Julian Koster

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Julian playing the bells at ArthurFest 2005

Julian Koster is a popular multi-instrumentalist of the Elephant 6 Collective. He is the leader of American indie bands Chocolate USA, The Music Tapes, Major Organ and the Adding Machine, and a former member of seminal indie legends Neutral Milk Hotel. Koster also joined the Olivia Tremor Control upon their 2005 reformation for a few select shows and appeared on many releases related to the Elephant 6 Collective. The instruments he is usually credited to are the singing saw, the accordion, the synthesizer, the banjo, guitar, mandolin and bass. He also appeared in the movie The Station Agent as a banjo player.

Discography

With Chocolate USA

* 100 Feet Tall (Bar/None; 7"; 1992)

* All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today (Bar/None; Cassette/CD; 1992)

* Smoke Machine (Bar/None; CD; 1994)

*Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle (Flydaddy; LP; 1996))

With Major Organ and the Adding Machine

*Christmas in Stereo (Kindercore; CD; 1997)

*Major Organ and the Adding Machine (Orange Twin; CD; 2001)

With Black Swan Network

* The Late Music (Camera Obscura; CD; 1997)

'''With Elf Power

* When the Red King Comes (Arena Rock Recording Company/Elephant 6; CD/LP; 1997)

With Neutral Milk Hotel

* In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge; CD; 1998)

With The Music Tapes

* 1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad (Merge; CD/LP; 1999

With Masters of the Hemisphere

* Masters of the Hemisphere (Kindercore; CD; 1999)

*Circulatory System (Cloud Recordings; LP; 2001)

With The Instruments

*Billions of Phonographs (Orange Twin; CD; 2002)

The Elephant Six Collective
Main Article
Bands in the Collective
The Apples in Stereo \| Beulah \| Black Swan Network \| Chocolate USA \| Circulatory System \| Dixie Blood Mustache \| Dressy Bessy \| Elf Power \| The Essex Green \| Frosted Ambassador \| The Gerbils \| High Water Marks \| Major Organ and the Adding Machine \| Marbles \| The Minders \| The Music Tapes \| Neutral Milk Hotel \| The Olivia Tremor Control \| Orchestre Fantastique \| Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't \| Secret Square \| The Sunshine Fix \| ulysses \| Von Hemmling
Other Noted Bands and Side Projects
American Revolution \| Bablicon \| Fablefactory \| Great Lakes \| A Hawk And A Hacksaw \| Icy Demons \| The Instruments \| The Ladybug Transistor \| The Late B.P. Helium \| M Coast \| Marta Tennae \| Midget and Hairs \| My First Keyboard \| Of Montreal \| Synthetic Flying Machine \| Thimble Circus \| Visitations
Related articles
Bill Doss \| Jeff Mangum \| Robert Schneider \| Will Cullen Hart \| Hilarie Sidney \| Laura Carter \| Jeremy Barnes \| Jill Carnes \| David Barnes \| Julian Koster

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