Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Program grant. He has subsequently returned for nine more visits to work as a research diver. His underwater camera work was featured in two Herzog films, The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) and Encounters at the End of the World (2007), which he also produced, and for which he and Lindley composed the score. Kaiser served as music producer for Herzog's Grizzly Man (2005). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work as a producer on Encounters at the End of the World. Instruments and effects Kaiser "has amassed an immense collection of guitars, amplifiers, and effect pedals" to achieve "sonic diversity". A favorite of his is a Klein electric with Alembic pickups (his favorites), which he uses when traveling. He owns a Dumble handmade amplifier. He has been looping since at least 1984 (It's a Wonderful Life), initially with an MXR digital delay, and later with Lexicon equipment—he sets modulation rates to "either heart or breathing rate, because those are natural healing rhythm rates". He often uses two delays to provide three different voices. He is also an avid user of a large number of effects pedals including the Hall & Collins Echo unit and a range of fuzzes. Kaiser has listed his essential effects as the Old World 1960 Compressor, Barber Tone Press, Origin Effects Slide Rig, Tech 21 Comptortion, Burns Buzzaround Clones, Tanabe Zenkudo or Dumkudo, Crazy Tube Circuits Starlight, Eventide Pitchfactor, Eventide Eclipse Harmonizer, TC Flashback, Red Panda Particle, and Neunaber Wet Reverb. Discography As leader Ice Death (Parachute, 1977) Protocol with Andrea Centazzo (Metalanguage, 1979) With Friends Like These with Fred Frith (Metalanguage, 1979) Outside Pleasure (Metalanguage, 1980) Aloha (Metalanguage, 1981) Who Needs Enemies? with Fred Frith (Metalanguage, 1983) Invite the Spirit (Celluloid, 1984) It's a Wonderful Life (Metalanguage, 1984) 164 Spooky Pooch (Spooky Pooch, 1985) Re-Marrying for Money (SST, 1986) Devil in the Drain (SST, 1987) Crazy Backwards Alphabet (SST, 1987) With Enemies Like These Who Needs Friends? with Fred Frith (SST, 1987) Live, Love, Larf & Loaf (Rhino, 1987) Those Who Know History Are Doomed to Repeat It (SST, 1988) Popular Science with Sergey Kuryokhin (Rykodisc, 1989) Heart's Desire (Reckless, 1989) Invisible Means (Demon, 1990) Hope You Like Our New Direction (Reckless, 1991) Tomorrow Knows Where You Live (Victo, 1991) A World Out of Time with David Lindley (Shanachie, 1992) The Five Heavenly Truths (FOT, 1993) The