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Latest Release on Table of the Elements:

Formal Sleep
The second Ateleia full length was released by Xeric / Table of the Elements
on 23 January, 2007. The press release from the label:

Ateleia is Brooklyn resident James Elliott. His music combines crystalline pulse with
submerged aquatic drones and subtle ghost melodies. It's not so much oceanic as
it is tide pool - the churn of the tidal impulse captured in miniature and crawling with
activity. Evoking the grand echo of My Bloody Valentine and the long standing tradition
of psychedelic minimalism, but informed by contemporary electronic music, Formal Sleep
is truly immersive. Featuring contributions by David Grubbs (Gastr del Sol), David Daniell
(Rhys Chatham, Jonathan Kane), Jon Philpot (Presocratics, Bear In Heaven) and Sadek Bazaraa.

Press for Formal Sleep:

"As accomplished as the debut is, the follow-up presents a more mature vision
and a broader range of stylistic contrasts, with tracks ranging between contemplative
soundscapes and settings so propulsive they verge on techno, albeit of an obviously abstract kind...
one easily succumbs to the psychedelic pull of Formal Sleep's hallucinogenic charms."
- Ron Schepper, Textura, January 2007

Swimming Against The Moments
The debut full length, released on Antiopic, November 4, 2004. Time Out New York says:
"Church-bell sonorities stretch impossibly, buzzing like distant hornets; insistent tones
swarm like a Terry Riley mantra. Striking a middle ground between Fennesz and the
austere minimalism of Dion Workman and Rosy Parlane, Elliott carves out a niche all his own."
For more information and audio visit the Antiopic website.

Upcoming Releases:

Table of the Elements will release the Nightly EP on September 11, 2007. For more information visit TotE.

Dulcett Records will release a compilation in late 2007 featuring the Ateleia track Despite Straight Lines.
The CD will also include work by Gregg Kowalsky, Ariel Pink, and more.

Contact:

ateleia (at) ateleia (dot) com

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