Erik Sanko
Erik Sanko | |
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| Also known as | Erik Norse Sanko |
| Born | September 27, 1963 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, visual artist |
| Instrument(s) | Bass |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | Jetset Records, Capitol Records, Ipecac Recordings, Arctic Rodeo |
| Member of | Skeleton Key |
| Formerly of | The Lounge Lizards, John Cale band |
| Website | www |
Erik Sanko (born 27 September 1963) is an American
bass player who has played in The Lounge Lizards and currently active in Skeleton Key
.
Biography
In the past he also worked with notable musicians including
visual artist who creates marionettes. Erik Sanko is married and works with visual artist/set designer/director Jessica Grindstaff. His work has been reviewed in The Village Voice[1] and The New York Times.[2]
In 2007 he, together with Jessica Grindstaff, founded Phantom Limb, a multi-media based theater company for which Erik is primarily composer and puppet maker.
Discography
- Past Imperfect, Present Tense (Jetset Records, 2001)
- Puppet Boy (2016)
- With John Cale
- Antártida (1995)
- Walking on Locusts (1996)
- HoboSapiens (2003)
- Extra Playful (2011)
- Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood (2012)
- With Jim Carroll
- Pools of Mercury (1998)
- With Anna Domino
- Mysteries of America (1990)
- With The Fertile Crescent
- The Fertile Crescent (1992)
- With Gavin Friday
- Adam 'n' Eve (1992)
- Shag Tobacco (1996)
- With The Lounge Lizards
- Big Heart: Live Tokyo (1986)
- No Pain for Cakes (1987)
- Voice of Chunk (1988)
- Queen of All Ears (1998)
- With John Lurie
- Fishing with John (1998)
- The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits (2000)
- With Mono Puff
- Unsupervised (1996)
- With Seigen Ono
- Nekono Topia Nekono Mania (1990)
- With Yoko Ono
- Blueprint for a Sunrise (2001)
- With Skeleton Key
- Skeleton Key EP (1996)
- Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon (1997)
- An Elipse EP (2001)
- Obtainium (2002)
- The Lyon's Quintette EP (2005)
- Gravity is the Enemy(2011)
- With They Might Be Giants
- Severe Tire Damage (1998)
- Live (1999)
- A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (2005)
- With Suzanne Vega
- Days of Open Hand (1990)
- With John Waite
- Temple Bar (1995)
- With others
- Communication Breakdown (Doppelganger, 1985)
- Best Wishes (Hajime Mizoguchi, 1988)
- Stained Glass Sky (Masters of None, 1994)
- Ô Seasons Ô Castles (Katell Keineg, 1994)
- Baby Woman (Naomi Campbell, 1994)
- Dawntown Project (CharlElie, 1995)
- In Paradisu (Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses, 1996)
- The Crybaby (Melvins, 2000)
- Band Mrazem (Emil de Waal / Jonas Johansen, 2000
- 109 Poèmes Électro (CharlElie, 2000)
- Answers (Ui, 2002)
- Joan as Police Woman EP (Joan as Police Woman, 2004)
- Live+ (Emil de Waal, 2006)
References
External links
- http://www.eriksanko.com/
- http://www.myspace.com/eriksanko
- http://www.myspace.com/skeletonkey
- Fortune Teller a play by Erik Sanko
- Bio on epitonic[permanent dead link]
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