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Zeena Parkins

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Zeena Parkins is an American harpist (Detroit, Michigan, USA) active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. She studied at Bard College and moved to New York City in 1984.

Parkins plays standard harps, as well as several custom-made one-of-a kind electric harps; she also plays piano and accordion. Besides standard and electric harps, her work also incorporates Foley, field recordings, analog synthesizers, samplers, oscillators and homemade instruments.
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Releases:
Something Out There (LP)   No Man's Land 1987
143 Ludlow St. NYC (LP)   Dossier 1988
La Légende De La Pluie (CD, Album)   Ambiances Magnétiques 1992
Ursa's Door (CD)   Les Disques Victo 1992
Nightmare Alley (Album) (3 versions)   Table Of The Elements 1993
Psycho-Acoustic (CD, Album)   Les Disques Victo 1994
Chipfarm (CD)   God Mountain 1995
Isabelle (CD)   Avant 1995
The Gift Of Tongues (CD, Album)   Knitting Factory Works 1995
>Blackburst< (CD, Album)   Les Disques Victo 1996
Mouth=Maul=Betrayer (CD)   Tzadik 1996
Fear No Fall (CD, Album)   Lowlands 1998
Pan-Acousticon (CD, Album)   Tzadik 1999
Live At Easthampton Town Hall (CD)   JMZ Records 2001
Devotion (12")   Table Of The Elements 2004
Phantom Orchard (CD, Album)   Mego 2004
Necklace (CD)   Tzadik 2006
Production:
STRP1 - Reactions To The Music Of Dick Raaijmakers (CD, Comp) Night Owls (After 'Bal... Basta 2006
Appears On:
Ossification (LP, Album) Anagrams, Spitter's Ho... Ayaa 1984
Sirens & Silences / Work Resumed On The Tower (LP)   Rē Records 1984
16 Dance Party Smash Hits! (16x7" + Box) Contraries Recommended Records 1985
Bad Alchemy Nr 3 (Cass) Cobra, Exercise Nr.1 Bad Alchemy 1985
Current Trends In Racism In Modern America (LP)   Sound Aspects Records 1985
I Tell You Everything, Just Not Out Loud (Cass, C60) Tenor Guitar - Harp Duet CNLF 1985
Bad Alchemy Nr 6 (Cass, C45) Play Within A Play Bad Alchemy 1986
Contraries (7", S/Sided)   Rē Records 1986
Letters Home (12") Dark Matter Rē Records 1986
Music For Other Occasions (Album) (2 versions)   No Man's Land 1986
Tango (Cass, Comp) Play Within A Play Tellus 1986
The Country Of Blinds (3 versions)   No Man's Land ... 1986
Cobra (Album) (4 versions)   Hat Hut Records ... 1987
Island Of Sanity: New Music From New York City (Comp, Album) (2 versions) The Sparrow Song No Man's Land ... 1987
Slope (3 versions) Passing By The Night, ... Kinniku-Bijo ... 1987
A Classic Guide To No Man's Land (CD, Comp) Safety In Numbers No Man's Land 1988
100 Of The World's Most Beautiful Melodies (CD) Untitled, Untitled Trace Elements Records 1989
Ghosts (Album) (2 versions) Bar-oque Church, Bibbi... ITM Records (2) ... 1989
Good As Gold (Album) (2 versions)   Homestead Records 1989
This Lost Leg (LP)   RecRec Music 1989
(Suite) (CD, Album) Le Monstre Ambiances Magnétiques 1990
Ankety Low Day (2 versions) Fifth Grade, Brownie Wall C/Z Records 1990
Datacide (Album) (2 versions)   Enemy Records 1990
Exquisite Corpses From P.S. 122 (CD, Album)   ¿What Next? Recordings 1990
K!L!A!V! (CD, Album) Twenty Below Newport Classic 1990
Learn To Talk / The Country Of Blinds (CD) The Country Of Blinds,... RecRec Music 1990
Live At The Knitting Factory · Volume Three (CD, Comp) Discuss It, Oh No Enemy Records 1990
Step Across The Border (Album, Comp) (3 versions) Sparrow Song, The Border RecRec Music ... 1990
Cobra (2xCD, Album)   Hat Hut Records, Nippon Crown 1991
Don Giovanni (CD)   Einstein Records 1991
The Bends (CD, Album) Procedure Against Rain... Knitting Factory Works 1991
Tocsin (CD, Album)   Enemy Records 1991
Angelica 1991 (CD) Huge Bored Uncle, Vie ... Dischi di Angelica 1992
Hot Thumb In A Funky Groove (CD, Album)   Enemy Records 1992
Musicworks 54 (CD, Album, Comp) Cœur/pique, Pique/tr... Musicworks 1992
Spill (Album) (2 versions)   Knitting Factory Works ... 1992
Live At The Knitting Factory (CD, wit)   Knitting Factory Works 1993
Sex (CD, Album, Dig) Wasting Taste, Perfume... SPV Recordings 1993
Amusia (Album) (2 versions)   Spectrum (4) ... 1994
Autoboot (CD, Album)   Zoar Records 1994
Dot (CD, Album)   Cuneiform Records 1994
Live In Boston, NYC 1994 (CD)   Poon Village 1994
Prisoner (CD, Album)   Sub Rosa 1994
Split (7")   Coat-Tail Records 1994
Bath (CD)   Avant 1995
Hex Kitchen (CD, Album)   Tzadik 1995
Interference (CD, Album)   Atavistic 1995
John Zorn's Cobra: Live At The Knitting Factory (CD, Album)   Knitting Factory Works 1995
Sirens And Silences / Work Resumed On The Tower / Letters Home (2 versions) Dark Matter ReR Megacorp 1995
The Tower Of Mirrors (CD, Album)   Sub Rosa 1995
Time Out New York Knitting Factory Sampler (CD, Smplr) Alpha And Omega Knitting Factory Works 1995
Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (Album) (3 versions) Artificial Heart Matador ... 1996
Hope & Despair (CD)   Extreme 1996
Hsi-Yu Chi (CD)   Tzadik 1996
Field & Stream (Album) (2 versions) Fzarp, Pangra Atonal Records ... 1997
Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (2xCD, Comp) Freefall Tzadik 1997
Revenge Of The Stuttering Child (CD, Album)   Tzadik 1997
Satyricon (CD, Album) Trimalchio Sub Rosa 1997
Spring & Neap (CD, Album, Ltd, Ric)   zOaR Records 1997
B/Side (CD, Album)   Tzadik 1998
Hallelujah, Anyway- Remembering Tom Cora (2xCD, Comp) Today, Jelly Roll Stom... Tzadik 1999
It's A Brand New Day - Tom Cora Live At The Knitting Factory (CD, Album) Andy's Fault, Saint Dog Knitting Factory Works 2000
Traffic Continues (CD, Album, Sma)   Winter & Winter 2000
Hidden Place (Single) (10 versions) Generous Palmstroke, V... One Little Indian ... 2001
Pagan Poetry (Single, Maxi) (11 versions) Pagan Poetry (Video Edit) One Little Indian ... 2001
Vespertine (Album) (28 versions)   One Little Indian ... 2001
Cocoon (DVD, Single, PAL, NTSC) Sun In My Mouth (Recom... One Little Indian 2002
Family Tree (5xCD, Mini, Comp + CD, Comp + Box) Generous Palmstroke Polydor 2002
It's In Our Hands (Single) (2 versions) All Is Full Of Love (L... One Little Indian 2002
Universary (CDr, Album, Dig) Heaven Circus Analysand 2002
Vespertine Live At Royal Opera House (3 versions)   One Little Indian ... 2002
Livebox (3 versions) Generous Palmstroke Polydor ... 2003
Minuscule (2 versions)   One Little Indian ... 2003
Obedience (CD, Album)   Cuneiform Records 2003
Perfecto Presents... Great Wall (Comp) (2 versions) Pagan Poetry Reprise Records ... 2003
That House We Lived In (2xCD, Album, Dig)   ReR Megacorp, Fred Records 2003
Vespertine Live (3 versions) Generous Palmstroke One Little Indian ... 2003
Book Of Silk (CD, Album)   Rykodisc, Ropeadope Records 2004
Timelines (CD, Album)   Tzadik 2004
Drawing Restraint 9 (Album) (17 versions) Gratitude, Shimenawa, ... One Little Indian ... 2005
Original Music From The Film "Screaming Masterpiece" (2 versions) All Is Full Of Love (L... One Little Indian ... 2005
Skeleton Crew (2xCD)   ReR Megacorp, Fred Records 2005
Surrounded (Album) (2 versions)   One Little Indian ... 2006
The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast (Album) (4 versions) Semen Song For James B... Matador ... 2006
SyndaKit (CD, Album, RE, Dig)   NEOS 2007
The Free Zen Society (CD)   Thirsty Ear 2007
The Sad Machinery Of Spring (Album) (2 versions) Black Thursday Hannibal Records 2007
Traineater (Album) (2 versions) Traineater Anti- ... 2007
Orra (CD, Album)   Tzadik 2008
Rheo~Umbra (CD, Album, RE, Dig)   NEOS 2008
Screen: Festival Concepts Of Doing 1999 (CD, Album)   Concepts Of Doing  
Tracks Appear On:
Tango (Cass, Comp) Play Within A Play Tellus 1986
Passed Normal Vol. #3 (Cass, Comp, Album) Surrounded By Pitfalls FOT Records 1988
Real Estate - New Music From New York (CD, Comp) T-Square Ear-Rational Records 1990
A Confederacy Of Dances Vol 1: Concert Recordings From The Roulette Series, New York (CD) Scruples Einstein Records 1992
Musicworks 54 (CD, Album, Comp) Cœur/pique, Pique/tr... Musicworks 1992
Slut (CD) Slippery Baggy Shop, T... God Mountain 1994
Carbon 14 Presents East Vs West EP (7") Belief (In Night) Carbon 14 Magazine 1995
Sixty Second Compilation (7") Sleazy Coat-Tail Records 1995
La Bastringue Migratoire Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Épilogue Ambiances Magnétiques 1996
State Of The Union (2xCD, Comp) Guilty Atavistic 1996
Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (2xCD, Comp) Freefall Tzadik 1997
Hallelujah, Anyway- Remembering Tom Cora (2xCD, Comp) Today, Fence Tzadik 1999
Volume: Bed Of Sound (CD, Ltd) Untitled MoMA 2000
State Of The Union 2.001 (3xCD, Album, Comp) J Cushions E Electronic Music Foundation 2001
New York, New Sounds, News Spaces, 2002 (CD, Smplr) Untitled (During Show ... Not On Label 2002
A Field Guide to Table Of The Elements - Southeastern Edition (2xCD, Smplr) Below The Wall Table Of The Elements 2006
Unofficial Releases:
The Music From Drawing Restraint 9 (CD) Gratitude, Shimenawa, ... G. & P. Essential Music 2005
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