Helena Espvall
Having played guitar and cello in several rock bands (as well as performing in a silent movie orchestra, an Arabian Music ensemble and free improvised music), Swedish-born multi-instrumentalist Helena Espvall moved to Philadelphia in the year 2000. Besides performing with Espers, Helena performs with the Amnesiac Music & Dance ensemble and collaborates with many others in the psychedelic folk and free improvisation world. Helena has performed several times at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, twice at the High Zero Festival of improvised music in Baltimore, at the Improvised and Otherwise Festival in Brooklyn, at the Big Sur experimental festival in California and at Terrastock 2006 in Providence, RI among others.
Illuminations
Ernesto Rodrigues, Helena Espvall, Tracy Lisk
2024
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Flying Cellos
Helena Espvall, Fredrick Lonberg-Holm, Miguel Mira
2022
Weird Cry Records
CD, Album
Five Sneaky Leaf Tales
Helena Espvall, Sofia Borges, João Madeira (2)
2022
4DaRecord
5xFile, FLAC, Album
Turquoise Dream
Marta Warelis, Carlos "Zíngaro"*, Helena Espvall, Marcelo Dos Reis
2021
JACC Records
CD, Album
Queen Triot
Marie Takahashi, Maria do Mar, Ernesto Rodrigues, Helena Espvall, João Valinho
2020
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Sul
Ernesto Rodrigues, Maria do Mar, Guilherme Rodrigues, Helena Espvall, Miguel Mira, Hernâni Faustino*, Alvaro Rosso, Gianna de Toni, Miguel Almeida, Abdul Moimême, Biagio Verdolini, Andrew Drury
2018
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Scandinavian And Nomadic Suites Of
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh
2017
Ghost Future Archives
CD, Comp, RM
Die Geister Beschwören / Helena Espvall
Die Geister Beschwören / Helena Espvall
2017
Tandem Tapes
Cass, Ltd
Sombras Incendiadas
David Maranha & Helena Espvall
2015
Three:four Records
LP, Album
House Of Rain / Electrogesis
Jackie-O Motherfucker* / Tom Carter & Helena Espvall
2014
Pome Pome Tones, Ruralfaune
LP, Ltd
A Hallowed Shell Of Ash And Rust
Helena Espvall, Ernesto Diaz-Infante
2013
Eroto Tox Decodings
CD, Dig
Cauldron
Alan Sondheim & Helena Espvall & Azure Carter
2011
Tequila Sunrise Records, Fire Museum Records
LP, Ltd
Lapidary
Marcia Bassett & Helena Espvall
2010
Overloaded Ark
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh
2009
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh
2008
Nimis & Arx
Helena Espvall
2006
Fire Museum Records, Pax Recordings
CD, Album
Leaves From Off The Tree
Meg Baird and Helena Espvall and Sharron Kraus
2006
Dissidente
Tó Trips & Fake Latinos
2025
Pool Discos
LP, Album
The Night Before The Space Age
Bernardo Devlin
2025
Stereo B
LP, Album + CD
Opróbrio
Sol Que Nos Consome
2024
SlowDriver Productions
Cass, Album, S/Edition
The Original Drum
Sei Miguel
2023
Clean Feed
CD, Album
Echoisms
Luis Lopes Abyss Mirrors
2023
Clean Feed
CD, Album
The House Of Memory
Unknown Shores
2023
Fundacja Słuchaj!
CD, Album
Delights And Dangers Of Ambiguity (Improvisations 2017 - 2022)
Buck Curran
2023
Obsolete Recordings (2)
10xFile, WAV, Album
Uranium
Isotope Ensemble
2022
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Elemental
Lantana (4)
2022
Cipsela
CD, Album, Ltd
Ten Years Gone: A Tribute to Jack Rose
Various
2022
Obsolete Recordings (2)
18xFile, FLAC
Popular Jaguar
Tó Trips
2022
Revolve
LP, Album
Verde Pino
Beautify Junkyards
2022
Live 2019
Ensemble MIA
2021
Zpoluras Archives
6xFile, FLAC
Rekon With Friends
Rekon (6) With Friends*
2021
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Da Multiplicidade Do Vácuo
Quartet Exquis
2021
Citystream
CD, Album
Painting Box
Beautify Junkyards With Belbury Poly
2021
Cosmorama
Beautify Junkyards
2021
Symbolic Boundary
Diceros
2020
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Proxima b
Bernardo Devlin
2020
NAU (2)
12", Album + File, WAV
Krypton
String Theory (6)
2019
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Radium
Isotope Ensemble
2019
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Mare Tranquillitatis
Variable Geometry Orchestra
2019
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Rafqa Pietra
Camerata MIA
2019
Zpoluras Archives
File, FLAC
Tellurium
String Theory (6)
2018
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Ensembleia
Ensembleia
2018
Pássaro Vago
CD, Album
April Suite
Camerata MIA
2018
Zpoluras Archives
File, FLAC
The Invisible World Of Beautify Junkyards
Beautify Junkyards
2018
The Dunen Diaries (eilean 50)
Monolyth & Cobalt
2017
Eilean Rec.
2xCDr, Album, Ltd, Num
The Black Swan
Bert Jansch
2017
Earth (13)
7", RSD, Single, RM
Folclore Impressionista E Convidados Na SMUP
Folclore Impressionista / Jejuno
2017
Nariz Entupido
Cass, Ltd, Num
Everything Quieter Than Everything Else
Damon & Naomi
2017
Ghost Future Archives
CD, Album
We Are All One, In The Sun: A Tribute To Robbie Basho
Various
2017
Obsolete Recordings (2)
9xFile, FLAC, Comp
Poseidon
Lau Nau
2017
Gravity
String Theory (6)
2016
Creative Sources
CD, Album, Ltd
Blue Bound
Noa Babayof
2015
Almería
Jose Domingo
2014
enunplisplasmúsica
CD, Album
Cantos De Lisboa
Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper
2014
Speculum
Maailma
2014
Collaborations
Duet For Theremin And Lap Steel
2013
Not On Label
CDr, Album
Land Garden
Signs Of The Silhouette
2013
SOTS Discos
LP, Album
Time Off
Steve Gunn
2013
Improvisations For Strings And Electronics
EJS*
2012
Arachnidiscs
CDr, Album, Ltd
The Sister
Marissa Nadler
2012
Ætherea
Sondra Sun-Odeon
2012
Rare Trax Nr. 71 - Round Midnight - A Compilation Of Quiet Songs
Various
2011
Rolling Stone
CD, Comp, Promo
The Crying Of Lot 69
Eugene S. Robinson* + Philippe Petit
2011
Monotype Records
CD, Album
Exile
Charalambides
2011
Red Planet
Arborea
2011
Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler
2011
Live At ATP-NY 2010
Fursaxa
2010
Free Music Archive
File, MP3, Album, Mixed, 256
A Scent Of Garmambrosia
Philippe Petit & Friends
2010
Mycorrhizae Realm
Fursaxa
2010
Matricaria
Anahita
2009
Important Records (2)
CD, Album
Arborea Live At WFMU On Irene Trudel's Show On 6/2/2008
Arborea
2009
WFMU
5xFile, MP3, 256
Wooden Weavils: Volume One (A Collection Of Folk Music From Bo'Weavil Recordings)
Various
2009
Bo'Weavil Recordings
CDr, Comp
Fern Knight Solstice 2009
Fern Knight
2009
Not On Label
5xCDr, Album, Ltd, Num, S/Edition
Live From The Devil's Triangle Volume 12
Various
2009
KFJC
2xCD, Album, Comp, Ltd
III
Espers
2009
1001 Nights
Damon & Naomi
2009
Shibuya O-Nest Tokyo, Japan 2008
Damon & Naomi
2008
Not On Label (Damon & Naomi Self-released)
DVD-V, Ltd, NTSC
The Zebramoon Remixes
Nucultures
2008
1k Recordings
CD
The Hive
Greg Weeks
2008
Arborea
Arborea
2008
The Antique Barking Swirls Of Dawn
Golden Ball
2007
Honeymoon Music
CD
Curia
Curia
2007
Fire Museum Records
CD, Album, Ltd
Butterflies, Zebras, And Moonbeams
Nucultures
2007
1k Recordings
2xCD, Album
Another Corpse
George Korein
2007
Majmua Music
CDr, Album, Ltd
Marches Of The New World
David Maranha
2007
Ivy And The Clovers
Marissa Nadler
2007
Songs III: Bird On The Water
Marissa Nadler
2007
Within These Walls
Damon & Naomi
2007
The Valerie Project
The Valerie Project
2007
International Sounds Of The Future
Djpe
2006
Spinelab
CD, Album
Arcana En Cantos
Anahita
2006
II
Espers
2006
The Black Swan
Bert Jansch
2006
Habitats In The Wound
From Quagmire
2005
VHF Records
CD, Album
New Recordings - 2005
Marissa Nadler
2005
Not On Label
CDr, P/Mixed
Spectacular Of Passages
Samara Lubelski
2005
The Weed Tree
Espers
2005
Further From Grace
Nick Castro & The Poison Tree
2005
Solo And With Friends: Live 2004 And 2005
Nick Castro
2005
Live At Montreux
Gui Mallon
2004
Adventure Music, Adventure Music
CD, Album
idioblast
Helena Espvall
mar amarga
Helena Espvall
nimis & arx
Helena Espvall
tidepools
Helena Espvall
certainty of the neverseen
Helena Espvall
vortex
Helena Espvall
Travessa do Cabral
Helena Espvall
the straight line leads to hell
Helena Espvall
multiplication broken and restored II
Helena Espvall
multiplication broken and restored I
Helena Espvall
purgatory chasm
Helena Espvall
Kretslopp Av Blod Och Stjärnor
Helena Espvall
Home of Shadows and Whirlwinds
Helena Espvall
Polska
Helena Espvall
Kristallen Den Fina
Helena Espvall
Jag Vet En Dejlig Rosa
Helena Espvall
Uti Var Hage
Helena Espvall
Alcantara
Helena Espvall
Beneath Halo
Helena Espvall
Bicinium
Helena Espvall