Kevin Blechdom

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Kevin Blechdom
Kevin Blechdom in performance
Background information
Birth name	Kristin Erickson
Born	1978 in Florida
Genre(s)	Electronica Electro
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Banjo
Label(s)	Tigerbeat6, Chicks on Speed Records
Associated acts	Blectum from Blechdom
Website	http://www.kevyb.com/

Kevin Blechdom, born Kristin Erickson, is an experimental electronic musician/performance artist from San Francisco, California. She attended Mills College in Oakland, California, where she founded Blectum from Blechdom with Blevin Blectum, an experimental electronic group. In 2001, Blectum From Blechdom won an Award of Distinction for digital music at the Prix Ars Electronica.

Kevin also played in an art-rock band, Adult Rodeo, with her brother lumberob, a.k.a. Rob Erickson, and his wife mephany stankins. They released records on Shimmy Disc and Four States Fair.

Kevin Blechdom solo releases include Eat My Heart Out, was released June 2005 and featured a 13-minute musical movie called Countdown to Nothing, a collaboration with Lucile Desamory.

She is the singer of the computer-country band called Barnwave, with Christopher Fleeger.

Despite her typically masculine first name, she is female.

[edit] Discography

• "I Heart Presets" (2001) - CD EP on Tigerbeat6
• The Inside Story (2001) - 3" CD on Tigerbeat6
• "Jelly Donuts" (2002) - 7" vinyl on Four States Fair Records
• "And The Tempo Of Doom (2002) - 7" vinyl on Unbearable Recordings.
• "Your Butt" (2003) - Dudini
• Bitches Without Britches (2003) - CD album on Chicks on Speed Records.
• Eat My Heart Out (2005) - CD album on Chicks on Speed Records.
• "The Children's Suite" (2008) with Ad Hawk - 7" vinyl on Dual Plover.

[edit] External links

• Kevin Blechdom's official website (NSFW)
• An interview with Kevin Blechdom
• A Viennese Acoustic Video Session with Kevin Blechdom