Bio

Lee Ranaldo 2015 bio:
Musician, composer, visual artist, writer, producer.
Founding member of Sonic Youth, from debut in 1981 thru 2011 when activities ceased. SY archival projects are ongoing.

Recent albums include:
Names of North End Women – Lee Ranaldo & Raul Refree (2020) Mute
Lee Ranaldo/Jim Jarmusch/Marc Urselli/Balazs Pandi (2019) Trost Records
Electric Trim Live at Rough Trade East (2018) Mute
The Callas and Lee Ranaldo: Trouble and Desire (2018) Dirty Water
In Doubt, Shadow Him! HiFiKlub and Lee Ranaldo (2018) Joyful Noise
Electric Trim (2017) Mute
Acoustic Dust (2014) El Segell
Last Night On Earth (2013) Matador
Between the Times and the Tides (2012) Matador

Live dates both solo and with band commenced in early 2011 and have continued in various forms worldwide since then. Ongoing partnership with Raul Refree commenced 2013. Continued works with partner Leah Singer (Sight Unseen; Contre Jour) have been large scale, multi projection, often quadraphonic sound + light events, w Lee performing ‘suspended guitar phenomena’ in various locations around the world (recently: China, Australia, Iceland, Greece).

Grammy Nominee 2017: Music Of Morocco From The Library Of Congress: Recorded By Paul Bowles, 1959.

Orchestral Composition “Hurricane Transcriptions” based on wind sounds recorded during Hurricane Sandy Oct 2013 performed by Kaleidoskop Ensemble (Berlin) at Holland Festival (June 2013) and by Ensemble Offspring (Sydney) at Sydney Festival (January 2014). A newly-realized quartet version of this work will be performed with Dither Quartet (Brooklyn) in 2015.

Also continued work with Glacial Trio (with David Watson and Tony Buck) and Text of Light Group (with Alan Licht and Ulrich Krieger), which improvises to films by Stan Brakhage.

Leeʼs artworks and videos have been on view in the past couple years in gallery and museum shows in Porto, Halifax, Miami, Tampa, Vienna, Prague, Gent, Bratislava, Auckland, Salt Lake City, Austin, Brooklyn, at the VOLTA fair in Manhattan and in Menen, Belgium.
Artist-in-Residence: CNEAI, Paris (2007, 2008); NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia (2013); Villa Arson, Nice, France (2014).

Sonic Youthʼs most recent recordings:
Spinhead Sessions 1986 [Goofin’ 2016]
Smart Bar Chicago 1985 (live archive) [Goofin’, 2013].
Simon Werner a Desparu, (a film soundtrack) [SYR9, 2011]

Most recent books:
Some Writings on Music and Musician’s [Lazy Eight 2016]
Against Refusing [Waterrow Press 2010]
How Not To Get Played On The Radio [SoundBarn 2011].

INCOMPLETE CV:

SOLO/DUO EXHIBITONS:
Minsk-Johan Tahon in collaborations with Lee Ranaldo, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam. Sept 7 – October 5, 2019. As part of a ‘show within a show’ Lee exhibited Lost Highway drawings and a suspended electric guitar, and performed at the opening on September 7.
New Works. Galerie Jan Dhaese. New paintings, drawings, prints from 2017. Oct 15 – Nov 19, 2017.
Lost Ideas. Retrospective survey exhibition, works from 1976-2015 works. Stadsmuseum ‘t Schipperhof, Menen, Belgium. Oct 13 – Dec 17, 2017.
Visual Transmission Tour: Lee Ranaldo, drawings; Eddie Argos, Paintings. The Show On The Road, Austin, TX. March 17-May 15, 2015. Lost Highway drawings and Black Noise on display in the ‘visual food truck’, at SxSW and afterwards found roving around Austin, Texas.
Lee Ranaldo: Galerie Jan Dhaese. VOLTA ART FAIR, NYC. March 5-8, 2015. Pier 90 New York City. Solo show.
Lee Ranaldo Lost Highways. One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY. Solo show of drawings and prints. Oct 4-25, 2014.
Lee Ranaldo Lost Highways. Galerie Jan Dhaese, Gent, Belgium. Lost Highway drawings. March 30-May 4 2014.
Contre Jour: Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer. Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sound and projection installation, plus live performances. July 2-13, 2013.
Lee Ranaldo Lost Highways. Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto, Portugal. Solo drawing show, alongside Joao Paulo Feliciano collages. April 27, 2013-June 8, 2013.
Lee Ranaldo: Constellations. Galerie Jan Dhaese, Gent, Belgium. June 24, 2012-July 29, 2012. Selected drawings 2005-2011.
Lee Ranaldo: Endless Sleep. Monty Kultuurfactorij, Antwerp. May 17,18,21,24,25,26, 2012. A dual screen video piece, “Endless Sleep” w dual stereo sound, plus a group of videos from the last decade.
Lee Ranaldo: A Random Collection of Cells, Revisited. Gallery 16 ½, Victoria, B.C., Canada. As part of the Artlandia exhibition. September 22-October 10, 2010.
A Random Collection of Cells: Lee Ranaldo. Hogar Collection, Brooklyn NY. January 15-February 22, 2010. Solo show.
We’ll Know Where When We Get There: Leah Singer & Lee Ranaldo. CNEAI (Centre National De L’estampe Et De L’art Imprimé). Chatou (Paris) France. February 8–May 3, 2009. (prints, drawings, objects, video installation + an LR/LS curated forum of works by other artists).
ILOVEYOUIHATEYOU: Leah Singer & Lee Ranaldo. Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm. February 7–24 May 2009. (environment/installation with multiple image projections and surround sound. Catalog publication).
Space Within These Lines Not Dedicated: Leah Singer & Lee Ranaldo. Hudson Valley Community College Teaching Gallery, Troy NY. October 30—December 6, 2008. (prints, drawings, objects, video installation. Catalog publication).
Lee Ranaldo & João Paulo Feliciano. Fairfax Hotel/Country Club Gallery (Cincinnati). Miami Beach, Dec 6-9, 2007. Lge ink drawings.
The Peekskill Project 2006. Selected Artist. September 2006. Shibuya Displacement: a participatory soundwalk thru the town of Peekskill, a boombox ensemble.
DRIFT: Lee Ranaldo/Leah Singer. Gigantic Artspace, NYC. Nov 4, 2005-Jan 14 2006. (prints, drawings, objects, DRIFT video installation premiere).

GROUP EXHIBITONS:
Social Photography VIII. Carraige Trade, NYC. August 5 – September 20, 2020. Eighth group benefit exhibition of cell phone/social media photographs at this independent gallery.
Graukunst Artnroll, The Grey Space, Den Haag, Netherlands. February 2-10, 2020. Exhibition accompanying the 2020 edition of Grauzone Festival. 4 works included. Catalog.
Social Photography VII. Carraige Trade, NYC. Jul 9- Sept 22, 2019. Seventh group benefit exhibition of cell phone/social media photographs at this independent gallery.
Editions. Galerie jan Dhaese, Gent. July 7-28, 2019. Print editions by Gallery artists.
Another Music in a Different Kitchen: Studio Recordings and Records by Artists. Karma Books NYC. April 7-May 12, 2019. Lee and Leah have “We’ll Know Where When We Get There” 12” LP from CNEAI, Paris in the show.
The Calling. Galerie Jan Dhaese, Gent (Mar 3-Apr 14, 2019) and Ladislav Sutnar Gallery, Plzeň, CZ (March 13-30, 2019). Group exhibition featuring Lee’s video ‘Blind Performance #2 (2008)’. Social Photography VI. Carraige Trade, NYC. Jul 10- Aug ??, 2018. Sixth group benefit exhibition of cell phone photographs at this independent Tribeca gallery.
Social Photography V. Carraige Trade, NYC. Jul 11- Aug 12, 2017. Fifth group benefit exhibition of cell phone photographs at this independent Tribeca gallery.
No Respite. Rozz Tox Art, Northampton, MA. Group Show. March 1-April 9, 2017. LR has 2 Lost Highway drawings.
Kenosis In The Supervoid. Station Independent Projects, NYC. April 8-May 8, 2016.
Art Traces Across The Western Front. Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium. Apr 17 – July 17, 2015. A group exhibition (Lee has drawings and etchings employing newspaper imagery).
Donkere Kamers. Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, Belgium. Oct 18, 2014-May 31, 2015. A show on Melancholy and Depression. 11 Lost Highway drawings. Catalog available.
The Exhibition of a Film/L’Exposition d’un Film. 2014, video, projection, color, sound, 100 min. An exhibition by Mathieu Copeland. The exhibition of a film, with Mac Adams, Fia Backström, Robert Barry, Erica Baum, Stuart Brisley, Jonathan Burrows, Nick Cave, David Cunningham, Philippe Decrauzat, Peter Downsbrough, Maria Eichhorn, F.M. Einheit, Tim Etchells, Alexandre Estrela, John Giorno, Sam Gleaves, Kenneth Goldsmith, Myriam Gourfink, Karl Holmqvist, Marie-Caroline Hominal, Myriam Lefkowitz, Franck Leibovici, Benoît Maire, Charles De Meaux, Karen Mirza & Brad Butler, Ieva Miseviciuteė, Meredith Monk, Charlotte Moth, Phill Niblock, Deborah Pearson, Vanessa Place, Michael Portnoy, Lee Ranaldo, Lætitia Sadier, Laurent Schmid, Leah Singer, Mieko Shiomi, Susan Stenger, Sofia Diaz + Vítor Roriz, Kasper T. Toeplitz, Daniel Turner, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Alan Vega, and Lawrence Weiner.
Social Photography IV. Carraige Trade @ Emily Harvey Foundation, NYC. Nov 12-22, 2014. Fourth group exhibition of cell phone photographs at this independent Tribeca gallery.
Select Art Fair, NYC – One Mile Gallery. May 2014. Lost Highway drawings and Villa Arson prints.
Social Photography III. Carraige Trade, NYC. Dec 12, 2013-Jan 18, 2014. Third exhibition of cell phone photographs at this independent Tribeca gallery.
(JC{639}) ETC. Halberstadt, Germany. Public Score IV on show as part of a group exhibition in conjunction with the John Cage Organ Project, Halberstadt, on the occasion of the 13th sound change. October 6-November 6, 2013.
Recalling 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star. The New Museum. An interactive companion to the museum exhigition: audio recordings of artists recalling the year 1993 which could be accessed from geo-specific pay phones throughout the city. March 26-May 26, 2013. Organized by Droga5.
Scope Fair. NYC. Whitehot Magazine Booth. March 6-10, 2013.
Carraige Trade Benefit Exhibition. Carraige Trade Gallery, NYC. December 18, 2012-January 15, 2013. Benefit exhibition to support the galleries upcoming year of activities. Group show.
My Other Guitar is a Paintbrush. One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY. October 13-November 17, 2012. Group show.
No Permanent Landscape. Boothuis Brauhaus, Turnhout, Belgium. Part of “Turnhout Cultural Capital of Flanders 2012”. 5 artists exhibited on a converted boat. Sept 28, 2012-Oct 7, 2012.
Listen to Your City–Listening To Art : A Tower Full of Sounds Etc.* @ Knippelsbro and around Copenhagen. August 24-November 4, 2012. *part of the worldwide programs celebrating the 100th birthday of John Cage
Let’s Begin With A Line. Dorsch Gallery, Miami. April 5-May 5, 2012. Group show.
Membra Disjecta for John Cage:Wanting to Say Something About John. Freiraum Quartier 21, International MuseumsQuartier, Vienna. February 17-May 6, 2012. DOX Center for Contemporary Art, Prague. May 25-August 20, 2012. Collaborative piece with Zeger Reyers, live mushrooms growing on music score paper to create compositions.
John Cage 33 1/3 – Performed By Audience, A Celebration of the Centenary of the Composer’s Birth. Tampa Museum of Art. January 28-May 6, 2012. Artists select records for audience participation DJ ‘score’ by Cage.
Things Not Seen Before: A Tribute to John Cage. Group show. Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL. January 14-February 5, 2012. Showing etched record prints.
Powderfinder. Group show curated by Michael Morley. rice and beans gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. August 11-27, 2011.

WRITINGS:
Books:
JRNLS80s. (Portugese Translation). Terreno Estranho Press, Sao Paulo, Brasil. 2017.
SOME WRITINGS ON MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Lazy Eight Press, May 2016. 56pp, some photos.
HOW NOT TO GET PLAYED ON THE RADIO. Chapbook. SoundBarn Press, NY. December 2011. Recent poems.
WATER DAYS/ JEAU D’EAU (with Leah Singer). Photo book and audio CD. Dis Voir, Paris. French Version and English version. 2010.
AGAINST REFUSING. Limited Edition Hardbound letterset book of poems, edition of 125. Water Row Press. 2010.
BURGLARPROOF WHEELBASE. Chapbook. Glass Eye Books, MA. June 2009.
HELLO FROM THE AMERICAN DESERT. chapbook. Silver Wonder Press, Chicago. November 2007. Poems dervised from Internet Spam emails. Illos by Curt Kirkwood.
SORRY MATT. Mimeo folio of 12 drawings+text, drawings of Jandek concert at Issue Project Room, NYC. Bastet (Arthur Magazine) Mimeo Series. Limited edition 100 copies. 2006.
ROAD MOVIES. Expanded 10th anniversary edition, included exclusive 60 min “Ambient for Vancouver” CD. Soft Skull Press/Important Records.. 2005.
ROAD MOVIES. Expanded 10th anniversary edition. Soft Skull Press. NYC. 2004.
LENGTHS & BREATHS, WaterRow Press, MA. September 2004.
JRNLS80s. Soft Skull Press. NYC. 1998.
MOROCCAN JOURNAL: JAJOUKA EXCERPT. Ring Tarigh Press, RI. 1997.
BOOKSTORE. Hozomeen Press. CT. 1995.
ROAD MOVIES. Soft Skull Press. NYC. 1994.
FIVE STORIES. Illiterati Press. LA. 1987.

Selected Publications/Catalogs etc:
L’EXPOSITION D’UN REVE. Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris. October 2017.
IMAGINARY CONCERTS. Peter Coffin, ed. Seventy artists create imaginary concert billings to be reproduced in the style of LA’s famed Colby Poster Printing Co. Anthology Editions and Printed Matter, 2017.
LET’S START A PUSSY RIOT. Curator: Emely Neu, editor: jade French, in collaboration with Pussy Riot. A collection of artist’s works in support of the radical Russian collective. Rough Trade, London. February 2013.
ROBERT SMITHSON: ART IN CONTINUAL MOVEMENT. Alauda Publications, Amsterdam 2012. Reprints my essays on visiting Smithson’s Broken Circle/Spiral Hill in Emmen, Holland in the 1980s.
MY FIRST GUITAR: TALES OF TRUE LOVE AND LOST CHORDS from 70 LEGENDARY MUSICIANS, by Julia Crowe. ECW Press, September 2012. Extenisve interview, also blurb.
PERFORMA ’09-BACK TO FUTURISM. Roselee Goldberg, ed. A conversation btwn Mike Kelley and Lee Ranaldo about Noise Music, and a piece on Text of Light’s Performa performance of that year’s festival. Sept, 2011.
ECSTATIC PIECE POETRY JOURNAL #10. January 2010.
ECSTATIC PIECE POETRY JOURNAL #9. January 2010.
SONIC YOUTH ETC: SENSATIONAL FIX. Catalog of the touring European show (includes many works photos and texts by LR). November 2008.
ILOVEYOUIHATEYOU: LEAH SINGER & LEE RANALDO. Magasin3 Stockholm Konsthall, exhibition catalogue no 40. Catalog to accompany exhibition of same name. Extensive interview and photos. Published in cooperation with Libraryman. 2008.
STOMACH RAINBOW. Catalogue of works by Davide Balula, the title taken from my included text, ‘Naval Milk Prison’. 2008.
[PHILIPPE VANDENBERG catalog] 2007. Included my text ‘Hairstyle Assasination’.
ECSTATIC PIECE POETRY JOURNAL #7. Spring/Summer 2006.
En/Of. Museum Kurhaus Kleve. Germany. 2005.
DRIFT: LEAH SINGER & LEE RANALDO. Catalog for exhibition of same name at Gigantic Art Space, NYC. Published in association with Plexifilm. Slipcase containing DVD and hardcover book w photos poems essays. 2005.
MEM CODEX . Lisbon Portugal, October 2004. “Blind Performance #2”.
GO JOHNNY GO: DI E-GITARRE-KUNST UND MYTHOS. Steidl Kunsthalle Wien. 2003. (LR: HWY SONGS 1-3; SY: The Destroyed Stage)
ECSTATIC PIECE POETRY JOURNAL #6. May 2003. The Punk Rock issue.
GROUND ZERO: NEW YORKERS RESPOND. Sept 2002. Wasteland Press. “Paperbox”
A MAGAZINE (AS PART OF MY KYLIE COLLECTION). Melbourne,Australia,2002. Kathy Temin artists book/catalogue relating to her work on Kylie Minogue.
ECSTATIC PIECE POETRY JOURNAL #1. Mar 2001.
SONIC BOOM: THE ART OF SOUND. Hayward Gallery, London. 2000.
SONIC YOUTH: LETTER FROM NYC. Little Cockroach Press #20. Art Metropole, Toronto. 2000.
HEIGHTS OF THE MARVELOUS: A NEW YORK ANTHOLOGY. May 2000. St. Martins Griffin.
THE ROLLING STONE BOOK OF THE BEATS. 1999. Hyperion. IN THE HOUSE OF LANGUAGE, An appraisal of the Rhino Jack Keroauc box.
VERSES THAT HURT, THE POMEPHONE POETS. April 1997.
COFFEEHOUSE: WRITINGS FROM THE WEB. 1997.
LONG SHOT #16. Long Shot Productions, Inc. Hoboken. 1994.
CONFUSION IS NEXT: THE SONIC YOUTH STORY. Alec Feoge. St Martin’s Press. 1994.
I DREAMED OF NOISE. Ignacio Julia/Jaime Gonzalo. Ruta 66. 1994.
SONIC LIFE: SONIC YOUTH. Guido Chiesa. Stampa Alternativa/Nuovi Equilibri. 1992.
THE JUDAS JESUS. Zurich. 1988.
WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BRAIN? INTERVIEWS POST PUNK. Judith Ammann. Edition Suhrkamp. 1987.
GOD IS A MAN STANDING STILL. Just Another Asshole #6, paperback compilation. NYC. 1983.

RECORDINGS:
Sonic Youth:
SPINHEAD SESSIONS 1986. Goofin Records, May 2016. CD/LP.
SONIC YOUTH SMART BAR 1985. CD/LP. Goofin Records. 2013.
SYR9: Simon Werner a Disparu. Original Film Soundtrack. Sonic Youth Recordings. February 2011.
THE ETERNAL. Matador CD/LP. June 2009.
HITS ARE FOR SQUARES. Starbucks Music. June 2008. Compilation.
SYR8. Sonic Youth Recordings. June 2008.
SYR7. Sonic Youth Recordings. April 2008.
DAYDREAM NATION DELUXE EDITION. Geffen/Universal. August 2007.
THE DESTROYED ROOM, B SIDES AND RARITIES. Geffen. CD. Dec 2006.
RATHER RIPPED. Geffen. CD. June 2006.
HELEN LUNDEBERG/EYELINER. 7” single. Goofin. June 2006.
MELBOURNE DIRECT. Saucerlike Records. 2005.
SYR6. Sonic Youth Recordings. October 2005.
GOO DELUXE EDITION. Geffen/Universal. August 2005
SONIC NURSE. Geffen. May 2004.
DIRTY DELUXE EDITION. Geffen/Universal. August 2003.
DEMONLOVER OST. Labels France, Nov 2002.
MURRAY STREET. Geffen. June 2002.
NYC GHOSTS & FLOWERS. Geffen. May 2000.
SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century. Sonic Youth Recordings. November 1999.
A THOUSAND LEAVES. Geffen Records. 1998.
SILVER SESSION: FOR JASON KNUTH. SKR1. June 1998. SF Suicide Hotline Benefit record.
SYR3. Sonic Youth Recordings. March 1998.
SYR2. Sonic Youth Recordings. September 1997.
SYR1. Sonic Youth Recordings. June 1997.
WASHING MACHINE. Geffen. 1995.
EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR. Geffen. 1994.
DIRTY. Geffen. 1993.
GOO. Geffen. 1991.
DAYDREAM NATION. Blast First. 1989.
Ciccone Youth: THE WHITEY ALBUM. LP. Blast First/Enigma/Capitol. Sept. 1988.
SISTER. LP. SST/Blast First. June 1987
Ciccone Youth: INTO THE GROOVE(Y). 12″ single. Blast First/New Alliance. 1986.
STARPOWER. 7&12″. SST/Blast First. 1986.
EVOL. LP. SST/Blast First. 1986.
(OVER)KILL YR. IDOLS. 7″ single. Forced Exposure #1. 1985.
DEATH VALLEY ’69. EP. Homestead/Blast First. 1985
BAD MOON RISING. LP. Homestead/Blast First. 1985.
DEATH VALLEY ’69. 7″. Iridescence. 1984.
KILL YR. IDOLS. EP. Zensor . 1983.
CONFUSION IS SEX. LP. Neutral. 1983.
SONIC YOUTH. EP. Neutral. 1982.

solo work:
NAMES OF NORTH END WOMEN: Lee Ranaldo & Raul Refree. Mute Records. February 21, 2020.
ELECTRIC TRIM LIVE AT ROUGH TRADE EAST, LONDON, OCTOBER 2, 2017. Mute Records. LP. November 2018.
ELECTRIC TRIM. Mute Records. LP & CD. September 2017.
CIRCULAR (JOYFUL NOISE VERSION). 7” single. Joyful Noise Records, 2017/
AMBIENT LOOP FOR VANCOUVER. Important Records CD. 54 minute ambient composition in hand-screened pak. September 2015.
ACOUSTIC DUST: LEE RANALDO AND THE DUST. El Segell de Primavera (Spain). LP/CD. 2014.
LEE RANALDO AND THE DUST: El Blues de la Revolucion b/w Zarzas y Arbustos. 7” single, Acoustic Neil Young and Sandy Denny covers. January 2014. El Segell, Spain.
LEE RANALDO/TIM ROGERS Split 7” single. Covering each other’s songs. SLAM benefit record (500 copies). S.L.A.M. label, Australia. December 2013.
LEE RANALDO AND THE DUST: THE RISING TIDE: LAST NIGHT ON EARTH DEMOS AND REHEARSALS. Lazy8 Records. 2xCD limited edition. October 2013.
LEE RANALDO AND THE DUST: LAST NIGHT ON EARTH. Matador Records. LP/CD. October 2013.
BETWEEN THE TIMES AND THE TIDES-ALTERNATE MIXES. Lazy8 Records. 7” single. May 2012.
BETWEEN THE TIMES AND THE TIDES-DEMOS. Lazy8 Records. LP. May 2012.
BETWEEN THE TIMES AND THE TIDES. Matador Records. LP/CD. March 2012.
WE’LL KNOW WHERE WHEN WE GET THERE. special pkg 12″ vinyl record/catalog-soundwork created for Ranaldo/Singer art show at Cneai, Paris. 500 copies limited edition. Feb. 2009.
COUNTLESS CENTURIES FLED INTO THE DISTANCE LIKE SO MANY STORMS. 12” LP w one side etched by Savage Pencil. Table of the Elements. May 2008.
MAELSTROM FROM DRIFT. CD. Three-Lobed records. May 2008. A compendium of various, mostly solo, tracks.
ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY. Lee Ranaldo/Zeger Reyers. Special pkg 12” vinyl record, each track an infinte loop. Sound and etching by Ranaldo/cover by Reyers. Created for Paul Thek exhibition at ZKM, Karlsruhe. December 2007.
VANCOUVER AMBIENTS 1-4. (with screenprint, edition of 500 signed, numbered copies). Important Records. 7” single. 2006.
AMBIENT LOOP FOR VANCOUVER (packaged with special edition of ROAD MOVIES, 10th Anniversary Edition). Important Records, CD. 2006.
MUSIC FOR STAGE AND SCREEN. DSA CD. November 2004.
NORTH SIX. Carlos Giffoni/Lee Ranaldo/Jim O’Rourke. Antiopic 3” CD. June 2004.
NEW LIFE AFTER FIRE (for Tom Thomson). With Dave Dyment. Art Metropole. 2003.
MONSOON. Ranaldo/Hooker/Roger Miller trio. Atavistic 2003.
OUTSIDE MY WINDOW THE CITY IS NEVER SILENT: A BESTIARY. LP, Chocolate Monk/Hell’s Half Halo. Collage of various 90s works, made for Belgian radio. May 2002.
FUCK SHIT UP. Marclay/Moore/Ranaldo trio. Victo. Nov. 2000.
BOUQUET. Hooker/Marclay/Ranaldo trio. Knitting Factory. 2000.
DIRTY WINDOWS. CD. Barooni/Atavistic.. spoken word and music. April 1999
AMARILLO RAMP (for Robert Smithson). solo guitar, etc. Released by Starlight Furniture, USA. 1998.
CLOUDS–VICTORIAVILLE CONCERT, MAY 1997. CD. Victo, Dec 1997.
Live Victoriaville festival concert also featuring Jim O’Rourke and Gianni Gebbia.
THE GIFT OF TONGUES. With William Hooker and Zeena Parkins. CD. Knitting Factory Works, 1996.
EAST JESUS: SOME RECORDINGS: 1981-91. CD. Blast First/WIRE magazine, 1994; Atavistic May 95.
SCRIPTURES OF THE GOLDEN ETERNITY. CD/LP. Drunken Fish/Father Yod, 1994-5.
ENVISIONING: Lee Ranaldo/William Hooker. CD. Knitting Factory Works, 1995.
BROKEN CIRCLE/SPIRAL HILL. CD/7”. Starlight Furniture Company, 1995.
GATE: BOSTON & NYC. MICHAEL MORLEY, LEE RANALDO, ZEENA PARKINS. CD. Poon Village, 1995.
SILICON. 7”. Table of the Elements, 1994.
A PERFECT DAY. CD EP, saw-blade shaped 7” . Musical Tragedies, 1994.
SPOKEN FOR GERALDINE. 7”. Precious Metals 1994.
FROM HERE TO INFINITY. real time re-edit for cassette/CD release. SST/Blast First records. June 1988.
FROM HERE TO INFINITY. locked-groove record. SST/Blast First records. June 1987.

Text of Light:
MUSICWORKS MAGAZINE (TORONTO). 3 pieces on CD included with Magazine.
UN PRANZO FAVOLOSO. FinalMusik, Italy. January 2007.
012805 ROTTERDAM 1. Room40, Australia. January 2007
COSMIC DEBRIS VOL 1. Split 12” with My Cat Is An Alien (limited 100 copies). Italy. Dec 2006.
METAL BOX. 3xCD. Dirter Promotions. September 2006.
REEL 1. Archive CD release, limited to 200 copies. May 2005
TEXT OF LIGHT. CD. Starlight Furniture. June 2004.
TEXT OF LIGHT—Piece for Harry Smith. Vinyl w screenprint in clear pkg. Table of the Elements Lanthanides series. May 2004.
EN/OF #21—collaboration with visual artist Tacita Dean, limited to 100 copies. Bottrop boy, Germany. Vinyl. April 2004

Compilations (Sonic Youth):
AN ANTHOLOGY OF NOISE AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC. Sub Rosa, 2002.
OHM: Electronic Music, Ellipsis Arts 2001.
PLATO’S CAVE/w Mike Kelley. Tellus 12. Music for Theatre. Tellus Cassette. 1988.
KILL YR. IDOLS. Sub pop 100. LP. 1987.
HALOWEEN. A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse. Giorno Poetry Systems. 1985.
DIG THIS! Speed Trials LP. Homestead Records. 1985.
DEATH VALLEY ’69(version). Plow LP. Organik Records. 1985.
SCREAM TAPE. Tellus Cassette Magazine #1. 1984.

Glenn Branca:
INDETERMINATE ACTIVITY OF RESULTANT MASSES. Performer. Atavistic CD. 2007.
SYMPHONY #1. producer and performer. ROIR cassette. 1983.
SYMPHONY #2. producer and performer. Atavistic CD. 1994.
SYMPHONY #3. Neutral Records. 1983.
WHO YOU STARING AT? Giorno Poetry Systems. 1982.
THE ASCENSION. 99 Records. 1982.

with GATE:
GATE: BOSTON & NYC. MICHAEL MORLEY, LEE RANALDO, ZEENA PARKINS. CD. Poon Village, 1995.

with William Hooker:
THE CELESTIAL ANSWER: William Hooker / Lee Ranaldo. CD. Table of the Elements/Xeric. Dec. 2005.
CLOUDS–VICTORIAVILLE CONCERT, MAY 1997. CD. Victo, Dec 1997.
Live 1997 Victoriaville festival concert also featuring Jim O’Rourke and Gianni Gebbia.
THE GIFT OF TONGUES. CD. Knitting Factory Works, 1996.
trio improvisations with William Hooker and Zeena Parkins.
ENVISIONING. CD. Knitting Factory Works, 1995.

Plus Instruments:
PLUS INSTRUMENTS: FEBRUARI-APRIL 1981. LP. Kremlin Records. 1981 (reissued 2012 on Poutre Apparente (France).
PLUS INSTRUMENTS. Vynil Magazine. (Flexi-disk) 1981.

Other Collaborations:
MCIAA XX ANNIVERSARY: My Cat Is An Alien, Jean-Marc Montera, Lee Ranaldo. 2xLP. Antigravitational Records. December 2019.
LEE RANALDO/JIM JARMUSCH/MARC URSELLI/BALÁZS PÁNDI– s/t. Trost Records. May 2019.
TROUBLE AND DESIRE: The Callas with Lee Ranaldo. LP. Dirty Water Records, UK. October 2018.
IN DOUBT, SHADOW HIM!. HiFiKlub & Lee Ranaldo. LP. Joyful Noise Records. July 2018.
SINCERELY, L. COHEN: A LIVE CELEBRATION OF LEONARD COHEN. Royal Potato Family. Sept 2017. Document of Cohen tribute concert in NYC on Jan 24, 2017. Lee sings Famous Blue Raincoat.
LIVE AT SECRET PROJECT ROBOT: ONEIDA with JAMES MCNEW and LEE RANALDO. Safety Meeting, 2017.
GLACIAL: ON JONES BEACH. Three Lobed Records. LP. Trio with Tony Buck and David Watson. July 2012.
LES ANGES DU PECHE. Thurston Moore/Jean-Marc Montera/Lee Ranaldo. Dysmusie. July 2011. Ranaldo and Moore, each in duo with Montera.
BACK TO LA TOMATE. Hifiklub with Lee Ranaldo & Jean-Marc Montera. EP. Parallel Factory. November 2010.
ALL IS LOST IN TRANSLATION. My Cat Is An Alien with Ramona Ponzini and Lee Ranaldo. Atavistic Records CD. November 2010.
AFTERNOON SAINTS: The Shirley Jangle (with Christian Marclay, Gunter Muller, David Watson). . 2xLP w etched disc side 4. Kraak. 2009.
NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE:CLINE/GIFFONI/LICHT/RANANDO. No Fun Records CD. Nov 2007.
RANALDO/GIFFONI/MOORE/CLINE: FOUR GUITARS LIVE. Important Records CD. Feb 2006.
OASIS OF WHISPERS: Hall/Hooker/Ranaldo. Alien8. 2005.
30 DECEMBER 2004. BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL WITH LEE RANALDO. CD. Celebrate PSI Phenomena. 2005.

12 Responses to Bio

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    belgium

  2. gonçalo says:

    Lee,

    i´m Gonçalo from Barcelona, well, the portuguese who lives in Barcelona.
    thanks for the great/freak/noise/poetry show and also for the signature in my guitar, the converted fender jaguar.
    i would like to send you the photos. how can I send them?

    it was a pleasure to finally meet you. after all these years and after so many gigs.

    thanks for all.

    Gonçalo.

  3. Carlos says:

    Great pic. Maybe you need a guitar in that place.

  4. Alex says:

    You are my hero..Mr Lee…

  5. Tin Veil says:

    tinveil@myspace.com

    enjoyed your book and music through the years

  6. Juan De Cicco says:

    Great show on Saturday in Buenos Aires!!!

  7. Flavio says:

    Lee, 3 words… Show + Sao Paulo + Brazil

    …one result: all tickets sold out + lots and lots of people with a big smile in their faces for the rest of their existence.

    Thanx for all these years of great noisy entertainment!

  8. Dan Halstead says:

    Lee, I’m hoping you remember me from our early teens (14-16) when we would sit in your Oyster Bay apartment and play guitar. Even then you really impressed and influenced me with your fast learning and style, and I’ve been playing acoustic ever since – over 42 years!

    I left OB long ago, married Susan Higgins (remember that name in 2008) and we recently retired and live in Escondido now.

    Anyway, I have an old “hand written” songbook we entered current (early 70’s) song lyrics into and then we would try and find the appropriate chords. I would love to return it to you, if possible, after all these years. I think you would get a kick out of having it back in your hands.

    I’ve been watching your career and I am very proud of your accomplishments.

    Please contact me at the email address attached to this message.

  9. Ed Alvarado says:

    Hi Mr Ranaldo love your work! Ed Alvarado

  10. Bud says:

    Lee,

    Beethoven’s 8th still doesn’t get the radio play it deserves. Neither do you, nor SY.

    I love your music, and you, and your compadres. Fuck yeah!

    Saw you several times in the 90s and 00s in Seattle and Denver.

    30 year fan, still recording shit, still a dickweed. Stay true to the end. How you finish matters. Sucks to be mortal, doesn’t it?

    Kind regards,

    Bud (aka jay@usa.net when you were still krakkak)

  11. chris says:

    ay ow u make the guitar sound like that m8. My parents discouraged me to join band for clarinet in 8th grade. Now i can’t listen to anything but foetus, phillip glass, death grips and the rolling stones. Sonic Youth had like 5 great songs though def

  12. dan says:

    Lee,

    I live in Oyster Bay and am father of 3 kids who go to local schools. we are barraged, it seems almost daily with news of Billy Joel. the kids and I have had enough. come back for a visit and provide antidote to BJ pablum.

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