Kosmik Leprechaun

Kosmik Leprechaun
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Genre:	Experimental, Noise, Noise Rock, Post Rock
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Theme:	Onopgelost Mélodie
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Years:	1995 — now
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Country:	United States
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City:	Southern California
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Labels:	Argali Records, Aural Films, Completely Gone Recordings, Fuck Labels // Fuck Mastering, God Hates God Records, Hortus Conclusus Records, Hot Damn! Tapes, Takkeherrie Recordings, Tape-Safe, Treetrunk, Water Closet Films
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Gears:	Analog 2-Track Reel-To-Reel Recorder, Analog 4-Track Cassette Recorder, Bass, Bells, Computers, Digital 8-Track HD Recorder, Drum Machines, Drums, Effects Pedals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Keys, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Slide Trombone, Software, Synthesizers, Tapes, Viola, Vocals
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Members:	Josh McCurdy : Various Instruments, Vocals Currently featuring: Anthony Osborne : Saxophones Jaime Munárriz : Trumpet Linn Friberg : Various Instruments Ted Parsons : Drums, Electronics Thomas Park : Electronics Previously featuring: Adrienne Cardney : Drums, Film, Guitar, Organ, Vocals Aileen Holmes : Various Instruments, Vocals Clay Leo Adam Young : Drums (Rehearsal + Live) Deny Samoree : Backup Vocals, Guitar Gorilla Pat : Rapping hCrink : Drums, Guitar (Rehearsal + Live) Kreepazoa : Synthesizers Mandy Ackley : Drums METEK : Electronics Nemik Sound : Electronics, Hype-Man Pythagora : Electronics Roy Silverstein : Drums Ryan Russom : Bass, Flute, Guitar, Keys, Organ Steven Palencar : Guitar, Vocals Takahiro Yuasa : Guitar, Vocals Tim Whiteford : Drums UV Flood : Keys, Synthesizers
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Side Projects:	Completely Gone Recordings, Hot Damn! Tapes, Metachaun, Moldy Ghetto, Nemik Sound, Rusty-Like, Takkeherrie Recordings, Tambourine Halo, VL
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Contact:	[1] Contact KL Bandcamp
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Site:	[2] Kosmik Leprechaun Bandcamp
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Biography

Kosmik Leprechaun (aka Kosmische Clutharachán) is the main pet-project of the American musician, artist and engineer Josh McCurdy and has been active since 1995. KL composes everything from chaotic experimentation, to different styles of electronic music, to psychedelic noise and rock. Each album varies from the one previous, with the majority published via his label Completely Gone Recordings. The latest KL album "Karma Vessel" is currently set for release in 2020.

Discography

• 4-Channel Paintings ~ Cassette / Digital reissue (1997)
  
• In The Park EP ~ Cassette (1999)
  
• Harmonik Funk Attack ~ Cassette / Digital reissue (2001)
  
• Ultra Beta EP ~ Cassette / Digital reissue (2002)
  
• Bleakest Intersperience (Edition I: C​-​60 Mix) ~ Cassette / Digital reissue (2002)
  
• Attack On Metaphysics ~ CD-r / Digital reissue (2003)
  
• Poison Orchids ~ CD-r / Digital reissue (2004)
  
• Surrealist Lament ~ CD-r / Digital reissue (2004)
  
• Pure Structure ~ CD-r / Digital reissue (2005)
  
• Elektrotempel ~ CD-r / Digital reissue (2005)
  
• Space Mélodie ~ Digital release (2006)
  
• Explosion At The Laboratory ~ Digital release (2006)
  
• Electronic Improvisations ~ Digital release (2006)
  
• Neurolandscape EP ~ Digital release (2006)
  
• Beta-Zoa ~ Digital release (2007)
  
• Cosmic Pow Wow ~ Digital release (2007)
  
• Night At The Camp (Live) ~ Digital release (2007)
  
• Bleakest Intersperience (Edition II: Addendum) ~ Digital reissue (2008)
  
• Hell Of No Interval ~ Digital release (2008)
  
• Kisamatron A ~ Digital release (2008)
  
• Slip Into Obscurity ~ Digital release (2010)
  
• Kisamatron B ~ Digital release (2012)
  
• Kisamatron C ~ Digital release (2014)
  
• Destroyed Dimensions ~ Digital release (2017)
  
• Caramel Man Hideout ~ Digital release (2018)
  
• Mental Breakthrough EP ~ Digital release (2018)
  
• Addendum ~ Digital release (2018)
  
• Karma Vessel ~ Digital release (2020)
  

Contributions

Collaborations

• Kosmik Leprechaun — Bootleg: Live At Hot Damn! ~ Cassette / Digital reissue (1998)
  
• Adrienne Cardney's — Still In Mono ~ Film (1999) – main character "Simeon"
  
• Daniel Sullivan & Brian Mckinley — bRon / Stylus EP ~ Digital release (1999) – provided rap on "Stylus" as Thee Drrty McCurdy
  
• Pythagora + Kosmik Leprechaun — Hepp Hepp3ns ~ Digital release (2008) – provided 4 collaborations
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun — The Silence Is Ruined ~ Digital release (2015) - features METEK
  
• Intergalactic Wizard Vs. Kosmik Leprechaun — Split ~ Digital release (2018) – provided "Naked Frenzy"
  

Compilation Appearences

• CGR Presents: Volume I ~ Digital release (2007) — provided 2 versions of "Devil, You'll Help Us In The End (ft. Aileen Holmes)"
  
• CGR Presents: Volume II ~ Digital release (2008) — provided "Better Times" and "English Muffins (ft. Aileen Holmes)"
  
• CGR Presents: Volume III ~ Digital release (2008) — provided "Blue Wind" and "Macro-Genie (ft. Kreepazoa)"
  
• Tunnel To The Underground Vol. 3 ~ Digital release (2013) — provided "A Single Blade Of Grass (ft. Gorilla Pat)"
  
• CGR Presents: Volume IV ~ Digital release (2016) — provided "Lousy Mechanik" and 1 remix
  
• CGR Presents: Volume V ~ Digital release (2017) — provided "Intermezzo", "Galaxy Abuser" and 1 remix
  
• CGR Presents: Volume VI ~ Digital release (2018) — provided "Thema" and 3 remixes
  
• HCR 100 ~ Digital release / CD (2018) — provided "Πang Dream Register"
  
• In Love With The Moon: Klaus Schulze Birthday Tribute ~ Digital release (2018) — provided "Menage (Live)"
  
• Anti f:Orm : Volume 5 ~ Digital release (2019) — provided "Slip Into Obscurity (Observer Mix)"
  
• CGR Presents: Volume VII ~ Digital release (2019) — provided 1 remix
  
• TAKKEHERRIE 100 ~ Digital release (2019) — provided "Exit" as Kosmische Clutharachán
  
• Can You Make It Groovy? ~ Digital release (2019) — provided 1 remix
  
• 10 Years Of Argali ~ Digital release (2019) — provided "Personality Transfer"
  

Remixes

• Kosmik Leprechaun – "Mashups EP" ~ Digital release (2006)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun – "Snoitasivorpmi Cinortcele" ~ Digital release (2006) – "Electronic Improvisations" backwards
  
• DOKI DOKI – "Deze Computer (Remix)" (2007)
  
• DOKI DOKI – "Analog Experiment (Remix A)" (2007)
  
• DOKI DOKI – "Analog Experiment (Remix B)" (2007)
  
• experiMENTALien – "C​.​G​.​dRone (Remix)" (2016)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun – "Kosmixes EP" ~ Digital release (2018)
  
• Quint Baker – "Soft (Lonely Mix)" (2018)
  
• Super Thirty-One – "Me In Time (Kosmik Leprechaun Mix)" (2018)
  
• Kosmik Leprechaun – "Free Sessions EP" ~ Digital release (2018) – Remix of Moldy Ghetto's 1996 "Free Sessions EP"
  
• T​.​R​.​I​.​v​.​M. – "EHM (Remix)" (2018)
  
• Thomas Park with Metachaun – "S/T" ~ Digital release (2018) – Thomas Park creates Generative remixes of the "Destroyed Dimensions" album
  
• David Nadeau with Qkcofse and Johannes Bergmark – "Processional Permutations (Remix)" (2018)
  
• Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt – "Prayer For The People Of The Sea (Remix - ft. Jaime Munárriz)" (2018)
  
• Morgan Gutentag (ft. Dottie Clementine) – "(I Have Been) Making Promises 2 SpIdErZ (Remix)" (2018)
  
• Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt – "Magic Mitte (Remix)" (2019)
  
• Thomas Park – "Static From Plastic (Drastic)" (2019)
  

External Links

• Kosmik Leprechaun Bandcamp
• Kosmik Leprechaun Facebook