Kaveh Rastegar: Recordings
Bands I'm In
Kneebody "You Can Have Your Moment" 2010 - CD
Recorded in the spring of 2009 at Steve Wood's Laguna Beach studio, this album I believe captures the ferocity, gravity and beauty of our band Kneebody. I love this album so much.
Kneebody and Theo Bleckmann "12 Songs By Charles Ives" 2008 - CD
Nominated for a GRAMMY! Best Classical Crossover Album 2010.
»Twelve Songs by Charles Ives« is a homage to an exceptional composer from the United States who was denied the possibility of having the strength and radiance of his work recognized and understood by his society during his lifetime. The adaptations by Theo Bleckmann and Kneebody create a new perception, one that doesn't solve the puzzles of Charles Ives' music, but poses them afresh.
– Stefan Winter [Translation: Richard Toop]
Chewy Puma "Macabre Cadabre" 2008 - CD
This is an album that was long overdue. Chewy Puma is a band with Scott Seiver on drums, Joshua Lopez on guitar and me on bass. We've been playing together for the last seventeen years or so (!). The band has been together for ten years. And this is our first album! Some of the songs are older and some are newer. Most of the album was recorded at Nate Wood's house with overdubs and an additional song done at Scott's. We produced it and Scott mixed it. It was so fun to records and work on. I'm excited to play shows for it and do more writing and recording!
Kneebody "Live Volume 2: Italy" 2008 - CD
This is a great collection of songs from our tour of Italy in January 2008.
THRUSTER! "Green Heat" 2007 - CD
The Long Awaited complete studio album. Featuring Matt Chamberlain on drums, Tim Young and myself.
Kneebody "Low Electrical Worker" 2007 - CD
Kneebody's 2nd studio album.
Kneebody "Live Volume One" 2006 - CD
Cool collection of live tracks from various Kneebody tours in 2005.
Kneebody "Kneebody" 2005 - CD
Kneebody's 2005 release through Greenleaf Music! Selfrecorded and produced by Kneebody.
Thruster "Live in Seattle 04/02/2004" - cd
This is a live recording of the second ever Thruster performance. The night before, we played in Tacoma. So in Seattle at the fabulous Rainbow, we were ready and all practiced up. There is some killer stuff here that will surely melt faces. Thruster is Timothy Young on guitar, Matt Chamberlain on drums and myself.
Thruster "Thruster!" 2004 - CD
The ep and precurser to an actual full length album that will hopefully come out relatively soon!
Dakah "Live In San Francisco 7/31/04" - CD
This is a live recording of a concert that we played at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Dakah "Live In Los Angeles 7/02/04" - CD
Another good documentation of Dakah by Kufala.
Kneebody Live fall 2003 - cd
These are recordings from a tour we did when Nate brought out some recording equipment on the road. I think that there are some great examples of what the band does live here.
Dakah "Live at California Plaza 7/05/03" - CD
Wendel "Wendel" 2002 - CD
Wendel was kind of a precurser to our band Kneebody. The music on the Wendel album is music we still all play in Kneebody. It was the band we had (and continue to play with) when Shane was/is out of town. Ben Wendel, Adam Benjamin, Nate Wood, and me.
Shane Endsley "2nd Guess" 2002 - CD
The debut album from trumpet player Shane Endsley (Steve Coleman, Ani Difranco, Ralph Alessi, Kneebody). Featuring Shane Endsley, Ben Wendel, Adam Benjamin, Scott Seiver, Nate Wood, Tony Austin, Josh Lopez, Davey Chegwidden, and me among others.
Dakah "Unfinished Symphony" 2002 - CD
This is the only released studio recording to date of Dakah. I think we recorded it back in 2002.
Dispenza "Four Songs" EP 1999 - cd
Featuring Ben Wendel, Jeff Paul, Jason Treuting, Lawson White and myself. This is a four song EP from a band that I really loved being a part of. Dispenza was formed during our last year at Eastman. For a while that year, we played every Friday at Java's, the cafe next to the school(the band was named after JD, a Java's regular and former Chuck Mangione bodyguard, who was also an extremely energetic, enthusiastic, and vocal presence at our shows). During that time, the band developed a very strong group sound that none of us had ever experienced. We had all been going to school together but had never really played together before this band. I was really psyched to be a loud electric bass playing between two saxophone players and two great drummers. After college, we continued playing, finished this EP (which I still think sounds great), and toured around the country a few times. During that time the band recorded a full length album that has yet to be completed. The bonds formed in the band continue with Ben and I playing together in Kneebody and everything else and Jason and Lawson's involvment in the increasingly notorious percussion Quartet So Percussion (see links page).
Music For Friends
Bruno Mars "It's Better If You Don't Understand" 2010 - EP
I played bass and co-wrote the track "The Other Side" from Bruno's debut EP. The track also features Cee Lo Green and B.o.B.
Ligabue "Arrivederci Mostro" 2010 - CD
I am so proud to have been a part of this amazing album by Luciano Ligabue. It was recorded in January of 2010 in Corregio, Italy. Corrado Rustici was the producer. Chris Manning recorded and mixed. Such a pleasure. One of the best albums I've ever been a part of.
Romeus "Romeus" 2010 - CD
I am happy to have played on this album along with Michael Urbano on drums for a new young Italian artist named Romeus. He is a great and talented songwriter. The great Corrado Rustici produced the album.
Jesca Hoop "Hunting My Dress" 2009 - CD
I'm excited to tell you that the album "Hunting My Dress" by the artist Jesca Hoop is out. The album was produced by Tony Berg and featured some great musicians like the great guitarist Blake Mills (Band of Horses), keyboardist Patrick Warren and bass player Joe Karnes. I played upright and electric bass on the album as well. It's available through itunes, amazon, some stores and through her website www.jescahoop.com
John Gold "A FLower In Your Head" 2009 - CD
I'm so proud to be a part of this album by John co produced by Scott Seiver. I played upright bass on the last song "The Vampire's Kiss". This album is so good. I'm really blown away by it.Ligabue Con L'Orchestre Dell'Arena Di Verona "Sette Notti In Arena" 2009 - CD/DVD
This was one of the most amazing concert experiences I've ever had playing. In the fall of 2008 Luciano and the band played 7 nights at the Verona Arena and documented the concerts with video and audio. The video is incredible. It's a beautiful film. And the CD is so good. I'm so proud to have been a part of this.
Chali 2na "Fish Outta Water" 2009 - CD
I play bass on the track "Righteous Way" on this album by Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli MC. Chali is a prince and a great artist.
Colin Hay "American Sunshine" 2009 - CD
I am excited to have played on this album along with my good friend Charlie Paxson (drums). Colin is an incredible songwriter and singer as well as the coolest guy ever who makes a mean cup of tea.
Anna Dagmar "Let The Waves Come In Threes" 2009 - CD
I played on four songs on my friend Anna's new recording. This album sounds so good and showcases her great song writing, singing, arranging and piano playing.
Erica Mou "Bacio Ancora Le Ferite" 2009 - CD
I'm happy to have recorded on three songs from Erica's album. She's from Bari, Puglia in Italy. And so is my friend, her producer Marco Valente.
Richard Stekol "The Point of Stars" 2008 - CD
I played on a song on this album. I'm so happy I got to. Richard is a wonderful musician based in Laguna. Nate introduced me to his music. He played on the record and co produced it. The rest of the Kneebody guys are on it as well.
The Ditty Bops "Summer Rains" 2008 - CD
I'm so excited to be on the latest cd by some of my favorite people. Mitchell Froom produced this one. It was a lot of fun to work with him along with Greg Rutledge and John Lamdin. Pete Thomas also played drums on the album.
Raya Yarbrough "Raya Yarbrough" 2008 - CD
I played on singer Raya Yarbrough's debut cd for Telarc records. Steve Bartek produced the album and I played along with Nate Wood, Takeshi Akimoto, and John Kirby.
Allensworth "Broken Leaves" 2008 - CD
This is an album that I had a lot of fun recording for my friends Andrew Nast and Jim Perkins.
"A Kind of Awe and Reverence and Wonder" 2007 - CD
My friend Scott and I worked on this song and it appears on this cool compilation for his project Astroid Power Up.
'A Kind Of Awe And Reverence And Wonder' is the new compilation from Manchester's very own homemade and house-proud, singular minded and independent 'non-record-label' Twisted Nerve.
Colin Hay "Are You Looking At Me?" 2007 - CD
Very excited to be a part of Colin's latest release coming out soon in 2007.
Tony Scott "A Jazz Life" 2007 - CD
I'm happy to be on the latest CD by clarinetist Tony Scott. We recorded this album in Milan when Kneebody toured Italy in February of 2006.
John Rogers "Satori" 2007 - CD
7 song ep by singer songwriter John Rogers. great songs. This album was produced by my good buddy Scott Seiver and also features Scott on drums, Josh Lopez and Mark Noseworthy on guitar. We had a lot of fun rehearsing and recording this album and I think that the great sounding music reflects that.
Jurassic 5 "Feedback" 2006 - CD
This is the latest album from one of the great hip hop collectives around right now. I am on their cover of the Baden Powell song "Canto Do Ossanha".
Rosey "The Old Fashioned Way" 2006 - CD
This is Rosey's second album. It features Ben Wendel, Nate Wood, Adam Benjamin, Shane Endsley, John Chin, Josh Lopez, John Bigham, Evan Slamka, Dave Wilder and Davey Chegwidden and myself.
Anna Dagmar EP 2006 - CD
These are four songs I recorded with Anna Dagmar along with producer Ben Wittman.
John Stowers "Everything You Do" 2006 - CD
This CD by songwriter John Stowers sounds great and is produced by Ed Tree and features Nate Wood and myself!
Michael Hernandez "Anonyme" 2006 - cd
This is an album that Nate Wood and I recorded for the French songwriter Michael Hernandez. The album was produced by the production team The Wizardz of Oz.
Keaton Simons "Exes and Whys" 2005 - CD
Branden Harper "Tangents" 2005 - CD
This is an album by drummer/composer Branden Harper that I still have yet to hear! I remmeber the tracks he showed me while he wass working on it sounded really cool. Personnel is a cast of Seattle characters: Trey Gunn (Performer), Mell Dettmer (Mastering), Tim Young (Performer), Eyvind Kang (Performer), Randall Dunn (Producer), Bill Horist (Performer), Paul Moore (Performer), Kaveh Rastegar (Performer),Harper (Performer)
DJ Haul "Half Baked Goods" 2005 - CD
I played on a couple of songs on Haul's compilation.
Celeste Prince "Lady Sings the News" 2005 - CD
This is an album that I recorded with Celeste along with a great band. It was produced by Marvin Etzione.
Keaton Simons "Currently" EP 2004 - cd
This is a five song EP from Keaton and the band. I'm really psyched about how it turned out. It's a precurser to his full length album "Exes and Whys" that is coming out spring of 2005. It features Keaton, Scott Seiver, Micah Gell Redman, and myself.
Keven Brennan "God Is a Mighty Gourd" 2004 - CD
Keven is great. I recorded on this cd along with Scott Seiver, Davey Chegwidden, Shane Endsley, Ben Wendel and Adam Benjamin.
Click Boom "The Freak Went Suite" 2004 - cd
This is a four part suite for a large ensemble written by trombonist/composer Dan Ostermann. There is great and interesting writing on the recording and the performances and sounds are really cool. A cross section of LA musicians, the album features: Tracy Wannamae, Matt Demerritt, brian Walsh, James King, Todd Simon, Dan Ostermann, William Roper, Adam Benjamin, myself, and Tony Austin.
Casey Black "Vacations" 2004 - CD
This is Casey Black's first CD. He is a great singer/sonwriter and a really cool guy. I play bass on this album along with the great Joe Karnes. Casey plays guitar and sings, Kris Pooley plays keyboards and Aaron Sterling plays drums.
Pan Dulce "Pan Dulce" 2003 - CD
Original Carribean music for the steel pans by Alan Lightner. I'm on four songs along with a lot of friends like Davey Chegwidden, Ricky Rodriguez, Shane and Ben.
Baba Alade "Unified and One" 2002 - CD
I played on a few songs for Baba Alade's record. He is a great bass player and all around musician as well. I had a lot of fun playing shows in his band along with him, Munyungo Jackson and Danny Moynahan.
Arik Marshall "Fantaseality" 2001 - CD
OK so this cd might be really hard to find, or impossible to find. If you want a copy though I bet I could get you one. Arik is always writing great songs. He is the guitar player that has been playing with Macy Gray for years and has also played with the Chili Peppers and many other artists. The band was great. It was Arik, Fish, Marina Bambina, Davey... a bunch of people and even George Clinton made it on to a track.
Old Sol "ep" 2000 - cd
This was so much fun. It is the first cd by my good friend Megan Jacobs. It features me, Megan, Daren Hahn, Shane Endsley and others. It was produced by Andre Cymone.
Film and TV
"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" 2008 - CD
I played on a song called "Let's Duet" for this film featuring the great John C. Reilley.
Journey From the Fall 2007 - DVD
Tideland - film
Nate Wood and I played on a song along with Jeff Bridges in Terry Gilliam's 2006 film "Tideland".
Shelf Life 2005 - DVD
This is an independant film directed by Tamar Halpern. It features Elisa Bocanegra as an insane and jealous librarian. I composed some bits of music featured in the film and recorded them along with Nate Wood. Fun low budget experience for me composing to my tv...
Mod Squad: Music From The MGM Soundtrack - CD
When I was in college while on a trip to LA I recorded on a version of "My Favorite Things" as a part of a band called Skerik and The Keefus Trio. That would be Skerik on sax, Keefus Ciancia on piano, Pablo Legaspi on drums and me on bass.
Cypher - DVD
I played on this score written by Michael Andrews for Vincenzo Natali's 2002 film.
Orange County - DVD
I played on the origional score by Michael Andrews for Jake Kasdan's 2002 film.
Wonderfalls - DVD
I played on a few episodes for composer Michael Andrews for this short lived television series.
Mercy Streets - DVD
This is a link to where a DVD is available for this. I recorded on a few songs with Keaton Simons for this film released in 2000.
Compilations
"For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Artists" - CD
Various Artists including Ralph Stanley, 16 Horsepower and My Morning Jacket. I'm on a song by Carla Bozulich called "Lonesome Roads".
Dublab Presents: Freeways - CD
This is a really cool compilation. I think this is a good representation of underground Los Angeles music at the time. I recorded on a song for Damon Aaron called Don't Get Up Again back in 2000. Some of the other artists featured are Daedelus, Mia Doi Todd and Adam Rudolph.
Henhouse Studios Anthology Volume 1 - CD
The Henhouse is the brain child of musician Harlan Steinberger. Check out www.henhousestudios.com. I played on a track by Aya Peared along with Scott Seiver, Greg Kurstin and Angelo Moore.
Henhouse Studios Anthology Volume 2 - CD
I played on a song by the Gwendolyn Yeo trio on this album.