Robert Schneider
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- ''This article is about Robert Schneider, the musician. For the popular comedian, see Rob Schneider.
Born in South Africa, Schneider's family moved to Ruston, Louisiana when he was a child. In Louisiana, Schneider befriended Mangum, Hart and Doss and began discovering and playing music with them. After high school, where he was class president, Schneider moved to Denver, Colorado to attend college. He met Hilarie Sidney, whom he later married (although years later, they divorced). With some other musicians, they formed the indie pop band The Apples (which was changed to The Apples in Stereo). The group's first release "Tidal Wave" was the inaugural release on Elephant Six's label imprint.
Schneider has a number of solo projects. One, a project called Marbles, consist of lo-fi Beach Boys-esque recordings done with Will Cullen Hart. Another, Orchestre Fantastique, is a primarily solo venture which recorded a soundrack for the unreleased film Dean Quixote.
Schneider's prowess in harnessing the sounds of Elephant Six bands became apparent with his distinct production style. In addition to producing all of the albums for The Apples in Stereo, he's produced work for the Olivia Tremor Control and the Minders, but is most well-known for his work on Neutral Milk Hotel's critically lauded "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". The Wall of Sound production style implemented by his heroes like Phil Spector and Brian Wilson were used on these records and cemented Schneider as the recognizable man behind the bands of the Elephant 6 label.
Schneider formed a new band in 2004 called Ulysses and released another Marbles album in 2005. 2006 has Schneider debuting a new band with his brother in law, Craig Morris, called American Revolution.
Perfoming Discography
The Apples in Stereo
Albums- Fun Trick Noisemaker (1995)
- Tone Soul Evolution (1997)
- Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999)
- The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone (2000)
- Velocity of Sound (2002)
- Apples (1993)
- Hypnotic Suggestion (1994)
- Look Away (2000)
- Everybody Let Up (2000)
- The Bird That You Can't See (2001)
- Let's Go! (2001)
- Science Faire (1996)
- Sound Effects (2001)
Marbles
Albums- Inverse Gazebo (Cassette Only) (1993)
- Warm Milk and Chocolate (Casette Only) (1993)
- I ♥ the Animals (Cassette Only) (1993)
- ''Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites) (1997)
- ''Expo (2005)
- Go Marile (7") (1997)
- I Love The Summer Days (7") (1998)
- Xmas with the Marbles (7") (2005)
Ulysses
Albums- 010 (2004)
Orchestre Fantastique
Albums- Dean Quixote Soundtrack (2001)
Producing Discography
- Olivia Tremor Control - (1996)
- Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island (1996)
- Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1997)
- The Minders - Hooray for Tuesday (1998)
- Beulah - When Your Heartstrings Break (1999)
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