C r y s t a l M y s l a j e k

Crystal Myslajek is a multi-instrumentalist, performer, and composer, who blends looping, ethereal vocals, and effects with minimalist, post-classical, jazz, and pop forms. She is an avid collaborator across disciplines including experimental film, performance art, theater, and dance. Recent projects include, Cove, released on Moon Glyph, Sea of Being, a collaboration with Aros E-V and the steward, the rev.web released on Corrector Records, Stasis & Motion, a collaborative sound-film piece commissioned by the Walker Art Center; Circadia, an album released on Water Wing Records; a multimedia piece for the 2016 Red Eye Theater Isolated Acts commission; multimedia compositions commissioned by the Cedar Cultural Center’s 416 Club; collaborations with playwright Rachel Jendrzejewski and SuperGroup performance collaborative; and Reflectors, a collaborative music/film piece which she co-presented at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival and the Eco Park Film Center in 2016, and at the MONO NO AWARE international film exhibition in Brooklyn, NY in 2015. Myslajek sang and played bass guitar in IE and Brute Heart. The trio was awarded City Pages’ 2012 Best Female Vocalist, featured in filmmaker Doug Aitken’s Station to Station project, and commissioned by the Walker Art Center to compose a score for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

4.29.2016

digital downloads and tapes now available online

4.21.2016

Circadia album on Cassette!

Circadia on cassette will be available starting April 28, 2016. Pick one up at the album release show: April 28 Icehouse, 2528 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis

(tickets and info here)

4.14.2016

EXHIBITION: BEYOND THE FRAME

EXHIBITION: BEYOND THE FRAME – Mpls. St. Paul International Film Festival!

Saturday, April 16th, 3-10pm (tickets)

I will be performing sound accompaniment at 3pm as part of a lineup of top-tier experimental filmmakers from across the US.

3pm: Sam Hoolihan, John Marks & Crystal Myslajek (Minneapolis, MN)

4pm: Robert Schaller (Boulder, CO)

5pm: Lori Felker (Chicago, IL)

7pm: Robert Todd (Boston, MA)

8pm: Trevor Adams & Mike Hallenbeck (Minneapolis, MN)

9pm: Roger Beebe (Columbus, OH)

4.12.2016

BRUTE HEART - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari VHS excerpt

3.29.2016

Song review of Golden Ratio from Reviler.org

...the song “Golden Radio” is a sparse piano ballad that recalls the haunted work of Grouper, the kind of music that somehow feels incredibly heavy while still feeling weightless. - Josh Keller of Reviler.org

1.24.2016

MONO NO AWARE Brooklyn, NY Dec 5, 2015

12.05.2015

Mono No Aware 9th annual expanded cinema exhibition

Tonight is the closing night of Mono No Aware's 9th annual exhibition of expanded cinema, performance, live music, and installation - 15 works by 33 international artists - 1115 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY I will be performing a sound/cinema piece of vocal looping, synths and multiple 16 mm film projections with John Marks and Sam Hoolihan.

9.12.2015

NEXT UP!: I will be performing the Circadia project with Chris Hepola, Liz Draper, and John Marks to film projections by John Marks and Sam Hoolihan for the Hand In Glove opening celebration at the Soap Factory Sept 17th. More information and tickets to the conference here: http://commonfield.org/

7.31.2015

New recording of Circadia project with Liz Draper (double Bass), Chris Hepola (drums), and John Marks (synthesizer). Recorded in Minneapolis 2015 by John Marks.

7.30.2015

Circadia Debut Performance at the Cedar Cultural Center

Debut performance clips of Circadia at the Cedar Cultural Center in January 2015. Circadia returns to the Cedar Friday July 31, 2015

Circadia @ The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, 2015 from John Marks on Vimeo.

Circadia is the ensemble of Crystal Myslajek, Liz Draper, Chris Hepola, and John Marks.
Projections by John Marks.