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previous artist: otto muehl		there are 15 titles featuring jon mueller in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: chie mukai

$6.72

back in stock as of
february 3rd, 2010

first in stock on
july 12th, 2005

file under:
site-specific
sound-research

autumn (usa) #leaf 014 cd

jon mueller “emerson hi fidelity - december 2004” compact disc recordable

16 (11:57)
78 (9:52)
45 (8:57)

solo outing from the crouton label head/collections of colonies of bees percussionist; seen elsewhere in collaboration with asmus tietchens, achim wollscheid, and aranos...

autumn press release...

jon mueller was born in 1970 and started playing drums at the age of 15. for one year, he played only snare drum, which proved challenging to start a death metal band with. in 1990 he moved to chicago, and studied drums with the late jazz legend hal russell, an experience that opened up a whole new approach to drumming to him. during this time he also studied film and writing, and became frustrated with how they continuously fall short of one another. he eventually received a bachelor of arts degree in english, and in 1999 finally completed the ridiculous novella pianobread. he continues to write, but only when the voices tell him. musically, he has been involved the groups telecognac, pele, and collections of colonies of bees, playing drums, percussion, piano, and narrative. always interested in the mysterious result of collaborations, he has recorded or performed with a broad range of artists, including guitarist chris rosenau, violinist aranos, saxophonist boris hauf, vocalist/pianist jarboe, saxophonist steve nelson-raney, multi-instrumentalist hal rammel, saxophonist bhob rainey, table-top guitarist adam sonderberg, sound artist asmus tietchens, cellist matt turner, sound artist achim wollscheid, and he has also performed as part of cellist fred lonberg-holm's lightbox orchestra. he has composed music for dance and film, has appeared on numerous cds and lps on labels throughout the world, and has performed throughout the u.s. and japan. he is an active participant in organisation de crouton - known to many people as a record label, but known to some as a strange voice in the night.

$16.66

new to stock as of
december 24th, 2007

threads:
film-video
free-improvisation
experimental-instruments
sound-art

crouton (usa) #crouton 38 dvd

jeph jerman / jon mueller “nodes and anti-nodes” digital versatile disc and audio file

dvd: nodes and anti-nodes
audio file: nodes and anti-nodes

crouton press release...

crouton no.38
jeph jerman and jon mueller
“nodes and anti-nodes”
dvd + audio file

after years of working with sound and vibrations, and documenting prepared and unprepared situations on recordings, jeph jerman and jon mueller now present a tapestry of visualizations to these sounds with ‘nodes and anti-nodes.’ the dvd shows close-up views of the subtle actions in vibrating bodies, both audible and not. these scenes are glimpses into situations that ernst chladni and hans jenny might have pursued in a more scientific direction. but for the lay viewer, it’s simply interesting to watch the real-time relationship between sound and material, and the juxtaposition of the results of natural movements paired with absolute silence. for those that would enjoy listening to the audio portion on the go, an individual mp3 file of the audio can be pulled from the disc.

the dvd is packaged in a 7 letterpressed and numbered chip board case and is limited to an edition of 300 copies.

about jeph jerman:

began playing drums in 1972 at the age of 13. spent my formative years in various bar bands while simultaneously seeking out more adventurous people to make more adventurous music. formed/joined a myriad of ensembles to that end, including: big joey, blowhole, city of worms etc. in the mid ’90’s i moved to seattle wa and became involved with the local improvised music community, playing with just about everyone. at some point i began to deconstruct my drum kit, ending up with a pile of sonorous things that i gradually replaced with stones, shells, sticks and feathers. i continue to investigate various ways of making/capturing sound and to document my efforts.

about jon mueller:

jon mueller has been an active drummer and percussionist since the mid-80s. whether utilizing bombastic minimalism, dense interplay, or electroacoustic practices, his approach focuses on a physical dialog between situation and material. he has been featured on numerous recordings, and has performed throughout the u.s., japan, and europe.

$13.33

back in stock as of
december 24th, 2007

first in stock on
november 30th, 2006

threads:
modern-composition
free-improvisation

crouton (usa) #crouton 26 cd

jon mueller “what’s lost is something important. what’s found is something not revealed.” compact disc

what’s lost is something important. what’s found is something not revealed.

crouton press release...

crouton no.26
jon mueller: "what's lost is something important. what's found is something not revealed."
cd

after seven years in existence, crouton is pleased to announce its first solo release from jon mueller.

for the past two years, individuals have been invited to contribute their beards, which would then be filed and placed in a special wooden case, for no apparent reason. the process, on the other hand, revealed many conversations that would not have taken place; moments of understanding, insight, curiosity, and and overall positive manifestations that possibly would not have happened under 'normal' circumstances. the intent of this recording is to mimic this process. on the surface, it is two compositions for solo percussion, using pieces from a typical drum set. but one would likely not realize this by listening.

jon mueller either spent the necessary time to teach his drums how to actually sustain something, or he found them lying in the same swamp as the warner bros. frog. in any case, he has coaxed a gorgeous cd out of them: complex textures of sustained snares, nocturnal bells, and asymmetrical rhythms arising as if from within the drums; all subtly ordered, sometimes melting from passage to passage, sometimes popping with tape-edit precision. the pieces have the gravity of fine drone work, but they are also injected with a dry wit and assembled with the mechanations of a puzzle master. there are no singing frogs on this disc, no merely novel moments. mueller makes the most of his chorus, and the music resonates as something beyond the sum of its parts, however interesting those parts may be. thus hopefully this cd, like the collection of beards, will also inspire conversations that might not have otherwise taken place, moments of understanding, curiosity, etc.

mueller has worked with pele, asmus tietchens, jason kahn, bhob rainey, hal rammel, lionel marchetti, jack wright, achim wollscheid, steve nelson-raney, matt turner, and is a member of collections of colonies of bees. he has recorded for labels such as auf abwegen, penumbra, polyvinyl, rrrecords, mode, sixgunlover, feverpitch, and stasisfield. performances occur regularly in the basement, as well as public venues around the world.

$13.33

back in stock as of
december 24th, 2007

first in stock on
march 19th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation

crouton (usa) #crouton 23 cd

jon mueller / bob rainey / jim schoenecker “jon mueller, bhob rainey & jim schoenecker” compact disc

[shredded paper, but]
[here teething moths have passed]
[holes]
[too tattered to read]

crouton press release...

crouton no.23
jon mueller, bhob rainey & jim schoenecker
cd

recorded in a 110 degree room after a nearly sleepless 17 hour drive. yet, the material on this cd has nothing to do with that. here, bhob rainey transforms the saxophone from instrument to species, jon mueller plays snare drums with a home stereo system, and jim schoenecker sits across the room and stares at you, creepily. meanwhile, boston was melting under the relentless sadism of the sun. for the musicians, this recording involved discovery, survival, and dustin hoffman. its organization was the direct result of caffeine and unemployment. for the listener, it might very well be the impossible made possible. for in this recording lies a sense of urgent contact; a message understood, yet surely incredible to decipher. happy faces appear on food items. inanimate objects come actively to life.

...

jon mueller has worked within a variety of genres with the likes of pele, collections of colonies of bees, asmus tietchens, achim wollscheid, aranos, matt turner, hal rammel and others. his recordings are available worldwide and he has toured throughout the u.s. and japan.

bhob rainey has collaborated with gunter mueller, lionel marchetti, kevin drumm, ralf wehowsky, jerome noetinger, and jason lescalleet, to name a few. with trumpeter greg kelley, he is the cofounder of the unlikely improv supergroup, nmperign, and is also the founder and director of the premier electroacoustic ensemble, the bsc.

jim schoenecker has released electronic music under the name pressboard for a variety of labels including zod, antiopic, and stassisfield. he has performed in the u.s. and japan, and is 1/2 of the topscore label which releases electronic and experimental music and video.

$9.99

back in stock as of
december 24th, 2007

first in stock on
march 19th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
minimalism-drones

crouton (usa) #crouton 22 cd

jason kahn / jon mueller “papercuts” compact disc

papercuts (18:08)

crouton press release...

crouton no.22
jason kahn and jon mueller
"papercuts"
cd

over the years, both jason kahn and jon mueller have explored different means of percussion, finding texture and rhythm in not only acoustic drums, but in their relation to electronic devices. this pursuit also included work with other, non-drum related material. papercuts is a critical document of this pursuit. recorded over the course of a year, it was created entirely with various grades of handmade and commercial paper. with an extensive and delicate approach to mixing and electronic processing, this work retains the source of the recording, the grit and feel of dried pulp, and the texture of its interaction with movement and malleability. here rhythms appear naturally, without intentional effort, to create a new discovery in the world of percussion.

...

jason kahn was originally a percussionist, and later began integrating live electronics into his playing. his solo performances involve laptop, analogue synthesizer or minimal percussion–either singularly or in combination. currently residing in zürich, switzerland, he has performed or recorded with günter müller, dieb13, erik m, voice crack, evan parker, christian marclay, kevin drumm, steve roden, john hudak, kim cascone, greg kelley, bhob rainey, toshimaru nakamura, otomo yoshihide, sachiko m, taku sugimoto, tetuzi akiyama, utah kawasaki, and koji asano. from 1994-99, he was a member of american composer arnold dreyblatt’s group «the orchestra of excited strings,» performing installations, multi-media pieces and concerts. he started the cd label cut in 1996, which has ten releases to date. he has composed music for theater and dance and has performed throughout europe, north america, japan, israel, turkey, russia and australia.

percussionist jon mueller has worked within a variety of genres with the likes of pele, collections of colonies of bees, asmus tietchens, achim wollscheid, aranos, bhob rainey, matt turner, boris hauf, hal rammel, and has performed as part of fred lonberg-holm's lightbox orchestra. he has composed music for dance and film, has numerous recordings available throughout the world, and has performed throughout north america and japan.

$14.21

back in stock as of
april 7th, 2008

first in stock on
april 13th, 2007

threads:
free-improvisation

korm plastics (netherlands) #kp 3028 cd
brombron (netherlands) #brombron 13 cd

jon mueller / martin tellinga “brombron 13: bowl, helicopter” three inch compact disc

ham baguette (6:27)
evening cigarette (4:26)
dirt food (8:11)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "bowl, helicopter"

korm plastics press release...

jon mueller & martijn tellinga - brombron 13
korm plastics kp 3028
minicd only

korm plastics is proud to present the eleventh release in the brombron series. originally a co-production between staalplaat and extrapool, it is now hosted by co-curator frans de waard. in the year 2000 frans de waard and extrapool started the brombron project. two or more musicians become artists in residence in extrapool, an arts initiative in nijmegen, the netherlands, with a fully equipped sound recording studio. these artists can work in a certain amount of time on a collaborative project; a project they always wished to do, but didn't have the time or the equipment to realize.

jon mueller and martijn tellinga have started a collaboration to explore the musical dialogue between the instrumentalist and realtime computer-performer. their mutual interest in the outlining and structuring of improvisation, both in sonic properties and compositional shape, resulted in an ensembled playing that is partly responsive, partly autonomous.

during their residency at the extrapool studio in nijmegen, netherlands december 2005. during this residency they experimented with a system that consisted of live-sampling and processing of jon's playing, on top of a layer of pre-recorded soundmaterials taken from a previous session. crucial to this system, was that the actual triggering of the samples and processing in the computer during performance was also caused by that same playing; i.e., while jon was improvising he not only provided new sonic material for recording, but also triggered previously recorded events. the realtime manipulation and transformation of these events was done by martijn following that same structural order. this experimental system was developed to get to a musical body that can either blend into one (percussion and computer) or exist as two entities that function in an autonomous way (bypassing the triggering and playing the computer as a stand-alone instrument, using the same set of soundmaterials) and perform by listening and responding to each others input. this can be seen as an attempt to get beyond the many electro-instrumental collaborations where the computer-performer seems to function as a huge effect-processor of the instrumental input, and by doing that, reduces the instrumentalist to a soundsource for realtime processing.

jon mueller has been an active drummer and percussionist since the early 90s. whether utilizing bombastic minimalism, dense interplay, or electroacoustic practices, his approach focuses on a physical dialog between situation and material. he has been featured on numerous recordings and has performed throughout the u.s., japan, and the netherlands. he has performed/recorded with: aranos, keith berry, jarboe, tetuzi akiyama, jason kahn, asmus tietchens, jack wright, carol genetti, collections of colonies of bees, tatsuya nakatani, hal rammel, steve nelson-raney, jim schoenecker, bhob rainey, glenn kotche, pele, steven hess, werner moebius, lionel marchetti, adam sonderberg, tim catlin, matt turner, achim wollscheid, fred lonberg-holm's lightbox orchestra and others.

martijn tellinga (1974, netherlands) is a composer and sound-artist in the field of new electroacoustic music and sonic arts. his work shows a great care for textural qualities and eye for compositoric detail and seeks its identity somewhere in the overlap of formalized form and intuitive musicmaking. more than relying on melody, harmony and rhythm, these works are constructed from the fundamental building blocks of music: timbre, texture, volume and time-elapse. tellinga composes for quadraphonic- and multichannel environments, exploring both sonic directionality as well as spatial characteristics of the physical setting the work is performed in. currently he is pursuing a master's degree in sonology at the royal conservatory the hague - netherlands, studying with paul berg and kees tazelaar.

in the past years his work has been performed and exhibited at numerous occasions inthe netherlands and international festivals in belgium, france, germany, finland, uk, austria, swiss, italy, portugal, greece and usa. works have been commisioned by labels such as - korm plastics - (hol), - spekk - (japan), - cronica electronica - (portugal) and - stichting mixer - (hol).

tellinga has collaborated with several filmmakers, video-artists and autonome artists, providing soundtracks for animated - and short films and developing installation-like media environments. he has worked with a.o. finnish filmmaker and journalist sami kallinen, autonome artists jan robert leegte and sagi groner and is currently developing an integrated audio-visual performance with austrian video-artist dextro.

his ongoing project 'boca raton' particularly deals with the synthesis between concrete -unstaged- sound and synthetic sonorities. as it has never shown any steady state what-so-ever, the project develops over time according to the composer's ideas and capacities, within the flexibalised margins of this field of interest. together with dutch composers radboud mens and danny de graan he forms 'elmgar ten', building soundinstalltions functioning as performance-tools. furthermore he has recently started an electro-instrumental collaboration with percussionist jon mueller, to explore the musical dialogue between the instrumentalist and realtime computer-instruments.

in 1999 he started the platform for contemporary electro-acoustic music stichting mixer, having organised numerous events and released over 25 titles today. finally, he is programmer for the dutch new music radiostation 'de concertzender', being one of the 4 programmers for '230 volt', a weekly program focussing on historic and contemporary electro-acoustic music.

$10.14

back in stock as of
april 21st, 2010

first in stock on
june 12th, 2008

threads:
modern-composition
experimental-instruments

table of the elements (usa) #toe 814 cd

melissa st. pierre “specimens” compact disc

fig. i (2:21)
fig. ii (1:53)
fig. iii (2:07)
fig. iv (1:54)
fig. v (2:20)
fig. vi (2:06)
fig. vii (2:06)
fig. viii (1:40)
bonus video: fig. viii

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "fig. v"

june 2008 release ; a suite of rhythm-heavy prepared piano pieces from composer melissa st. pierre ...

calls to mind the more bar-room piano trappings of “church of anthrax” & the solo piano bits of aphex twin’s “drukqs” only with a bit more filigree ... nice, short pieces don’t overstay their welcome ...

table of the elements press release...

melissa st. pierre.
specimens

melissa st. pierre tosses classicism and post-classicism overboard, utilizing the prepared piano – john cage's notorious instrument of choice – and electronic enhancement to sail resolutely in the direction of rock & roll. peppering the strings, hammers, and dampers with a variety of objects, she transforms the piano's typical timbre: sparkling gamelans chatter; harrowing voodoo drums call out in the night. specimens, st. pierre's debut ep, features production and performances by collections of colonies of beeszeena parkins as conservatory arsonists with a decidedly hendrixian flair.

specimens is an enhanced cd with exclusive video content.

"weird sounds, great chops." - tony conrad

$24.18

back in stock as of
april 21st, 2010

first in stock on
february 29th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
modern-composition
minimalism-drones

best of 2008 !!!

table of the elements (usa) #toe 813 cd

rhys chatham “guitar trio is my life !” triple compact disc set

guitar trio pt. 1, brooklyn (19:27)
guitar trio pt. 2, chicago (23:34)
guitar trio pt. 1, buffalo (21:15)
guitar trio pt. 2, toronto (19:20)
guitar trio pt. 1, montreal (22:24)
guitar trio pt. 2, cleveland (16:35)
guitar trio pt. 1, minneapolis (6:45)
guitar trio pt. 2, milwaukee (19:04)
guitar trio pt. 1, chicago (30:23)
guitar trio pt. 2, brooklyn (16:27)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "guitar trio pt. 2, milwaukee"

... as psyched i am for this mammoth set of alternating renditions of rhys chatham’s “guitar trio pt. 1” and “guitar trio pt.2” - i can’t help but be a little bummed at the omission of either of the boston takes (which, to my amp-damaged ears, sounded quite fine w/chris brokaw, david daniell, winston bramman, myself, and the devil music guys essentially playing a single-chord to a sold-out allston-rock-city crowd for over an hour) - but that’s neither here nor there ...

what you do get from this excellent triple-disc box are takes from the brooklyn, buffalo, chicago, cleveland, milwaukee, minneapolis, montreal, and toronto stagings of the piece during february 2007, performed with ludicrously high levels of energy by chatham himself, along with such notables as andrew broder, tony conrad, david daniell, kim gordon, alan licht, robert longo, rob “lichens” lowe, doug mccombs, thurston moore, jon mueller, harris newman, jeff parker, lee ranaldo, chris rosenau, adam & ben vida, etc ...

if you don’t know the piece ; it’s essentially an exercise in yielding what chatham himself describes as “choiring” - a heavy, upper-register buildup of harmonic movement that results when so many guitar players, over 20 minutes, slowly work across an open e minor chord from the low e to the high e, at deafening volume, while a single drummer keeps time on a hi-hat (pt. 1) or contributes with a “driving backbeat” followed by a long fill / freak-out (pt. 2) - it’s the ultimate in high-gain rock ‘n’ roll minimalism, really, and because of the open interpretation, the piece can swing pretty heavily in a number of directions given the players - hence this collection offering 5 different realizations of each part by 8 different groups ...

highly recommended as a historical document and as a testament to the piece’s lasting relevance ...

table of the elements press release...

rhys chatham & his guitar trio all-stars
“guitar trio is my life !”

utilizing multiple electric guitars and a single chord, 1977’s “guitar trio” is composer rhys chatham’s signature work, and a euphoric, minimal-punk classic. it’s an inspired amalgamation — the droning, shimmering harmonics of john cale and tony conrad fused with the power and fury of the ramones — that had a meteoric impact. it placed chatham at the forefront of the burgeoning no wave scene; its influence then spread further, as protégés and participants in chatham’s ensembles — including glenn branca and members of sonic youth — folded the sound into their own. “guitar trio” remains a composition with a half-life, an adventure in sound that continues to radiate influence and inspiration.

now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “guitar trio” on an epic scale, chatham musters an all-star guitar army for the 3xcd set, “guitar trio is my life!” the sprawling collection features members of sonic youth, swans, tortoise, godspeed you! black emperor, hüsker dü, modern lovers, silver mt. zion, town and country, die kreutzen, 90-day men, collections of colonies of bees, and many more; even tony conrad gets in on the act. together these artists celebrate chatham’s wordless anthem, with its minimalist origins, rock & roll rhythm, ecstatic whorl of harmonics, and ever-evolving, ever-expanding nature.

so, take a listen, and hear what one man can do with hundreds of guitars, 30 years, one chord, and a skyscraper of amps set to liquefy. “guitar trio” endures.

3xcd set of previously unreleased material;
includes 32-page book with liner notes and unpublished photographs

$14.82

back in stock as of
april 21st, 2010

first in stock on
january 17th, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
digital-musics
beat-research

table of the elements (usa) #toe 810 cd

collections of colonies of bees “birds” compact disc

flocks i (7:08)
flocks ii (10:26)
flocks iii (11:03)
flocks iv (8:47)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "flocks ii"

january 2008 release; the fourth album by this milwaukee-area supergroup featuring jon mueller (pele, crouton label), chris rosenau (pele), jim schoenecker (pressboard), daniel spack, and thomas wincek (emotional joystick) ...

in a time when i’m all-but-drowning in cruddy room-recordings of sparsely attended basement gigs presented as limited tape/cdr-as-album masterworks, it’s refreshing to hear such an immaculately recorded / constructed / presented album of digitally-enhanced through-composed post-rock ...

much in the way that oren ambarchi’s day job as an improvisor/composer of avant-garde music enriches his sun pop-music project, the level of detail and care put into the solo works of the 5 cocob members transfers over to their collective rock-band is evident at every stroke. really nice stuff ...

table of the elements press release...

collections of colonies of bees
birds

format: cd
packaging: standard jewel
release date: january, 2008
file under: rock
catalog no: toe-cd-810

in an era of pervasive lo-fi meandering and leaden, self-indulgent navel-gazing, collections of colonies of bees sweep in grandly, as their name implies, in great, billowing swarms of sound, bourn aloft on a thousand wings of minuscule, elegant detail. in these extended instrumental tracks, guitars chime and soar, recalling the best campaigns of the guitar armies of both glenn branca and rhys chatham; deft yet intensely focused percussion propels towards an inevitable dawn; covering it all is a gossamer veil of subtly nuanced electronica.

birds is a joyous, expansive experience; crisp, clean, and clear; dappled in sunshine; mottled with dew; epic minimalism in exquisite registration. that’s saying something. in our present musical climate of smoggy lassitude, collections of colonies of bees are diligently producing a sound that is dazzling ñ and as sweet as honey taken straight from the comb. dig in.

$14.82

back in stock as of
april 21st, 2010

first in stock on
january 17th, 2008

threads:
modern-composition
doom

table of the elements (usa) #toe 108 cd

jon mueller “metals” compact disc

trace essential (9:46)
homeostatic (12:13)
mineral balance (11:28)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "homeostatic"

january 2008 release; an entirely impressive trio of solo percussion & drum-kit pieces from collections of colonies of bees’ jon mueller ...

from what i can glean from listening alone (the cd packaging is fairly spartan) jon plays this material straight through sans overdubbing, using combinations of amplified tones to vibrate various parts of his gong/drum array... but put aside any notions of this being a sean-meehan-esque recital of butterfly-winged surface-resonance studies; when jon gets cooking (listen to the sound-clip) it’s full-on wail blast-beat wail, living up to the implications of the title...

pretty intense stuff; highly recommended !!!

table of the elements press release...

jon mueller
metals

format: cd
packaging: standard jewel
release date: january, 2008
file under: avant
catalog no: toe-cd-108
jon mueller is internationally recognized as a percussionist, composer and free-improvisor; he is a founder of the band collections of colonies of bees; and he has performed with an array of artists, including rhys chatham, and members of swans, wilco, and more.

for the past several years, mueller has worked with rhythms that come from gong frequencies, from vibrations of the bodies of bass drums, and the surprising sonorities that occur with the combination of these elements. now he applies these techniques to his latest solo effort, to stunning effect: metals is, as its name suggests, a bold, all-percussion foray into heavy metal.

no theatrical silliness here; just sheer exhilaration; the fundamental power of loud, organized, precise rhythms; ringing, heavy anti-melodies. it's this sound, in the many forms it has taken over the years, that continually inspires new philosophies, drives independent thinking, and causes hundreds of thousands of people to bang their heads. jon mueller takes it, shapes it and makes it his own.

$16.38

back in stock as of
april 21st, 2010

first in stock on
june 12th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
minimalism-drones
modern-composition

table of the elements (usa) #toe 094 lp

jon mueller “strung (clear vinyl)” one-sided long playing record

strung (17:26)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "strung"

june 2008 release ; the third in the ongoing guitar series vols. 3 & 4 ...

this installment, by the insanely prolific all-of-the-sudden jon mueller (no, not a “guitarist” per se, i know, but bear with me) works an almost pan(a)sonic-esque streak of pulsing white noise, all sourced to electric guitars ; recalls some of glenn branca’s early work (i.e. stephan wischerth’s anvil replaced by an electric guitar on a stand ...) ... pretty damn mesmerising ...

table of the elements press release...

jon mueller
strung

table of the elements celebrate its 15th anniversary with the third disk in its guitar series vols. 3 & 4, 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.

$16.38

back in stock as of
april 21st, 2010

first in stock on
may 13th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation

table of the elements (usa) #toe 092 lp

collections of colonies of bees “six guitars (clear vinyl)” one-sided long playing record

six guitars (12:50)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "six guitars"

may 2008 release ; the first in a new, 2008 series of guitar records from table of the elements (some of you w/a bit of hair on their necks might remember the early-mid 90s onslaught of guitar-themed singles from tote - same deal, swap out letter-pressed 7”s for single-sided clear-vinyl lps w/etchings on the flip) ...

here we get a good 13-odd minute six-part guitar creeper, with much ebow / feedback droning & jon mueller’s steady guitars-as-drums percussion fleshing out the void ; lovely. very much looking forward to the rest of these ...

table of the elements press release...

collections of colonies of bees
six guitars

table of the elements celebrate its 15th anniversary with the debut disk in its guitar series vols. 3 & 4, 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.

collections of colonies of bees generated quite the (forgive us) buzz, following the january release of their cd birds, and deservedly so. their sound is expansive, vast, and billowing; full of ringing guitars, soaring in the best traditions of the chatham / branca standoff; meanwhile, beneath the clouds sprawl dewy meadows of gently rolling electronica. six guitars is just what its title states, yet so much more. wildly versatile drummer jon mueller follows the rules by hammering on an electric guitar with mallets, enhancing the steve reichian vibe (compare this with mueller’s face-melting solo onslaught metals, also released in january). the band sparkles accordingly, lifting to a dazzling climax. it’s epic minimalism in exquisite registration, and the perfect selection to introduce the table of the elements guitar series (fans will be happy to hear that mueller is on deck with a solo contribution to the series as well).

beyond the music, there’s the similarly spectacular packaging. it’s a one-sided, 12-inch lp, pressed on clear vinyl; the reverse is laser etched with an original illustration by acclaimed uk artist savage pencil, whose credits include album art for the fall, big black, and sonic youth. it’s a limited-edition pressing, so get it while you can – disks from the label’s original guitar series in 1993/1994 are now some of collectorville’s must coveted treasures.

$7.01

back in stock as of
may 24th, 2010

first in stock on
october 19th, 2006

threads:
free-improvisation
psych-prog

utech (usa) #ur 041 cd

werner moebius / jon mueller / jim schoenecker “amalgam” compact disc recordable

amalgam (recorded in milwaukee wi 11/26/05)

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utech press release...

artist: moebius/mueller/schoenecker
title: amalgam
format: cdr
edition: 200
length: 33'
trx: 1
catalogue number: ur-041
recorded: milwaukee, wi, 11/26/05.

werner moebius [computer, devices]
jon mueller [percussion]
jim schoenecker [synthesizer, shortwave radio]

$14.82

back in stock as of
february 10th, 2009

first in stock on
june 12th, 2008

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
minimalism-drones
concert-recordings

file under:
modern-composition

xeric (usa) #xer 116 cd
crouton (usa) #crouton 39 cd

jon mueller / jason kahn “topography” compact disc

middletown • march 03, 2007 (8:07)
new york 1 • march 12, 2007 (10:42)
new york 2 • march 12, 2007 (10:15)
milwaukee • march 04, 2007 (8:45)
boston • march 08, 2007 (10:42)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "milwaukee • march 04, 2007"

june 2008 release ; co-production between tote sub-label xeric & jon mueller’s own crouton (with packaging / design sensibilites ala kahn’s cut imprint) this covers the duo’s trip up & down the east coast last spring, w/a brief trip back to mueller’s hometown. on a cursory listen, it’s hard to believe this flowing, drone-oriented sound was derived in any way from percussion instruments ; but that right there’s the crux of this particular formation ...

xeric press release...

jon mueller / jason kahn
topography

percussionist jon mueller continues his amazing run of releases (he appears on eight table of the elements titles in the first half of 2008!) with topography, a collaboration with zürich-based sound and visual artist jason kahn. as a drummer, mueller propels collections of colonies of bees and the occasional guitar army of rhys chatham; he also finds time to collaborate with artists ranging from wilco’s glenn kotche to swans’ jarboe. kahn draws on electronic and acoustic sound sources to create slowly developing compositions imbued with a sense of timelessness.

topography addresses the entity of sound as both a physical and psychological factor shaping our consciousness, and is a remarkable display of electroacoustic finesse. it’s a joint, limited-edition release with mueller’s own crouton label, exquisitely packaged in a debossed, white-on-white jacket.

$9.01

back in stock as of
december 8th, 2008

first in stock on
april 12th, 2004

threads:
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation
free-improvisation
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones
modern-composition
modern-psych
playback-music
plunder-phonic
psych-prog

the sound projector (uk) #tsp 10 mag

“the sound projector 10th issue 2002” magazine

articles & interviews with those mentioned below
hundreds of record reviews

the sound projector press release...

the sound projector 10 - saw delight - dada-mecano in the mechanical way!! - skinny hands i love (the residents) - an apprenticeship to robert fludd

tenth issue - 160pp - published may 2002. mega interviews: achim wollscheid / alejandra & aeron / carl michael von hausswolff / cyclobe / gen ken montgomery / phill niblock / olivia block / pal asle pettersen / jon mueller / michael renkel

art by imagistic magi: middleton, rawling, reynols, bagnall, pinsent, richardson, willis, parentela, sherred, roberts, in addition thereunto over 250 record reviews...

records reviewed in sound projector categories atoms of pure noise (noise music), the crackling esther, the discurator's den, the droning ones engaging with planetary politics, environmental recordings, free jazz, the gorgeous harmonic, in the art gallery, maladroit rhythms, mix bag of aural honk, mutating into a microchip, nightmares and penumbra, no probable purpose, phantom of liberty, presence of a solid body, quirk out, tape maschines maken

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otto muehl

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