Editing Weasel Walter

{{short description|American drummer}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Weasel Walter
| image            = Lydia Lunch Retrovirus W71 13.jpg
| caption          = Weasel Walter at Club W71 in 2017
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       = Christopher Todd Walter
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1972|5|18}}
| birth_place      = [[Rockford, Illinois]], U.S.
| genre            = [[Avant-garde music|Avant-garde]], [[Experimental music|experimental]], [[free jazz]], [[no wave]], [[death metal]], [[technical death metal]], [[progressive metal]], [[Avant-garde metal]], [[noise music|noise]], [[noise rock]], [[Progressive rock|brutal prog]], [[contemporary classical music|new music]], [[punk jazz]], [[hardcore punk]], [[free improvisation]]
| occupation       = composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, record label owner
| instrument       = drums, guitar, double bass, bass, bass clarinet, c melody saxophone, trombone, trumpet, mellotron, organ, piano, synthesizer, electronics, vocals
| years_active     = 1991–present
| label            = ugEXPLODE, [[Thirsty Ear Recordings|Thirsty Ear]], [[Skin Graft Records|Skin Graft]]
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
*[[The Flying Luttenbachers]]
*[[Cellular Chaos]]
* [[Lydia Lunch|Lydia Lunch Retrovirus]]
}}
| past_member_of    = {{flatlist|
*[[XBXRX]]
*Lake of Dracula
*[[Behold... The Arctopus]]
}}
| website          = {{URL|ugEXPLODE.com}}
}}

'''Weasel Walter''' (born '''Christopher Todd Walter''', May 18, 1972) is an American composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and founder of ugEXPLODE Records.<ref name="NYCJR Feature 2012">{{cite web |last1=Longley |first1=Martin |title=Artist Feature: Weasel Walter |url=http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201207.pdf |website=The New York City Jazz Record |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=July 2012}}</ref> Walter's work has been informed by techniques and traditions of music including [[avant-garde music|Avant-garde]], [[experimental music|experimental]], [[no wave]], [[free jazz]], [[extreme metal]], [[punk jazz]], [[hardcore punk]], [[noise music|noise]], [[contemporary classical music|new music]] and 
[[free improvisation]]. He coined the term "brutal prog" to describe the aggressively dissonant strain of [[Progressive rock|prog]] played by groups like his band [[the Flying Luttenbachers]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Marc |title=A Beginner's Guide to Brutal Prog |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/brutal-prog-guide |website=Bandcamp |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=26 July 2019}}</ref>

Known as an unrelenting<ref name="VICE 2012">{{cite web |last1=Roe |first1=Nat |title=Brain Melters - Weasel Walter |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/brain-melters-weasel-walter/ |website=VICE |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=16 February 2012}}</ref> and abrasive<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kendrick |first1=Monica |title=Flying Luttenbachers |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/flying-luttenbachers/Content?oid=901124 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=6 January 2000}}</ref> provocateur whose performances trend toward overblown antics and "nihilistic glee",<ref name="Pitchfork 2002">{{cite web |last1=Pecoraro |first1=David M. |title=Flying Luttenbachers: Infection and Decline |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3122-infection-and-decline/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=8 December 2002}}</ref> Walter has been described by guitarist [[Mary Halvorson]] as "completely manic and extraordinarily sensitive"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohan |first1=Brad |title=Weasel (Walter) Nation |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/08/15/weasel-walter-nation/ |website=The Village Voice |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=15 August 2012}}</ref> and by ''[[Chicago Reader|The Chicago Reader]]'' as "a splinter lodged beneath the fingernail".<ref name="Margasak 2002">{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=Go West, Loud Man |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/go-west-loud-manpostscript/Content?oid=910289 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=7 November 2002}}</ref> Avant-garde artist [[Glenn Branca]] once called him "one of the greatest rock composers who ever lived".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dasher |first1=Simon |title=Glenn Branca |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6323-glenn-branca/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=30 April 2006}}</ref>

He has performed as leader and sideperson in a number of bands, including [[Cellular Chaos]] and [[Lydia Lunch]] Retrovirus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=flying_luttenbachers|title=Flying Luttenbachers}}</ref> Walter has worked with [[Roscoe Mitchell]], [[Marshall Allen]], [[John Butcher (musician)|John Butcher]], [[Tim Dahl]], [[Peter Evans (musician)|Peter Evans]], [[Mary Halvorson]], [[Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser]], [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]], [[Evan Parker]], [[Elliott Sharp]], [[Ken Vandermark]], and [[William Winant]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nowave.pair.com/weasel_walter/ww_improvisation.html|title = Weasel Walter Improvised Music}}</ref> as well as in bands including [[XBXRX]], [[Bobby Conn]], [[Cock E.S.P.]], Curse of the Birthmark, [[Erase Errata]], [[Harry Pussy]], [[Lair of the Minotaur]], The Chicago Sound and others. He has produced albums by AIDS Wolf, [[Arab on Radar]], [[Glenn Branca]], Burmese, [[Lydia Lunch]], [[Coachwhips]], and Total Shutdown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nowave.pair.com/weasel_walter/ww_projects.html|title = Weasel Walter homepage}}</ref>

==Career==

In 1990, Walter moved to Chicago to work with [[free jazz]] composer [[Hal Russell]] (born Harold Luttenbacher) at [[Columbia College Chicago|Columbia College]].<ref name="Margasak 2002" /> The following year, Russell joined Walter in co-founding the band [[the Flying Luttenbachers]]; saxophonist Chad Organ played in the early trio lineup.<ref name="SF Weekly 2007">{{cite web |last1=Niimi |first1=J. |title=Spaz of All Trades |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/music/spaz-of-all-trades/ |website=SF Weekly |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=14 March 2007}}</ref> Russell left the band in the summer of 1992, and shortly after [[Ken Vandermark]] took his place for the recording of the band's first 7".<ref name="Sanchez 1996">{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=John |title=Music Notes: Flying Luttenbachers take off |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/music-notes-flying-luttenbachers-take-off/Content?oid=891508 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=12 September 1996}}</ref>

Walter was highly involved in cultivating what he deemed the "Chicago No Wave" scene,<ref name="Margasak 2002" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=The Toy Killers: from Weasel Walter's no wave archives to your ears |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2009/07/31/the-toy-killers-from-weasel-walters-no-wave-archives-to-your-ears |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=31 July 2009}}</ref> meeting new musicians and collaborators through the Luttenbachers' art rock-continuum gigs and the experimental improvised music series he ran at Myopic Books.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Polidori |first1=Kendall |title=Myopic Books with a side of improvisational music |url=https://columbiachronicle.com/ef00f8ae-1b58-11e9-b2b7-87071309197e |website=The Columbia Chronicle |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=22 January 2019}}</ref> He graduated from Columbia College in 1995, with a final project, "Un-nerve", performed by a nonet including Ken Vandermark, Gene Coleman, Jim Baker, [[Kevin Drumm]], [[Jeb Bishop]], and Gustavo Leone.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=Spot Check |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/spot-check/Content?oid=886349 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=22 December 1994}}</ref>

A prolific performing and recording artist, Walter was a founding member of projects including Miss High Heel (with [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] and [[Azita Youssefi|Azita]] of [[The Scissor Girls]]), Lake of Dracula (with Marlon Magas and Heather M. of the Scissor Girls), [[To Live and Shave in L.A. 2]], 7000 Dying Rats, and Hatewave.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shteamer |first=Hank |date=May 9, 2012 |title=Interview: Weasel Walter |url=http://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-weasel-walter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916113308/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/interview-weasel-walter/ |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |access-date=November 30, 2016 |website=[[Invisible Oranges]]}}</ref>

Walter moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2007/12/23/head-to-head-during-the-holidays |title=Head-to-head during the holidays |last=Margasak |first=Peter |website=Chicago Reader |date=23 December 2007 |access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> where he reformed The Flying Luttenbachers with the addition of bassist Mike Green, guitarist Ed Rodriguez, and later [[Mick Barr]]. The Flying Luttenbachers officially disbanded in 2007.

In late 2009, Walter announced that he was moving to New York City to join [[Behold... The Arctopus]] as the band's second drummer.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-01-12/music/the-weasel-walter-welcome-wagon/2/ |title=The Weasel Walter Welcome Wagon |last=Cohan |first=Brad |date=2010-01-12 |newspaper=Village Voice |access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> He played on ''Horrorscension'', released in 2012, and in two tours before leaving the band in 2013. Walter continued finding new collaborators and formed a number of groups in New York, among them [[Cellular Chaos]], a band with [[Marc Edwards (drummer)|Marc Edwards]], Admiral Grey, and Ceci Moss.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohan |first1=Brad |title=Q&A: Admiral Grey And Ceci Moss Of Cellular Chaos On Getting Into People's Faces, Rolling Around On The Floor And Playing With Drummer Marc Edwards |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/08/15/qa-admiral-grey-and-ceci-moss-of-cellular-chaos-on-getting-into-peoples-faces-rolling-around-on-the-floor-and-playing-with-drummer-marc-edwards/ |website=The Village Voice |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=15 August 2012}}</ref>

In 2017, after a ten-year hiatus, the Flying Luttenbachers played several shows in France, with a new trio lineup of Walter, on drums, joined by bass guitarist [[Tim Dahl]] and guitarist Chris Welcome.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Mike |title=The Flying Luttenbachers reform for first shows in 10 years |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/flying-luttenbachers-reform-first-shows-10-years |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=28 February 2021 |date=26 January 2017}}</ref> In 2019, a quartet arrangement of the band released ''Shattered Dimension'', with Walter and Dahl joined by saxophonist Matt Nelson and guitarist Brandon Seabrook.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Hear Flying Luttenbachers' First New Music in 12 Years|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flying-luttenbachers-new-song-album-794996/|last=Shteamer|first=Hank|date=2019-02-26|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> Over the next several years, the varying lineup also included bassist Evan Lipson, guitarist [[Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser]], guitarist Wendy Eisenberg, guitarist Katie Battistoni, guitarist Alex Ward, and drummer Sam Ospovat.

==Discography==

=== As solo artist ===

*''Revolt Music'' (ugEXPLODE, 2006)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Marc |title=Weasel Walter Quartet: Revolt Music |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9857-revolt-music/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=27 January 2021 |date=8 February 2007}}</ref>
*''Early Recordings 1988–1991'' (Savage Land, 2007)<ref name="AllMusic Discog">{{cite web |title=Weasel Walter: Discography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/weasel-walter-mn0000816362/discography |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
*''Firestorm'' (ugEXPLODE, 2007)<ref name="Oculus & Firestorm">{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Clifford |title=Weasel Walter: Oculus Ex Abyssus And Firestorm |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/weasel-walter-oculus-ex-abyssus-and-firestorm-by-clifford-allen.php |website=All About Jazz |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=30 November 2008}}</ref>
*''Large Group Performances 2007-2009'' (ugEXPLODE, 2009)
*''Apocalyptik Paranoia'' (Gaffer, 2009)<ref name="AllMusic Discog" />
*''Invasion'' (ugEXPLODE, 2010)<ref name="NYCJR Feature 2012" />
*''Ominous Telepathic Mayhem'' (ugEXPLODE, 2011)<ref name="AllMusic Discog" />
*''Improvised Music Sampler'' (2014)
*''End Of An Error'' (2014)
*''Fragments'' (2015)
*''Half-Death'' (2015)
*''Tribute To 'B' and 'C' List Musicians From The Early Years Of MTV, And G.G. Allin'' (2015)
*''For Andrew Ortmann'' (2015)
*''Seriously: Fuck The Entire World'' (2015)
*''Igneity: After The Fall Of Civilization'' (2016)
*''Curses'' (2016)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Levinson |first1=Leah B. |title=Weasel Walter: Curses |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/weasel-walter-curses |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
*''She's So 60 Minutes of Heavy'' (2016)
*''The Inevitable'' (Tombed Visions, 2016)
*''Expensive Taste'' (Kitty Play, 2016)
*''Skhiizm'' (ugEXPLODE, 2018)<ref name="AllMusic Discog" />
*''The Best of the Worst'' (ugEXPLODE, 2020)

=== As band member ===

;with [[Behold... The Arctopus]]
*''[[Horrorscension]]'' ([[Black Market Activities]], 2012)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montoro |first1=Philip |title=12 O'Clock Track: "Horrorsentience" by Behold the Arctopus, who play tomorrow at Ultra Lounge |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/03/13/12-oclock-track-horrorsentience-by-behold-the-arctopus-who-play-tomorrow-at-ultra-lounge |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=13 March 2013}}</ref>
;with Burmese
*''Colony Collapse Disorder'' (Rock Is Hell, 2009)
*''Lun Yurn'' (ugEXPLODE/Rock is Hell, 2011)
;with [[Cellular Chaos]]
*''Demo Live 5.12.11'' (ugEXPLODE, 2011)
*''Cellular Chaos EP'' (ugEXPLODE, 2012)
*''Cellular Chaos'' (ugEXPLODE, 2013)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Marc |title=Cellular Chaos: "Adviser" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16156-cellular-chaos-adviser/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=8 October 2013}}</ref>
*''Diamond Teeth Clenched'' (Skin Graft, 2016)
*''Dirty Girl'' (ugEXPLODE, 2018)
;with Encenathrakh
*''Respekt The Demo'' (Rectomorph/Dense(s)/Lindung, 2013)
*''Encenathrakh'' (P2/Dense(s), 2015)
*''The 2 Song Promo 19'' (P2/Lindung, 2019)
*''Live Album'' (P2, 2020)
*''Thraakethraaeate Thraithraake'' (P2, 2020)
*''Studio Album'' (P2, 2021)
;with [[The Flying Luttenbachers]]
*''[[Live at WNUR 2-6-92]]'' (ugEXPLODE, 1992)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swihart |first1=Stanton |title=The Flying Luttenbachers: Live at WNUR 2-6-92 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/destructo-noise-explosion-live-at-wnur-2-6-92-mw0000985649 |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
*''[[Constructive Destruction]]'' (ugEXPLODE, 1994)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knot |first1=Greg |title=Indie-Rock's Apex |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-11-29-9611290066-story.html |website=The Chicago Tribune |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=29 November 1996}}</ref>
*''[[Destroy All Music]]'' (ugEXPLODE, 1995)<ref name="AAJ 2007">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Flying Luttenbachers: Destroy All Music Revisited |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/destroy-all-music-revisited-the-flying-luttenbachers-skin-graft-records-review-by-henry-smith.php |website=All About Jazz |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=20 December 2007}}</ref>
*''[[Revenge (The Flying Luttenbachers album)|Revenge of the Flying Luttenbachers]]'' ([[Skin Graft Records|Skin Graft]], 1996)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gotrich |first1=Lars |title=Blast Beat Improv: Metallic Free Jazz |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2009/10/27/114182621/blast-beat-improv-metallic-free-jazz |website=NPR |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=27 October 2009}}</ref>
*''[[Gods of Chaos]]'' (Skin Graft, 1998)
*''Retrospektiw III'' (ugEXPLODE, 1998)
*''[["...The Truth Is a Fucking Lie..."]]'' (ugEXPLODE/Skin Graft, 1999)
*''Alptraum'' (ugEXPLODE, 2000)
*''Trauma'' (ugEXPLODE, 2001)<ref name="NYCJR Feature 2012" />
*''Infection and Decline'' (Troubleman Unlimited, 2002)<ref name="Pitchfork 2002" />
*''Retrospektiw IV'' (ugEXPLODE, 2002)
*''Systems Emerge from Complete Disorder'' (Troubleman/ugEXPLODE, 2003)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=Flying Luttenbachers |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/flying-luttenbachers/Content?oid=914686 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=26 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Flying Luttenbachers: Systems Emerge out of Complete Disorder |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/flying-luttenbachers-systems-emerge-out-complete-disorder |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=2004}}</ref>
*''The Void'' (Troubleman/ugEXPLODE, 2004)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Armstrong |first1=Liz |title=Flying Luttenbachers |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/flying-luttenbachers/Content?oid=916802 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=30 September 2004}}</ref>
*''Spectral Warrior Mythos'' (ugEXPLODE, 2005)
*''Cataclysm'' (ugEXPLODE, 2006)
*''Incarceration by Abstraction'' (ugEXPLODE, 2007)
*''Destroy All Music Revisited'' (Skin Graft, 2007)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perera |first1=Nilan |title=The Flying Luttenbachers Destroy All Music: Revisited |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/flying_luttenbachers-destroy_all_music |website=Exclaim! |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=13 August 2007}}</ref>
*''Shattered Dimension'' (ugEXPLODE, 2019)
*''Imminent Death'' (ugEXPLODE, 2019)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smart |first1=Dan |title=The Flying Luttenbachers swoop down from on high like the heroes they are with new album Imminent Death |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/flying-luttenbachers-return-new-album-imminent-death |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=26 January 2021 |date=15 November 2019}}</ref>
*''Negative Infinity'' (ugEXPLODE, 2021)
*''Terror Iridescence'' (ugEXPLODE, 2022)
;with Hatewave
*''Demo 1997'' (1997)
*''Hatewave'' (Up Jumps The Devil/[[Tumult Records|Tumult]], 1998)
;with Lake Of Dracula
*''Lake Of Dracula'' (Skin Graft, 1997)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=Dredging Lake of Dracula |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2006/12/05/dredging-lake-of-dracula |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=5 December 2006}}</ref>
*''Four Teachers / Violators 7"'' ([[Kill Rock Stars]], 1998)
*''Skeletal Remains'' (Savage Land/Roccoco Records, 2006)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Marc |title=Lake of Dracula: Skeletal Remains |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9511-skeletal-remains/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=17 October 2006}}</ref>
;with [[Lydia Lunch]]
*''Retrovirus'' (ugEXPLODE, 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Pick: Lydia Lunch Retrovirus |url=https://www.laweekly.com/music-pick-lydia-lunch-retrovirus/ |website=LA Weekly |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=27 February 2020}}</ref>
*''3x3 EP'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peters |first1=Taylor |title=Lydia Lunch lurches lovingly, letting loose new 3x3 EP, leaks a little about forthcoming LP |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/lydia-lunch-releases-new-ep-drops-hints-about-forthcoming-lp |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |date=21 January 2015}}</ref>
*''Urge To Kill'' (Rustblade/Widowspeak, 2015)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=Postpunk chanteuse Lydia Lunch sounds more vital than ever fronting the career-spanning Retrovirus |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/postpunk-chanteuse-lydia-lunch-sounds-more-vital-than-ever-fronting-the-career-spanning-retrovirus/Content?oid=27818256 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=13 July 2017}}</ref>
*''Live In Zurich'' (Widowspeak, 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lydia Lunch Retrovirus: Live in Zurich |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-zurich-mw0002948516 |website=AllMusic.com |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
*''Brutal Measures'' (Widowspeak, 2016)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kendrick |first1=Monica |title=Lydia Lunch pairs weapons-grade spoken word with manic no wave in Verbal Burlesque |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/lydia-lunch-pairs-weapons-grade-spoken-word-with-manic-no-wave-in-verbal-burlesque/Content?oid=71479320 |website=The Chicago Reader |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=5 July 2019}}</ref>
;with [[XBXRX]]
* ''[[Sixth in Sixes]]'' ([[Polyvinyl Record Co.|Polyvinyl]], 2005)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crock |first1=Jason |title=XBXRX: Sixth in Sixes |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8817-sixth-in-sixes/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=27 September 2005}}</ref>
* ''[[Wars (album)|Wars]]'' (Polyvinyl, 2007)
* ''Sounds'' (Important Records, 2007)
* ''Un Usper'' (self-released, 2009)

=== Collaborations ===

;with Sheik Anorak & Mario Rechtern
*''The Forbidden Beat'' (Gaffer, 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=Below The Radar 03: "The Forbidden Beat Part 2" |url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/below-the-radar-03/16 |website=The Wire |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
*''Bass Bass Bass Bass'' (Gaffer, 2010)
;with Josh Berman & [[Aram Shelton]]
*''Last Distractions'' (Singlespeed, 2009)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corroto |first1=Mark |title=Josh Berman / Aram Shelton / Weasel Walter: Last Distractions |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/last-distractions-aram-shelton-singlespeed-music-review-by-mark-corroto.php |website=All About Jazz |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=25 September 2009}}</ref>
;with [[Jeb Bishop]] & Alex Ward 
*''Flayed'' (ugEXPLODE, 2019)
;with David Buddin
*''Quodlibet'' (2015)
;with John Butcher & Damon Smith
*''Catastrophe of Minimalism'' (Balance Point Acoustics, 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Acquaro |first1=Paul |title=The Continuing Adventures of Damon Smith |url=https://www.freejazzblog.org/2017/09/the-continuing-adventures-of-damon-smith.html |website=The Free Jazz Collective |date=22 September 2017}}</ref>
;with Charity Chan, [[Peter Evans (musician)|Peter Evans]], & Tom Blancarte
*''Cryptocrystalline'' (ugEXPLODE, 2013)
;with Nels Cline, Henry Kaiser, Jim Thomas, & Allen Whitman
*''Jazz Free'' (There Records/A Train, 2012)
;with Kevin Drumm & Fred Lonberg-Holm
*''Eruption'' (Grob, 2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Weasel Walter: Eruption (with Kevin Drumm & Fred Lonberg-Holm) |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/weasel-walter-eruption-kevin-drumm-fred-lonberg-holm |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
;with [[Marc Edwards (drummer)|Marc Edwards]] / Weasel Walter Group
*''Mysteries Beneath The Planet'' (ugEXPLODE, 2009)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Longley |first1=Martin |title=Weasel Walter: Mysteries Beneath The Planet & Invasion |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/weasel-walter-mysteries-beneath-the-planet-and-invasion-by-martin-longley.php |website=All About Jazz |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=15 May 2010}}</ref>
*''Blood Of The Earth'' (ugEXPLODE, 2010)
*''Solar Emission'' (ugEXPLODE, 2011)
;with Martin Escalante 
*''Lacerate'' (ugEXPLODE, 2018)
;with [[Peter Evans (musician)|Peter Evans]]
*''Poisonous'' (ugEXPLODE, 2018)
;with Peter Evans, James Fei, & Damon Smith
*''Eponymous'' (ugEXPLODE, 2008)<ref name="NYCJR Feature 2012" />
;Peter Evans / Weasel Walter Group
*''Oculus Ex Abyssus'' (ugEXPLODE, 2008)<ref name="Oculus & Firestorm" />
;with Sandy Ewen
*''Idiomatic'' (ugEXPLODE, 2018)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Bill |title=Sandy Ewen/Weasel Walter: Idiomatic |url=https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/idiomatic |website=DownBeat |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=June 2018}}</ref>
;with Sandy Ewen & [[Damon Smith]]
*''Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter'' (ugEXPLODE, 2012)
*''Live In Texas'' (Balance Point Acoustics, 2016)
*''Untitled ug 79'' (ugEXPLODE, 2020)
;with Den Svarta Fanan ([[Nonoko Yoshida]], [[Ron Anderson (musician)|Ron Anderson]], Joe Merolla, Walter)
*''Den Svarta Fanan'' (ugEXPLODE, 2013)
;with [[Maria Faust]] & [[Tim Dahl]]
*''Farm Fresh'' (Gotta Let It Out, 2019)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Margasak |first1=Peter |title=Saxophonist Maria Faust Understands the Power of Memories |url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/maria-fausts-power-memories |website=DownBeat |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=15 October 2019}}</ref>
;with [[Paul Flaherty (musician)|Paul Flaherty]]
*''Particles'' (2009)
;with Paul Flaherty, [[C. Spencer Yeh]], & [[Steve Swell]]
*''Dragonfly Breath'' (Not Two, 2013)
*''Dragonfly Breath III: Live At The Stone: Megaloprepus Caerulatus'' (Not Two, 2016)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corroto |first1=Mark |title=Dragonfly Breath III: Live At The Stone: Megaloprepus Caerulatus |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/live-at-the-stone-megaloprepus-caerulatus-dragonfly-breath-iii-nottwo-records-review-by-mark-corroto.php |website=All About Jazz |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=2 January 2017}}</ref>
;with Michael Forbes & Andrew Scott Young 
*''American Free'' (ugEXPLODE, 2009)
; with Michael Foster, Steve Swell, & Brandon Lopez
*''Throes are the Only Trouble'' (2017)
;with Gianni Gebbia & Damon Smith
*''Lichens'' (ugEXPLODE, 2007)
;with [[Vinny Golia]] & Damon Smith 
*''Großes Messer'' (ugEXPLODE, 2009)
;with Forbes Graham, Greg Kelley, & Paul Flaherty
*''End of the Trail'' (ugEXPLODE, 2008)
;with [[Mary Halvorson]]
*''Opulence'' (ugEXPLODE, 2008)<ref name="NYCJR Feature 2012" />
;with Mary Halvorson & Peter Evans
*''Mystery Meat'' (ugEXPLODE, 2009)
*''Electric Fruit'' ([[Thirsty Ear Recordings|Thirsty Ear]], 2011)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Drouot |first1=Alain |title=Weasel Walter/Mary Halvorson/Peter Evans: Electric Fruit |url=http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2011/DB201104/_art/DB201104.pdf |website=DownBeat |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Langhoff |first1=Josh |title=Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans: Electric Fruit |url=https://www.popmatters.com/137681-weasel-walter-mary-halvorson-peter-evans-electric-fruit-2496072006.html |website=PopMatters |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=21 March 2011}}</ref>
*''Mechanical Malfunction'' (Thirsty Ear, 2012)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Clifford |title=Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans: Mechanical Malfunction |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/weasel-walter-mary-halvorson-peter-evans-mechanical-malfunction |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
;with JeJaWeDa (Jeb Bishop, [[Jaap Blonk]], Walter, & Damon Smith)
*''Pioneer Works vol. 1'' (Balance Point Acoustics, 2019)
*''Pioneer Works vol. 2'' (Balance Point Acoustics, 2019)
;with Henry Kaiser & Charles K. Noyes
*''Ninja Star Danger Rock'' (There Records/ugEXPLODE, 2011)
;with Henry Kaiser, Paul Plimley, & Lukas Ligeti
*''The Starbreak Splatterlight'' (There Records, 2012)<ref name="AllMusic Discog" />
;with Henry Kaiser & Damon Smith
*''Plane Crash'' (ugEXPLODE, 2009)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Longley |first1=Martin |title=Weasel Walter / Henry Kaiser / Damon Smith: Plane Crash |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/plane-crash-weasel-walter-ugexplode-review-by-martin-longley.php |website=All About Jazz |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=10 March 2010}}</ref>
*''Plane Crash Two'' (New Atlantis, 2015)
;with Henry Kaiser, Damon Smith, Vinny Golia, & [[Bob Moses (musician)|Ra-Kalam Bob Moses]]
*''Astral Plane Crash'' (Balance Point Acoustics, 2018)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Longley |first1=Martin |title=Bassist Damon Smith Helps Steer Astral Plane Crash's Improv |url=http://downbeat.com/news/detail/damon-smith-plane-crash |website=DownBeat |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=7 September 2018}}</ref>
;with Yoni Kretzmer & Pascal Niggenkemper
*''ProtestMusic'' (Outnow Recordings, 2014)
;with Dominic Lash & Alex Ward
*''Trapeze'' (spoonhunt, 2015)
;with Matteo Liberatore & [[Elliott Sharp]]
*''L'Ora Del Pasto'' (2020)
;with Jacob Lindsay, [[Ava Mendoza]], & Damon Smith 
*''Jus'' (Balance Point Acoustics, 2008)
;with [[Fred Lonberg-Holm]] & [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]]
*''Tribute to Masayuki Takayanagi'' (ugEXPLODE, 2000)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pecoraro |first1=David M. |title=Fred Lonberg-Holm / Jim O'Rourke / Weasel Walter: Tribute to Masayuki Takayanagi |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8578-tribute-to-masayuki-takayanagi/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=28 November 2001}}</ref>
;with [[Keshavan Maslak|Kenny Millions]] & Damon Smith
*''Fuck Music... Tell Jokes - You'll Make More Money'' (Unhinged, 2018)
;with No Mor Musik (Nandor Nevai, Walter, [[Keshavan Maslak]])
*''No Mor Musik'' (ugEXPLODE, 2010)
;with Phonon (Elliott Sharp, Álvaro Domene, [[Colin Marston]], Walter) 
*''Alloy'' (ZOaR, 2020)
;with Chris Pitsiokos
*''Unplanned Obsolescence'' (ugEXPLODE, 2012)
*''Drawn and Quartered'' (One Hand, 2015)
;with Chris Pitsiokos & Ron Anderson
*''Maximalism'' (Eleatic, 2013)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Clifford |title=Chris Pitsiokos / Weasel Walter / Ron Anderson: Maximalism |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/chris-pitsiokos-weasel-walter-ron-anderson-maximalism |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
;with Sam Weinberg & Henry Fraser 
*''Walter/Weinberg/Fraser / Maestro Day'' split (Renfusa, 2017)
*''Grist'' (ugEXPLODE, 2020)
;with Sam Weinberg & Teté Leguia
*''Weinberg/Leguía/Walter'' (Buh Records, 2018)
;with Sam Weinberg & Sandy Ewen 
*''Ventricles'' (Renfusa, 2020)
;with [[Nate Wooley]], Damon Smith, & Scott R. Looney
*''Scowl'' (ugEXPLODE, 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Best of 2011: Honorable Mentions |url=http://nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201201.pdf |website=The New York City Jazz Record |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=January 2012}}</ref>

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