Kevin Carnes recently relocated to Madison from San Francisco. He is a founding member of the Afro-industrial noise ensemble The BeatNigs, the Afro-Jazz Trio the Broun Fellinis, and the punk-industrial improv group U.A.F. He is an in-demand studio musician and teacher whose performance and recording credits include analog/digital drum work for: George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, Bernie Worrell (Parliament/Talking Heads), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Shaunna Hall (Four Non-Blondes), Lady Miss Kier (Deee Lite), Michael Henderson (Miles Davis), The Last Poets and more.
Carnes has composed four original theatrical scores: San Francisco City Circus (Kamikaze Heart and Echo’s Reach), Tim Barsky’s The Bright River: A Mass Transit Tour of the Afterlife and Marin Theatre Company’s production of August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean. He’s also created content for MTV, Macy’s, film and radio.