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modern-psych

 best of 2008 !!! 
table of the elements (usa) #toe 815 cd

megafaun “bury the square” compact disc

  • find your mark (5:14)
  • tired and troubled (4:46)
  • where we belong (11:16)
  • his robe (4:47)
  • drains (7:24)
  • lazy suicide (6:20)
debut from this durham-based trio, recently seen on tour w/greg davis & the akron family ... a mix of backwoods appalachiana-leaning acoustic psych-pop, occasionally descending into the sort of tape-mangled field recordings & feedback clusters you’d more readily associate with the label they record for (listen to the sound-sample for one of the more exotic moments) ...

as baffling as it at first might seem to read of a band in that loose animal collective mold recording for tote, it helps to put them in the same lineage as labelmates san agustin (albeit with vocals) or even oren ambarchi & chris townend’s sun project (there’s the same sort of fascination with am-radio era pop music dotted with between-the-cracks noises & cues from the avant-garde/freak scenes of yore...)

i’m going to let my guard down here a bit & mention that, in all honesty, i quite enjoy this record ; it takes a bunch of chances & detours far enough from the road-tested travelling sideshow / collective caravan methodology to make it work w/out seeming too derivative of the groups that have walked those particular shadows over the past few years. i’m not going to blanket recommend this for everyone that shops here, but if you own more than one neil young / the band record (or, hell, even jim o’rourke’s “song” albums) you just might see the light ...
table of the elements press release...
megafaun bury the square

from the vibrant southern quasi-capital of durham emerge megafaun, wearing earnestness across the chest and abstraction along the sleeves. they pour forth dulcet harmonies, as seeking vocals tug banjo lines up the appalachian mountains; redemptive noise soaks everything, like thick air wafting from the atlantic.

bury the square, megafaun’s debut, is a triumph, bearing an essential consequence: folk music has been wrestled from purist hands. clawhammer banjo and strummed acoustics lock and roll with electric guitars and electronic textures. they realize that folk implies deep, personal, intense expression, whether the instrument is a parlor piano with the lid thrown back or a distortion pedal with the case cracked loose. in this band, orthodoxy and unorthodoxy flow together as one.

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april 21st, 2010

first in stock on
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threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation

table of the elements (usa) #toe 812 lp
radium (usa) #toe 812 lp

“impala eardrums • a radium sampler” long playing record

  • rhys chatham - untitled (1986) (5:20)
  • jonathan kane’s february - pops (6:26)
  • megafaun - beloved binge (3:15)
  • paul duncan - silver eagle (4:24)

  • collections of colonies of bees - athlete (4:37)
  • neptune - lightning and the flight of birds (4:11)
  • ateleia - grasses (5:14)
  • school of seven bells - limb by limb (4:27)
may 2008 release ; first label-comp for this table of the elements sub-series ; something of a springboard for the friendlier / contemporary styles / artists affiliated with the label ... exclusive material from the majority of the roster ; much variety makes for a nice, diverse listen ... lovely milky-white lp.
table of the elements press release...
impala eardrums a radium sampler

for fifteen years, table of the elements has been the preeminent source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised, and outsider musics of various spots and stripes. now, as its influence radiates outward, the label presents radium, its “rock” imprint, showcased here with impala eardrums, a radium sampler.

while minimalist legend rhys chatham leads the way with a delightful unreleased piece from his mid-80s archives, most of the other contributors are younger folks, from a new generation of performers. it’s a diverse bunch, ranging from the raw americana of megafaun and jonathan kane, to the humid, pulsating krautrock of ateleia and the spectral songcraft of paul duncan. neptune serves up its version of home-forged proto-clangor, while collections of colonies of bees and school of seven bells pour forth in glistening, shimmering waves.

together, these eight tracks — all previously unreleased — have one thing in common: a resolute will to march headlong into the untamed brambles and briar patches of 21st-century sound.

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back in stock as of
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first in stock on
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threads:
guitar-themed
free-improvisation

table of the elements (usa) #toe 812 cd
radium (usa) #toe 812 cd

“impala eardrums • a radium sampler” compact disc

  • rhys chatham - untitled (1986) (5:20)
  • jonathan kane’s february - pops (6:26)
  • megafaun - beloved binge (3:15)
  • paul duncan - silver eagle (4:24)
  • collections of colonies of bees - athlete (4:37)
  • neptune - lightning and the flight of birds (4:11)
  • ateleia - grasses (5:14)
  • school of seven bells - limb by limb (4:27)
cd version ...
table of the elements press release...
impala eardrums a radium sampler

for fifteen years, table of the elements has been the preeminent source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised, and outsider musics of various spots and stripes. now, as its influence radiates outward, the label presents radium, its “rock” imprint, showcased here with impala eardrums, a radium sampler.

while minimalist legend rhys chatham leads the way with a delightful unreleased piece from his mid-80s archives, most of the other contributors are younger folks, from a new generation of performers. it’s a diverse bunch, ranging from the raw americana of megafaun and jonathan kane, to the humid, pulsating krautrock of ateleia and the spectral songcraft of paul duncan. neptune serves up its version of home-forged proto-clangor, while collections of colonies of bees and school of seven bells pour forth in glistening, shimmering waves.

together, these eight tracks — all previously unreleased — have one thing in common: a resolute will to march headlong into the untamed brambles and briar patches of 21st-century sound.

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