Bobby Conn

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Bobby Conn , actually Jeffrey Stafford (born June 13, 1967 in New York ) is an American musician, songwriter and performance artist who lives in Chicago . According to Wallpaper Records, he comes from "the Chicago no-wave and performance scene of the 1990s, but developed a reputation for extravagant-excessive performances, satirical-political texts and experimental, soul-based art rock". Juliane Liebert described him in the Süddeutsche Zeitung as the "Dervish of Absurdistan".

biography

Born Jeffrey Stafford in New York, Conn spent much of his youth in Chicago. His musical career began in high school with a hardcore punk trio called The Broken Kockamamies .

In 1989 Conn played guitar in the avant-garde rock quartet "Conducent". In addition to Conn on guitar: Rex Jenny (bass and vocals), DeShawn (drums and vocals) and Le Deuce (loops, beats and atmosphere). The unusual sound of Conducent had its origins in improvisation and matured in the " open mic " movement.

After Conducent broke up in 1994, Conn began a solo career. His first band consisted of previous Conducent member Adam "DJ Le Deuce" Greuel on the turntables and Conn's partner Julie Pomerleau - also known as Monica BouBou - on the electric violin. He also appears as an electro duo with Monica BouBou, and has the weekly radio program "Post Modern Talking" with DJ Le Deuce

Discography

Albums

  • 1997: Bobby Conn
  • 1998: Rise Up!
  • 2001: The Golden Age
  • 2004: The Homeland with The Glass Gypsies
  • 2005: Live Classics Vol. 1 with The Glass Gypsies
  • 2007: King for a Day
  • 2012: Macaroni with The Burglars
  • 2020: recovery

EP

  • 1999: Llovessonngs

Singles

  • 1995: Who's the Paul? / The Sportsman
  • 1996: Never Get Ahead / Me, Most of All
  • 2002: Winners CD single
  • 2007: On the Farm / Don't Worry

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rick Kutner: Bobby Conn biography on Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ a b Bobby Conn on the wallpaper records website
  3. ↑ Juliane Liebert: The dervish of Absurdistan . Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 29, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Conn, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stafford, Jeffrey (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, songwriter, and performance artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH new York