The Elephant Six Recording Company

The Elephant Six Recording Company - Dictionary

E6 DICTIONARY

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Alexander, Dottie - multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, she plays in several bands including Of Montreal, Summer Hymns, Marshmallow Coast, and Great Lakes. Also has her own solo project called My First Keyboard.
See also: Of Montreal, Summer Hymns, Marshmallow Coast, My First Keyboard, Great Lakes

Allen, Eric - bass player of Apples in Stereo as well as Perry Weissman 3. Has a solo, experimental recording project called AWN. Also owns and runs the record label Shrat Field Recordings with his cousin.
See also: Apples in Stereo, Perry Weissman 3, Shrat Field Recordings, AWN

Almstead, Derek - one of the founding members of the band Of Montreal. Also currently plays in Summer Hymns, Marshmallow Coast and Great Lakes. Renowned as a bass player but also quite proficient on drums. Co-engineer at World As Myth Studios in Athens.
See also: Of Montreal, Summer Hymns, Marshmallow Coast, World As Myth, Great Lakes

Always Red Society - A pseudonym used by W.Cullen Hart of the Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System for solo recordings. A cassette was self-released via E6 around 1993. The band name was also referred to in the lyrics of the song "Define a Transparent Dream" by the Olivia Tremor Control on their album Dusk at Cubist Castle.
See also: The Olivia Tremor Control, The Circulatory System, W. Cullen Hart, Black Swan Network, Cloud Recordings, Dusk at Cubist Castle

Apples in Stereo - One of the three "founding" bands of the Elephant 6 Collective. Based in Denver, Colorado. The band consists of main songwriter Robert Schneider on guitar & lead vocals, Hilarie Sidney on drums & backing vocals, Eric Allen on bass & backing vocals, John Hill on guitar & backing vocals, and Chris McDuffie on keyboards & backing vocals.
See also: Robert Schneider, Hilarie Sidney, John Hill, Eric Allen, Chris McDuffie, Pet Sounds Studio, Secret Square, Dressy Bessy, Shrat Field Recordings, Orchestre Fantastique, Marbles

Athens - city in Georgia which is the "headquarters" of the E6 East division.

AWN - experimental side project of Eric Allen, bass player of Apples in Stereo and Perry Weissman 3. Has released one CD on the Perhaps Transparent label.
See also: Eric Allen, Apples in Stereo, Perry Weissman 3, Shrat Field Recordings

Bablicon - Chicago experimental, free-jazz trio that consists of Jeremy Barnes, Dave McDonald, and Griffin Rodriguez. They also like to use the aliases Marta Tennae, The Diminisher, and Blue Hawaii respectively when performing in this group.
See also: Neutral Milk Hotel, Gerbils, Marta Tennae, The Diminisher, Blue Hawaii

Barnes, David - brother of Kevin Barnes (who's the lead singer of the band Of Montreal), David has done the album artwork on the Of Montreal records Gay Parade, Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies, An Introduction to, Early 4-Track Recordings and Bird Who Ate the Rabbit's Flower as well as many of the band's t-shirts. Also goes by the aliases The Bee With Wheels and Lecithin Emulsifier.
See also: Of Montreal, Kevin Barnes, The Bee With Wheels, Lecithin Emulsifier

Barnes, Jeremy - multi-instrumentalist but primarily the drummer of Bablicon, The Gerbils and Neutral Milk Hotel. He sometimes also plays and records under the guise Marta Tennae.
See also: Neutral Milk Hotel, Gerbils, Bablicon, Marta Tennae

Barnes, Kevin - mulit-instrumentalist and leader of the band Of Montreal. Also plays in Marshmallow Coast and Great Lakes. His brother ,David Barnes, is responsible for the artwork on most of the Of Montreal albums.
See also: Of Montreal, Marshmallow Coast, Great Lakes, David Barnes

Barnes, Tim - drummer of Ladybug Transistor and Essex Green.
See also: Essex Green, Ladybug Transistor

Bee With Wheels, The - an alias used by David Barnes, brother of Kevin Barnes and artist of the Of Montreal album artwork.
See also: Of Montreal, Kevin Barnes, David Barnes, Lecithin Emulsifier

Beulah - Based in San Francisco, California consisting of Miles Kurosky (guitar & singing), Steve LaFolette (bass & singing), Pat Noel (keyboards & guitar), Danny Sullivan (drums) and Bill Swan (trumpet, guitar & singing).
See also: Miles Kurosky, Steve LaFolette, Pat Noel, Danny Sullivan, Bill Swan

Black Swan Network - experimental side project of Olivia Tremor Control. These releases are sound collages, instrumentals and pieces of their "Dream Appeals" project where they asked people to mail in audio tapes of their dreams.
See also: The Olivia Tremor Control

Blue Hawaii - alias used by Griffin Rodriguez when performing in the group Bablicon.
See also: Bablicon, Griffin Rodriguez

Breezy Porticos

Carter, Laura

Chocolate USA

Circulatory System - solo recording project of Will Cullen Hart.

Clay Bears - One of the big mysteries of the E6. Apparently a super-group of some sort from the Ruston-era. The band had a revolving door line-up which at some points included such people as Scott Spillane, Jeff Mangum & Will Westbrook. They are thanked in the liner notes of Neutral Milk Hotel's album On Avery Island.
See also: Neutral Milk Hotel, Ruston

Dixie Blood mustache

Domo-Domo

Donahue, Dan

Doss, Bill - One of the four "founding" artists of the Elephant Six Collective. Originally from Ruston, Louisiana where he began playing in bands with his friends in high school. Some of these bands included Fat Planet, Sunshine Fix, Synthetic Flying Machine, Chocolate USA. Later he went on to form The Olivia Tremor Control after moving to Athens, Georgia. Currently records solo material under the names The Bill Doss and Sunshine Fix and is the engineer at World As Myth Studios in Athens.
See also: Fat Planet, Sunshine Fix, Synthetic Flying Machine, The Olivia Tremor Control, World As Myth

Dressy Bessy

Dusk At Cubist Castle

Ealom, Tammy

Elf Power - Athens, Ga-based band consisting of Andrew Rieger (vocals & guitar), Laura Carter (keyboards, accordion, percussion, gordaline, zanzithophone, etc..), Aaron Wegelin (drums, percussion), Neal Golden (bass) and Adrian Finch (saxophone, guitar, violin).
See also: Andrew Rieger, Laura Carter , Aaron Wegelin, Adrian Finch , Neal Golden, The Late B.P. Helium, Dixie Blood mustache, Dances With Wolves, The Olivia Tremor Control.

Erchick, Peter

Essex Green

Fablefactory

Fat Planet - Early 90's Ruston, Louisiana high school band that included Bill Doss (Olivia Tremor Control, Sunshine Fix) and Robert Schneider (Apples in Stereo). Described as a "Beatles & Velvet Underground-inspired band".
See also: Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, Bill Doss, Robert Schneider, Ruston

Fernandes, John

Finch, Adrian

Frosted Ambassador

Hart, Will Cullen

Leaper, Martyn - Singer/Songwriter of the band The Minders. Originally from Portsmouth, England but moved to Denver while in high school. Married to Minders' drummer Rebecca Cole. Also co-owner of the record label Dirigeable Records.

Lecithin Emulsifier - another alias used by David Barnes (brother of Kevin Barnes of the band Of Montreal). He's responsible for most artwork on Of Montreal's albums.

Maggot - Early 90's Ruston, Louisiana high school band that included W. Cullen Hart (Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System) and Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel). Described by Jeff as a "white noise band with no socially redeeming value".
See also: W. Cullen Hart, The Olivia Tremor Control, Jeff Mangum, Neutral Milk Hotel, Circulatory System, Ruston

My First Keyboard Neutral Milk Hotel

Olivia Tremor Control, The

Orchestre Fantastique

Pet Sounds Studio

Poole, Bryan

Radium Recording Studio

Rieger, Andrew

Ruston

Schneider, Robert - "Patriarch" of the Elephant 6 Collective, leader of the Apples in Stereo, and all around nice guy! Originally born in South Africa, his family moved to Ruston, Louisiana when he was still young. There he began playing in bands with his friends in high school and co-founded E6 with pals Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart and Jeff Mangum. After moving to Denver to attend the University at Boulder, he started the Apples in Stereo and eventually built his own studio called Pet Sounds with friend Jim McIntyre (of Von Hemmling). Robert also records solo material under the names The Marbles and Orchestre Fantastique. He's married to Apples drummer Hilarie Sidney and they have one son, Maxwell.
See also: Apples in Stereo, Marbles, Orchestre Fantastique, Pet Sounds Studio, Fat Planet

Secret Square

Shrat Field Recordings

Sidney, Hilarie

Sissy Fuzz

Sixth Great Lake

Smilin' Joe Fission

Soap Scums

Spacely Been Hurt

Synthetic Flying Machine

Vortex of Withering

Wegelin, Aaron

World As Myth

Zanzithophone - An electronic MIDI saxophone which used to be made by Casio which has made appearances on Elf Power and Neutral Milk Hotel songs.
See also: Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, Theremin