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American drummer
Musical artist
Earl Harvin is an American drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany.
Harvin studied at the
University of North Texas College of Music
[1] where he was a member of the
One O'Clock Lab Band for one year, beginning 1989. Throughout most of the 1990s, he led the jazz band Earl Harvin Trio
[2]
[3] (including Fred Hamilton and
Dave Palmer ) and led the rock band
rubberbullet .
[4] Earl Harvin Trio won the
Dallas Observer category of "Jazz" in 2003.
[5] Harvin also performed or recorded with various Texas-based artists including
James Clay ,
Chao ,
Ten Hands and
Billy Goat . He has since performed, or recorded with
MC 900 Foot Jesus ,
Seal ,
Joe Henry ,
[2]
The The ,
The Psychedelic Furs ,
Trevor Horn ,
Pet Shop Boys ,
Art of Noise ,
The Frames ,
Richard Thompson ,
Jeff Beck ,
Damien Rice ,
Glen Hansard ,
Hikaru Utada , and many others. Harvin's contribution to Seal's
Human Being includes drums, bass and guitar as well as co-writing on "Latest Craze".
[2] Harvin has toured extensively with the French duo
Air . Recently he has performed and recorded with Berlin- and London-based
Warren Suicide . As of 2010 he has recorded and toured as a member of the English band
Tindersticks .
[6]
Ari Hoenig has cited him as a major influence.
[7]
In 2009, Harvin released a CD solo project Oracles on which he played all instruments and vocals.
[1]
[8]
Discography
Oracles (2009; independent)
Earl Harvin Trio
Rubberbullet
Grinning Bitches/Entangled 7" (1994;
Last Beat Records )
rubberbullet (1995; Last Beat Records)
Open (1996; Last Beat Record])
The Kissing Song/King Of The Damned Lazer Gag 7" [split w/
Baboon ] (1997; Last Beat Records)
With others
Ten Hands , Kung Fu... That's What I Like (1988)
Ten Hands , The Big One Is Coming (live) (1989)
Billy Goat , Bush Roaming Mammals (1992)
Seal ,
Human Being (1998), "IV" (2003)
The The,
Naked Self (2000)
Black Frames,
Solarallergy (2002)
The Richard Thompson Band Live
Ducknapped! (2003)
Malachy Papers, with Earl Harvin (2005)
My Brightest Diamond ,
Bring Me the Workhorse (2006)
Warren Suicide, Requiem for a Missing Link (2008)
My Brightest Diamond ,
A Thousand Shark's Teeth (2008)
Robbie Williams ,
Reality Killed the Video Star (2009)
Jeff Beck ,
Emotion & Commotion (2010)
Tindersticks ,
Falling Down a Mountain (2010)
My Brightest Diamond ,
This Is My Hand (2014)
My Brightest Diamond ,
A Million and One (2018)
Scrote & Earl Harvin ,
scr011 (album) (2020)
References
^
a
b
Special Interview
Archived 2012-03-08 at the
Wayback Machine , TAMA drums , copyright 2006
^
a
b
c Robert Wilonsky
Bang the drum loudly
Archived 2014-11-29 at the
Wayback Machine , Dallas Observer , June 3, 1999
^
Earl Harvin Trio, Nightstick by Robert Wilonsky, Alec Hanley Bemis, Kirk Silsbee, Sam Molineaux, Jeff Niesel and Franklin Bruno (archived)
New Times LA , June 11–17, 1999
^ Richard Baimbridge
The 1997 Dallas Observer Music Awards dallasobserver.com , May 1, 1997
^ Shannon Sutlief
2003 Dallas Observer Music Awards
Archived 2014-12-02 at the
Wayback Machine , Dallas Observer , April 17, 2003
^ Joe Tangari
Tindersticks - Falling Down a Mountain pitchfork.com , February 15, 2010
^
Ari Hoenig - Le batteur qui n’en finit pas de gravir les sommets citizenjazz.com
^
Oracles allmusic.com
External links