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Christina Carter was born in the bayou city of Houston, Texas in November of 1968, and co-founded the group Charalambides there in December of 1991. Ever since then, she has deeply mined her own vein of sound-as-music with voice, guitar (both electric and acoustic), piano, and keys. For the past several years, Christina has utilized extended improvisational guitar passages within and without song-medley structures; re-contextualized certain Charalambides songs within the spare single guitar/voice form that birthed much of the group’s music; and recently … , investigated ‘the song’ as a thing unto itself, specifically concentrating on ‘the word’- both in her own lyric writing and her interpretions of the work of other lyricists.

In addition to performing extensively in the US, UK and Europe as a solo artist, Christina has played and recorded in various groups and duos with Black Forest/Black Sea, Maria Chavez (as Weird Cookie), Loren Connors, Chris Corsano, Dredd Foole, Paul Flaherty, Gown (as The Bastard Wing), Shawn David McMillen, and Thurston Moore. She is also a permanent member of Babes On The Loose, Hot Assphalt, Scorces (with Heather Leigh Murray), Scorpiio Flower, Soft Hair, and Space(space)Child (a Spirit tribute band with Jessi Leigh Swenson).

Concurrent with her work as a musician, Christina has expanded her involvement in writing and visual art. Her poetry has been published by Digitalis Industries, The Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal, Glass Eye, and Slow Toe Press. In 2007, her art piece Forever 21 appeared at Salon Mijangos in San Antonio, Texas as part of a concert/exhibit featuring Tom Carter, Warmer Milks, and Tetuzi Akiyama.
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  • mahleria

    Is there a more intimate, gut-wrenching album than 'Masque Femine' in the entire annals of recorded music?

    11 Mar 5:52am Reply

  • NickScott

    interesting live act

    24 Sep 2012 Reply

  • dustcakeboy

    Always come back to Electrice.

    3 Sep 2012 Reply

  • MilesBachman

    TOM CARTER APPEAL : While on a tour of Europe with Charalambides, the Brooklyn based guitarist Tom Carter was hospitalized in Berlin, Germany and has been in intensive care for over two weeks. He is currently being treated for serious complications of pneumonia. At this time, there remain many uncertainties regarding his condition, which continues to be variable and evolving. Hospitalization and a projected recovery could last at a minimum many weeks and possibly months. There are various ways listed on below site to help Tom, please be generous. http://helptomcarter.org/

    21 Jun 2012 Reply

  • schelyekhov

    She's my type o'woman :-)

    1 Jun 2012 Reply

  • avantlesbian

    shot

    31 Jan 2011 Reply

  • connect_icut

    Electrice is electrifying.

    29 Jul 2010 Reply

  • insomniacme

    listen to her full then

    19 Jun 2010 Reply

  • Dorkling

    eh I didn't particularly care for her half on my listen through

    25 Sep 2009 Reply

  • Degarmo

    it was a decent split with pocahaunted

    23 Jul 2009 Reply

  • Ascaris_l

    . . . "mix of noise, gospel, and blues"? charalambides isn't remotely noisy.

    29 Jun 2009 Reply

  • harajukudude

    pale rose cream is a stunning track!

    3 Jun 2009 Reply

  • harajukudude

    shes so strange

    28 May 2009 Reply

  • adamcooleyisdea

    original darkness rule

    22 Nov 2008 Reply

  • analogonz

    original darkness rule

    13 Oct 2008 Reply

  • Titus_Androgeni

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    4 Oct 2008 Reply

  • ihavesoldout

    I like the comment from deleted user. Id give it a pitchfork rating of 8.8/10

    30 Aug 2008 Reply

  • nuclearaddicts

    right now i feel like everything she has released this year is better than anything she's done with charalambides. also, masque femine is the perfect album to listen to at night.

    11 Aug 2008 Reply

  • yourpassenger

    New album "Texas Working Blues" is utterly georgous stuff.

    7 Jul 2008 Reply

  • nadirauxpommes

    Okay, what does "femine" mean?

    21 Jun 2008 Reply
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