OUR NEWEST RELEASE:
Breath & Hammer
by David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
Listen to the album on Bandcamp
All other listening platforms HERE
Breath & Hammer
by David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg
Listen to the album on Bandcamp
All other listening platforms HERE
We are so thankful to our colleagues whom we so respect & admire
for their support of our new Breath & Hammer album!
Their words on the release:
"...You almost have to take their word for it when they tell you it is nothing but clarinet and piano... Krakauer is a clarinetist who is capable of a mind-boggling array of sounds…"
–John Shaefer, host of WNYC New Sounds
"‘Breath and Hammer’ is a masterful and joyous journey that rewards and delights the listener every moment of the way. I was beaming through the entire album, reinvigorated by the energy and imagination of each track and so happy to know that David Krakauer and Kathleen Tagg have made a musical adventure that pulls us out of the static isolated silence of our fraught time. They have found a way to give music a huge refreshing burst of energy only true explorers are able to give. They bound to ecstatic heights of fantasy and show us a new bright path forward."
–David Harrington, violinist & founder of the Kronos Quartet
"Truly beautiful and inspiring. My clearest thoughts are: 'this is music that is inspired by traditions but not limited by them, and it is also music that redefines the genre and both instruments'."
-Kinan Azmeh, clarinetist & composer
for their support of our new Breath & Hammer album!
Their words on the release:
"...You almost have to take their word for it when they tell you it is nothing but clarinet and piano... Krakauer is a clarinetist who is capable of a mind-boggling array of sounds…"
–John Shaefer, host of WNYC New Sounds
"‘Breath and Hammer’ is a masterful and joyous journey that rewards and delights the listener every moment of the way. I was beaming through the entire album, reinvigorated by the energy and imagination of each track and so happy to know that David Krakauer and Kathleen Tagg have made a musical adventure that pulls us out of the static isolated silence of our fraught time. They have found a way to give music a huge refreshing burst of energy only true explorers are able to give. They bound to ecstatic heights of fantasy and show us a new bright path forward."
–David Harrington, violinist & founder of the Kronos Quartet
"Truly beautiful and inspiring. My clearest thoughts are: 'this is music that is inspired by traditions but not limited by them, and it is also music that redefines the genre and both instruments'."
-Kinan Azmeh, clarinetist & composer
ABOUT TABLE POUNDING MUSIC:
Table Pounding Records was founded by clarinetist, composer, bandleader and cultural visionary David Krakauer in 2010 with the release of the 10-piece supergroup Abraham Inc's debut album Tweet Tweet. Since then, Table Pounding Records has expanded to include a roster of over 50 composers, songwriters, musicians, and production team members within its Community. At the heart of Table Pounding Records is a constant search for identity and a distinctive voice, and it is home to a collection of recordings that blur boundaries and genres.
In 2017, pianist, composer and producer Kathleen Tagg came on board to co-found Table Pounding Music, now an umbrella production company for concerts, residency activities, fundraising events, and musical dialogue and composition projects. In 2017, Table Pounding Music produced a series of concerts to benefit the ACLU at Symphony Space in New York featuring luminaries such as Abraham Inc., Marc Ribot, musicians of the Silk Road Ensemble and others; other recent project partners have included the National Sawdust Ferus Festival, Yellow Barn, and the Pierre Boulez Saal. All Table Pounding Music projects explore the idea of identity from multiple angles, in the knowledge that we are all connected, but that in each person’s individual quest to find their place in the world, we see our own quests reflected across cultural boundaries.
Table Pounding Records was founded by clarinetist, composer, bandleader and cultural visionary David Krakauer in 2010 with the release of the 10-piece supergroup Abraham Inc's debut album Tweet Tweet. Since then, Table Pounding Records has expanded to include a roster of over 50 composers, songwriters, musicians, and production team members within its Community. At the heart of Table Pounding Records is a constant search for identity and a distinctive voice, and it is home to a collection of recordings that blur boundaries and genres.
In 2017, pianist, composer and producer Kathleen Tagg came on board to co-found Table Pounding Music, now an umbrella production company for concerts, residency activities, fundraising events, and musical dialogue and composition projects. In 2017, Table Pounding Music produced a series of concerts to benefit the ACLU at Symphony Space in New York featuring luminaries such as Abraham Inc., Marc Ribot, musicians of the Silk Road Ensemble and others; other recent project partners have included the National Sawdust Ferus Festival, Yellow Barn, and the Pierre Boulez Saal. All Table Pounding Music projects explore the idea of identity from multiple angles, in the knowledge that we are all connected, but that in each person’s individual quest to find their place in the world, we see our own quests reflected across cultural boundaries.
TABLE POUNDING CATALOGUE
Breath & Hammer
David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg |
Together We Stand
Abraham Inc. |
Where Worlds Collide
Kathleen Tagg & Andre Petersen |
Checkpoint
David Krakauer's Ancestral Groove |
The Big Picture
David Krakauer |
Tweet Tweet
Abraham Inc. |