Devra Hoff
Backgroundperson
Birth placeColorado
OccupationBassist · composer · arranger
Current member ofSharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory · Mendoza Hoff Revels
Websitedevrahoff.bandcamp.com

Devra Hoff is an American bassist, composer, and arranger.[1][2] She is a member of Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory[3] and co-founder of Mendoza Hoff Revels with Ava Mendoza.[1] She is a trans woman.

Career

Hoff composed work for the Wholphin short film Look at the Sun,[4] performed on the soundtrack for Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy, and released three albums of solo and multi-tracked contrabass material: Solo Bass (2009), Baile as Baile (2019), and Sigils (2018).[5] Laurie Anderson named Solo Bass as one of her top 5 favorite albums of all time.[6] In 2021, Kill Rock Stars released Hoff's Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs), an album of works by English folk singer Anne Briggs; arranged and with bass performances by Hoff, the release features artists including Julia Holter, Shannon Lay, Sharon Van Etten, Emmett Kelly, and Jim White.[2] Hoff's many other collaborators include Nels Cline, Cibo Matto,[7] Kira Roessler,[8] and Xiu Xiu,[7] and she has released several albums with Ches Smith as Good for Cows.[9]

Selected discography

Solo

YearTitleLabel
2008Solo Bass[10]
2018SigilsStoned To Death
2019Baile as BaileDevil Hoof
2025Solve, CoagulaSwitch Hit

As leader and co-leader

YearArtistTitleLabelPersonnel
2001Good for CowsGood for CogsEvander MusicHoff, Smith
2003Good for CowsLess Than or Equal ToFree Porcupine SocietyHoff, Smith
2004RedressersTo Each According...Hoff, Smith, Marika Hughes, Carla Kihlstedt
2004Good for CowsBebop FantasyAsian ManHoff, Smith
2008Good for Cows10th Anniversary ConcertBleeding EarHoff, Smith
2010Good for CowsAudumlaWeb of MimicryHoff, Smith
2018AwkWardIn ProgressHoff, Kira Roessler
2020CausticsTouchDeathbomb Arc / MooneHoff, Yasi Perera, Josiah Wolf, John Dieterich[11]
2021HoffVoices From the Empty Moor[2]Kill Rock StarsHoff ft. Van Etten, Holter, Wiley, Lay, Farha, Kelly, White[5]
2023Mendoza Hoff RevelsEcholocation[12]AUM FidelityHoff, Ava Mendoza, Smith, James Brandon Lewis

As sideperson

YearArtistTitleLabel
2002The Nels Cline SingersInstrumentals[13]Cryptogramophone
2003Carla Bozulich (ft. Willie Nelson)The Red Headed StrangerDiCristina Stair Builders
2004The Nels Cline SingersThe Giant Pin[14]Cryptogramophone
2005Xiu XiuLa Forêt5 Rue Christine
2006Xiu XiuThe Air Force5 Rue Christine
2006Nels ClineNew Monastery[15]Cryptogramophone
2006Ben Goldberg QuintetThe Door, the Hat, the Chair, the FactCryptogramophone
2006Howard WileyAngola Project
2006Odessa ChenBallad of Paper Ships
2007The Nels Cline SingersDraw Breath[16]Cryptogramophone
2007Frith, Ochs, Johnston, Hoff, SmithReasons for MovingNot Two
2007Sean HayesFlowering Spade
2008Halvorson, Pavone, Smith, HoffCalling All PortraitsSkycap
2008Steven BernsteinDiaspora SuiteTzadik
2009EvangelistaThe Prince of Truth
2010Nels ClineDirty Baby[17]Cryptogramophone
2010ROVA + The Nels Cline SingersThe Celestial SeptetNew World
2010The Nels Cline SingersInitiate[18]Cryptogramophone
2010Sean HayesRun Wolves Run
2011Odessa ChenThe Archives
2012Xiu XiuAlwaysPolyvinyl
2013Julia HolterLoud City SongDomino
2015Julia HolterHave You in My WildernessDomino
2016Nels ClineLovers[19]Blue Note
2017DeerhoofMountain MovesJoyful Noise
2017Tara Jane O'NeilTara Jane O'NeilGnomonsong
2017Julia HolterIn the Same RoomDomino
2017Xiu XiuForgetPolyvinyl
2017Shannon LayLiving WaterWoodsist / Mare
2018New OptimismAmazon To LeFrakPhantom Limb
2018Miss InformationSequencePioneer Works
2018Julia HolterAviaryDomino
2018Marc RibotSongs of ResistanceAnti-
2018David LordForest Standards
2019Xiu XiuGirl with Basket of FruitPolyvinyl
2019Ether FeatherDevil Shadowless Hand
2021Shannon LayGeist[20]Sub Pop
2022Sharon Van EttenWe've Been Going About This All WrongJagjaguwar
2024Julia HolterSomething in the Room She MovesDomino

References

  1. ^ West, Michael J. (18 December 2024). "Musicians of Mendoza Hoff Revels love the weird parts of jazz and rock". The Washington Post. Archived 18 December 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ^ Rogers, Jude (26 November 2021). "Devin Hoff: Voices from the Empty Moor review – stellar lineup for the twists of Anne Briggs". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. ^ Paul, Larisha (23 October 2024). "Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory Announce Debut Album, Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Devin Hoff". LPR. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  5. ^ Sawle, Chris (8 November 2021). "Album review: Devin Hoff – 'Voices From The Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs)': the canon of the Notts folk free spirit judiciously reinvented". Backseat Mafia. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ^ CAS (2021-02-09). "Laurie Anderson's Top Five Albums of All Time". Classic Album Sundays. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  7. ^ "Devin Hoff". New Music USA. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  8. ^ Cohan, Brad (2019-02-14). "Bass Wars". Rock and Roll Globe. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  9. ^ "Ches Smith & Devin Hoff (Good for Cows) w/ Mary Halverson, Jessica Pavone and Zs". Roulette. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  10. ^ Chandler, Tom (22 October 2008). "Devin Hoff: Solo Bass". East Bay Express. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Stream Caustics' Touch - The Wire". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  12. ^ Kitching, Sean (12 October 2023). "Mendoza Hoff Revels: Echolocation". The Quietus. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  13. ^ Reid, Brendan (6 November 2002). "Instrumentals: The Nels Cline Singers". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  14. ^ Greenlee, Steve (13 July 2022). "The Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin (Cryptogramophone)". JazzTimes. Archived 14 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  15. ^ Milkowski, Bill (1 December 2006). "Nels Cline: New Monastery". JazzTimes. Archived 14 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  16. ^ Leitko, Aaron (19 October 2007). "Draw Breath: The Nels Cline Singers". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  17. ^ Corroto, Mark (21 November 2010). "Nels Cline: Dirty Baby". All About Jazz. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  18. ^ Tangari, Joe (16 April 2010). "The Nels Cline Singers: Initiate". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  19. ^ Sullivan, Mark (23 September 2016). "Nels Cline: Lovers". All About Jazz. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  20. ^ Madden, Emma (12 October 2021). "Shannon Lay: Geist". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 January 2025.