labels website death_date years_active alias article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
sire du crépuscule , rough trade records , point music , records orange mountain music , audika records , west end records , les disques official website 4 april 1992 1967 -- 1992 loose ocean , killer whale joints , dinosaur , dinosaur l , indian arthur russell -lrb- musician -rrb-
 arthur russell solo_singer may 21 , 1951 cello , keyboards , guitar , drums , programming avant-garde wave , post-disco , experimental , minimalism , disco , new oskaloosa , iowa , united states charles arthur russell , jr. . composer , producer , singer
arthur russell -lrb- musician -rrb-

arthur russell -lrb- born charles arthur russell , jr. ; may 21 , 1951 -- april 4 , 1992 -rrb- was an american cellist , composer , singer and musician whose work spanned the genres of classical , disco , experimental , folk and rock .
notable artists who collaborated with russell include steve reich , allen ginsberg , philip glass , talking heads , jennifer warnes , bootsy collins , and nicky siano .
during his lifetime , russell found the most commercial success in new york 's underground dance and disco scene throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s .
although he recorded a considerable number of songs , the musician 's near-chronic inability to finish projects resulted in an extremely limited amount of released output during his life .
the only full length record of russell 's to be released while the musician was still alive was `` world of echo `` on rough trade records in 1986 .
the highly experimental album was a stark contrast to the typical collaboration he had participated in up until that point , and exclusively featured russell solo performing cello , singing , and on hand percussion , often awash in echo and other effects .
russell died from aids in 1992 , still in relative obscurity and nearly broke .
throughout the 2000s , a series of reissues , compilations , books and a biographical documentary significantly raised his profile .
following his death , several albums of his various unheard recordings were compiled and released , including `` another thought '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- , `` calling out of context '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , '' '' `` love is overtaking me '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , and `` corn '' -lrb- 2015 -rrb- .
