music for a space opera
Cello - Randall Holt
Recorded at Shine Studios, Austin, TX
Engineer - Ryan Anderson | Producer - Michael Holt
Mastered at Terra Nova Digital Audio by Jerry Tubb, Austin, TX
Inside The Kingdom of Splendor and Madness
Cello - Randall Holt
Recorded at Ohm Studios, Austin, TX
Engineered and Produced by Chico Jones
Mastered at Terra Nova Digital Audio by Jerry Tubb, Austin, TX
horne+holt: wires
Guitar - Jonathan Horne | Cello - Randall Holt
Recorded at Hotel2Tango, Montreal, CA
Engineered and Produced by Efrim Manuel Menuck
Mastered at Terra Nova Digital Audio by Jerry Tubb, Austin, TX
knest: honorary bachelors of arts
Thor Harris - Clarinets, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Organ, Piano, Trapset, Vibraphone
Jonathan Horne - Guitars, Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
Randall Holt - Cello, Contrabass, Piano
Engineered and Produced by Rob Halverson, Halversonics Recording
Mastered at Terra Nova Digital Audio by Jerry Tubb, Austin, TX
hey y'all
Randall is a cellist, composer, and chef/farmer residing in Central Texas. His sophomore album, Inside the Kingdom of Splendor and Madness, marks a definitive tone and style not found in his other endeavors, a departure from classical boundaries, and focus on experimental time/loop-based composition. An avid collaborator and performer, his music has made its way to international stages, radio programs, and film.
In addition to his solo works, he has performed as a founding member of KNEST (Jonathan Horne, Thor Harris), HORNE and HOLT (Jonathan Horne, Randall Holt), Reverend Glasseye, the Go! Organic Orchestra by Adam Rudolph, Yann Tiersen, and has performed as support for such groups as Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, among others both in the states and internationally.
Lately, Randall has been involved in a series of performances debuting new works by Mexican-American composer Nathan Felix.
As composer, Randall’s time/loop-based composition style lends itself well towards cinematic scoring. Ethereal and circular, Randall’s music has been used in short film collaborations, such as Sam Wilkins’ film “Hold Out (2012)” - featured below.
“Holt is mournful, somber, to a T – ethereal, funereal. His compositions would do justice to a black-and-white film exploring the underbelly of the open road, or an abandoned mill, or a scorched forest.”
“Here, Holt shows off his experimental side as his cello takes us through a wide range of abrasive but strangely accommodating sounds and progressions.”
News & In The Press
HeavyBlogisHeavy.com - ITKOSAM review
PopDose.com - ITKOSAM review
LiveEyeTV.org - Randall Holt Interview
KMFA.org - ITKOSAM album release feature
NextBop.com - Horne and Holt: Wires review
AustinChronicle.com - Horne and Holt: Wires review
HeavyBlogIsHeavy.com - Horne and Holt: Wires review
NextBop.com - Honorary Bachelors of Arts review
AustinChronicle.com - Honorary Bachelors of Arts review
Randall's music was used in the short film Hold Out.
@SidewinderTX, 11 June 2016 (Album Release Show)
Gigs & Touring
2023 DATES
W/CHIARA OSCURO ALBUM RELEASE TOUR-
10/07 - Los Angeles @ Where Monsters Dream (with Joy Shannon)
10/09 - Oakland @ The Golden Bull (with Emily Jane White & Lachrymarum)
10/12 - Portland @ The Star Theater (with Soriah & DJ Wednesday)
10/15 - Seattle @ The Rabbit Box (with Latona Odola)
W/NATHAN FELIX - THE PAÑOS PROPHECY OPERA, CHORAL PIECES, SOLO CELLO WORKS
10/28 - Albuquerque @ the National Hispanic Cultural Center
11 MARCH - SXSW KMFA RADIO SHOWCASE AT DRAYLON MASON STUDIOS - solo set, duet w/ soprano Luci Astoraga
12 MARCH - SXSW KOOP RADIO SHOWCASE - solo set
2022 DATES
14 MARCH - SXSW KOOP RADIO SHOWCASE (AUSTIN) - solo set, duet w/ soprano Kathleen Shelton, + premiere of OCALAN by Nathan Felix
15 MAY - KMFA RADIO’S DRAYLON MASON HALL (AUSTIN) - solo set, premiere of Nathan Felix’s SANTA-ALMADA
20 JULY - ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM - w/ Nathan Felix
21 JULY - TBD (ALBUQUERQUE/SANTA FE) - solo set
22 JULY - LA CHANCLA (ALBUQUERQUE) - solo set
23 JULY - ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM - w/ Nathan Felix
