Discography
of rivers (2024) New Focus
New Focus Recordings "Oboist Kyle Bruckmann, founding member of the wind quintet Splinter Reeds, releases of rivers, a collection of vanguard music for the instrument that highlights its integration with electronics, improvisational practices, extended techniques, and...
DUTY CYCLE | ACTIVE CULTURES (2024) Already D...
Double album of solo electronics. Available digitally (cassettes sold out) A riveting together of rust-pocked aesthetics beholden to multiple eras/genres/subcultures of celebratory oppositionality. A musicking of and for electronic bodies, their neural circuitry, and...
animals & giraffes : live @ Medicine for...
The third album by animals & giraffes features a live set captured in san francisco at the marvelous medicine for nightmares bookstore concert series. core members phillip greenlief and claudia la rocco are featured with special guests kyle bruckmann (oboe,...
Usage (2023) Already Dead
Caustic squelch, thudding trudge and trippy squish collide in a double-EP of de-minimalized techno plagued by ghosts of early Industrial and Cold Wave. Vintage analog synthesis, electrifried English horn and DAW-mangling comprise this distinctly alte Schule solo...
Bruckmann/Daisy/Mezzacappa/Greenlief: Semapho...
Long-time friends and musical collaborators Kyle Bruckmann (oboe, electronics) and Tim Daisy (drums, percussion) regroup to bring to life a brand new book of compositions with the help of Bay Area greats Phillip Greenlief (tenor saxophone) and Lisa Mezzacappa (bass)....
Chris Brown: Occhio (2023) Artifact
Performed by The Chromelodia Project: Chris Brown, composition, piano & electronics; Theresa Wong, cello & voice; Kyle Bruckmann, oboe. The ensemble blends Just Intonation, improvisation, and interactive computer music. Its name refers to Harry Partch's...
Andrew Raffo Dewar: Ekphrasis Suite (2021) Ra...
Kyle Bruckmann – oboe, English hornAndrew Raffo Dewar - soprano saxophone, compositions Gino Robair - percussion, vibraphoneJohn Shiurba - acoustic and electric guitar Rastascan “Ekphrasis Suite” is the second recording of composer/soprano saxophonist Andrew Raffo...
Mesmerics/Hindsight (2021) Infrequent Seams
Double album of solo electronics. Available digitally as two volumes, or together as a limited edition cassette. Tools include Buchla 200 (thanks to UOP), E-mu Modular (thanks to UCSC), Minimoog Model D, Wurlitzer 200A, VCV Rack, a small metal sculpture (thanks to...
EKG: 200 Years of Electricals (2021)
200 Years of Electricals is EKG's first new full release in more than a decade. It expands upon their patient, long-standing methodology (forged near the end of the previous millennium, during the subterranean heyday of "eai"),...
Phillip Greenlief: Barbedwire (2020)
37 graphic scores for trio volume one Creative Sources 2020
Bruckmann/Djll/Heule/Nishi-Smith: Brittle Fee...
Kyle Bruckmann: oboe/English hornTom Djll: trumpetJacob Felix Heule: floor tomKanoko Nishi-Smith: koto Humbler 006 Brittle Feebling prickles and bleats, an abrasive delicacy. Fricative rasp and withheld breath seethe together in a discomfiting cuddle. Perfectly...
Kyle Bruckmann & Tim Daisy: Loop Languag...
Kyle Bruckmann: oboe/English horn, electronicsTim Daisy: drums, marimba, glass bowls, percussion Relay Digital 012 All compositions by Kyle Bruckmann/BMIRecorded at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL on October 21st, 2019Recorded by Alex InglizianMastered by Myles...
Christopher Luna-Mega: Aural Shores (Edgetone...
With Splinter Reeds Edgetone 4210 "A sonic cross-pollination between environmental sound recordings and instrumental music with performers of the highest caliber, this album is the culmination of nearly a decade of research on environmental acoustics and their...
Draußen ist Feindlich (self-released) 2020
Solo oboe/English horn and/or analog electronics Released on Bandcamp, May 1st 2020 Ten (unedited, un-overdubbed) solo improvisations. An audio sketchbook of a month that wasn't. I essentially swore off the purist "solo improv album" several years ago, unable to...
Chris Brown: Some Center (2020) New World
The Chromelodia Project: Theresa Wong, cello & voice; Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; Chris Brown, piano New World Records Chris Brown’s (b. 1953) compositions Some Centre (2019) and First Light (2016), performed with such assured lucidity and subtle shading by the three...