This Silver String is the transformative debut by French violinist Agathe Max. At times her work approaches the supersonic escape velocity of Tony Conrad; elsewhere, she introduces delicate repeating ...
Table of the Elements continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary with the fourth installment in its Guitar Series Vols. 3 & 4. It's a 12xLP romp of deviant fretnoise by some of experimental music's ...
The seventh installment in the 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, ...
NEW YORK CITY has always thrived on its ability to merge glitz with grime, creating products that incorporate both high-brow idealism and raw, gritty experimentation. From art to architecture, New ...
Tony Conrad is a founding father of "minimalism" and a giant in the American soundscape. With help from Table of the Elements, Conrad's Audio ArtKive imprint continues to document the wild breadth of ...
Table of the Elements continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary with the eighth installment in its Guitar Series Vols. 3 & 4. It's a 12xLP romp of deviant fretnoise by some of experimental music's ...
Arnold Dreyblatt is a minimalist who never forgot that music is still the human mating call. Anyone who has experienced the composer's recordings with his marvelouslydubbed Orchestra of Excited ...
In the 43 years between his first recordings and his death in 2001, JOHN FAHEY stomped across the American soundscape, leaving behind footprints of influence so breathtakingly vast that entire genres ...
Table of the Elements continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary with the ninth installment in its Guitar Series Vols. 3 & 4. Simply put, Christian Fennesz is a pioneer. As much as any artist, he is ...
Alastair Galbraith is the glue that binds the New Zealand underground. His work ranges from achingly lyrical violin for artists as disparate as Peter Jefferies and the Bats, to the feedback squalls ...
Is 90s nostalgia underway yet? If not, this reissue may be just the thing to get it started. In 1994, Chicago is the fountainhead for a bona-fide Scene, in which bands are giving timbre and texture ...
It's time to acknowledge Michael Morley as an indie-rock patriarch. Recorded in 1993 and out of print since, Gate's The Dew Line is the first part of his "rock trilogy" (followed by The Monolake in ...
Jonathan Kane is a Downtown NYC legend -- as co-founder of the no-wave behemoth Swans, and the rhythmic thunder behind the massed-guitar armies of Rhys Chatham and the rock excursions of La Monte ...
Jonathan Kane is a Downtown NYC legend -- as co-founder of the no-wave behemoth Swans, and the rhythmic thunder behind the massed-guitar armies of Rhys Chatham and the rock excursions of La Monte ...
JONATHAN KANE has burned a spectacular trail through the experimental rock scene: first as a founding member of No Wave behemoth SWANS; then as the percussive thunder behind the minimalist ensembles ...
o Jonathan Kane's fat-bottomed grooves take your breath away, make you lose your mind? Well, it's the holidays, and Jonny can give as well as he can take, so here's his gift to you, boys and girls. ...
Strap yourself in, and prepare for a mysterious ride: Helen Money is going to take us into uncharted territory. With its clattering rhythms, symphonic swells, distorted, plucked chords, and ...
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, ...
Enter Jon Mueller's mammoth new solo percussion work, "Physical Changes". If his previous solo effort Metals was about pummeling rhythms and frequencies, "Physical Changes" drives the whole idea into ...
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 ...
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 ...
Behold: Neptune, the most harrowingly original band on this planet - or the next. Its three members are equal parts musicians, sculptors, scientists, blacksmiths, electricians, and industrial ...
Table of the Elements continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary with the tenth installment in its Guitar Series Vols. 3 & 4. Sunn O))) founder Stephen O'Malley summons a mesmerizing drone, ...
Since the 1960s, composer, performer and humanitarian Pauline Olivros has influenced American music profoundly through her work with impro visati n, el etronic music, myth and ritual. Her work ...
Having collaborated with artists ranging from Sonic Youth to Yoko Ono to Bjork, Zeena Parkins proves it: The classical harp is really a rock 'n' roll instrument. Forget angelic choirs; Zeena is the ...
Step right up and meet the astounding Zeena Parkins, the world's greatest electric harpist. Forget about angelic choirs; Zeena cites Jimi Hendrix as a major inspiration, and her harp work is ...
"COUNTLESS CENTURIES FLED INTO THE DISTANCE LIKE SO MANY STORMS" by Lee Ranaldo. Table of the Elements continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary with the sixth installment in its Guitar Series ...
As individual performers, William Hooker and Lee Ranaldo are explosive. As collaborators, they are thermonuclear. A kinetic, avant percussionist and poet, Hooker is one of New York's most important ...
Guitar lines gather and mass like a blue sky filling with storm clouds. A flicker of lightning here and there, a steady thump of thunder in the distance, coming closer and closer. It takes awhile, so ...
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 ...
Happy 21st Century. Here, on these eight unique tracks, is a field guide to the essential Table of the Elements. This sampler is more than a summary of label highlights, and certainly nothing so ...
John Fahey's death is shrouded in confusion and camouflage. He is believed to have died in the explosion of a house during the filming of Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point in 1969. His remains ...
A long-lasting vision has finally become reality: Cargo Records present their very own record-player 33punkt3. Strictly limited to 333 pieces the player will be available in black and white. read more