Release Archives

CROUTON NO.31
Robert Hampson/Steven Hess
“S/T”
CD
OUT OF PRINT
A sensible combination, brought to light by a chance contact resulting in a fairly lengthy process of recording, listening, and mixing. Robert Hampson, is, of course, the visionary behind sound behemoths LOOP and MAIN, and even served a highly productive position within GODFLESH, ORGANUM, and also collaborated with JIM O’ […]

CROUTON NO.30
The Portable Quartet
“Take The Train”
CD-R
OUT OF PRINT
The Portable Quartet is Jon Mueller (percussion), Chris Rosenau (banjo), Jim Schoenecker (oscillator), and Thomas Wincek (melodica). In early June, 2005, a select group of people were mailed invitations with detailed instructions of the time, date, and which train to board at the Milwaukee Amtrak station. Then, on […]

CROUTON NO.29
LIONEL MARCHETTI
“RED DUST”
3×3″ CD set
OUT OF PRINT
Years in the making, RED DUST is a three disc boxed set of new work from this master practitioner of musique concrete. Elaborate in its aural presentation, this study reveals Marchetti’s most focused and exciting work to date. Composed in part with Yôko Higashi, the material reveals sounds […]

CROUTON NO.28
Keith Berry
“The Ear That Was Sold To A Fish”
CD
OUT OF PRINT
London composer Keith Berry’s The Ear That Was Sold To A Fish is a complex, albeit soothing piece, stretching over nine tracks. The movement of the piece is akin to closing one’s eyes while floating gently down a nighttime river. But ironically, this slow […]

CROUTON NO.27
The Hafler Trio + Willem de Ridder
“No One Remains”
Box
Crouton is pleased to present No One Remains from The Hafler Trio and Willem de Ridder. The elements contained are highly interrelated, and also cover all the senses; sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, sometimes crossing into the opposite of those senses to create a quite […]

CROUTON NO.26
Jon Mueller: “What’s lost is something important. What’s found is something not revealed.”
CD
OUT OF PRINT
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 […]

CROUTON NO.25
DIE ENTTAUSCHUNG
S/T
LP
Die Enttäuschung is modern jazz at its peak. The quartet consists of highly skilled, internationally known players Axel Dörner, trumpet; Rudi Mahall, bass clarinet; Jan Roder, bass; and the always imaginitave Uli Jenneßen on drums. With two releases under their belts - a very hard to find double LP and a much more […]

CROUTON NO.24
RICHARD CHARTIER
“ARCHIVAL 1991″
CD
OUT OF PRINT
Richard Chartier is a designer, an artist, and perhaps, a neat freak. Throughout his recent work,Chartier has continued to present sound as design - clean, simple design, implying colors and direct lines and shapes; a spotless, modern room; a series of colored screens. His release on Crouton predates this […]

CROUTON NO.23
JON MUELLER, BHOB RAINEY & JIM SCHOENECKER
CD
OUT OF PRINT
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, […]

CROUTON NO.22
JASON KAHN AND JON MUELLER
“PAPERCUTS”
CD
OUT OF PRINT
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 […]