Andrea Parkins

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Andrea Parkins was an American composer, sound artist, performer, and improvisational musician based in New York. She received a BFA from Tufts University and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Parkins released the albums One Great Day... (1996) and Cast Iron Fact (1996). Her work became known for inventive explorations on the electric accordion, generative sound processing, and arrangements of objects and sound. Notable albums included Faulty (Broken Orbit) (2009). Parkins collaborated with musicians such as Nels Cline, Jim Black, and Fred Frith. She was presented at venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art and The Kitchen, and she received grants from Meet the Composer and the New York State Council for the Arts.

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01	Downpour 1	Nels Cline	Downpour			37:22
02	Downpour 2	Nels Cline	Downpour			18:15

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Two Rooms from the Memory Palace

2021 Andrea Parkins: 19-11-2021

Two Rooms from the Memory Palace

01	Two Rooms from the Memory Palace	Andrea Parkins	Two Rooms from the Memory Palace			53:47
	Writer: Andrea Parkins / Composers: Andrea Parkins

Two Rooms from the Memory Palace (Excerpt)

2021 Andrea Parkins: 13-10-2021

Two Rooms from the Memory Palace (Excerpt)

01	Two Rooms from the Memory Palace (Excerpt)	Andrea Parkins	Two Rooms from the Memory Palace (Excerpt)			06:08
	Writer: Andrea Parkins / Composers: Andrea Parkins

Elective Affinities

2019 Infrequent Seams: 22-11-2019

Elective Affinities

01	Substance & Mixture	Andrea Parkins	Elective Affinities			04:09
	Writer: Andrea Parkins - Matthew Ostrowski / Composers: Andrea Parkins - Matthew Ostrowski
02	Collisions	Andrea Parkins	Elective Affinities			05:20
	Writer: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins / Composers: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins
03	Intrication	Andrea Parkins	Elective Affinities			04:11
	Writer: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins / Composers: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins
04	Eclipse	Andrea Parkins	Elective Affinities			06:58
	Writer: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins / Composers: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins
05	Valence	Andrea Parkins	Elective Affinities			04:18
	Writer: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins / Composers: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins
06	Discontinuity Function	Andrea Parkins	Elective Affinities			03:12
	Writer: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins / Composers: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins
07	Solubility	Andrea Parkins	Elective Affinities			05:51
	Writer: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins / Composers: Matthew Ostrowski - Andrea Parkins

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One Great Night...Live

: 29-06-2009

One Great Night...Live

01	The Decider (Live)	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Night...Live			12:24
02	For No Good Reason (Live)	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Night...Live			11:19
03	Coordinated Universal Time (Live)	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Night...Live			09:57
04	Split the Difference (Live)	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Night...Live			07:30
05	Instant Counterpoint (Live)	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Night...Live			11:55
06	I Should Have Known (Live)	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Night...Live			09:16
07	Half a Chance (Live)	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Night...Live			06:46

Downpour

2007 Les Disques VICTO: 01-01-2007

Downpour

01	Downpour 1	Nels Cline	Downpour			37:22
02	Downpour 2	Nels Cline	Downpour			18:15
03	Moss, Bed	Nels Cline	Downpour			04:04

One Great Day

: 01-01-1997

One Great Day

01	One Great Day...	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Day			08:43
02	Vertical Hold	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Day			10:32
03	T64k37b	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Day			04:24
04	Too Much Orange	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Day			10:06
05	Fallen Angel	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Day			09:19
06	The Inflated Tear	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Day			12:58
07	Side Effects	Ellery Eskelin	One Great Day			12:38

Splits

Kulak, 29 &30

: 01-01-1998

Kulak, 29 &30

01	Departure Lounge	Ellery Eskelin	Kulak, 29 &30			10:52
02	Fifty Nine	Ellery Eskelin	Kulak, 29 &30			13:13
03	Rhyme or Reason	Ellery Eskelin	Kulak, 29 &30			11:20
04	Organum	Ellery Eskelin	Kulak, 29 &30			10:26
05	Visionary of the Week	Ellery Eskelin	Kulak, 29 &30			12:03
06	Expubidence	Ellery Eskelin	Kulak, 29 &30			04:32

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Ten

: 10-11-2004

Ten

01	If Not Now	Ellery Eskelin	Ten			03:25
02	Tell me When	Ellery Eskelin	Ten			04:07
03	Anyone's Guess	Ellery Eskelin	Ten			06:01
04	Say It Again	Ellery Eskelin	Ten			05:09
05	Ask to Be	Ellery Eskelin	Ten			06:14
06	More Than That	Ellery Eskelin	Ten			05:26
07	Anywhere, Not Here	Ellery Eskelin	Ten			05:35

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The Secret Museum

: 01-01-2000

The Secret Museum

01	Prelude	Ellery Eskelin	The Secret Museum			06:10
02	You'll Know When You Get There...	Ellery Eskelin	The Secret Museum			05:14
03	Vox Organalis	Ellery Eskelin	The Secret Museum			06:54
04	Paris Swallowtail	Ellery Eskelin	The Secret Museum			05:01
05	We See	Ellery Eskelin	The Secret Museum			07:58
06	Sequence/Consequence (1)	Ellery Eskelin	The Secret Museum			07:31
07	Nymphaliadae	Ellery Eskelin	The Secret Museum			02:27

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Pickers Paradise (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)

℗ 2026 Rataplan Records NYC: 01-05-2026

Pickers Paradise (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)

01	Pickers Paradise (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)	Devin Gray	Pickers Paradise (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)			01:35
	Composers: Devin Curtis Gray

12(+1) Imaginary Views

: 09-04-2003

12(+1) Imaginary Views

01	Opener	Ellery Eskelin	12(+1) Imaginary Views			04:22
02	Four Chords	Ellery Eskelin	12(+1) Imaginary Views			03:27
03	Low(ly)	Ellery Eskelin	12(+1) Imaginary Views			04:49
04	Plastiche	Ellery Eskelin	12(+1) Imaginary Views			04:06
05	Grafik	Ellery Eskelin	12(+1) Imaginary Views			06:11
06	Hûm	Ellery Eskelin	12(+1) Imaginary Views			02:02
07	Modular	Ellery Eskelin	12(+1) Imaginary Views			07:38

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Arcanum Moderne

: 01-01-2003

Arcanum Moderne

01	It's a Samba	Jim Black	Arcanum Moderne			13:36
02	43 Rpm	Jim Black	Arcanum Moderne			06:19
03	Five Walls	Jim Black	Arcanum Moderne			12:43
04	For No Good Reason	Jim Black	Arcanum Moderne			09:45
05	Half a Chance	Jim Black	Arcanum Moderne			10:50
06	Arcanum Moderne	Jim Black	Arcanum Moderne			14:18

Hz of Gold

℗ 2026 Rataplan Records NYC: 20-03-2026

Hz of Gold

01	In Vivo (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)	Devin Gray	Hz of Gold			06:40
	Composers: Devin Curtis Gray
02	Longtermism (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)	Devin Gray	Hz of Gold			05:47
	Composers: Devin Curtis Gray
03	Hz of Gold (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)	Devin Gray	Hz of Gold			06:33
	Composers: Devin Curtis Gray
04	Doom Loops (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)	Devin Gray	Hz of Gold			02:09
	Composers: Devin Curtis Gray
05	Sample the Sample (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)	Devin Gray	Hz of Gold			02:15
	Composers: Devin Curtis Gray
06	Ubetcha (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)	Devin Gray	Hz of Gold			04:49
	Composers: Devin Curtis Gray
07	Kurkuma (feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski)	Devin Gray	Hz of Gold			03:31
	Composers: Devin Curtis Gray

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Ramifications

: 01-01-2000

Ramifications

01	Penalty Phase	Ellery Eskelin	Ramifications			05:28
02	Ramifications (For Rami Wade)	Ellery Eskelin	Ramifications			08:28
03	Museum Piece	Ellery Eskelin	Ramifications			07:37
04	Resident Alien	Ellery Eskelin	Ramifications			11:07
05	Title Piece	Ellery Eskelin	Ramifications			09:23
06	Contact	Ellery Eskelin	Ramifications			07:07
07	Transistor	Ellery Eskelin	Ramifications			10:58

Hammered

: 29-04-2013

Hammered

01	Frisner	Ches Smith	Hammered			07:19
02	Wilson Phillip	Ches Smith	Hammered			07:21
03	Dead Battery	Ches Smith	Hammered			06:42
04	Hammered	Ches Smith	Hammered			07:45
05	Limitations	Ches Smith	Hammered			02:07
06	Learned from Jamie Stewart	Ches Smith	Hammered			04:26
07	Animal Collection	Ches Smith	Hammered			06:27

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