FORMAT: LP (vinyl non-returnable)RELEASE DATE: June 17, 2008FILE
UNDER: AvantCATALOG NO: TOE-LP-94UPC: 600401 094112
Table of the Elements continues to celebrate its 15th
anniversary with the third installment in its Guitar Series Vols. 3
& 4. It’s a 12xLP romp of deviant fretnoise by some of
experimental music’s most prominent players, including Christian
Fennesz, Thurston Moore, and Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley.
Peripatetic composer, performer, improviser, and designer Jon
Mueller is a busy guy, and both the rock and experimental music
scenes are the richer for it. As a drummer he propels the ecstatic
whorl of Collections of Colonies of Bees and the occasional guitar
army of Rhys Chatham; alternately his solo project, Metals, is the
most harrowingly intense percussive barrage you’ll ever encounter.
He also finds time to collaborate with artists ranging from Wilco’s
Glenn Kotche to Swans’ Jarboe. Whether it’s minimalist bombast,
free-improv interplay, or electroacoustic finesse, Mueller’s got it
covered. But what can he do with a guitar?
In Strung, Mueller doesn’t play the guitar; he scrambles its
molecules. Laying down a photon-blast of sound, he initiates a
relentless, rapid-pulse attack signal that summons wave upon wave
of white noise. Think inexorable alien invasion – The Day the Earth
Stood Still, with Lou Reed as Klaatu and Metal Machine Music as the
message. Earth doesn’t stand a chance.
“The supremacy of Table of the Elements for the past decade as
an unwavering outpost of ultra-experimental strains can be
attributed to its concomitant adherence to valiance. Most of the
Table of the Elements catalogue has no broad commercial appeal, and
many of its projects – scores for films directed by early-60s
Conrad associate Jack Smith or a 3xCD box set by an unknown
two-guitars-and-drums trio from Atlanta – are risky ventures, even
with respect to the experimental marketplace. Yet, this philosophy
of risk works because everyone associated with the label feels like
they're doing important work releasing important records, and
they're willing to go for broke to make it happen.”
–PITCHFORK
“Table of the Elements [are] fearless purveyors of the wildest
stuff around.”–KYLE GANN (NEW YORK TIMES)
“A national treasure.”–PITCHFORK
TRACK LIST1. Strung [17:26]
JON MUELLERSTRUNG
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