Burning Star Core

Burning Star Core is the experimental music project of violinist C. Spencer Yeh. Originally conceived 1993 in Cincinnati, the project is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Composing music that's driven by his violin, Yeh's Burning Star Core project is known for its unique blend of musique concrète, ambient, drone, and psychedelic music. His albums A Brighter Summer Day, Blood Lightning 2007, Operator Dead... Post Abandoned and Challenger received favorable write-ups from critics.

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History

Burning Star Core was founded C. Spencer Yeh in 1993. The idea for the project arose from Yeh's desire to produce music that broke barriers and challenged traditional perceptions of music. He began releasing his music on his own Drone Disco label via cassette and CDr. In 2002, Burning Star Core released A Brighter Summer Day, marking the first time the project received wider distribution. The Very Heart of the World followed in 2006, with Zach Baron of Pitchfork Media saying "Yeh can play, but he also doesn't mind mucking up the works with the wet noise, gibberish talk, and free percussion that gives The Very Heart of the World its elevation-of-everyday-life punch." 2007's Operator Dead... Post Abandoned was favorably compared to other experimental rock bands such as Soft Machine and Rake.

Discography

;Studio albumsA Brighter Summer Day The Very Heart of the World Three Sisters Who Share an Eye Everyday World of Bodies Blood Lightning 2007 Operator Dead... Post Abandoned Challenger
;Collaborative albums

with The Hototogisu: II
with The Hototogisu: Hototogisu + Burning Star Core
with Yellow Swans: Yellow Swans & Burning Star Core
with Prurient: Ghosts of Niagara
with The Hototogisu: Untitled

;Compilation albumsMes Soldats Stupides '96 - '04
;Live albumsWest Coast Spring 2004 Papercuts Theater
;Extended playsAmelia Physical Culture
;Singles

with Coltrane Motion: Datawaslost Split Single.02
with Comets on Fire: Comets on Fire/Burning Star Core Untitled WSBC/SSS Body Blues
with DEL: BXC/DEL

;Cassette releasesHello? Drone Disco.98 Green Legs II Tabletop Bass Guitar Romantic Fall - Live 2002 4-25-03 SGH Amplified Body Sound Tell Me Burning Something USA Live Reports Spring 2005 What Happens When You Come Home and All That's Left of Her Is Her Hat? Sun Starved Sky Scrapers Two in the KY & One in the OH 2005 Sold Alive Sky Movies The Static You Hear Is the Rain The 'Labyrinth of the Minotaur' Spring Tour: United Kingdom Live Report 2006 Sword Swallower's Opera Live From New York

with Noveller, Pete Swanson, King Felix: Go for the Gold

;CDr releasesLive Documents 1997 – 1999 Hello?! Background Sound & Applause Live in Oxford, OH 4.06.02 Cafe Tattoo 3/16/03 White Swords in a Black Castle A Pair of Earrings From an Unnamed Property Human Pork Chop Crystal Castles Live on Art Damage Shapes of Autumn 2003 Inside the Shadow Let's Play Wild Like Wildcats Do

with Comets on Fire: Untitled
with Lambsbread: Live in St. Louis See You in 2004 Ten Vocal Loops Voice & Electronics Live 8/25/05 Fascination
with Mike Shiflet: ''Tour : 11:03''