Kevin Blechdom, Planntingtorock December 17, 2005

KEVIN BLECHDOM IS KRISTIN ERICKSON, RELOCATED TO EITHER BERLIN OR TALLAHASSEE, FL AFTER 5 BUSY YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO. WHILE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA, SHE ATTENDED MILLS COLLEGE, CO-FOUNDED A BAND CALLED BLECTUM FROM BLECHDOM, TOURED THE WORLD PLAYING MUSIC, AND RELEASED RECORDS ON TIGERBEAT6, DELUXE, ORTHLORNG MUSORK, SHIMMY DISC, FOUR STATES FAIR, UNBEARABLE, DIAL(), AND PHTHALO. KEVIN RECENTLY STARTED HER OWN RECORD LABEL CALLED DUDINI OF AMERICA, WITH A NEW EP RELEASE CALLED "YOUR BUTT."

KEVIN BLECHDOM WAS BORN IN 1978 IN FLORIDA AND GREW UP PLAYING GOLF AND CLASSICAL PIANO AND WRITING NOTES ON STAFF PAPER. SHE TRIED TO TAKE THE PIANO SERIOUSLY BUT STARTED SUFFOCATING SO SHE TRIED SOMETHING ELSE.

KEVIN'S FIRST RELEASES WERE WITH A BAND CALLED ADULT RODEO WHICH INCLUDED HER BROTHER ROB ERICKSON AND HER SISTER-IN-LAW STEPHANIE MANKINS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. SHE PLAYED KEYBOARDS IN ADULT RODEO AND BEGAN SINGING. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 3 ADULT RODEO ALBUMS, TWO OF THE CDS ARE RELEASED ON SHIMMY DISC. ADULT RODEO TOURED THE US AND EUROPE WITH KRAMER AND JAD FAIR.

AT MILLS COLLEGE KEVY B. LEARNED ABOUT COMPUTER MUSIC, BEGAN PROGRAMMING HER OWN MUSIC SOFTWARE, AND MET BLEVIN BLECTUM (BEVIN KELLEY). ONE MAGICAL DAY, KEVIN AND BLEVIN WERE PLAYING TWO SOLO SETS BEFORE A HALLOWEEN PARTY IN 1998. AT THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN KEVIN WAS FADING OUT HER MUSIC AND BLEVIN WAS FADING IN HER MUSIC, THEY HEARD SOMETHING THEY LIKED AND FINISHED THE SET TOGETHER. THEIR FIRST RECORD WAS RECORDED THAT WEEKEND AND THEY NAMED THEMSELVES BLECTUM FROM BLECHDOM. THEY PLAYED LOCALLY AND THREW UNSANCTIONED PARTIES IN THE BASEMENT OF MILLS COLLEGE. KEVIN BLECHDOM PLAYED LIVE ON HER LAPTOP WITH SOFTWARE SHE PROGRAMMED IN MAX/MSP AND BLEVIN BLECTUM PLAYED MUSIC WITH HER SAMPLER. THEY WOULD SYNC UP BY LISTENING AND NOT WITH MIDI; THEY PRIDED THEMSELVES IN BEING OUT-OF-CONTROL AND CONFUSING. SOMETIMES THEY WORE A COSTUME THAT CONNECTED THEM TOGETHER AT THE BUTT. KIT CLAYTON AND SUE COSTABILE'S LABEL ORTHLORNG MUSORK RELEASED THE FIRST EP "SNAUSES AND MALLARDS" IN MARCH 2000. A FEW MONTHS LATER BLECTUM FROM BLECHDOM RELEASED A FULL LENGTH CD ON DELUXE RECORDS CALLED "THE MESSY JESSE FIESTA." (THIS CD WON SECOND PRIZE FOR DIGITAL MUSIC AT ARS ELECTRONICA IN 2001, AND THEY WERE INVITED BACK AS JURORS FOR THE 2002 FESTIVAL.) BLECTUM FROM BLECHDOM ALSO RELEASESD A 10" ON DIAL() RECORDS CALLED "BAD MUSIC AND BUTT PRINTS," AND EACH COVER WAS INDIVIDUALLY STAMPED WITH TWO BLECTUM-PAINT-COVERED-BUTTS. THE NEXT B.F.B. RELEASE WAS A HALLOWEEN EP ON KID606'S LABEL TIGERBEAT6 CALLED "DE SNAUNTED HAUS." AFTER THIS RECORD SOLD OUT, TIGERBEAT6 RE-RELEASED "SNAUSES AND MALLARDS" AND "DE SNAUNTED HAUS" ALL ON ONE CD CALLED "HAUS DE SNAUS." NOW BLECTUM AND BLECHDOM ARE WORKING ON SOLO PROJECTS.

KEVIN BLECHDOM RELEASED HER FIRST SOLO EP CALLED "THE INSIDE STORY" ON TIGERBEAT6 IN SEPTEMBER OF 2001. THIS 3" CD CONTAINS MUSIC GENERATED WITH SOFTWARE KEVYB PROGRAMMED IN MAX/MSP. SHE FOLLOWED UP THIS RELEASE UP BY WRITING POP SONGS FOR HER TIGERBEAT6 EP "I HEART PRESETS," (MAY 2002) AND ON THE "YOUR BUTT" EP RELEASED NOVEMBER 2002 ON DUDINI (KEVY'S LABEL). KEVY HAS RELEASED TWO 7"S, ONE CALLED "JELLY DONUTS" FEATURING FRED FRITH AND ADULT RODEO, AND THE OTHER CONTAINS MUSIC THAT GETS FASTER AND SLOWER INFINITELY CALLED "THE TEMPO OF DOOM" ON UNBEARABLE RECORDS.

HER FIRST FULL-LENGTH SOLO ALBUM CALLED "BITCHES WITHOUT BRITCHES" WAS RELEASED ON CHICKS ON SPEED RECORDS IN MAY 2003.

HER NEWEST FULL-LENGTH SOLO ALBUM CALLED "EAT MY HEART OUT" WAS REALEASED ON CHICKS ON SPEED RECORDS IN JUNE 2005.