Christian Kiefer

Above The Orange Trees / Christian Kiefer

The Inexplicable Falling
2002
A split between two northern California artists. Orange Trees' music evokes the lush songcraft of Jeff Buckley and the Smiths, while Kiefer's side brings to mind the bleak landscapes of Will Oldham, Songs:Ohia, and Low.
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Christian Kiefer

Welcome to Hard Times
1999
Part ambient soundscapes filled with rattlesnakes and broken wooden wheels, part lonely songs in the vein of Will Oldham, Chris Whitley, and Jeff Tweedy.
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Exodust
2003
Minimalist composition built on repeating phrases and written onto a desolate folk landscape. Accordions, slide guitars, and banjos mingle with the voices of ghosts and history.
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Medicine Show
2003
Lonely, minor key songwriting in the vein of of Will Oldham, Chris Whitley, and Jeff Tweedy featuring guests from the David Grisman Quintet and Kronos Quartet.
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Czar Nicholas Is Dead
2006
Experimental, instrumental music in the vein of Brian Eno, Boxhead Ensemble, and the Dirty Three.
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Dogs & Donkeys
2007
The story of American economics (that's right.) slung through the filter of American music. Something to behold.
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Christian Kiefer and Jefferson Pitcher

To All Dead Sailors
2007
A thematic collaboration of sounds and songs circling the theme of sailors and the sea. Plucking banjo, shifting guitars, and field recordings. Bleak and beautiful.
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Christian Kiefer and Sharron Kraus

The Black Dove
2006
Weaving quiet, near-tradition folk music with hushed indie rock murmur in a series of letters between ghosts and the living.
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J. Matthew Gerken, Christian Kiefer, and Jefferson Pitcher

Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies
2008
A triple CD of Presidential history in an indie rock / folk package.
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Tetuzi Akyiama, Kevin Corcoran / Christian Kiefer

Low Cloud Means Death
2008
A series of sea-inspired improvisations that are fighting a continual battle with the silence between each note. This is sparse music at its finest.
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Tom Carter & Christian Kiefer

A Rather Solemn Promise
2007
Experimental folk music comprised of dueling stringed instruments performed live in the studio. In the vein of Espers, Charalambides, Nels Cline, and Pelt in a hand-screen and numbered edition of 500. Covered hand-screened by Rob Fisk (ex-Deerhoof).
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Tom Carter and Christian Kiefer

From the Great American Songbook
2008
This second collaborative work from the pair is an expansive and ambitious recasting of American music now in the public domain.
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