Carla Ragin Bozulich(born December 24, 1965)[1]is an Americanmusicianbased inLos Angeles,known as the lead singer, lyricist and founder ofThe Geraldine Fibbersand Evangelista as well as a founding member ofEthyl Meatplowand Scarnella. The Geraldine Fibbers recorded two albums forVirgin Records.Their first album (Lost Somewhere Between The Earth And My Home) was described as "...a Country Feedback Masterpiece" byVice.[2]
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| Birth name | Carla Ragin Bozulich |
| Born | December 24, 1965 New York City,New York,U.S. |
| Origin | Los Angeles,California,U.S. |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Constellation,Folktale |
| Website | CarlaBozulich.com |
Bozulich's Evangelista project began in 2006. The album was under her own name and titledEvangelista.[3]The album was released byMontreal, Quebec-basedConstellation Recordsand was that label's first release by a non-Canadian artist.[4]In 2007,The Sunday TimescalledEvangelista"...a vivid inner darkness which shames rock's weeping millionaires."[5]On the albumsHello, Voyager(2008),Prince of Truth(2009) andIn Animal Tongue(2011), Bozulich adopted Evangelista as a project name. Some consistent members include bassist Tara Barnes, keyboardist/sampler Dominic Cramp, guitaristNels Cline,violinistJessica Moss,organist Nadia Moss, drummerChes Smith,multi-instrumentalist and co-producerShahzad Ismaily.Various members ofGodspeed! You Black Emperorcontributed to arranging, recording and additional collaborative songwriting. The line-up of Evangelista changes each time they play or record. TheHello, Voyageralbum features 14 musicians over various pieces.
In 2014, Constellation releasedBoy,under Bozulich's name, as solo artist. Her most recent album with Constellation,Quieterwas 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 andDevin Sarno.
Musical career
editBozulich was born inNew York City,and raised inSan Pedro, California.[6]Her musical career began at age 17 in a garage inLawndale, 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 albumCreative 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 entitledIgnore 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 albumBoywith Evangelista member John Eichenseer and percussionistAndrea Belfias her main collaborators.[citation needed]
On May 5, 2017, Jealous Butcher Records reissuedLost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Homeby theGeraldine Fibberson 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 Clineon guitar andJessica Mosson 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 byMike Watt,Hadda BrooksandLydia Lunch.She has performed live with Watt, as well as withThurston Moore,Christian Marclay;[8]Carla Kihlstedt,Wayne Kramer,Wilco,Agathe Max,andItalianguitarist Simone Massaron.[citation needed]
On August 16–17, 2009 she performed live withMarianne FaithfullandMarc RibotinDüsseldorfas part of the 2009Ruhrtriennale.[9]Willie Nelsonperformed on her 2003 albumThe Red Headed Stranger,a song-by-song cover ofhis album of the same name.
Bozulich scored a 2001 production ofJean Genet's playThe Maids,as well as the 2003 filmBy 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 byKiki and Herb.The Geraldine Fibbers track "Dragon Lady" was featured in the 1997 filmAll Over Me,and "House Is Falling" is featured in the opening scene of the filmKill Me Later,in whichSelma Blair’s character contemplatessuicidewhile teetering on the roof of her workplace.[citation needed]
Bozulich performed as a solo artist at twoAll Tomorrows Partiesfestivals as well as twoBad Bonn Kilbifestivals. In 2005, she performedBrecht/Weillcomposition "The Ballad of the Lily of Hell" at theMeltdown FestivalinLondon,[10]curated by musicianPatti Smith.
Performance art
editBetween 2000 and 2010, Bozulich created site-specific performance art pieces under the umbrella namesEyes for EarsandVOYAGERS."Fake Party" (developed forSociety for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Soundaka SASSAS) took place at theSchindler Housein 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 theJ. Paul Getty Museumin February 2004. The third performance in the series was a "guerilla sing-along" featuring Bozulich and others atGlendale Transportation CenterinGlendale, Californiaon 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 theCalifornia Institute of the ArtsCEAIT Festival atREDCATTheater in Los Angeles and featured Bozulich — along with David Rothbaum, Ezra Buchla and Danny Frankel — performing songs and improvised music before the projected films ofBrooklynmusician and filmmaker Sarah Lipstate. "Under the Skin" (as part of theVOYAGERSseries) was performed on May 7, 2011 inKrems an der Donau,Austria atDonaufestival.[12][13]
Other work
editBozulich has written articles, short fiction, poetry and criticism forAlternative Press,LA Weekly,[14]Wire Magazine,[15]Ecstatic Peace,Bust MagazineandBen Is Deadas 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
edit- Solo albums:
- Quieter[2018]
- Boy[2014]
- Unrock Instore Gig Series Volume 4(released in Germany and limited to 300 copies) [2008]
- Evangelista[2006]
- I'm Gonna Stop Killing[2004]
- The Red Headed Stranger[2003]
- Featured solo work:
- New Coat of Paint:Songs of Tom Waits(song "On The Nickel" ) [2000]
- Fields And Streams(song "Blue Boys" ) [2002]
- For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records(song "Lonesome Roads" ) [2005]
- As leader ofEvangelista:
- Evangelista(released under the name Carla Bozulich) [2006]
- Hello, Voyager[2008]
- Live at Issue Project, NYC June 15, 2008(self-released CD sold at live shows) [2008]
- Prince Of Truth[2009]
- In Animal Tongue[2011]
- Abisso(album by OvO - Evangelista as a band collaborated on song "Fly Little Demon" [2013]
- As lead vocalist and lyricist of theGeraldine Fibbers:
- Get Thee Gone(vinyl only) [1995]
- The Geraldine Fibbers(compact disc EP incorporating elements ofGet Thee Gone) [1995]
- Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home[1995]
- Live From the Bottom of the Hill[1996]
- What Part of "Get Thee Gone" Don't You Understand?[1997]
- Butch[1997]
- Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home(vinyl reissue with four bonus tracks) [2017]
- Collaboration with Blue Willa:
- Blue Willa(producer, guest instrumentalist and background vocalist) [2013]
- As member of Scarnella:
- Scarnella[1998]
- Super Bad at 65: a Tribute to James Brown(song "Hot Pants" ) [1998]
- Duet album withChes Smith:
- Run(available as MP3 download only) [2012]
- Collaborative album with Simone Massaron:
- Dandelions on Fire[2008]
- As a featured performer with Gary Kail/Zurich 1916:
- Creative Nihilism(as Carla Noelle) [1984]
- As member of Invisible Chains:
- Invisible Chains[1986]
- As member ofEthyl Meatplow:
- Happy Days, Sweetheart[1993]
- As a featured vocalist withMike Watt:
- Ball-Hog or Tugboat?[1994]
- As a featured vocalist and composer withBarry Adamson:
- Oedipus Schmoedipus(as Carla Bozlavich) (song "It's Business As Usual" ) [1996]
- As a featured vocalist withWayne Kramer:
- Citizen Wayne(song "Back When Dogs Could Talk" ) [1997]
- As a featured duet vocalist withHadda Brooks:
- I've Got News For You(song "Sometimes I'm Happy" ) [1999]
- As a featured vocalist withVictor Krummenacher:
- Bittersweet(song "Maybe A True Love" ) [2000]
- As a featured vocalist with Two Dollar Guitar:
- Weak Beats And Lame-Ass Rhymes(song "Bozo Shoes" [2000]
- Electric Guitar, Sampling Keyboard withNels Cline:
- Destroy All Nels Cline[2001]
- As a featured vocalist and musician with Bonnie Barnett, Carla Bozulich, Rick Potts:
- Various - SoundCd no. 1(song "Do You Dig?" ) [2002]
- As a featured performer:
- Various - SoundCd no. 1(song "Carla Bozulich's Fake Party: Audience Cassette Tape Improv" ) [2002]
- As a featured vocalist of The Scott Amendola Band:
- Cry(song "Masters of War" ) [2003]
- As a featured duet vocalist withLydia Lunch:
- Smoke In The Shadows(song "I Love How You..." ) [2004]
- A Fistful of Desert Blues(with Cypress Grove—song "End of My Rope" ) [2014]
- As a featured vocalist with Gowns:
- Dangers Of Intimacy(song "Apple" ) [2004]
- As a featured vocalist withNels Cline:
- Various - Secular Steel(song "Eagle Rockers" ) [2004)
- As a featured vocalist forThe Book of Knots:
- Traineater(song "View From a Watertower" ) [2007]
- As a featured vocalist for Bulbul:
- 6(song "Shenzhou" ) [2008]
- As a featured vocalist for Mickey Finn +Cuong Vu:
- Gagarin(song "I Can´t Feel It Anymore" ) [2009]
- As a featured additional vocalist forHawnay Troof:
- Daggers At The Moon(songs "U Can Just Ask" and "Like Her" )
- As a featured vocalist with (r):
- Drama Queen(song "'See What The Boys In The Backroom Will Have" ) [2011]
- As a featured additional vocalist for Whitman:
- Dog Rose Gall(song "Wishes And War Paint" )
- As a featured vocalist withXiu Xiu:
- Always(song "Smear the Queen" ) [2012]
- As a featured vocalist with Jherek Bischoff:
- Composed(song "Counting" ) [2012]
- As a featured vocalist withAidan Baker:
- Already Drowning(song "Lorelei/Common Tongue" ) [2013]
- As a featured vocalist with TSU!:
- HMS Angora(songs "Lilac and Stork" and "Day of Skucha" ) [2014]
References
edit- ^"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (Carla Ragin Bozulich Los Angeles, California, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
- ^Shipley, Al (June 1, 2017)."The Geraldine Fibbers' Debut Was a Country Feedback Masterpiece".Vice.RetrievedJuly 31,2019.
- ^"Music Review: Carla Bozulich - Evangelista".Tiny Mix Tapes.RetrievedJuly 31,2019.
- ^"10 Essential Albums from Constellation Records, The Legendary Independent Record Label".Pitchfork.8 September 2017.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^Lee, Stewart (2006-08-06)."Carla Bozulich: Evangelista".The Sunday Times.ISSN0956-1382.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^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.Archivedfrom the original on April 9, 2022.RetrievedApril 9,2022.
- ^"IGNORE THE NOISE IN THE AMP (or how Blue Willa made an album with Carla Bozulich) ITALIAN SUBTITLES".Vimeo.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^"The Stone Calendar".thestonenyc.com.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^"Ruhrtriennale 2009-2011 - Carla Bozulich".archiv.ruhrtriennale.de.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^"Carla Bozulich Marc Almond Dresden Dolls Patti Smith Sparks --Brecht /Weill at Meltdown".YouTube.7 February 2015.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-21.RetrievedJuly 31,2019.
- ^"carlabozulich.com - Fake Party".21 November 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-11-21.Retrieved3 June2018.
- ^"Carla Bozulich hits the European road… in two parts".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^"The Art Of Noise".May 7, 2011.RetrievedJuly 31,2019.
- ^Bozulich, Carla (2005-02-24)."Myth Spell".LA Weekly.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^Bozulich, Carla."Lou Reed 1942–2013: Carla Bozulich: Filthy And Demure - The Wire".The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^"Fourth edition of The Wire 's Off The Page festival announced - The Wire".The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^"The Sparkely Jewel".Stardustlanes.com.Retrieved3 June2018.
- ^Costa, Maddy (2016-01-19)."Cult heroes: Carla Bozulich – storyteller has a wicked way with murder ballads".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved2019-07-31.
- ^"Behance".www.behance.net.October 2014.Retrieved2019-07-31.
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