Kevin Blechdom

Kevin Blechdom (born Kristin Grace Erickson; 1978 in Florida) is an American experimental electronic musician and performance artist. She is based in Santa Cruz, California.

Early life and education Kristin Grace Erickson was born in 1978 in Florida and raised in Stuart, Florida. She studied piano and classical music at Florida State University however she was unhappy with the nature of her studies and transferred to Mills College in 1997 to study experimental music.

While she attended Mills College in Oakland, California, she co-founded Blectum from Blechdom with Blevin Blectum (born Bevin Kelley), an experimental electronic group.

In 2013, Blectum received a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in the Performer-Composer Program from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

Blechdom also performs with Christopher Fleeger as the computer-country band Barnwave.

She collaborated with Chicks on Speed on the song "Wordy Rappinghood" from their album 99 Cents in 2003 along with other female musicians such as Miss Kittin, Le Tigre, Adult.'s Nicola Kuperus, and Tina Weymouth of the Tom Tom Club. "Wordy Rappinghood" became a moderate dance hit in Europe, peaking at number five on the Belgian Dance Chart, and at number sixty-six on the UK Singles Chart.

Honors and awards In 2011 she was artist in residence at WORM, a Rotterdam-based institute for avant garde music and art.

In 2001, Blectum From Blechdom won an Award of Distinction for digital music at the Prix Ars Electronica. 2005 – Eat My Heart Out - CD album on Chicks on Speed Records 2006 - Kevin Blechdom Live At PBS - CD on Dual Plover 2008 – The Children's Suite, with Ad Hawk - 7" vinyl on Dual Plover 2009 – Gentlemania - CD album on Sonig