Archive for March, 2010

A Pleasant Surprise

Word was that Wittmer + Knowles (Gerritt Wittmer and Paul Knowles) live performance had already caused two people to pass out on their current tour. Stories of past tours told of seizures and other mishaps that, if I were 20, would have been hands down the drawing card for me. Not so anymore, [...]

Monday March 29th, 2010 in News | 2 Comments »

HYDratioN LP

The collaboration between percussionist Z’EV and I has been released on limited edition LP by Important Records. The jackets, screen printed at Monoroid, turned out excellent and the vinyl sounds great. I’m very excited about this project coming together. It was great to work on, and I’m honored that Important agreed to [...]

Tuesday March 23rd, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Jon Mueller + Z’EV: HYDratioN LP

Jon Mueller + Z’EV
HYDratioN
LP
U.S. and Canada
$15.00

International
$25.00

Purchases of HYDratioN through Rhythmplex include the complete set of five Rhythmplex letterpressed cards, conceived and designed by Andrew McKenzie of The Hafler Trio.
Released by Important Records in a limited, hand numbered edition of 300. Jackets screen printed at Monoroid. Audio samples can be heard here.
Throughout time, percussion [...]

Tuesday March 23rd, 2010 in Shop | 2 Comments »

Electrified

I just returned from the SXSW festival in Austin, TX.  There was a lot of great music.  There was a lot of music.  And because of that, I was beginning to feel overwhelmed and dreadful about, well, music.  But then this happened:

Electric Electric from rhythmplex on Vimeo.
Electric Electric are a band from Strasbourg, France.  I [...]

Sunday March 21st, 2010 in News | 2 Comments »

SXSW

Collections of Colonies of Bees will be playing 4 shows at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, TX.  The details have finally been confirmed and can be viewed here.  Hope to see some of you there.  It’s going to be nuts.

Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »

Improvisation (past tense)

The following is a post I made in 2007 on an old blog.  I wanted to repost it here mostly for my own memory, and the things it makes me think about.  Hope you enjoy it, too.

Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 in News | 1 Comment »

Typecast

I’m very pleased to announce that my forthcoming solo record, titled, The Whole will be released by Type – a label I’ve long admired, and I am honored to have a place in their roster. Over the years, I’ve discovered some great music from Type, including Peter Broderick, Zelienople, Richard Skelton, Xela, and more.  The [...]

Tuesday March 2nd, 2010 in News | Leave a Comment »