagon, tenor and soprano saxophones + Ron Stabinsky, piano/keyboard + Brandon Seabrook, guitar, banjo, electronics + Kevin Shea, drums.

2016

Kevin Shea – Composition For Organ & Electronics (Digital, Arktelogy, Digital 12/21/16).

Mostly Other People Do The Killing – Live (Digital, For Tune 2016). Peter Evans – trumpet, Jon Irabagon – saxophone, Moppa Elliott – bass, Kevin Shea – drums and electronics. Recorded live during Jazz & Beyond Improvised Music Festival October 29th, 2012 at Jazz Klub Hipnoza in Katowice (Poland).

UNTT 350 – This Inbred Species, The Hippobluntommyling (CD/Digital, HysM ? oct7, 2016). UNTT 350’s sophomore album is the soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic nano scavenge of viral-cyber ASMR phantasm. “If Cyberpunk was a musical genre, this album would be its manifesto.” Featuring Francesco Calandrino on all kinds of analogue equipment, and Kevin Shea on electronics, tape manipulation, percussion and wind instruments.

NOMOTO – s/t (Digital, 2016). NOMOTO features guitarists Jeremy Wilms & Nick Demopoulos, bassist Danton Boller, drummers Tomas Fujiwara & Kevin Shea! “NOMOTO approach the concepts of mind expansion through compositions based in repitition and collective improvisation. Elements of Metal, Math Rock, Punk Rock, Prog Rock, Minimalism, Free Jazz, Through Composed, and Spontaneously Improvised musics find a common core in this band, none of it seeming forced or compromised.”

Talibam! & Alan Wilkinson – It Is Dangerous To Lean Out…E Pericoloso Spongers (Cassette/Digital, Astral Spirits 2016). “Veteran British improviser Alan Wilkinson teams up with NYC absurdists Talibam! for a gonzoid session that sounds like a jazz trio fed through Google’s Deep Dream software.” – The Quietus. Six years after the release of their debut, Talibam! & Alan Wilkinson are pleased to present their sophomore album, It is Dangerous To Lean Out (E Pericoloso Sporgersi)! Available as a limited edition cassette from Astral Spirits, It is Dangerous features two volcanic performances from the Sant’anna Arresi Jazz Festival in Sardinia, Italy.

Yoni Kretzmer (sax) + Jason Anemian (bass) + Kevin Shea (drums) – Until Your Throat is Dry (CD/Digital, OutNow Recordings 2016).

Great Lakes – Wild Vision (CD/LP/Digital 2016). Ben Crum songs/voice/guitars/instruments etc + Kevin Shea drums + others tba! Release date is January 22, 2016.

Beninghove’s Hangmen – Zohove (CD/Digital 2016). Dane Johnson guitar, Eval Maoz guitar, Rick Parker trombone, Ezra Gale bass, Shawn Baltazor drums, & Bryan Benninghove saxophones. Guest drums on 4 songs: Kevin Shea.

2015

TALIBAM!. – Launchpad #8 (Oneohtrix Point Never). The “Launch Pad” series was created by Talibam! to explore new sound relationships in the digital world. Using recent album releases by contemporary artists as the launching pad, Talibam! feels inspired to paint and mold the music into a new species, blurring the lines between inconspicuous and conspicuous consumption/appropriation. Launch Pad #8 features Oneohtrix Point Never’s “Garden of Delete” as the catalyst.

Sam Kulik – The Broadcast (available as packs of baseball cards, Bort Records 2015). Sam recorded himself doing the play-by-play of a 9-inning game between the Marlins and Mets and then set the whole thing to music. The 3-hour narration is issued as a set of 20 baseball cards, each of which unlocks an mp3 at samkulik.com/baseball. Look for autographs and other rarities! featuring Sam Kulik, Kamala Sankaram, Matt Nelson, Ian Antonio, Russell Greenberg, Jon Lipscomb, Louise DE Jensen, Kyle Forester, Tom Blancarte, Ed Pastorini, Shahzad Ismaily, Moppa Elliott, Amie Weiss, Karen Waltuch, Austin Vaughn, Rick Burkhardt, Kabloona, Jeremiah Cymerman, Kevin Shea, Dubl Handi, Brandon Seabrook, Bruce Eisenbeil, Tony Bianco, Matt Mottel, Yasunao Tone, Lisa Clair, Frantz Loriot, and others.

Mostly Other People Do The Killing. – Mauch Chunk (CD/LP/Digital Hot Cup 2015). Jon Irabagon alto, Ron Stabinsky piano, Moppa Elliott bass, Kevin Shea drums.

KEVIN SHEA – It’s Christmas Day 2Day (Digital 2015). Experimental electronic holiday music.

TALIBAM! – Talibam! Piano Sequenza (VHS tape, ultra limited-edition of 10, published by Endless Editions). Piano Sequenza is a unique composition by Talibam! coinciding with their performance at Lincoln Center’s Sound + Vision Festival. As a celebration of the 50-year anniversary of Luciano Berio’s Sequenza IV for Piano, Talibam! decided to take on the compositional challenge of creating their very own Piano Sequenza and supplemental video.

Kevin Shea – Songs For The Summertime Picnic (Digital 2015).

Chris Pitsiokos Trio – Gordian Twine (CD/Digital 2015). Chris Pitsiokos sax + Max Johnson bass + Kevin Shea drums.

Yasunao Tone + TALIBAM! + Sam Kulik – Double Automatism (lim. Ed. of 500 180gr LPs in a silk-screened sleeve incl. download code, Karl Records 2015). Sam Kulik trombone, Matt Mottel synth/electronics, Kevin Shea midi mallet percussion, Yasunao Tone specially made app mp3 deviations. Be prepared for a stormy noise attack with analogue synths and other devices, trombone and more!

TALIBAM! – Free World (40-minute cassette + digital, lim. Ed. of 100, Körper / Leib 2015). Matt Mottel + Kevin Shea: live instruments, midi, electronics, tape manipulation etc. This is the first installment of the Part Two of Talibam!’s Launch Pad series.

NEBADON – The Destroyed House (Digital, Scores also available, 2015). David Earl Buddin – composition and electronics and modulation + Dominika Michalowska – voice, synth, percussion + Kevin Shea – percussion.

TALIBAM! – Translition 2 Siriusness (WHITE LP WITH QR CODE AS DOWNLOAD FOR SIDE A & B, 2015). Matt Mottel synth/electronics, Kevin Shea programming. TALIBAM! interview.

TALIBAM! contributed our new track “Aufhebong” to this cassette compilation based in Reykjavik (Cassette/digital, Lady Boy Records 2015). Matt Mottel synth/electronics, Kevin Shea programming. TALIBAM! interview.

TRIPPING LANDLOCKED INFIDELS – Soul Cream From Daisy Bluffs (Digital, 2015). Fritz Welch and Kevin Shea on drums/electronics, plus Andrew Barker guest cello on one track.

2014

COLONIC YOUTH – Fountain Of Youth (Infrequent Seams 2014). James Ilgenfritz doublebass + Philip White electronics + Dan Blake sax + Kevin Shea drums.

FORM and MESS – s/t (LP/CD/Digital Sick Room Records 2014).

GREAT LAKES – “Into the Fold” (CD-Record PIAPTK 2014). Cover of a song by Dean Wareham. Ben Crum – voice/guitars/etc, Kevin Shea drums, etc. CD-Records are CD/Vinyl hybrid discs that will play in your CD Player AND on your turntable.

HAITIAN RAIL – Solarists (CD/Digital New Atlantis 2014).

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – Blue (CD/Digital Hot Cup Records Oct 14 2014). Ron Stabinsky piano, Peter Evans trumpet, Jon Irabagon saxes, Moppa Elliott bass, Kevin Shea drums. This is a note-for-note recreation of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue.

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – Hannover (CD/Digital Jazzwerkstatt Oct 2014). Peter Evans trumpet, Jon Irabagon sax, Moppa Elliott bass/composition, Kevin Shea drums. This is MOPDTK’s 2nd live album.

PEOPLE – 3xaWomen (The Misplaced Files) (LP/CD/Digital Telegraph Harp 2014). Mary Halvorson guitar/voice/composition, Kyle Forester bass/voice, Kevin Shea drums/voice/lyrics.

SWEET BANDITRY – Farvefisen Blomstrer (CD/Digital 2014). Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen saxophone/flute/vocals/electronics + Brandon Seabrook guitar + Tom Blancarte upright bass + Kevin Shea drums.

TALIBAM! & WEASEL WALTER – Polyp (CD/Digital Mnoad 2014). Weasel Walter guitar/clarinet/percussion/voice, Matt Mottel, voice/synth/electronics, Kevin Shea drums/voice/electronics.

YULENOG 10 – s/t (CD HOT CUP 2014). Get punched in the face by Santa Claus.

2013

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – Red Hot (CD/Digital Hot Cup Records 2013). David Taylor bass trombone, Ron Stabinsky piano, Brandon Seabrook banjo/electronics, Peter Evans trumpet, Jon Irabagon saxes, Moppa Elliott contrabass/compositions, Kevin Shea drums.

Great Lakes – Kin to the Mountain (split 7″ single with Floating Action, Oct 14 2013). Ben Crum songs/voice/guitars/instruments etc + Kevin Shea drums + etc. In 2013 PIAPTK Records put out a split single with Great Lakes and Floating Action. Great Lakes’ contribution is an early version of Kin to the Mountain, which would later appear on the Wild Vision album.

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – Slippery Rock (CD/Digital Hot Cup Records 2013). Peter Evans trumpet, Jon Irabagon sax, Moppa Elliott contrabass/songs, Kevin Shea drums.

NEBADON – The Destroyed Book (Free Digital EP, Pukekos.org 2013). Nebadon is a Brooklyn-based new music ensemble featuring Dominika Michalowska (voice/percussion/synthesizer), Kevin Shea (percussion) and David Buddin (composition/filters/modulation). The music is generated by the superimposition of several layers of sonic material with each layer moving at a different speed. It is typical of the temporal quality of our familiar universe where varied time structures are always going on at once.

MICAH GAUGH – The Blue Fairy Mermaid Princess (CD/LP/Digital Africantape 2013). Micah Gaugh voice/sax/piano/songs, Dan Bodwell contrabass, Kevin Shea drums.

UNTT 350 – nude long hugs (CDr haveyousaidmidi 2013). Francesco Calandrino and Kevin Shea… rancid cassette manipola(c)tion and blow critters drum drum drum kit.

2012

BARR SHEA DAHL – s/t (CD ugEXPLODE Records 2012). Mick Barr guitar, Time Dahl bass, Kevin Shea drums.

Talibam! – Puff Up The Volume (CD/LP/Digital C.H. 2012). Matt Mottel voice/keys, Kevin Shea voice/drums. Puff Up The Volume is Talibam!’s Rap debut.

Talibam! – Step Into The Marina (7″/Digital C.H. 2012). Matt Mottel voice/keys, Kevin Shea voice/drums. This is the first single from Talibam!’s Rap debut Puff Up The Volume.

TALIBAM! AND SAM KULIK – Discover Atlantass (CD/ComicBook Belly Kids 2012). Belly Kids have teamed up with Talibam! and maestro multi-instrumentalist/trombonist/song-writer Sam Kulik to put together a conceptual adventure into the bowels of the magical city of Atlantis. The 19-track, 80 minute CD comes accompanied with a kick ass 30 page comic book, drawn up by James Clapham. “Discover AtlantASS” tells the story of a young teen named Franklin who gets abducted to the undersea world of Atlantis by a laid-back revolutionary jazz fish named Stinge. Together, they are ready to combat a disastrous oil spill which has nearly eradicated the vibrant community of poets, musicians, artists and fornicators who inhabit the undersea paradise.

TALIBAM! – Launch Pad #1 (Dirty Projectors) (online-streaming 2012). The “Launch Pad” series was created by Talibam! (Matt Mottel & Kevin Shea) to explore new sound relationships in the digital world. Using recent album releases by contemporary artists as the launching pad, Talibam! feels inspired to paint and mold the music into a new species, blurring the lines between inconspicuous and conspicuous consumption/appropriation.

TALIBAM! – Launch Pad #2 (Frank Ocean) (online-streaming 2012). The “Launch Pad” series was created by Talibam! (Matt Mottel & Kevin Shea) to explore new sound relationships in the digital world. Using recent album releases by contemporary artists as the launching pad, Talibam! feels inspired to paint and mold the music into a new species, blurring the lines between inconspicuous and conspicuous consumption/appropriation.

TALIBAM! – Launch Pad #3 (MBV) (online-streaming 2013). The “Launch Pad” series was created by Talibam! (Matt Mottel & Kevin Shea) to explore new sound relationships in the digital world. Using recent album releases by contemporary artists as the launching pad, Talibam! feels inspired to paint and mold the music into a new species, blurring the lines between inconspicuous and conspicuous consumption/appropriation.

>V/A – Winners Don’t Shiver — Another Piped-In From Head Office Records Compilation (CDr pifho 2012). “They are loved, loathed, feared, despised and even worshiped; human beings whose appearances and natures often conspire to defy that very description. We call them freaks.” This compilation features a track by Tripping Landlocked Infidels (Fritz Welch and Kevin Shea on drums/etc) entitled With Spleen In Pocket.

YULENOG 8 – More Sex, Violence & Drinking (Hot Cup Records 2012). Nathan Kuruna (vocals, mouth harp, theremin, bells, various) Moppa Elliott (producer, mixing and mastering bass, flutes, percussion, various) Amanda DeMatto (piano) Charles Evans (piano, drums, metronome) Kyle Forrester (various) Jon Irabagon (various) Sam Kulik (trombone, guitar, bass, vocals) Matt Nelson (sax, snake charmer flute, various) Kevin Shea (drums, various) etc.

2011

AMERICAN LIBERTY LEAGUE – Going To Coney Island (free download pukekos.org 2011). David Earl Buddin on piano and vocals, Tim Dahl on synthesizer, and Kevin Shea on snare drum. Produced by BJ Rubin, engineered by Jason LaFarge at Seizures Palace.

KEVIN SHEA & ALFRED VOGEL – The Big Bäng!!! (CD Boomslang Records 2011). Recorded, mixed & mastered by Bird Freddy at Tonschmiede Bezau, July 2011. Free improvised drum & percussion music.

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – The Coimbra Concert (CD Clean Feed Records 2011). Peter Evans (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (sax) Moppa Elliott (upright bass, compositions) Kevin Shea (drums).

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – Live At Newport Jazz Festival (npr 2011). Peter Evans (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (sax) Moppa Elliott (bass, compositions) Kevin Shea (drums).

RHYS CHATHAM – Outdoor Spell (LP/CD/MP3/FLAC Northern Spy Records 2011). Rhys Chatham (voice/trumpet/composition) with Beatriz Rojas (cajón on ‘Corn Maiden’s Rite’), Jean-Marc Montera (electric guitar on ‘the Magician’) and Kevin Shea (drums on ‘the Magician’).

THE SPINNING WHEEL DRIVES BAND – 100% Totally Free Ringtones (CD Versus Trade 2011). Rainer Jancis (fretless 7 string gtr) Tim Dahl (bass) Kevin Shea (drums). The Spinning Wheel Drives Band on kauaaegse muusiku ja helilooja Rainer Jancise uus band. Fretless-kitarril tema ja rütmiplatformil kaks ameeriklast. Trummar Kevin Shea on Raineri vana iidol ja bassist Tim Dahl’il on metal-muusika taust. TSWDB on vabaimprovisatsiooniline punkjazz, kivikõva avangard, kus järeleandmisi ei tehta ja vange ei võeta.

V/A – 101 Things To Do in Bongolia (CD Electric Cowbell Records 2011). 101 Things To Do In Bongolia is a sonic brochure of Electric Cowbell’s first batch of 7″ singles from 2010-2011 with the addition of some bonus tracks and remixes from the label’s current releases. This compilation includes the track Cosmic Attidude from Talibam!‘s 2010 Cosmoplitude 7″ (a co-release by ESP-Disk’ and Electric Cowbell Records). Talibam!’s COSMIC ATTIDUDE delivers scrambling shape-shifting disco manoeuvres that cross-pollinate Brainiac and Lady Gaga with Captain Beefheart and Salem in the astral post-jazz firmament.

V/A – Brigadisco 3 – Ulula (CD Brigadisco Records 2011). This is a compilation of bands recorded at Brigadisco in Itri Italy, including the Talibam! track Bangin!.

2010

COMBINEHARVESTER – Some Ditty, A Mountain II (LPgatefold + mp3/flac, A Tree In A Field Records 2010). Marlon McNeill (guitar/voice/composition) Kevin Shea (drums).

GREAT LAKES – Ways Of Escape (CD Orange Twin Records 2010). Ben Crum (guitars/voice/songs) with David Lerner (bass) Jay Israelson (piano) Joe McGinty (organ and electric piano) Phil Sterk (pedal steel) Linda Rosenbury (violin) Heather McIntosh (cello) Jon Natchez (bass clarinet, baritone and tenor saxophones) Suzanne Nienaber (backing vocals) Kevin Shea (drums).

HEY!TONAL – s/t CD (Africantape Records 2010). Mitch Cheney (guitar), Dave Davison (guitar), Alan Mills (instruments), Theo Katsounis (bass), Kevin Shea (drums).

I WAS A KING – Old Friends (CD/LP Sounds Familyre Records 2010). Frode Strømstad (guitar/voice/songs) Anne Lise Frøkedal, Daniel Smith, John Ringhofer, Emil Nikolaisen, Joshua Stamper, Kevin Shea (drums).

I WAS A KING – (split 7″ Sounds Familyre Records 2010). “Daybreak” from IWAKs “Old Friends” and “Lil Norge” from Danielsons “Best Of Gloucester County”. Both remixed in best ways by Kramer. I Was A King musicians: Frode Strømstad (guitar/voice/songs) Anne Lise Frøkedal, Daniel Smith, John Ringhofer, Emil Nikolaisen, Joshua Stamper, Kevin Shea (drums).

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – Forty Fort (CD Hot Cup Records 2010). Peter Evans (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (sax) Moppa Elliott (upright bass, compositions) Kevin Shea (drums).

PEEESSEYE & TALIBAM! – s/t (CD + 2xLP 2010 w/gatefold — released as a continuous mix CD with no breaks by Invada Records, and as a limited 600 print double LP w/gatefold plus 18 minute bonus track by Smeraldina-Rima Records). Collaborative album between colleagues in debauchery, artwork by Rachel Lowther. Featuring Jaime Fennelly (electronics) Chris Forsyth (guitar) Matt Mottel (synthesizer) Kevin Shea (drums) Fritz Welch (drums/electronics/voice).

PETER EVANS QUARTET – Live In Lisbon (CD Clean Feed Records 2010). Peter Evans (trumpet/compositions) with Ricardo Gallo (piano) Tom Blancarte (upright bass) Kevin Shea (drums).

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ – White Light / White Heat (LP Hot Cup Records 2010). BJ Rubin (voice) and Kevin Shea (drums) w/guests Moppa Elliott (upright bass) Jon Irabagon (saxophone) Sam Kulik (trombone) Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Nate Wooley (trumpet).

TALIBAM! – Cosmoplitude (7″ released by ESP-Disk’ in collaboration with Electric Cowbell Records 2010). It’s an hours worth of WFMU’s eclectic programming distilled down into a three minute 7″ – 7inches. Featuring Matt Mottel (synthesizer/voice) and Kevin Shea (drums/voice). Recorded/mixed by Talibam!

TALIBAM! WITH ALAN WILKINSON – Dem Ol’ Apple Pie Melodies (LP Bo’ Weavil Recordings 2010). Matt Mottel (synthesizer) Kevin Shea (drums) Alan Wilkinson (saxophone). Limited to 300 hand-numbered copies, with hand-screened artwork.

TALIBAM! + Ne Travaillez Jamais
split 7″ limited to 300 copies (Musica per ORgani Caldi Records 2010). The Talibam! song Sexchopper features Matt Mottel (synthesizer/voice) and Kevin Shea (drums/voice). Recorded live in Naples, Italy.

Yulenog 6 – Holiday Whines & Spirits (CD Hot Cup Records 2010). Nathan Kuruna (vocals, mouth harp, theremin, bells, various) Moppa Elliott (producer, mixing and mastering bass, flutes, percussion, various) Jason Beckham (vocals) Erin Bush (guitar, drums, misc) Amanda DeMatto (piano) Charles Evans (piano, drums, metronome) Peter Evans (slide trumpet, various) Danny Fischer (drums) Kyle Forrester (guitar, various) Mary Fry (guitar, dog) Jon Irabagon (C Melody sax, piano, bass, various) Sam Kulik (trombone, guitar, flute, bass, vocals) Matt Nelson (sax, snake charmer flute, various) Kyle Saulnier (guitar, vocals, various) Kevin Shea (drums, various) Aaron Wolfe (guitar, vocals). iTunes

ALBUMS 2009

Puttin’ On The Ritz – Gigantic b/w 4’33” (MP3 Pukekos 2009). BJ Rubin (voice) and Kevin Shea (drums) w/guests Moppa Elliott (upright bass) Jon Irabagon (saxophone) Peter Evans (trumpet) Weasel Walter (keyboard). Two missionaries on a conquest adventure sans outerspace, real-time vagabonds and heart munchers aka suburban vampires at heart, open sewage system water wars and high heeled market shares. Count Dracula. Abe Lincoln. Free album download

Puttin’ On The Ritz – Jingle Bells b/w Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (MP3 pukekos.org 2009). BJ Rubin (vocals) and Kevin Shea (drums) with guests Moppa Elliott (standup bass) Jon Irabagon (saxophone) Nate Wooley (trumpet) Sam Kulik (trombone) Matt Mottel (keyboard) Peter Evans (trumpet) Kevin Shea (drums). free download

Talibam! – Boogie In The Breeze Blocks CD (ESP-Disk’ 2009). Boogie brings back many from Ordination plus new collaborator. Its a narrative earful as warped and wonderful as spicy pasta, fresh grapes and caramel crunch…an anthropological investigation into the guilty/strange systemic beauty and loss from contemporary debt-maxed-out stimuli, featuring Matt Mottel (synthesizer/voice) and Kevin Shea (drums/voice) with guests Tim Dahl (bass) Moppa Elliott (upright bass) Michael Evans (percussion) Peter Evans (trumpet) Chris Fosyth (guitar) Jon Irabagon (sax) Danielle Kuhlmann (voice) Sam Kulik (trombone) Robbie Lee (renaissance instruments) Anders Nillson (guitar) Mike Pride (voice) and Jeremy Wilms (guitar).

TALIBAM! & Daniel Carter – The New Nixon Tapes (LP Roaratorio 2009). This limited pressing weaves in and out of textures, landing on extraterrestrial boogie launch pads and ominous collages of soothsayerism. Recorded in 2005. Artwork by Haley Hughes. Featuring Matt Mottel (synthesizer), Kevin Shea (drums) and Daniel Carter (horns) with guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

TALIBAM! / Sloppy Seconds / Monosodic / F.M.G – 2XC20 4-way split cassette (Moist Lips 2009). This limited release comes housed in a double cassette case with artwork by Sandra Dieckmann, plus a coupon for MP3 downloads. The Talibam! song features Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) and was recorded live in Tilburg Netherlands.

The Right Moves – The End of the Empire CD (Ultramarine 2009). Ninni Morgia (guitar) Stuart Popejoy (bass) Kevin Shea (drums). Here’s a distorted video of us live.

ALBUMS 2008

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – This Is Our Moosic CD (Hot Cup Records 2008). Peter Evans (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (sax) Moppa Elliott (upright bass, compositions) Kevin Shea (drums).

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ – Bangin’ Your Way Into The Future (CD Hot Cup 2008) BJ Rubin (voice) and Kevin Shea (drums) w/guests Moppa Elliott (upright bass), Peter Evans (trumpet) and Jon Irabagon (saxophone).

TALIBAM! – Chewy Needs His Meat (C40 cassette, Stop Scratching 2008). Recorded on a 4-track recorder in South Carolina. Limited to 100 copies with handmade art and packaging. Featuring Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) with guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

TALIBAM! – Live + Live = ? C60 cassette (No=Fi Recordings February 2008). Side A = Talibam! live @ Trash ny NY (22mins). Side B = Talibam! live @ Tonic bk NY (30mins). Limited 70 hand-numbered copies with a beautiful hand-burned case. Matt Mottel (synthesizer) Kevin Shea (drums).

TALIBAM! & But God Created Woman – split 7″ (Holidays June 2008). The Talibam! song, In The Name Of Love, features Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) w/guests Anders Nilsson (guitar) Jeremy Wilms (guitar) Ed Bear (feedbacksophone) Mike Pride (vocals).

TALIBAM! & Jealousy Party – split 10″ 180 gram vinyl (Released by Wallace Records as part of their PhonoMetak series, October 2008). The Talibam! song, Set In A Disparate Wilderness Of Cosmetic Conclusions, was recorded Jan ’08 in Brittany France by Miguel Constantino and features Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums/percussion/vocals).

TALIBAM! & Wasteland Jazz Unit – split LP (Thor’s Rubber Hammer / Ecstatic Duo series, October 2008). The Talibam! song, entitled Geometric Mophometrics of P.P.P.P.P. McNasticals, features Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums/vocals).

V/A – DrumsLoveYou CD (Makrame2008). This is a compilation of various drummers, including Thymme Jones, Ches Smith, Blake Fleming, Michael Wertmeuller, Andrew Barker, Weasel Walter, Tripping Landlocked Infidels (Kevin Shea & Fritz Welch), etc.

YULENOG 4 – Election Edition (CD Hot Cup 2008). Nathan Kuruna – vocals, theremin, tambourine, misc. Moppa Elliott – producer, bass, vocals, trombone, bells, theremin. Brian Woesterhoff – engineer, flute, drums. Johnny Butler – saxophone, clarinet, keyboard, vocals. Amanda Dematto – vocals, guitar, piano. Charles Evans – baritone sax, piano, vocals, flute. Carter Farmer – vocals, assorted small percussion. Kyle Forrester – lead guitar. Seth Fruiterman – piano, accordion, vocals, ukulele. Lars Halle – drums, trombone, trumpet. Sam Kulik – guitar, trombone, oboe, keyboards, slide whistle. Dan Peck – tuba. Victor Ruch – vocals, violin. Brandon Seabrook – banjo, vocals. Neil Shah – trumpet, piano, vocals, guitar. Kevin Shea – drums, steel pan, rantings. And featuring the Shinko Singers on Hark the Herald Angels Sing. TV promo.

ALBUMS 2007

ANGELO BRANFORD QUARTET – Wonderful Sound digital/CD-r (Myo’on Records 2007). Angelo Branford guitar/compositions, J.D. Parran woodwinds, Todd Nicholson bass, Kevin Shea drums.

GET THE PEOPLE – s/t CD (RuminanCe 2007) Ben Simon (guitar, voice, songs) Kyle Forester (bass) Kevin Shea (drums).

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – Shamokin (CD Hot Cup 2007). Peter Evans (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (sax) Moppa Elliott (upright bass, compositions) Kevin Shea (drums).

PEOPLE – Misbegotten Man (11-song enhanced CD w/22 minute video of a performance in toronto plus a music video, released on CD by I & Ear 2007) Mary Halvorson (guitar, voice, compositions) Kevin Shea (drums, voice, words).

PETER EVANS QUARTET – ! (CD/Digital Firehouse 12 Records 2007). Peter Evans (trumpet/compositions) with Brandon Seabrook (guitar) Tom Blancarte (upright bass) Kevin Shea (drums).

TALIBAM! – Buns And Gutter (CD Gaffer Records GR012, 2007). Includes a 34 minute outtake from the ’04 evolvingear.com sessions, and a 2 minute no-wave outtake from the ’06 Ordination sessions. Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) with guests Jeremy Wilms (guitar) and Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

TALIBAM! – Ordination Of The Globetrotting Conscripts CD (Azul Discografica azd06, Released July 10th 2007). Matt Mottel (synthesizer/voice) and Kevin Shea (drums/voice) w/guests Moppa Elliott, Michael Evans, Peter Evans, Jon Irabagon, Sam Kulik, Robbie Lee, Cooper-Moore, Anders Nillson, Ed Bear and Jeremy Wilms.

TALIBAM! – Power And Terror CDr (repackaged rerelease of Hungry Hungry Hemispheres by Kitty Play 2007). Matt Mottel (synthesizer) Kevin Shea (drums) with guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

Talibam! – Live At Tonic NYC CDr (Limited to 100 hand-numbered hand-made copies. Blackest Rainbow 2007). Matt Mottel (synthesizer) Kevin Shea (drums) with guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

TALIBAM! – The Excusable Earthling 12″ LP (Pendu Sound Records, Released September 11th 2007). Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) with guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

TALIBAM! / Le Harmacy – Split Cassette Tape C30 (Limited to 50 copies, MT5 TAPES! MT500001, 2007). Our half of the tape was made-up of outtakes from the Ordination sessions. Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) with guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

YULENOG 3 – Hardest Workin’ Man In Christmas – Lesser-Known Holiday Ballads Revisted (CD Hot Cup 2007). Nathan Karuna, Moppa Elliott, Brian Woestehoff, Tom Blancarte, Amanda DeMatto, Charlie Evans, Peter Evans, Garreth Flowers, Ben Grooters, Jon Irabagon, Sam Kulik, Jessia Larrabee, Dan Monahan, Kevin Shea, Rahel Simon. Is it really Christmas again? It is indeed and Yulenog is back, shoving that glorious holiday spirit down the throats of you and your loved ones.

ALBUMS 2006

COPTIC LIGHT – ep (4-song enhanced CDep 2006 w/15 minute video of a performance in Tokyo, Japan-only release by Dotlinecircle Records). Jon Fine (guitar) Jeff Winterberg (bass) Kevin Shea (drums).

INHABITANTS – We Have Always Been Here Before (CD 2006).

Ira Cohen – The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda DVD (Arthur Magazine 2006). Kevin Shea played drums in Will Swafford’s Expanded Instrument System for the soundtrack to the DVD extra entitled Brain Damage.

MICAH – Everything CD (Accidental 2006). Micah’s debut album on Matthew Herbert’s label, produced by Arto Lindsay and harnessing the creative juices of Micah Gaugh, a Panamanian-born, Texas bred musical genius. (Kevin contributed some material to the song Lucky).

TALIBAM! – Hungry Hungry Hemispheres (CDr Fair School 2006). Recorded live-on-air at radio station WUOG in Athens GA, featuring Matt Mottel (synthesizer), Kevin Shea (drums) and guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

V/A – Less Self Is More Self Tarantula Hill Benefit 2xCD (Ecstatic Peace E#107, 2006). Nautical Almanac’s Tarantula Hill hub burned down March ’06 in Baltimore. This is a benefit CD comprised of their friends and supporters, including a TALIBAM! song, entitled “You Grandpa!” performed by Matt Mottel (synthesizer) and Kevin Shea (drums) with guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

ALBUMS 2005

COPTIC LIGHT – self-titled CD (No Quarter 2005). Jon Fine (guitar) Jeff Winterberg (bass) Kevin Shea (drums).

MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING – s/t CD (Hot Cup 2005). Peter Evans (trumpet) Jon Irabagon (sax) Moppa Elliott (upright bass, compositions) Kevin Shea (drums).

PEOPLE – s/t CD/LP (I & Ear 2005) Mary Halvorson (guitar, voice, compositions) Kevin Shea (drums, voice, words).

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ – Live at Bj’s (CDr 2005) BJ Rubin (croons) and Kevin Shea (tubs).

TALIBAM! – s/t CDr (Evolving Ear Records EE13cdr evolvingear.com 2005) Matt Mottel (synthesizer) Kevin Shea (drums) w/guest Ed Bear (feedbacksophone).

V/A – Just Drums II Project CD (Fever Pitch 2005). This is a compilation of various drummers, including Jacopo Andreini, Jeff Arnal/Ben Hall, M. S. Bacon/E. W. Hagstrom, Christine Bard, JT Bates, Michael Bettine, Chris Corsano, Andrew Drury, Michael Evans, Fast Forward, Mark Guiliana, John Hollenbeck, Jeph Jerman, David Lebleu, Payton MacDonald, Billy Martin, Sean Meehan, Ravish Momin & Kevin Shea Duet, Stephen Moses, Rich O’Donnell, Mark Powers, Mike Pride, Jim Pugliese, Gilles-Vincent Rieder, Gino Robair, Mirko Sabatini, Jen Schwartz, Ches Smith, Trey Spruance, Karen Stackpole, Moe! Staiano, Jason Verhagen, Fritz Welch, William Winant, and Kim Zick.

V/A – Saturnalia Jubilee – Psychonauts In Psychic Bathospheres (CD birdlandnorthmadison 2005). This compilation includes a track by a band made-up of Daniel Carter (horns), Jeton Ademaj (guitars), Will Swafford (electronics), and Kevin Shea (drums).

ALBUMS 2004

COPTIC LIGHT – self-titled 7″ (Volume One Records 2004) Jon Fine (guitar) Jeff Winterberg (bass) Kevin Shea (drums).

V/A – They Keep Me Smiling CD in mini-hardcover book w/34 pages of full color artwork (UUnited Acoustic Recordings 2004). This comp features a COPTIC LIGHT song, entitled Arson Guy, performed by Jon Fine (guitar) Jeff Winterberg (bass) Kevin Shea (drums).

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ – Fun With Jazz! (CDr 2004) BJ Rubin (croons) and Kevin Shea (tubs).

ALBUMS 2003

Asmus Tietchens – crou019: FT+ CD (Crouton Music 2003). Tietchens’ processed manipulations of solo tracks by C. Rosenau, Hal Rammel, John Kannenberg, Jon Mueller, Bhob Rainey, Achim Wollscheid, Kevin Shea, Adam Sonderberg, and Dan Warburton.

Parts&Labor&TBraxxxxxxton – Risex3 CD (NarnacckkRecords 2003). Kevin Shea and Brian Chase play guest drums on a few of T’s songs. iTunes

Swirlies – Cats Of The Wild: Volume 2 (Bubble Core 2003). Damon Tuntunjian, Adam Pierce, Andy Bernick, Seana Carmody, Deborah Warfield, Rob Laakso, etc. Kevin Shea’s Sexy Thoughts (which was so eloquently named by Damon Tuntunjian) drumming is remixed somewhere on this record for a whopping 30 seconds. The sample was taken either from the Swirlies-own Richmond County Archives label release of the compilation 30 Minutes On the World Map rca002 (which featured a song by Sexy Thoughts), or from Richmond County Archives’s album entitled Sexy Thoughts rca011 (which features a full album by Sexy Thoughts).

ALBUMS 2002

LOVE OF EVERYTHING – friENDS (CD Record Label 2002). Bobby Burg (guitar/voice/songs/etc) with Kevin Shea (drums, piano) Christopher Meeder (tuba) Ohal, and Chad Lupo.

Dan Warburton, Adam Sonderberg, Kevin Shea – crou015: Folktales No. 3, 3×3″ CD (Crouton Music 2002). This set includes a 20-minute track by Kevin Shea (drums/voice/casio) recorded on mini-disc, entitled Among the Ash-Heaps and Millionaires after the alternate title of Fitzgerald’s Gatsby.

LOVE OF EVERYTHING – Piano. Bedroom. Florida. (CD/3×7″ Record Label 2002). Bobby Burg (guitar/voice/songs/etc) with guests Matt Clark (Wurlitzer), Kevin Shea (drums, piano), Steve Howard, Nathan Stambaugh, and Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (Vocals track 9).

ALBUMS 2001

Bobby Burg & Kevin Shea – Three Patterns. (CDr Plainfield Elementary, May 2001). Bobby Burg (guitar/bass/recording) + Kevin Shea (drums).

V/A – Membranaphonics CD (Monitor Records 2001). This is a compilation of various drummers, including Christina Files, Kyle Crabtree, Damon Che, Simone Pace, Brendon Canty and Jerry Busher, Jeremiah Green, Jon Theodore, Chris Freeland, Pat Samson and Tom Paynter, and Kevin Shea. iTunes

ALBUMS 2000

stormandstress – under thunder and fluorescent light (CD/LP Touch and Go Records 2000). Ian Williams guitar/voice, Erich Emm bass, Kevin Shea drums. with guests Jim Black (drums) Daniel Bodwell (upright bass) and Micah Gaugh (sax/voice).

ALBUMS 1999

Sank Minoot – John Seden (guitar, turntables, tapes, electronics) Kevin Shea (drums) 1999

ALBUMS 1997

STORM&STRESS – s/t (Touch and Go records cd/2xlp 1997). Ian T. Williams guitar/voice, M. Eric Topolsky bass, Kevin Shea drums, with guest Micah Gaugh (piano/voice).

ALBUMS 1996

Michael Pestel/JroevanWestn – Ornithologieshadowz (CD 1996). Here is a video of me and a New Guinea coral-billed ground cuckoo named Monster in the Wetlands Exhibit of the National Aviary in Pittsburgh during a 1996 recording session for this album.

7 Goats – In Primitive Farm (Seeing SeeMans Records CD 1996). Recorded on boombox, A-DAT, 4-track, and reel-to-reel in Pittsburgh, PA from 1993-1995. Scott Prairie (bass/voice), Mark Tierney (guitar/voice), Kevin Shea (drums/voice).

ALBUMS 1994

GAUGH – Micah Gaugh (sax) Daniel Bodwell (upright bass) Kevin Shea (drums). Recorded at CMU in PGH, PA. 1994

THE FOLLOWING SOUNDS WERE RECORDED ON MY PHONE, ETC: