Steven R. Smith

Steven R. Smith is an American musician, instrument-builder, and printmaker often associated with the Jewelled Antler collective. Born in Fullerton, California and based in San Francisco and, more recently, Los Angeles, he has been musically active since the mid-1990s. His main instrument is guitar, both acoustic and electric, although other instruments, including the hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, fretted spike fiddles, and assorted ethnic instruments, have been incorporated into his work.

Smith's music has drawn elements from psychedelic rock, traditional folk music, soundtracks, free jazz, and modern composers. Catsup Plate, Root Strata, Immune Recordings, Last Visible Dog, Jewelled Antler, Darla Records, and Emperor Jones.

In addition to his ongoing solo work, Smith has been a member of the instrumental psych-rock group Mirza; the improvisational group Thuja; Hala Strana, a project which focuses on the traditional music of Eastern Europe; and most recently Ulaan Passerine, Ulaan Markhor, and Ulaan Khol.

Hala Strana Karst e.p. – 3”CDr (Jewelled Antler, 2003) Hala Strana – CD (Emperor Jones, 2003), LP (Desastre, 2017) Fielding – 2xCDr (Jewelled Antler, 2003), 2xCD (Last Visible dog, 2004), 2xLP (Worstward/Desastre 2020) These Villages – CD (Soft Abuse, 2004) White Sleep - lathe cut 7" (Soft Abuse, 2006) Heave the Gambrel Roof - LP/CD (Music Fellowship, 2007) Compendium - DL (Worstward Recordings, 2011) Hala Strana boxset - 5xCS box set (Cabin Floor Esoterica, 2014)

Ulaan Janthina Ulaan Janthina (part I) - CS (Worstward Recordings, 2020) Ulaan Janthina (part II) - CS (Worstward Recordings, 2020) The Sea Surrounding - DL (Worstward Recordings, 2024)

Ulaan Passerine Ulaan Passerine - 2xCS (Brave Mysteries, 2013); cd (Worstward Recordings, 2014) Byzantium Crow - CD (Worstward Recordings, 2014) Light in Dust e.p. - 10" (Worstward Recordings, 2015) The Great Unwinding - 2xCS (Worstward Recordings, 2016) Moss Cathedral - CS (Worstward Recordings, 2016) The Landscape of Memory - LP (Worstward Recordings, 2017) New Evening - LP (Worstward Recordings, 2019) Crow/Olive - 7" (Samaritan Press, 2020) Fragments - DL (Worstward Recordings, 2020 Sun Spar - LP (Worstward Recordings, 2022) Dawn - LP (Worstward Recordings, 2023)

Ulaan Markhor Ulaan Markhor - CD/LP (Soft Abuse, 2012) Spiral Horns, Black Onions, et al. - LP (Soft Abuse, 2014) Detritus: 2010-2016 - DL (Worstward Recordings, 2016) Helm - CS (Soft Abuse, 2018)

Ulaan Khol I – CD (Soft Abuse, 2008) II – CD (Soft Abuse, 2008) III – CD (Soft Abuse, 2010) La Catacomb - CS (Soft Abuse, 2011) Los Angeles e.p. - DL (Worstward Recordings, 2012) Ending/Returning - 2xLP (Immune Recordings, 2013) Salt - CS (Soft Abuse, 2015) Collapsing Hymns - CS (Worstward Recordings, 2019) Milk Thistle - CS (Desastre, 2023)

Thuja The Deer Lay Down Their Bones – CD (Tumult, 2000) Ghost Plants – CD (Emperor Jones, 2002) Museum #1 – 3”CDr (Jewelled Antler, 2002) Museum #2 – 3”CDr (Jewelled Antler, 2002) Hills – CDr (Last Visible Dog, 2002), LP (Rose Hobart, 2019) Suns – CD (Emperor Jones, 2002) All Strange Beasts of the Past – CD (Emperor Jones, 2003) Fable – 3”CD (Jewelled Antler, 2003) Pine Cone Temples – 2xCD (Strange Attractors, 2005) Thuja – LP (Important, 2008)

Mirza Mirza – 12”EP (Autopia, 1996) Anadromous – CD (Darla, 1997) Iron Compass Flux – 2xLP/CD (Darla, 1998) Last Clouds – CD (Ba Da Bing!, 2001)

43 Odes 43 Odes - CS (Eiderdown Recordings, 2019) HWN UN AMN - LP (Eiderdown Recordings, 2023)