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crou021: irr.app.(ext.): Dust Pincher Appliances CD

CROUTON NO.21
irr. app. (ext.)
“DUST PINCHER APPLIANCES”
CD
Crouton is ridiculously excited to announce this CD release from irr. app. (ext.). Dust Pincher Appliances was originally released in 1998 in a shorter, alternate form, via a now impossible to find 10” vinyl on Something Weird Records, Iceland. This CD edition on Crouton reveals different versions of the original […]

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crou020: Collections of Colonies of Bees: MeYou CD

CROUTON NO.20
COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES “MEYOU”
CD
OUT OF PRINT
On October 4, 1998, Chris Rosenau and Jon Mueller recorded what would eventually become known as meyou – before their duo Collections of Colonies of Bees or the label Crouton even existed. This archival disc is being presented as a testimony to the future work that these […]

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crou019: Asmus Tietchens: FT+ CD

CROUTON NO.19
Asmus Tietchens
FT+
CD
OUT OF PRINT
From 2001 – 2002, Crouton released a limited and now out of print series of triple 3” CD sets titled Folktales. Each disc featured a solo performance, and hosted the work of C. Rosenau, Hal Rammel, John Kannenberg, Jon Mueller, Bhob Rainey, Achim Wollscheid, Kevin Shea, Adam Sonderberg, and Dan Warburton. […]

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crou018: Jon Mueller/Kaveh Soofi: Endings book

CROUTON NO.18
JON MUELLER AND KAVEH SOOFI
ENDINGS
Book Box
What is being communicated?
After Jon Mueller’s ridiculous novella Pianobread, released on Crouton in 1999, we are pleased to announce this new textual endeavor in collaboration with visual artist Kaveh Soofi. Endings brings together two different forms that describe an identical path. Neither revel in the final destination, but skirt […]

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crou017: Hat Melter: Unknown Album LP

CROUTON NO.17
Hatmelter: Unknown Album
12″ LP
FEATURING:
Steve Hess
Jeff Klatt
Jon Mueller
Matt Turner
Crouton weeps with joy over this new release featuring Steve Hess, percussion; Jeff Klatt, cello; Jon Mueller, percussion; and Matt Turner, cello. Together they form ‘Hat Melter’, and quite literally too, as their names suggest. Although beyond the coincidence of the selective letters of their names, this […]

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crou016: The Hafler Trio: The Moment When We Blow The Flour From Our Tongues 10″

CROUTON NO.16
The Hafler Trio: The Moment When We Blow The Flour From Our Tongues
10″ Record
SONGS:
a) “the moment when we blow the
flour from our tongues”
b) “akin to spoken thought entering
paradise with boots on”
Crouton is very pleased to announce the release of a special 10ä record from the Hafler Trio. For over 20 years, the Hafler Trio […]

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crou015: Folktales No. 3 3×3″CD

CROUTON NO.15
FOLKTALES 03
Three 3″ CD’s
FEATURING:
DAN WARBURTON
ADAM SONDERBERG
KEVIN SHEA
The third part in this ongoing series
features percussionist Kevin Shea, the
processing work of Adam Sonderberg,
and violinist Dan Warburton. These three
perspectives cover varying grounds of percussive insanity, microanalysis of texture, and dark swells of surreal melody. Out of the series thus far, these three tales reflect the most varied […]

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crou014: Collections of Colonies of Bees: fa.ce (a CD

CROUTON NO.14
COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES “FA.CE (A”
CD
OUT OF PRINT
FEATURING:
C. ROSENAU
D. MAHLMEISTER
J. MUELLER
E. MEHLENBECK
This new full-length release is the perfect culmination of the core duo of Chris Rosenau and Jon Mueller’s work so far. Following up 2000s Rance on Crouton, and 1999s S/T debut on the Rosewood Union (UK), both of which are now out […]

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crou013: Raccoons: Mother 2xCD

CROUTON NO.12
RACCOONS “MOTHER”
2″ CD’s
FEATURING:
JON MUELLER
HAL RAMMEL
CHRIS ROSENAU
Following up last years self-titled debut on Crouton, the collective known as Raccoons present this special edition
2 disc set. Disc one is a document of a live performance recorded late last year at Mother Fools Coffeehouse in Madison, WI in conjunction with WORT FM. Disc two finds the group […]

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crou012: Folktales No. 2

CROUTON NO.12
FOLKTALES 02
Three 3″ CD’s
FEATURING:
JON MUELLER
BHOB RAINEY
ACHIM WOLLSCHEID
The second installment in the series features a three CD set with compositions by Jon Mueller, percussion; Bhob Rainey, saxophone; and Achim Wollscheid, CD, cassette, and LP as sound source transformed through laptop. Ranging between a nearly indefinable drum set, sharp and tonal saxophone work, and orchestral electronics, […]

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