Sound & Multi-Media Artist
- DOB: Swingin' 60's
- Home Town: San Francisco
- Currently, doing: a little artwork and a little music
Band Sightings
- Spaceship Eyes
- Spirits Burning
- Trap
- Fireclan
- Mooch
- Blue Lily Commission
Available Recordings
- Karen is featured on numerous albums. View her discography here
Involvement with Spirits Burning
"I began my involvement with the original Spirits Burning of the 80s. I did live sound for them at gigs. Eventually, I was responsible for them recording a demo at Hyde Street Studios (in San Francisco) where I was a second engineer and receptionist.
Musically, I've been involved on every CD - a track here and there. I've been a vocalist, keyboardist, guitarist and percussionist."
Recording For Earth Born
(Karen sings on Sarah's Surprise and Hit The Moon)
"Well, it wasn't easy singing with Bridget. I kinda just sang around her.
I got my dog, Indy involved too. Don for some odd reason put her in the studio room right before I was to sing. It was a warmish day and being in a closed-windowed studio made it even warmer. So she was panting hard. While I was recording "Sarah's Surprise" I bent the mic down to her when there was an open break. Sounded kinda good to me anyway - a percussion part if you can imagine."
Statement
"KAREN ANDERSON is a sound and multi-media artist from the San Francisco/Bay Area. Karen came to the Bay Area in 1982 to attend college at San Francisco State University (B.A. Broadcasting, '87), and has since attended the graduate programs at Mills College in Electronic Music and SFSU Inter Arts.
She has composed and engineered "live sound" performances in such diverse places as The Lab, Pro Arts, Noe Valley Ministry, Cafe de Nord, SF Institute of Art and 21 Grand. With her husband, she co-founded the visionary independent record label, Noh Poetry Records, in 1997, to further their electronic/experimental musical adventures. She has appeared on CDs by Spirits Burning, Spaceship Eyes, Quiet Celebration, Trap, Blue Lily Commission, Mooch and Fireclan.
Her individual compositions include "Whinesong" from the N©! Records release Free Speech For Sale and "Ouroboros" from the CD compilation Where Stalks The Sandman on Noh Poetry Records."
