Raisinhill Kasiewicz was a founding member of the Connecticut-based improvisational jazz trio Raisinhill. The group was featured as
Jambands.com’s "New Groove of the Month" in March 2003, and he gave a lengthy interview to
State of Mind Music in November 2003 discussing the band’s development. Raisinhill was nominated for a Jammy Award in the "New Groove" category in 2004 and was one of the winners of
Relix magazine’s Jam Off! competition in 2004.
Collaboration with Jon Fishman Kasiewicz has collaborated with Phish drummer
Jon Fishman as bass guitarist in the group J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic. In December 2022, he was a guest on the Phish-related podcast
Undermine (part of the
Under the Scales series), reflecting on his experience opening for Phish with J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic in 1997.
5turns25 Kasiewicz is half of the ambient duo 5turns25. The group self-released several recordings and in 2011 issued the ambient album
Evolution of the Human Heart on the San Francisco micro-label Time Released Sound. The album was praised by
IglooMag for its evocative ambient
folktronica sound. 5turns25 is also featured in the book
Time Released Sound: A Decade of Music Packaging.
Film and television scoring Kasiewicz has composed music for multiple films and shorts. See
Filmography for selected works. In 2010, he was selected as one of nine emerging composers for BMI’s “Composing for the Screen: A Film Scoring Mentorship Program,” directed by Rick Baitz in New York City. Kasiewicz has also composed music for national television commercials, including campaigns for Xfinity and Philips Norelco. == Discography ==