IMPALA EARDRUMS: A RADIUM SAMPLER - VARIOUS ARTISTS (LP)

Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler - Various Artists on Vinyl LP! 

For fifteen years, Table of the Elements has been the preeminent source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised and outsider music. 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.

“Table of the Elements was established in 1993, and since then has released some of the most gorgeous looking and most aurally intriguing releases to grace the music scene. Providing a home to such artists as the hugely respected avant-garde violinist Tony Conrad, harpist Zeena Parkins, Krautrock kings Faust, Sonic Youth mainman Thurston Moore, guitar god Loren Connors, Japanese noise merchant Keiji Haino, British weird-folk lynchpin Richard Youngs and the late Derek Bailey among many, many others, it is pretty easy to see the kind of influence they have had. Fifteen years on and the label shows no signs of letting up. Without Table of the Elements the world would be a far duller place.” - Boomkat

Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler Track Listing

1. Untitled (1986)
2. Pops
3. Beloved Binge
4. Silver Eagle
5. Athlete
6. Lightning And The Flight Of Birds
7. Grasses
8. Limb By Limb