Discography
As leader / co-leader
The Kropotkins Paradise Square (2010, Mulatta)
Yol Ku', Inside the Sun: Mayan Mountain Music (2008, Mulatta)
Chamber Music (2007, Mulatta)
Da Hiphop Raskalz (2006, Mulatta)
Soldier Stories (2005, Mulatta) with Kurt Vonnegut
Elephonic Rhapsodies (2004, Mulatta)
Soldier String Quartet Inspect for Damaged Gods (2004, Mulatta)
Thai Elephant Orchestra (2001, Mulatta)
Ice-9 Ballads (2001, Mulatta, rerelease 2009) with Kurt Vonnegut
The Kropotkins Five Points Crawl (2000, Mulatta)
The People's Choice: Music (reissued 2000, Mulatta) (1997, Dia)
the Tangerine Awkestra Aliens Took My Mom (2000, Mulatta)
Jazz Standards on Mars (1997, Enja) Soldier String Quartet with Robert Dick
The Kropotkins (1996, Koch)
Soldier String Quartet She's Lightning When She Smiles (1996, NewTone)
Smut (1994, Avant)
War Prayer (1994, Newport Classic)
The Apotheosis of John Brown (1993, Newport Classic)
Soldier String Quartet Sojourner Truth (1991, Newport Classic)
Romances From the Second Line (1990, Newport Classic)
Soldier String Quartet Sequence Girls (1988, Rift Records)
Arranger, performer, or composer (selected)
Samm Bennett The Big Off (1993, Knitting Factory) violin
John Cale and Strings(1992, Risc Disc) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
John Cale Paris S'Eveille (1993, Crepuscule) orchestral arrangements, conductor, violin
John Cale and Bob Neuwirth, Last Day on Earth (1994, MCA) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
John Cale Antartida (1995, Disques du Crepuscule) conductor, orchestral arrangements, violin
John Cale Walking on Locusts (1996, Rykodisc) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
John Cale Eat and Kiss (1997, Rykodisc) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
John Cale Dance Music (1998, Detour/ Warner Bros.) orchestral arranger
Nicolas Collins A Dark & Stormy Night (1992, Trace Elements ) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Sussann Deyhim Madman of God (1999, Crammed Disc) violin
Robert Dick Third Stone from the Sun (1993, New World) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
Grupo Wara Malombo (1990 South American release) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
Guided by Voices Do the Collapse (1999, TVT) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
Guided by Voices Hold on Hope(2000, EP, TVT) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
Guided by Voices Isolation Drills (2001, TVT) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
Jessie Harris While the Music Lasts, (2004, Virgin) arrangements by Van Dyke Parks, with Soldier String Quartet
Jonas Hellborg and Tony Williams The Word (1992, Island/Axiom) violin with Soldier String Quartet
William Hooker Trio Yearn for Certainty (2010, ESP records / Engine) violin, guitar, banjo with William Hooker and Sabir Mateen
Le Nouvelles Polyponies Corses (Corsican Polyphony) Le Praiduisu (1999, Mercury) violin, arranger
Leroy Jenkins Themes & Variations on the Blues (1994, CRI) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Mandeng Eletrik (2004, Mulatta) violin
Richard Meyer (1994, Shanachie) Letter from the Open Sky violin
Jenny Muldaur Angry Elves (2002) piano
Bob Neuwirth and John Cale, Last Day on Earth (1994, MCA) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
Phill Niblock / Soldier String Quartet Early Winter (1994, XI Records) violin with Soldier String Quartet
The Ordinaires The Ordinaires (1987, Dossier) violin
Christina Rosenvinge Foreign Land (2002, Lcd) arranger, violin with Soldier String Quartet
Elliott Sharp / Soldier String Quartet Tessalation Row (1987, SST) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Elliott Sharp & Carbon Larynx (1987, SST) violin
Elliott Sharp / Soldier String Quartet Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup (1989, SST ) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Elliott Sharp / Soldier String Quartet Twistmap (1991, EarRational) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Elliott Sharp & Carbon Abstract Repressionism, violin(1992, Victo) violin
Elliott Sharp / Soldier String Quartet Cryptoid Fragments (1993, Extreme Records) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Elliott Sharp / Soldier String Quartet Xeno-Codex (1996, Tzadik) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Elliott Sharp / Soldier String Quartet Rheo/Umbra (1998, Zoar) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Elliott Sharp & Carbon Syndakit, violin(1999, Zoar) violin
Elliott Sharp / Soldier String Quartet String Quartets 1986-1996 (2003, Tzadik) violin with Soldier String Quartet
Tango Project White Rabbit (1992, Newport Classic) composition (One Night)
Lorette Velvette Lost Part of Me (1998, Veracity) banjo, violin
CD compilations
Soldier String Quartet Real Estate (1990, EarRational)
Soldier String Quartet / Elliott Sharp No Wave (1990, SST)
Jonas Hellborg Illuminations violin with Soldier String Quartet (1991, Axiom)
Soldier String Quartet State of the Union (1992, Arrest)
Dave Soldier and others Century XXI (Vol II) Utah Dances (1994, New Tone).
John Cale I Shot Andy Warhol, arrangements (1997, TAG)
Kropotkins WFMU compilation (1998, WFMU)
Thai Elephant Orchestra / Dave Soldier/Richard Lair State of the Union (2001)
Thai Elephant Orchestra / Dave Soldier/Richard Lair Rough Guide Music of Thailand (2003)
film scoresAntartida (Music by John Cale) arranger, orchestra conductor (1995)
Basquiat (Music by John Cale, for Julian Schnabel) arranger, conductor (1998)
Her Name is Lisa (Music by Dave Soldier for Rachid Kerdourche) arranger, bandleader (1987)
I Shot Andy Warhol (Music by John Cale, for Mary Herron) arranger, orchestra conductor (1997)
Mekong Delta (Music by Dave Soldier for Vanessa Ly) composer, arranger, conductor (2003), winner Hong Kong Film Festival
Sesame Street (soundtrack for 6 cartoons for the TV show, Music by Dave Soldier, for Nadia Roden) composer, arranger (2003)
Serenade (partial score by Dave Soldier for animation by Nadia Roden, winner NY Film Festival
Special Friends (Music by Teo Macero for ABC-TV) violin with Soldier String Quartet (1988) Dave's "pop" arrangements David Byrne, string section for touring band
John Cale, numerous film scores and CDs as above, produced by Joe Boyd
Guided by Voices, two CDs and EPs produced by Ric Ocasek and Rob Schaft
Jonathan Richman, produced by Ric Ocasek
Christina Rosenvinge, produced by Lee Renaldo
Sesame Street cartoons
Vixtrola, produced by Ric Ocasek
Dave Soldier bio for concert programs
Dave Soldier played violin in Western swing bands and guitar in rhythm and blues groups, including Bo Diddley, and studied composition with Roscoe Mitchell before moving to New York City in 1981, where he studied with Otto Luening. In 1985, he founded the seminal punk chamber group, the Soldier String Quartet, followed by the punk Delta blues band, the Kropotkins, and the Andalusian band, the Spinozas. Soldier co-founded the Thai Elephant Orchestra, consisting of 16 elephants in Northern Thailand, for which he built giant musical instruments. He has coached children to compose their own music in Harlem (Da Hiphop Raskalz), Brooklyn (the Tangerine Awkestra), Washington Heights, and northern Guatemala. In addition to repertoire for these groups, Soldier’s compositions include The People’s Choice Music: the most wanted and unwanted songs, following poll results of likes and dislikes of the American population, a collaboration with artists Komar & Melamid; collaborations with Kurt Vonnegut; repertoire for musically naïve children or performed on specially designed instruments by songbirds and pygmy chimpanzees; music performed by brainwaves : arrangements for John Cale, David Byrne, and Guided by Vocies, and various song cycles /oratorios/ operas and TV and film soundtracks including I Shot Andy Warhol and Sesame Street, and has played on many pop, jazz, experimental, and classical recordings. Many of his recordings are available through Mulatta Records (www.mulatta.org).Soldier received a Ph.D in neuroscience at Columbia University, where he is a professor in the Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience departments. Soldier’s Symphony #1 was recently recorded by the Thai Elephant Orchestra.
Short bio for pressComposer Dave Soldier's projects include the Thai Elephant Orchestra, the Delta punk group the Kropotkins, the Andalusian group the Spinozas, The People's Choice (The World's Most Unwanted Music), the Soldier String Quartet, and coaching children to compose their own music in Harlem, Brooklyn, and Guatemala. He studied composition with Roscoe Mitchell and Otto Luening and has performed as violinist, guitarist, and composer/ arranger with Bo Diddley, John Cale, Kurt Vonnegut, and many others.
Detailed biography prepared for a reference book
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