Julian Koster
About the artist
Julian Koster is a member of the Elephant 6 Collective. He is the leader of American underground band The Music Tapes, and a former member of seminal indie legends Neutral Milk Hotel. He is also believed to have been a founder of the highly secretive Major Organ and the Adding Machine. Koster joined the The Olivia Tremor Control upon their 2005 reformation for a few select shows and appeared on many releases related to the Elephant 6 Collective. The instruments he is usually credited to are the singing saw
Top songs
- Jingle Bells
- The First Noel
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Silent Night
- Frosty The Snowman
- Jeff Davis County Blues
- White Christmas
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- O' Come All Ye Faithful
- Silver Bells
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- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- O' Little Town of Bethlehem
- O' Holy Night
- Let It Snow!
- Spare the Dark Streets
- The First Noël
- Freeing Song by Reindeer
- Freeing Song for Reindeer
- manifest destiny
- Takeshi & Elisha
- Introduction to Freeing Song by Reindeer
- The Silly Old Man Said "My Hat Is A Cow!"
- O Tannenbaum
- Introduction to a song flown by a little blind girl
- Introducing Badger Saw
- well suited to a throat ...
- Introduction to The Silly Old Man
- Introducing the Emergency Banjo
- O Christmas Tree
- Hacidem
- O Holy Night
- The Sea of Tranquility
- Takashi and Elijah
- Kolyada #2
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Let It Snow
- Takeshi and Elijah
- First Noel
- [Everyone Knows Bows Don't Have Names]
- [More People Coming?]
- Jesus' Blood [Gavin Bryars]
- [Pine Trees First Flight]
- Kolyoda
- [Railroad Cake]
- [Inside Full of Everything and a Head Full of Thoughts]
- [Carolers Code]
- Is That You Santa Claus? [Louis Armstrong]
- [Disguised as an Office Chair]
- The Silly Old Man Said My Hat Is A Cow
- Laughs Last Laughed
- I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
- [Objective Reality]
- [A Little Cider Break]
- Music Tapes Interview
- Julian Koster live on WHRB, 12-8-08
- Dogs & Saws
- Interview 1
- Interview 2
- Hark! The Harold Angels Sing
- Oh Christmas Tree
- Introduction
- Interview 3
- "Spare the Dark Streets"
- Gypsy live @ Oakland New Parish 3 6 11
- Opening
- silver bells/oh holy night
- Zat You Santa Claus/Goodbye!
- Saw and Organ
- O Tennebaum
- Hellos/North Introduction
- Caroling
- Takeshi & Elijha
- NEW
- at ameroplace/ameropad
- NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
- Singing Saw
- Into the River Thames (Vocal Version)
- Recording of an old Yiddish/Gypsie Song (Saw and Accordian on Wire Recorder)
- Speeding Bullet Sleep Song
- Noel
- Takeshi & Elijah
- Badger - Singing Saw (Live)
- Santa Claus is Coming io Town
- Julian Koster Interview
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (on Saw)
- 2nd Imaginary Symphony for Cloudmaking
- The Riding Lanterns
- 匀愀渀琀愀 䌀氀愀甀猀 䤀猀 䌀漀洀椀渀最 吀漀 吀漀眀湔
- Jingle Bells - Julian Koster
- Saw Ping Pong and Orchestra
- Schedrevka
- Majesty
- Nimbus Stratus Cirrus
- Tornado Longing for Freedom
- youtube-h7PsGipAraQ_The_MusicTapes_-_NPR_Music_Tiny_Desk_Concert
- Saw's Tales (Quartet Version)
- Jeff Davis County Blues (Julian Koster ver.)
- The Silly Old Man Said "My Hat
- Interview
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