1993

Zeena Parkins
Nightmare Alley  
1993

Table of the Elements
[Hydrogen] TOE-CD-1
Compact disc

Erling Wold
The Bed You Sleep In
(Soundtrack to the film by Jon Jost)
1993

Table of the Elements
[Helium] TOE-CD-2
Compact disc

Tony Conrad with Faust
Outside the Dream Syndicate
1993

Table of the Elements
[Lithium] TOE-CD-3
Compact disc

Tony Conrad with Faust
The Pyre of Angus was in Kathmandu
The Death of the Composer was in 1962
1993

Table of the Elements
[Lithium] TOE-SS-3
7" single

Hans Reichel
Daxophone
1993 

Table of the Elements
[Beryllium] TOE-SS-4
7” single

Keith Rowe
City Music for Electric Guitar
“We Want Some Minutes, Okay?”
Guitar Series Vol. I
1993

Table of the Elements
[Boron] TOE-SS-5
7” single

Davey Williams
Firing Up the Old Sikorsky
Requiem for Bosnia
Guitar Series Vol. I
1993

Table of the Elements
[Carbon] TOE-SS-6
7” single

Jim O’Rourke
Muni/Michel Piccoli
Guitar Series Vol. I
1993

Table of the Elements
[Nitrogen] TOE-SS-7
7” single

Hans Reichel
Variations on Jay
Guitar Series Vol. I
1993

Table of the Elements
[Oxygen] TOE-SS-8
7” single

K. K. Null
Cryonics
Winter Solstice/Memes
Guitar Series Vol. I
1993

Table of the Elements
[Fluorine] TOE-SS-9
7” single

Henry Kaiser
Delirium/Homesickness
Guitar Series Vol. I
1993

Table of the Elements
[Neon] TOE-SS-10
7” single

1994

Derek Bailey
New Year Messages 1-4
Guitar Series Vol. II
1994

Table of the Elements
[Sodium] TOE-SS-11
7” single

Keiji Haino
Guitar Works I-VIII
Guitar Series Vol. II
1994

Table of the Elements
[Magnesium] TOE-SS-12
7” single

Paul Panhuysen
The Galvanos
Guitar Series Vol. II
1994

Table of the Elements
[Aluminum] TOE-SS-13
7” single

Lee Ranaldo
Smoke Ring #5/Travis 4, 5
Guitar Series Vol. II
1994

Table of the Elements
[Silicon] TOE-SS-14
7-inch single

Loren MazzaCane (Connors)
Five Points
Guitar Series Vol. II
1994

Table of the Elements
[Phosphorus] TOE-SS-15
7-inch single

Thurston Moore
Starfield Wild
Earth/Amp
Guitar Series Vol. II
1994

Table of the Elements
[Sulfur] TOE-SS-16
7-inch single

Richard Youngs
Festival
1994

Table of the Elements
[Scandium] TOE-CD-21
Compact disc

Gate
The Dew Line
1994

Table of the Elements
[Titanium] TOE-CD-22
Compact disc

Faust
Faust Concerts Vol. I
1994

Table of the Elements
[Iron] TOE-CD-26
Compact disc, die-cut letterpress sleeve

Faust
Faust Concerts Vol. II
1994

Table of the Elements
[Cobalt] TOE-CD-27
Compact disc, die-cut letterpress sleeve

1995

Keiji Haino
I Said, This Is the Son of Nihilism
1995

Table of the Elements
[Argon] TOE-CD-18
Compact disc, die-cut insert

Gastr del Sol
The Harp Factory on Lake Street
1995

Table of the Elements
[Potassium] TOE-CD-19
Compact disc, poster

Loren Mazzacane Connors
Long Nights
1995

Table of the Elements
[Calcium] TOE-CD-20
Compact disc, poster

Tony Conrad
Slapping Pythagoras
1995

Table of the Elements
[Vanadium] TOE-CD-23
Compact disc, poster

Faust
Rien
1995

Table of the Elements
[Chromium] TOE-CD-24
Compact disc, poster

Faust
Rien
1995

Table of the Elements
[Chromium] TOE-LP-24
Phono LP, 180 g. vinyl, gatefold jacket, 24 x 36” poster, playing-card inserts, obi

Jim O’Rourke
Tony Conrad
Richard Youngs
Faust
Keith Rowe
untitled (“Nickel”)
1995

Table of the Elements
[Nickel] TOE-SS-28
7” single, hand-etched vinyl, poster, cloth sleeve, silkscreen, poster

Tony Conrad/Gastr del Sol
Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain
Gastr del Sol
The Japanese Room at La Pagode
Tony Conrad
May
1995

Table of the Elements
[Copper] TOE-SS-29a
2x 7” singles, 22” x 29” poster

Gastr del Sol
The Japanese Room at La Pagode
Tony Conrad
May
1995

Table of the Elements
[Copper] TOE-SS-29b
7”single, 22” x 29” poster

1996

Tony Conrad
Four Violins (1964)
1996

Table of the Elements
[Chlorine] TOE-LP-17
Phono LP, 180 g. vinyl, gatefold jacket, poster

David Grubbs
Banana Cabbage, Potato Lettuce, Onion Orange
1996

Table of the Elements
[Zinc] TOE-CD-30
Compact disc

Bernhard Guenter
un peu de neige salie
1996

Table of the Elements
[Gallium] TOE-CD-31
Compact disc, poster, foil stamps

RLW
Pullover
1996

Table of the Elements
[Germanium] TOE-CD-32
Compact disc

Tony Conrad
Early Minimalism Vol. I
1996

Table of the Elements
[Arsenic] TOE-CD-33
4x compact disc boxed set, 112-page book, video

Bernhard Guenter
Details Agrandis
1996

Table of the Elements
[Selenium] TOE-CD-34
Compact disc

Gate
The Monolake
1996

Table of the Elements
[Krypton] TOE-CD-36
Compact disc

1997

John Fahey
Womblife
1997

Table of the Elements
[Rubidium] TOE-CD-37
Compact disc

Derek Bailey with Min Tanaka
Music and Dance
1997

Table of the Elements
[Zirconium] TOE-LP-40
Phono LP

Richard Youngs
Advent
1997

Table of the Elements
[Niobium] TOE-CD-41
Compact disc

Loren Mazzacane Connors
Jean-Marc Montera
Thurston Moore
Lee Ranaldo
MMMR
1997

Xeric
XER-CD-99
Compact disc

Loren Mazzacane Connors
Jean-Marc Montera
Thurston Moore
Lee Ranaldo
MMMR
1997

Xeric
XER-LP-99
Phono LP

1998

John Fahey
Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites
1998

Table of the Elements
[Strontium] TOE-CD-38
Compact disc

John Fahey
Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites
1998

Table of the Elements
[Strontium] TOE-LP-38
2x phono LPs

C.M. von Hausswolff
Basic
1998

Table of the Elements
[Molybdenum] TOE-CD-42
Compact disc, mylar inserts, silkscreen

Francisco López
untitled 74
1998

Table of the Elements
[Technetium] TOE-CD-43
Compact disc, multiple mylar inserts, silkscreen

Arnold Dreyblatt
The Sound of One String
1998

Table of the Elements
[Ruthenium] TOE-CD-44
Compact disc

Paul Panhuysen and the Galvanos
Lost for Words
1998

Table of the Elements
[Rhodium] TOE-CD-45
Compact disc, 72-page book, enclosure

Jack Smith
Les Evening Gowns Damnees:
56 Ludlow Street 1962–1964, Volume I
1998

Tony Conrad’s Audio artKive/
Table of the Elements
[Palladium] TOE-CD-46
Compact disc

Jack Smith
Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island:
56 Ludlow Street 1962–1964, Volume II
1998

Tony Conrad’s Audio artKive/
Table of the Elements
[Silver] TOE-CD-47
Compact disc

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Grow Fins Vol. I:
Just Got Back from the City/Electricity
1998

Table of the Elements
[Tin] TOE-LP-50
2x phono LPs, gatefold jacket, libretto

1999/2000

Mats Gustafsson
The Education of Lars Jerry
1999

Xeric
XER-CD-100
Compact disc

Mats Gustafsson
The Education of Lars Jerry
1999

Xeric
XER-LP-100
Phono LP

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Grow Fins Vol. II:
Trout Mask House Sessions
2000

Table of the Elements
[Antimony] TOE-LP-51
2x phono LPs, gatefold jacket, libretto

Pauline Oliveros
(with Tony Conrad, David Grubbs)
Primordial/Lift
2000

Table of the Elements
[Iodine] TOE-CD-53
Compact disc

Presocratics
Works and Days
2000

Table of the Elements
[Hafnium] TOE-CD-72
Compact disc

John Cale
Tony Conrad
Angus Maclise
La Monte Young
Marian Zazeela
Day of Niagara:
Inside the Dream Syndicate Vol. I
2000

Table of the Elements
[Tungsten] TOE-CD-74
Compact disc

2001

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Grow Fins Vol. III:
Grow Fins
2001

Table of the Elements
[Tellurium] TOE-LP-52
2x phono LPs, gatefold jacket, libretto

John Cale
Sun Blindness Music
2001

Table of the Elements
[Rhenium] TOE-CD-75
Compact disc

Presocratics
Presocratics Serve Imperialism
2001

Table of the Elements
[Platinum] TOE-CD-78
Compact disc

John Cale
Dream Interpretation:
Inside the Dream Syndicate Vol. II
2001

Table of the Elements
[Gold] TOE-CD-79
Compact disc

2002

John Cale
Stainless Gamelan:
Inside the Dream Syndicate Vol. III
2002

Table of the Elements
[Mercury] TOE-CD-80
Compact disc

Tony Conrad with Faust
Outside the Dream Syndicate:
30th Anniversary Edition
2002

Table of the Elements
[Lithium] SWC-CD-3
2x compact discs, book, poster, 92-page catalog, foil stamp, enclosure

Tony Conrad
Early Minimalism Vol. I
2002

Table of the Elements
[Arsenic] SWC-CD-33
4x compact discs, book, video, enclosure

Eliane Radigue
Adnos I-III
2002

Table of the Elements
[Caesium] TOE-CD-55
3x compact discs, poster, vellum insert folio, 96-page catalog, litho-wrap enclosure

Rhys Chatham
A Rhys Chatham Compendium 1971-1989
2002

Table of the Elements
[Barium] TOE-CD-56
Compact disc

Thuunderboy
Thuunderboy! 
2002

Tony Conrad’s Audio artKive/Table of the Elements
[Osmium] TOE-CD-76
Compact disc, poster, fluorescent ink

San Agustin
The Expanding Sea
2002

Table of the Elements
[Thallium] TOE-CD-81
3x compact discs, book, foil stamps, 96-page catalog

2003

Rhys Chatham
An Angel Moves Too Fast to See:
Selected Works: 1971-1989
2003

Table of the Elements
[Lanthanum] SWC-CD-57
3x compact discs, 112-page book, 96-page catalog, foil, lithography, multiple enclosures

San Agustin
Triangulation
(Hoof and Mouth Blues)
Lanthanides Series
2003

Table of the Elements
[Cerium] SWC-LP-58
Phono LP, silkscreen, luminous ink

Loren Mazzacane Connors
The Murder of Joan of Arc
Lanthanides Series
2003

Table of the Elements
[Praseodymiur] SWC-LP-59
Phono LP, silkscreen, luminous ink

John Fahey
Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues
Lanthanides Series
2003

Table of the Elements
[Neodymium] SWC-LP-60
Phono LP, silkscreen

Laurie Spiegel
Haromnices Mundi
Lanthanides Series
2003

Table of the Elements
[Promethium] SWC-LP-61
Phono LP, silkscreen

Rafael Toral
Harmonic Series 0
Lanthanides Series
2003

Table of the Elements
[Samarium] SWC-LP-62
Phono LP, silkscreen

Arnold Dreyblatt
Point Source/Lapse
Lanthanides Series
2003

Table of the Elements
[Europium] SWC-LP-63
Phono LP, silkscreen, luminous ink

Tony Conrad
Fantastic Glissando (1969)
2003

Table of the Elements
[Lead] TOE-LP-82
Phono LP

Tony Conrad
Bryant Park Moratorium Rally (1969) 
2003

Table of the Elements
[Bismuth] TOE-MP-83
mp3

Rhys Chatham
Echo Solo
2003

Table of the Elements
[Polonium] TOE-LP-84
Phono LP

2004

Zeena Parkins
Nightmare Alley
10th Anniversary Edition
2004

Table of the Elements
[Hydrogen] SWC-CD-201
Compact disc, lacquer, wood case, fluorescent enclosure, dyed linen folio, metallic ink, gum adhesive, letterpress pin perforation

Tony Conrad with Faust
Outside the Dream Syndicate
30th Anniversary Edition
2004

Table of the Elements
[Lithium] SWC-CD-302
2x compact discs, poster, sticker, 16-page book, 96-page catalog, foil stamp, enclosure

Mike Kelley
Silver Ball
(Light and Color, Mostly) 
Lanthanides Series
2004

Table of the Elements
[Gadolinium] SWC-LP-64
Phono LP, silkscreen

Rhys Chatham
Three Aspects of the Name
Lanthanides Series
2004

Table of the Elements
[Terbium] SWC-LP-65
Phono LP, silkscreen

Text of Light
(with Lee Ranaldo, Christian Marclay)
052402 echo 4
Lanthanides Series
2004

Table of the Elements
[Dysprosium] SWC-LP-66
Phono LP, silkscreen
Image: Harry Smith
"Christmas Ornament"
c. 1978
Courtesy Harry Smith Archives

Radio/Guitar
Thrum
Lanthanides Series
2004

Table of the Elements
[Holmium] SWC-LP-67
Phono LP, silkscreen

Mats Gustafsson
Solos for Contrabass Saxophone
Lanthanides Series
2004

Table of the Elements
[Erbium] SWC-LP-68
Phono LP, silkscreen

Pauline Oliveros
A Little Noise in the System
Lanthanides Series
2004

Table of the Elements
[Thulium] SWC-LP-69
Phono LP, silkscreen

LaDonna Smith
Rare Earth
Lanthanides Series
2004

Table of the Elements
[Ytterbium] SWC-LP-70
Phono LP, silkscreen

Zeena Parkins
Devotion
Lanthanides Series
2004

Table of the Elements
[Lutetium] SWC-LP-71
Phono LP, silkscreen

John Cale
New York in the 1960s
2004

Table of the Elements
 [Francium] TOE-LP-87
5x phono LPs, wood case, lacquer, silkscreen, dyed-linen libretto

Keith Rowe
Davey Williams
Jim O’Rourke
Hans Reichel
K.K. Null
Henry Kaiser
Guitar Series Vol. I
1993/2004

Table of the Elements
TOE-PRM-1 (promotional only)
Compact disc, wood case, lacquer, dyed-linen libretto
Edition of 100

Derek Bailey
Keiji Haino
Paul Panhuysen
Lee Ranaldo
Loren MazzaCane Connors
Thurston Moore
Guitar Series Vol. II
1994/2004

Table of the Elements
TOE-PRM-2 (promotional only)
Compact disc, wood case, lacquer dyed-linen libretto
Edition of 100

various artists
Table of the Elements Postage Stamps
2004

Table of the Elements
TOE-PRM-3 (promotional only)
Vellum, paper, board, pin perforation, gum adhesive, metallic ink

2005

B.C. Gilbert
Ordier
2005

Table of the Elements
[Bromine] TOE-CD-35
Compact disc, board, wood case, silkscreen

Tony Conrad with Faust
Outside the Dream Syndicate Alive! 
2005

Table of the Elements
[Cadmium] TOE-CD-48
Compact disc, print, foil stamp, stickers

Tony Conrad
Fantastic Glissando (1969)
2005

Table of the Elements
[Lead] TOE-CD-82
Compact disc, enclosure

Tony Conrad
Bryant Park Moratorium Rally (1969) 
2005

Table of the Elements
[Bismuth] TOE-CD-83
Compact disc, matte varnish, matte enclosure, watermarked typing paper

John Fahey
Sea Changes and Coelacanths:
A Young Person’s Guide to John Fahey
2005

Table of the Elements
[Astatine] TOE-CD-85
2x compact discs, 2x booklets, enclosure

John Cale
New York in the 1960s
2005

Table of the Elements
[Francium] TOE-CD-87
3x compact discs, wood case, lacquer, silkscreen, dyed-linen booklet

Jonathan Kane
February  
2005

Table of the Elements
[Radium] TOE-CD-88
Compact disc, custom enclosure, foil stamps

Jonathan Kane
February
2005

Table of the Elements
[Radium] TOE-LP-88
Phono LP

Loren Connors
Sails
2005

Table of the Elements
[Actinium] TOE-CD-89
2x compact discs, custom enclosure

Jonathan Kane’s February
Arnold Dreyblatt
Rhys Chatham
Zeena Parkins
Tony Conrad
Tony Conrad with Faust
Leif Inge
A Field Guide to Table of the Elements
(Southeast Edition)
2005

Table of the Elements
[Thorium] TOE-CD-90
2x compact discs, custom enclosure, booklet, 18 x 12” poster

William Hooker/Lee Ranaldo
The Celestial Answer
2005

Xeric
XER-CD-102
Compact disc, custom enclosure, foil stamp

2006

Arnold Dreyblatt and the Orchestra of Excited Strings
Live at Federal Hall National Memorial (1981)
2006

Table of the Elements
[Xenon] TOE-CD-54
Compact disc

Rhys Chatham
Two Gongs (1971)
2006

Table of the Elements
[Tantalum] TOE-CD-73
Compact disc

Tony Conrad
Joan of Arc (1968)
2006

Table of the Elements
[Iridium] TOE-CD-77
Compact disc
Photographs by Ira Cohen

Jack Rose
Greg Malcolm
Ben Vida
Sir Richard Bishop
Michael Hurley
No Neck Blues Band with John Fahey and Coach Fingers
Lichens
Badgerlore
R. Keenan Lawler
Pumice
David Daniell
The Great Koonaklaster Speaks:
A John Fahey Celebration
2006

Table of the Elements
[Protactinium] TOE-CD-91
Compact disc, 12-page booklet

Rhys Chatham
Die Donnergötter (The Thundergods)
2006

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-801
Compact disc, 36-page booklet
Photographs by Robert Longo

Rhys Chatham
Die Donnergötter (The Thundergods)
2006

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-LP-801
2x phono discs, gatefold jacket
Photographs by Robert Longo

Rhys Chatham
An Angel Moves Too Fast to See
(for 100 Electric Guitars)
2006

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-802
Compact disc, 36-page booklet
Photographs by Robert Longo

Rhys Chatham
An Angel Moves Too Fast to See
(for 100 Electric Guitars) 
2006

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-LP-802
Phono LP, gatefold jacket
Photographs by Robert Longo

Transmission
Transmission
2006

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-804
Compact disc

Alastair Galbraith with Matt De Gennaro
Long Wires in Dark Museums Vol. 2
2006

Xeric
XER-CD-103
Compact disc

Alastair Galbraith
Morse/Gaudylight
2006

Xeric
XER-CD-104
Compact disc

Alastair Galbraith
Talisman
2006

Xeric
XER-CD-105
Compact disc

R. Keenan Lawler
Music for the Bluegrass States
2006

Xeric
XER-CD-108
Compact disc

David Daniell
Coastal
2006

Xeric
XER-CD-109
Compact disc

Rhys Chatham
A Crimson Grail
(for 400 Electric Guitars, Electric Bass)
2006

Table of the Elements
[Seaborgium] TOE-CD-2006
Compact disc, 16-page booklet

2007

Ateleia
Formal Sleep
2007

Xeric
XER-CD-110
Compact disc

Hubcap City
Superlocalhellfreakride
2007

Xeric
XER-CD-112
Compact disc

Arkansaw Man
Arkansaw Man
2007

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-805
Compact disc

Rhys Chatham
Rhys Chatham’s Essentialist
2007

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-806
Designed and recorded; unreleased

School of Seven Bells
Face to Face on High Places
2007

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-LP-807
Phono LP, laser etching

Ateleia
Nightly
2007

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-808
Compact disc

Jonathan Kane
The Little Drummer Boy
2007

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-809
Compact disc

various artists
The Need for a Crossing: a New New Zealand
Birchville Cat Motel
Blowfly Saint
Greg Malcolm
Pumice
GFrenzy
Leighton Craig
Antony Milton
Peter Wright
2007

Xeric
XER-CD-113
Compact disc, 36-page booklet

Badgerlore
We Are All Hopeful Farmers, We Are All Scared Rabbits
2007

Xeric
XER-CD-114
Compact disc

2008

Collections of Colonies of Bees
Six Guitars
Guitar Series Vol. III
2008

Table of the Elements
[Uranium] TOE-LP-92
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

Ateleia and Benjamin Curtis
Baghdad Batterie
Guitar Series Vol. III
2008

Table of the Elements
[Neptunium] TOE-LP-93
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

Jon Mueller
Strung
Guitar Series Vol. III
2008

Table of the Elements
[Plutonium] TOE-LP-94
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

Oren Ambarchi
A Final Kiss On Poisoned Cheeks
Guitar Series Vol. III
2008

Table of the Elements
[Americium] TOE-LP-95
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

Belong
Same Places (Slow Version)
Guitar Series Vol. III
2008

Table of the Elements
[Curium] TOE-LP-96
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

Lee Ranaldo
Countless Centuries Fled Into the Distance Like So Many Storms
Guitar Series Vol. III
2008

Table of the Elements
[Berkelium] TOE-LP-97
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

Andrew Burnes
Telescope
Guitar Series Vol. IV
2008

Table of the Elements
[Californium] TOE-LP-98
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

David Daniell
I/IV/V/I
Guitar Series Vol. IV
2008

Table of the Elements
[Einsteinium] TOE-LP-99
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

Fennesz
June
Guitar Series Vol. IV
2008

Table of the Elements
[Fermium] TOE-LP-100
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

Jon Mueller
Metals
2008

Table of the Elements
[Hassium] TOE-CD-108
Compact disc

Collections of Colonies of Bees
Birds
2008

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-810
Compact disc

Neptune
Gong Lake
2008

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-811
Compact disc

Neptune
Gong Lake
2008

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-LP-811
Phono LP

various artists
Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler
Rhys Chatham
Jonathan Kane’s February
Megafaun
Paul Duncan
Collections of Colonies of Bees
Neptune
Ateleia
School of Seven Bells
+
Belong
Melissa St. Pierre
(Japan)
2008

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD/LP-812
Compact disc, video, poster; phono LP, 2x posters
Artwork by Bradly Brown and Jeff Hunt

Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio All Stars
“GUITAR TRIO IS MY LIFE!”
2008

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-813
3x compact discs, 64-page book

Melissa St. Pierre
Specimens
2008

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-814
Compact disc and video
Video by Bradly Brown and Jeff Hunt

Megafaun
Bury the Square
2008

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-815
Compact disc
Artwork by Bradly Brown

Agathe Max
This Silver String
2008

Xeric
XER-CD-115
Compact disc

Jon Mueller/Jason Kahn
Topography
2008

Xeric
XER-CD-116
Compact disc, debossed enclosure

2009

Jonathan Kane
Jet Ear Party
2009

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD/LP-816
Compact disc; 2x phono LPs, gatefold jacket, 2x posters, laser etching

Jon Mueller
Physical Changes
2009

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-DVD-817
Phono LP, compact disc, DVD, poster

Collections of Colonies of Bees
Birds (Japan Tour Edition) 
2009

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-818
Phono LP

Helen Money
In Tune
2009

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-819
Compact disc

Stephen O’Malley
Keep an Eye Out
Guitar Series Vol. IV
2009

Table of the Elements
[Mendelevium] TOE-LP-101
Phono LP, laser etching
Illustration by Savage Pencil

2010

Zeena Parkins
Between the Whiles
2010

Table of the Elements
[Darmstadtium] TOE-CD-110
Compact disc

Peg Simone
Secrets from the Storm
2010

Radium/Table of the Elements
TOE-CD-820
Compact disc

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OWN THE ARCHIVE

(Posted by Within Things, May 18, 2023)

From 1993, US recording label Table of the Elements has staked its claim on a massive enterprise. It intends nothing less than to rewrite the history of American music in the second half of the 20th century. The label’s 150-plus releases are a vital contemporary chronicle, a survey of meaningful eruptions across a broad horizon of improvised, experimental, minimal and outsider sounds.

The label’s carefully cultivated archive now contains over 15,000 CDs and LPs, an impossible quantity to logistically or financially maintain. Rather than “recycle” the majority of these modern sound and design artifacts, Table of the Elements is making them available to the public via Within Things.

From rich bundles of obscure recordings, exclusive printed material, and limited quantity “holy grails,” Within Things is excited to help connect this important archive to the public. We’re very honored to collaborate with a label that helped define a path and inspire what we do, long before our store even existed.

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"The supremacy of Table of the Elements as an unwavering outpost of ultra-experimental strains can be attributed to its concomitant adherence to valiance. Most of the Table of the Elements catalog has no broad commercial appeal, and many of its projects are risky ventures, even with respect to the experimental marketplace. Yet, this philosophy of risk works because everybody associated with the label feels like they're doing important work releasing important records, and they're willing to go for broke to make it happen.”

—Pitchfork

"The music made and cultivated by such artists as Tony Conrad, Captain Beefheart, John Fahey, Cecil Taylor, Rhys Chatham, Charlie Feathers, Dock Boggs, Jim O’Rourke, Faust, Derek Bailey, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Keiji Haino, Arnold Dreyblatt, Charley Patton, Harry Smith, and scores more, is at once among the most radical and deeply rooted of the 20th century, transcending time and place through the agency of the vibrating string, the resonance of the drone, the terrifying beauty of electric amplification, the hypnotic power of repetition, and the revelatory genius of cranky individualism. 

"How does someone begin to represent that in a visual manner? The trick involves some old-fashioned alchemy. Everyday commodity has to be constructed as both miniature museum and theater. No longer a mere object, it now becomes a site in which one can endlessly indulge a sense of wonder, love and, yes, obsession. It’s not often that someone can cast an influence on a broader design aesthetic — think Blue Note in the 1960s, with its hip Reid Miles album covers — but as this sizable body of work took shape, that’s exactly what happened.”

—Steve Dollar

“The hallmarks of this New Archivism [are] beautiful and innovative packaging, elaborate and idiosyncratic liner notes, rare and obscure recordings ... Working with graphic designers such as the Grammy-winning Susan Archie, [the label] produced a collection that combines varied textures, lavish finishes, and period details with art from the era of the original source recordings. Their treatment of Robert Longo’s late 1970s photographs for Rhys Chatham’s releases could, for instance, measure up to what’s on view at most contemporary art centers. In addition to its archival endeavor, TotE also releases the new work of its avant-garde heroes and their devotees. TotE’s active support of the work of sonic pioneers ensures that theirs are living traditions – not ossified museum objects.”

—Art Papers

Tony Conrad: Completely In the Present
A Film by Tyler Hubby

"Hubby's film captures Conrad in all his facets ... broadly as a man determined to make 'abstract art funny, happy, energetic, joyful.' Conrad lived long enough to see his early recordings, barely or never released, get the reissue and the attention they deserve. ... [Completely In the Present] is a sharp, sweet, eloquent documentary about the merriest, most artistically expansive minimalist on record. His work and his life asserted the importance of listening for the sounds nobody else has heard."

—Chicago Tribune

“Joyous, exhilarating, and transformative, Tyler Hubby’s documentary is essential viewing for anyone involved in the history of music and visual art.”

—Artforum

"Conrad was 100 percent badass. Without Tyler Hubby’s documentary and Table of the Elements ... one of the great stories of American music and art might have gone underappreciated.”

—Henry Rollins

All contents ©2024 Table of the Elements ®2024 Table of the Elements Archive. All Rights Reserved. Related media from the Table of the Elements Archive published courtesy the estate of Tony Conrad.

Since 1993, Table of the Elements has staked its claim on a massive enterprise. It intends nothing less than to rewrite the history of American music in the second half of the 20th century -- and beyond. The label’s 150-plus releases are a vital contemporary chronicle, a survey of meaningful eruptions across a broad horizon of improvised, experimental, minimal and outsider sounds.

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