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

  1. Jingle Bells
  2. The First Noel
  3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  4. Silent Night
  5. Frosty The Snowman
  6. Jeff Davis County Blues
  7. White Christmas
  8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  9. O' Come All Ye Faithful
  10. Silver Bells
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  1. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  2. O' Little Town of Bethlehem
  3. O' Holy Night
  4. Let It Snow!
  5. Spare the Dark Streets
  6. The First Noël
  7. Freeing Song by Reindeer
  8. Freeing Song for Reindeer
  9. manifest destiny
  10. Takeshi & Elisha
  11. Introduction to Freeing Song by Reindeer
  12. The Silly Old Man Said "My Hat Is A Cow!"
  13. O Tannenbaum
  14. Introduction to a song flown by a little blind girl
  15. Introducing Badger Saw
  16. well suited to a throat ...
  17. Introduction to The Silly Old Man
  18. Introducing the Emergency Banjo
  19. O Christmas Tree
  20. Hacidem
  21. O Holy Night
  22. The Sea of Tranquility
  23. Takashi and Elijah
  24. Kolyada #2
  25. O Come All Ye Faithful
  26. O Little Town of Bethlehem
  27. Let It Snow
  28. Takeshi and Elijah
  29. First Noel
  30. [Everyone Knows Bows Don't Have Names]
  31. [More People Coming?]
  32. Jesus' Blood [Gavin Bryars]
  33. [Pine Trees First Flight]
  34. Kolyoda
  35. [Railroad Cake]
  36. [Inside Full of Everything and a Head Full of Thoughts]
  37. [Carolers Code]
  38. Is That You Santa Claus? [Louis Armstrong]
  39. [Disguised as an Office Chair]
  40. The Silly Old Man Said My Hat Is A Cow
  41. Laughs Last Laughed
  42. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  43. [Objective Reality]
  44. [A Little Cider Break]
  45. Music Tapes Interview
  46. Julian Koster live on WHRB, 12-8-08
  47. Dogs & Saws
  48. Interview 1
  49. Interview 2
  50. Hark! The Harold Angels Sing
  51. Oh Christmas Tree
  52. Introduction
  53. Interview 3
  54. "Spare the Dark Streets"
  55. Gypsy live @ Oakland New Parish 3 6 11
  56. Opening
  57. silver bells/oh holy night
  58. Zat You Santa Claus/Goodbye!
  59. Saw and Organ
  60. O Tennebaum
  61. Hellos/North Introduction
  62. Caroling
  63. Takeshi & Elijha
  64. NEW
  65. at ameroplace/ameropad
  66. NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
  67. Singing Saw
  68. Into the River Thames (Vocal Version)
  69. Recording of an old Yiddish/Gypsie Song (Saw and Accordian on Wire Recorder)
  70. Speeding Bullet Sleep Song
  71. Noel
  72. Takeshi & Elijah
  73. Badger - Singing Saw (Live)
  74. Santa Claus is Coming io Town
  75. Julian Koster Interview
  76. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (on Saw)
  77. 2nd Imaginary Symphony for Cloudmaking
  78. The Riding Lanterns
  79. 匀愀渀琀愀 䌀氀愀甀猀 䤀猀 䌀漀洀椀渀最 吀漀 吀漀眀湔
  80. Jingle Bells - Julian Koster
  81. Saw Ping Pong and Orchestra
  82. Schedrevka
  83. Majesty
  84. Nimbus Stratus Cirrus
  85. Tornado Longing for Freedom
  86. youtube-h7PsGipAraQ_The_MusicTapes_-_NPR_Music_Tiny_Desk_Concert
  87. Saw's Tales (Quartet Version)
  88. Jeff Davis County Blues (Julian Koster ver.)
  89. The Silly Old Man Said "My Hat
  90. Interview

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