The Lickets

The Lickets are an experimental group described as a "transcendental mini-orchestra" ^[1] from Texas and currently based in Berkeley. They formed in 1999 as a duo of multi-instrumentalists Mitch Greer and Rachel Smith, and briefly recorded and performed as an electro-acoustic trio in 2009 with double-bassist and vocalist Lena Buell.

They released their first album in 2000 on and followed that with an album on their own label International Corporation, including flutist Jeff Arkenberg, in 2005. In 2006 they released the album . In 2007 they released the album which also included oboeist Elizabeth Lucas. In 2009 they released two albums: and with double-bassist and vocalist Lena Buell and flutist Jeff Arkenberg (Endless Migration). In 2010 they released the albums Song of the Clouds and , in 2011 released the album , and in 2015 released the album .

Discography[]

Albums[]

• (2000)
• (2005)
• (2006)
• (2007)
• (2009)
• (2009)
• Song of the Clouds (2010)
• (2010)
• (2011)
• (2015)

Additional Musicians that Appear on Recordings[]

• G.P. Cole: drums (OED 1 & 2)
• Annika Morgan: synth (OED 1 & 2)
• Julie Carpenter: violin (Five Days Without a Name)
• Scott Marks: trombone (Reconstruction Research, Aquarium), bass (OED 1 & 2)
• Matt Pence: drums (Five Days Without a Name)
• Danielle Stech-Homsy: shruti box (Butterfly Beach)
• Sidera Origer-Steiff: drums (Video)
• Dave Willingham: guitar (OED 1 & 2)
• Hanako Hjersman: violin (Patterned Ground, Birds of Enchantment, Test Particle, St Paul & The Peacocks)
• AnnaMarie Hoos: vocals (Patterned Ground, Birds of Enchantment, Test Particle, St Paul & The Peacocks, Island of Trees and Sorrow)

References[]

External links[]

• The Lickets website
• The Lickets Interview KZSU Stanford