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Cellist on Louie? Yep, it’s me

Yes it’s true, I’m the cellist featured in numerous segments of Louis C.K.’s brutally hilarious show Louie, in both seasons so far. I composed the cello pieces in the studio based on discussions with Louis about what was needed for a given scene, then used a Boss-RC50 hardware looper to layer cello parts into little vignettes. Unfortunately due to some bureaucratic complications I’m not credited… annoying but what can you do?
Louis is really a pleasure to work with, and puts a lot of care into the music for the show. And the other musicians are also incredible, a great team. Hopefully I’ll be back for next season, and believe me I’ll make sure my name’s on it.
But hey, at least I got this great new quote for my press kit:
‎”The cello player, wish i fucking knew his name, is tremendous.” – Louis C.K.
And if you’d like to hear more of my work, you can find my records here.

Castle Life

Working with Filastine in his Barcelona studio was great, his new album’s going to be expansive in every way. If you’re on the East Coast of the U.S. you have a chance to see him live on tour this week, highly recommended!
Now I’m back in the countryside, writing music and planning a project with my fantastic fellow artist-in-residence Christophe Dentin.
I’m really excited about the work I’m doing out here in the middle of nowhere… as entropy accelerates everywhere around. Now back to fiddling while the world temperature rises…

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Live at Shibuya O-Nest June 2010 photo by Makoto Ozaki Brent Arnold is a cellist and composer with a wildly unorthodox approach, using amplification, guitar-like fingerpicking, electronics, and techniques from Arabic, Eastern, and African music. He has worked with DJ/Rupture, Modest Mouse, Wayne Horvitz, Eyvind Kang, Sleater-Kinney, Death in Vegas, and Filastine. He composed the cello music for Louis C.K.'s show Louie and numerous films and shorts.