James Elliott (musician)
Encyclopedia
James Elliott is an American
electronic music
ian, usually releasing solo material under the alias Ateleia. The name comes from Ateleia
, a legume or from ancient Greek meaning tax-free
. The music is electronic
psychedelic
minimalism
.
Elliott was the co-founder (along with David Daniell
) of the record label Antiopic
. He was a former member of New York
-based bands School of Seven Bells
and Bear in Heaven
, playing bass guitar
and computer
in both bands.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
ian, usually releasing solo material under the alias Ateleia. The name comes from Ateleia
Ateleia
Ateleia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Ateleia gummifera* Ateleia popenoei* Ateleia salicifolia...
, a legume or from ancient Greek meaning tax-free
Ateleia (ancient Greece)
Ateleia in ancient Greece was a generally immunity or exemption from some or all the duties which a person has to perform towards the state....
. The music is electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
psychedelic
Psychedelic music
Psychedelic music covers a range of popular music styles and genres, which are inspired by or influenced by psychedelic culture and which attempt to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in the...
minimalism
Minimalist music
Minimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School....
.
Elliott was the co-founder (along with David Daniell
David Daniell (musician)
David Daniell is an American guitarist and composer active in experimental music, improvisation and electroacoustic composition.He has been active with the trio San Agustin since 1996...
) of the record label Antiopic
Antiopic
Antiopic is an independent record label located in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in New York City in 2002 by David Daniell and James Elliott.-Main Discography:* Need Thomas Windham: employment patterns * David Daniell: sem...
. He was a former member of New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
-based bands School of Seven Bells
School of Seven Bells
School of Seven Bells is a band formed by Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines, together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, formerly of On!Air!Library!. The band is named after the School of the Seven Bells, a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.-History:Curtis and...
and Bear in Heaven
Bear in Heaven
Bear in Heaven is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by Jon Philpot. The sound of the band incorporates influences from psychedelic music, electronic music, and krautrock....
, playing bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and computer
Computer music
Computer music is a term that was originally used within academia to describe a field of study relating to the applications of computing technology in music composition; particularly that stemming from the Western art music tradition...
in both bands.
Albums/EPs
- Nightly - Radium/Table of the ElementsTable of the ElementsTable of the Elements is an American record label. It concentrates on re-released and specially recorded experimental music, including many of the great avant garde musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries — John Cale, Tony Conrad and La Monte Young, for instance — as well as...
CD/EP, 2007 - Formal Sleep - Xeric/Table of the ElementsTable of the ElementsTable of the Elements is an American record label. It concentrates on re-released and specially recorded experimental music, including many of the great avant garde musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries — John Cale, Tony Conrad and La Monte Young, for instance — as well as...
CD, 2007
With contributions by David GrubbsDavid GrubbsDavid Grubbs , guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine, The Red Krayola, Bitch Magnet and The Wingdale Community Singers....
(Gastr del SolGastr del SolGastr del Sol was a Chicago band consisting, for most of their career, of David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke. Between 1993 and 1998 they put out seven albums ranging in genre from post-rock to musique concrète....
), David DaniellDavid Daniell (musician)David Daniell is an American guitarist and composer active in experimental music, improvisation and electroacoustic composition.He has been active with the trio San Agustin since 1996...
, Jon Philpot (PresocraticsPresocratics (band)Presocratics is an American experimental music duo of Need Thomas Windham and Jon Philpot.Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and electronic music composer Need Windham met producer Jon Philpot in Atlanta, Georgia in the middle 1990s...
, Bear in HeavenBear in HeavenBear in Heaven is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by Jon Philpot. The sound of the band incorporates influences from psychedelic music, electronic music, and krautrock....
) and Sadek Bazaraa (Bear in HeavenBear in HeavenBear in Heaven is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by Jon Philpot. The sound of the band incorporates influences from psychedelic music, electronic music, and krautrock....
). - Swimming Against The Moments - AntiopicAntiopicAntiopic is an independent record label located in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in New York City in 2002 by David Daniell and James Elliott.-Main Discography:* Need Thomas Windham: employment patterns * David Daniell: sem...
CD, 2004
Compilation Appearances
- "Grasses" on Impala Eardrums - Radium/Table of the ElementsTable of the ElementsTable of the Elements is an American record label. It concentrates on re-released and specially recorded experimental music, including many of the great avant garde musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries — John Cale, Tony Conrad and La Monte Young, for instance — as well as...
LP/CD, 2008 - "Inman Division (Reynoldstown Pastoral)" - Tu M'p3 MP3, 2003
- "Demystifying In Order To Mystify Better" on Deconstructive Music - More Mars 3xCD, 2007
- "The Sun Sets On Critical Distance" on The Allegorical Power Series Volume IV - Antiopic MP3, 2003
- "We Become A Threat" on The Allegorical Power Series Volume I - Antiopic MP3, 2003
Collaborations
- Ateleia and Benjamin CurtisBenjamin Curtis (musician)Benjamin Curtis is an American guitarist. He is a member of School of Seven Bells, in which he sings and plays instruments in addition to guitar. Benjamin was the guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band The Secret Machines until March 2007, when, according to the band's website, he left to...
: Baghdad Batterie - Table of the ElementsTable of the ElementsTable of the Elements is an American record label. It concentrates on re-released and specially recorded experimental music, including many of the great avant garde musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries — John Cale, Tony Conrad and La Monte Young, for instance — as well as...
LP, 2008 - School of Seven BellsSchool of Seven BellsSchool of Seven Bells is a band formed by Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines, together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, formerly of On!Air!Library!. The band is named after the School of the Seven Bells, a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.-History:Curtis and...
: Face To Face On High Places - Radium/Table of the ElementsTable of the ElementsTable of the Elements is an American record label. It concentrates on re-released and specially recorded experimental music, including many of the great avant garde musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries — John Cale, Tony Conrad and La Monte Young, for instance — as well as...
LP, 2007 - Bear in HeavenBear in HeavenBear in Heaven is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by Jon Philpot. The sound of the band incorporates influences from psychedelic music, electronic music, and krautrock....
: Red Bloom of the Boom - Hometapes CD, 2007 - Ateleia and David DaniellDavid Daniell (musician)David Daniell is an American guitarist and composer active in experimental music, improvisation and electroacoustic composition.He has been active with the trio San Agustin since 1996...
: "FTP" on The Wire Tapper 12 - Wire Magazine CD, 2004 - Ateleia and David DaniellDavid Daniell (musician)David Daniell is an American guitarist and composer active in experimental music, improvisation and electroacoustic composition.He has been active with the trio San Agustin since 1996...
: "Fuck The Polis" on The Allegorical Power Series Volume VII - AntiopicAntiopicAntiopic is an independent record label located in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in New York City in 2002 by David Daniell and James Elliott.-Main Discography:* Need Thomas Windham: employment patterns * David Daniell: sem...
MP3, 2003 - Project Qua Project (Ateleia and David DaniellDavid Daniell (musician)David Daniell is an American guitarist and composer active in experimental music, improvisation and electroacoustic composition.He has been active with the trio San Agustin since 1996...
): "For Rachel Corrie" on The Allegorical Power Series Volume II - AntiopicAntiopicAntiopic is an independent record label located in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in New York City in 2002 by David Daniell and James Elliott.-Main Discography:* Need Thomas Windham: employment patterns * David Daniell: sem...
MP3, 2003
External links
- ateleia.com, official website
- Nightly review at BoomKat