Archive for June, 2008

An interview with Robert Haigh can now be found in the Read section. Look for his new CD, “Written on Water” by August.

“There’s a lot I could write about Topography, the most recent collaboration between seasoned improvisers Jon Mueller and Jason Kahn, but there’s almost nothing of importance about the release that can’t be conveyed by its packaging. Granted, you’d have to take it out of its wrapper, feel it with your fingers, tilt it around until […]

During the time of production for his release, “Written on Water,” Crouton did this brief interview with Robert Haigh about the past, present, and future. Enjoy.
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Supposedly you went through a phase where you left your 80s work
behind and didn’t want much to do with it. Your recent material
seems to have some connections back to […]

A selection of rare LPs can now be purchased from our Gemm store. Featuring many experimental, free jazz, and rock LPs from the 70s onward.

‘Topography’ by Jon Mueller and Jason Kahn is a split release from Crouton and Xeric. We now have limited copies of this available directly from us. However, in connection with Xeric, the release will be available worldwide through Secretly Canadian so it should be available from a wider range of music sellers as […]

CROUTON NO.42
Robert Haigh
“Written on Water”
CD

$15.00 USA

$20.00 International
In the early 80s, Robert Haigh released a handful of recordings under his own name, as well as the monikers Sema, Fote, and Truth Club. His atmospheric piano, guitar and sound arrangements were in a class of their own, but ranked among the quality level of other […]

A new CD from Robert Haigh is imminent. Titled ‘Written on Water,’ Haigh brings us moments of his early ‘Valentine Out of Season’-era piano work combined with pulsing rhythms created by various repetitive note placements. Mesmerizing and highly enjoyable. More info and audio sample here.

JON MUELLER & JASON KAHN - TOPOGRAPHY (CD by Xeric/Crouton)
It went a little past by me, but Jon Mueller is now fully signed up to Table Of The Elements, so they already released in the last six months eight titles that include his work. Either solo, or with his band Collections Of Colonies Of Bees, […]

“Topography merges Mueller’s percussion and cassettes with Jason Kahn’s percussion and analog synthesizer in a fifty-minute collection recorded at various stops on a March 2007 US tour. The duo eschews cacophony in these five live settings and instead opts for controlled feedback and smears of industrial character, resulting in rumbling electro-acoustic drones of shape-shifting […]