Mudville (band)

The brainchild of bassist/producer Rubin and vocalist/songwriter Carino, Mudville began in San Francisco as a more straightforward rock band that prominently featured Hammond B3 organ. One independently-released CD was recorded in 1997 under Marilyn Carino's name, titled Long Island Lulu.

Upon relocating to New York in 2000, Carino and Rubin began collaborating on songs with Carino writing lyrics and melodies and Rubin producing tracks using a combination of painstakingly-arranged live instruments and digital sampling. Carino is known for her "serious chops",Time Out New York April 2005 sultry, limber contralto voice and expressive phrasing which is often compared to Annie Lennox,Time Out New York, May, 2004Providence Phoenix, November, 2004Perfect Sound Forever, January, 2005 Nina SimoneRhapsody Rhadish, June 2007 and Sarah Vaughan,Village Voice, June, 2003 and for her poetic, progressive-minded prose, which has drawn comparisons to that of Radiohead and R.E.M.Straight No Chaser July 2007 She has also co-written and sung on tracks produced by Sly and Robbie.

Benny Cha Cha has been a bassist for numerous Jazz and Rock greats, including Ronnie Cuber, Bill Frisell, Jim Campilongo, Moby and Marshall Crenshaw, and has distinguished himself as a remix artist who has worked with the Wu-Tang Clan's Killah Priest, Karsh Kale and Brazilian Girls.

The duo have recorded an EP, 2003's four-song Mudville, which featured one track, "High Rise", that was co-produced by Billy Talbot, bassist of Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and two full-length recordings; 2005's The Glory of Man is Not in Vogue, which was lauded as "Enchanting... a testament to the healing powers of rhythm"Nylon, November, 2004 and "A captivating and emotionally charged album" Copper Press, November, 2005 and 2007's Iris Nova, which features an eclectic array of artists, including R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills on piano, Telecaster maestro Jim Campilongo on guitar, percussionist/producer Karsh Kale, Bob Dylan pedal-steel guitarist Buddy Cage, the Ethel string quartet and saxophonist and former Lounge Lizard Michael Blake. American Songwriter magazine called Iris Nova "a pageantry of maturing sounds and measures, confident attitudes and different genres" and Rhapsody deemed it "a perfect melding, as if Nina Simone came back from the dead to front Morcheeba on a new record".

In 2015, the band released a new track, "Someone Else," which served as the end credits music for director Nelson Kim's debut feature film Someone Else.

Mudville's live band since 2005 has consisted of John Walter Bollinger on drums and Brian Charette on keyboards and guitar.

Mudville is also known for collaborations with artists of many disciplines, doing experimental projects with up-and-coming New York videographers and clothing designers and also performing with a contortionist.

In 2008, they won Best Dance/Electronica Song at the Independent Music Awards with their song "Wicked".

Ben Rubin and Marilyn Carino as "Marilyn Carino"

• Long Island Lulu - 1997

As Mudville"

• Mudville EP - 2001

1. Private Plane
2. Waterbird
3. Nothing Gets You Going
4. High Rise

• The Glory of Man is Not in Vogue - 2003, reissue 2005 by Day By Day Entertainment

1. The Hero of the World
2. Blown
3. Stoned
4. Perfect
5. Othello
6. Poets on parade
7. In Orbit
8. Pray
9. Surfer Girls
10. Sunshine Is On Me

• Side Trax (Remixes) (digital only) - 2006 1. Blown (AJ Nuttal remix) 2. Pray (MNO Bombay Tension remix) 3. Nothing Gets You Going (Live at Pianos) 4. Blown (AJ Nuttal remix) (instrumental) 5. Pray (MNO Bombay Tension remix) (instrumental)
• Iris Nova - 2007

1. Eternity
2. Wonder Boy
3. Wicked
4. Brooklyn
5. Spirits in the Material World
6. Joy
7. Duke
8. Sado
9. This Hollywood Life
10. Sparkle
11. Lotus

• "Someone Else" (from the feature film Someone Else) - 2015 (Ropeadope Records)

Marilyn Carino solo recordings

• Little Genius - 2011
• Leaves, Sadness, Science - 2015

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• [http://www.mudvillemusic.com Mudville Official Band Website]
• [https://www.facebook.com/pages/MUDVILLE/17511150460?ref=ts&fref=ts Mudville Facebook Page]
• [http://www.marilyncarino.com Marilyn Carino Website]
• [http://www.benrubin.com Ben Rubin/House of Cha Cha Website]
• [https://archive.org/details/MarilynCarinoOnOutsightRadioHours Marilyn Carino interviews on Outsight Radio Hours]
• [http://www.facebook.com/marilyncarinomusic Marilyn Carino official Facebook page]
• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r726159|pure_url=yes}} Mudville's The Glory of Man Is Not in Vogue album review on allmusic.com]

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Category:Electronic music groups from New York (state)