Robert Schneider
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| Robert Schneider | ||
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 Performing at The Black Cat (10/20/06)
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| Birth name | Robert Peter Schneider | |
| Born | March 9, 1971 South Africa |
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| Genre(s) | Indie pop Indie rock |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, guitarist | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar Keyboard |
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| Years active | 1987 to present | |
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The Apples in Stereo Marbles Ulysses American Revolution Neutral Milk Hotel |
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Robert Peter Schneider (born March 9, 1971) is one of the co-founders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, along with Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, and Jeff Mangum. He is perhaps best known as the lead singer/songwriter behind The Apples in Stereo.
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[edit] Biography
Born in South Africa, Schneider's family moved to Ruston, Louisiana when he was a child. In Louisiana, Schneider befriended Mangum, Hart and Doss and began discovering and playing music with them. After high school, where he was class president, Schneider moved to Denver, Colorado to attend college. He met Hilarie Sidney, whom he later married (although years later, they divorced), Jim McIntyre and Chris Parfitt, who soon formed the indie pop band The Apples (which was later changed to The Apples in Stereo). The group made their first release in 1993 with a self-titled EP that became the inaugural release on Elephant Six's label imprint.
Schneider has a number of solo projects. One, a project called Marbles, consist of lo-fi Beach Boys-esque recordings done with Will Cullen Hart. Another, Orchestre Fantastique, is a primarily solo venture which recorded a soundtrack for the unreleased film Dean Quixote. He is also in another solo project "Thee American Revolution" formed in Lexington, Kentucky.
Schneider's prowess in harnessing the sounds of Elephant Six bands became apparent with his distinct production style. In addition to producing all of the albums for The Apples in Stereo, he's produced work for the Olivia Tremor Control and the Minders, but is most well-known for his work on Neutral Milk Hotel's critically lauded In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. The Wall of Sound production style implemented by his heroes like Phil Spector and Brian Wilson were used on these records and cemented Schneider as the recognizable man behind the bands of the Elephant 6 label.
Schneider formed a new band in 2004 called Ulysses and released another Marbles album in 2005. During 2006, it was announced that Schneider was debuting in a new band with his brother-in-law, Craig Morris of Ideal Free Distribution, called The American Revolution. In August 2006, he began performing children's music under the alias Robbert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine.
On December 20, 2006 Schneider appeared on The Colbert Report for the season's rock-themed finale. He performed an original composition ("Stephen, Stephen") about the show's host, Stephen Colbert, and then closed the show alongside Chris Funk (of The Decemberists), Peter Frampton and Rick Nielson with an "all-guitar jam".
[edit] Performing Discography
[edit] The Apples in Stereo
For a complete list, see The Apples in Stereo discography
- Fun Trick Noisemaker (1995)
- Tone Soul Evolution (1997)
- Her Wallpaper Reverie (1999)
- The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (2000)
- Velocity of Sound (2002)
- New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
[edit] Marbles
For a complete list, see Marbles discography
- Inverse Gazebo (Cassette Only) (1993)
- Warm Milk and Chocolate (Cassette Only) (1993)
- I ♥ the Animals (Cassette Only) (1993)
- Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites) (1997)
- Expo (2005)
[edit] Ulysses
- 010 (2004)
[edit] Orchestre Fantastique
- Dean Quixote Soundtrack (2001)
[edit] Producing Discography
In addition to producing nearly all of the albums for The Apples in Stereo, Schneider has produced many for fellow Elephant 6 bands, including the following.
- The Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle (1996)
- Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island (1996)
- Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1997)
- The Minders - Hooray for Tuesday (1998)
- Beulah - When Your Heartstrings Break (1999)
