Evan Lipson has lived with the incurable disease of music since early adolescence, seeking the liminal realms in which intellect and instinct, history and myth, and creative and destructive force intersect. Drawn towards aberrant perspectives at an early age, his formative activities were primarily rooted in extreme and discordant forms stemming from various traditions of “underground” and ancient musics. He may or may not have some degree of affiliation with Rev. Fred Lane and a social scientific think tank known as MEINSCHAFT. Other presently active outfits: RAWL, Wrest, Roughhousing, Virtual Balboa, and various ongoing collaborations with David Greenberger (Duplex Planet) and Susan Hefner. Past units include Normal Love, Satanized, and Peckerwood Junction (feat. Jim Goad).
"Lipson easily stands among the best bassists I've heard lately, his terrifically strapping tone epitomizing the decision to really learn how an instrument works." -Massimo Ricci (Touching Extremes)
“It's Disaster Amnesiac's wish that in, say, one hundred years, musicians such as Evan Lipson and their contributions to a truly creative culture are discussed and valued.” -Mark Pino (Disaster Amnesiac)
His recent solo recording, Echo Chamber, is here
Samples of his music are here and video here and here
He toured in duo with Jack Wright on the West Coast in Feb. 2018, and again in Europe in Nov. 2018. Details here: Evan Lipson/Jack Wright Duo
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Lipson has collaborated with myriad artists including:
Susan Alcorn, Luciana Arias, Tim Barnes, Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Kath Bloom, Thomas Buckner, Eugene Chadbourne, Charles Cohen, Gene Coleman, Chris Cooper, Andrew D'Angelo, Zach Darrup, Robert Dick, Tom Djill, Andrew Drury, Bruce Eisenbeil, Michael Evans, Josephine Foster, The Flying Luttenbachers, Mike Gamble, Jim Goad, Mary Halvorson, Col. Bruce Hampton, Katt Hernandez, Shelley Hirsch, Tim Hodgkinson, ID M Theftable, Ko Ishikawa, JACK Quartet, Darius Jones, Rick Iannacone, Matthias Kaul, Greg Kelley, Byard Lancaster, Le Trash Can, Thomas Lehn, Lukas Ligeti, Toshi Makihara, Mat Maneri, Sabir Mateen, Wade Matthews, John McLellan, Torsten Muller, Toshimaru Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakatani, Matt Nelson, Pauline Oliveros, Jessica Pavone, Tim Perkis, Paul Plimely, Mike Pride, Jane Rigler, Gino Robair, RUINS (Yoshida Tatsuya), Stanley Schumacher, Brandon Seabrook, Shaking Ray Levis, Ron Stabinsky, Doug Theriault, Wharton Tiers, Roger Turner, Birgit Ulher, Dylan van der Schyff, Rick Weaver, Chris Welcome, Veryan Weston, Wolter Wierbos, Davey Williams, Nate Wooley, Jack Wright, and Katherine Young.
Lipson at Bushwick Public House, Aug. 2018
Selected Discography
-SOLO Echo
Chamber, 2023
-DAVID GREENBERGER AND PRIME LENS- my thoughts approximately (Pel Recordings) 2017
-ROUGHHOUSING/JACK WRIGHT- you haven't heard this yet (Spring Garden Music) 2017
-JEFF CROMPTON TRIO- magic word (Southern Crescent) 2016
-WREST- ingress (Milmin Punts) 2015
-DAVID GREENBERGER & THE SHAKING RAY LEVIS- tramps that go think in the night (Pel Recordings) 2013
-STANLEY SCHUMACHER AND THE MUSIC NOW ENSEMBLE- experimental music lab (Musikmacher Productions) 2012
-PSYCHOTIC QUARTET- cordyceps (New Atlantis) 2012
-JACK WRIGHT/EVAN LIPSON/BEN BENNETT- wrest (Spring Garden Music) 2012
-SATANIZED- technical virginity (SKiN GRAFT) 2011
-PSYCHOTIC QUARTET- sphaleron
(Eh?) 2011
-STANLEY SCHUMACHER AND THE MUSIC NOW ENSMEBLE- way cool (Musikmacher
Productions) 2010
-STANLEY SCHUMACHER AND THE MUSIC NOW ENSMEBLE- jive at 5:05 (Musikmacher Productions) 2009
-AIDS WOLF / SATANIZED SPLIT 7"- hope is a lack of information (Badmaster Records) 2009
-DYNAMITE CLUB- fusion era (Caminante Recordings) 2008
-STANLEY SCHUMACHER AND THE MUSIC NOW ENSMEBLE- don’t abandon your baby (Musikmacher Productions) 2008
-CSECTION- s/t (Breathmint Records) 2007
-NORMAL LOVE- peel s/t (High Two Recordings) 2007
-SATANIZED- sickness & hellth: the secular chansons of satanized (Badmaster Records) 2007
-KATT HERNANDEZ & EVAN
LIPSON- hisswig (Milk Is For The Pussy) 2007
-MIKE PRIDE'S
FROM BACTERIA TO BOYS- hang (Funhole Records) 2006
-NED MUFFLEBURGER BAND- collymore (Funhole Records) 2006
-ALEX NAGLE- flittermice of eld (self-released) 2006
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