Cougar profile picture

Cougar

About Me

Emergency rock/rescue culture.
Debut full-length 'Law' CD/LP available now.
Mixed by John Mcentire (Tortoise, The Sea and Cake).
New album 'Patriot' drops August '09 on Counter / Ninja Tune / Layered.
'Law is a nearly flawless example of intelligent musical design.' - XLR8R
'Pure Pleasure.' - Timeout Chicago
'A bittersweet, innocent wash of trickling guitars that counter each other like diffident sea creatures in courtship...harnessing layers in icy, crystalline symmetry.' - Pitchfork
'Already one of the best albums of 2006.' - Sinead Gleeson
'Melodically lush, rhythmically compelling...gloriously precise and urgent.' - The Wire
"Breathtaking...Best of 2006 alert!' - Scissorkick.com
'Outstanding.' - new-noise.net
'Pushing the boundaries of the instrumental music medium...Law hasn't left my stereo for weeks.' - CDreviews.com
'What Bartok and Stravisnky might have done had they lived and composed in the computer age.' - Rocknworld.com
'This album has so much beauty that words escape me.' - Liability Webzine
'When Law came to its conclusion, I had a moment of traquility engulfing me, until I panicked, searching for the repeat setting.' - Outsideleft

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/16/2005
Band Website: www.cougarsound.com
Band Members: Trent Johnson
Dan Venne
David Henzie-Skogen
Aaron Sleator
Todd Hill

Photography by Peter Streicher.

Art/Design by Scott Anthony Pauli.
Influences: Four Tet, Oval, Califone, Earth, Fugazi, C-Clamp, Tom Waits, Hall and Oates, Low, John Cage, Justin Timberlake, Schoenberg, Beans, Tortoise, Telefon Tel Aviv, Tied and Tickled Trio, Mike Ladd, Hendrix, Nick Drake, The Inbetweens, Timbalada, The Meters, Benoit Delbecq, Arthur Rimbaud, Stanley Kunitz, Led Zeppelin, Butch Morris, Lightning Bolt, Vijay Iyer, Fruit Bats, Q and not U, Roots Manuva, Sonic Sum, Third Eye Blind, Vox, The Who, The Kinks, Ted Leo, The National Dance Company of the Republic of Guinea, Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Elliott Smith, Richard Davis, Elvin Jones, Eric Dolphy, Brian Blade, Brad Mehldau, John Zorn, Black Star, Black Rick, Black Uhuru, Living Colour, David Axelrod, Phil Collins, Prince, Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Al Green, Maximo Park, Stevie Wonder, Animal Collective, Autechre, Happy Apple, Bjork, Dabrye, MF Doom, Little Meow Meow, Leroy Jones, Derrick Shezbie, Ajay Mallery, M.O.P., Michael Jackson, Grand Mestre Joao Grande, Professor Marola, Pinebender, Scattershot, Sonny Sharrock, Mear One, Phase2, Remdog, Lee, Kool Herc, AfroReggae, Studio One, King Tubby, The Scientist, Scott Pauli, Peter Streicher.
Sounds Like: Emergency Rock.
Rescue Culture.
Record Label: Counter / Ninja Tune / Layered
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new album updates, ninja/counter time, webstore.

Cougar has recently announced the signing of a multiple-album deal with legendary London-based record label Ninja Tune (Kid606, Coldcut, Kid Koala, The Bug, Amon Tobin, Cinematic Orchestra, OneSelf, e...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:42:00 GMT

One night in NYC at CMJ w/ Youngblood Brass Band

Hey all.Cougar will be playing at Joe's Pub in NYC on Oct 22 during CMJ. It's a Layered Music/Modiba Publishing showcase.Also on the gig is Youngblood Brass Band. There's a facebook event, if you want...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:59:00 GMT

Secret London Show Announced

Hey Friends.The 'secret' London show has been announced as being at the White Chapel Gallery, on Friday 23 Nov, as part of an on-going series there. We're told it's quite good fun.Tour is going swimmi...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:50:00 GMT

final tour dates.

hey friends.the upcoming tour dates are all finalized. check it out. a few at the beginning with the mighty UNKLE, a couple in Germany with 65daysofstatic, and the rest are headlining. hope to see you...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:58:00 GMT

Cougar on iLike

Hey friends.Cougar now has an 'official' iLike page, complete with free downloads for a limited time. There's weekly iCasts, tour updates, and of course the ability to share you musical tastes with yo...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:08:00 GMT

Cougar shows in EU/UK

hello all.cougar embarks on a short EU/UK in a few weeks (with a couple wisconsin dates beforehand). the band is looking to fill all off-dates, and if any of you promoters/venues are interested in set...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:15:00 GMT

even more pictures.

yes, still more pictures from the UK/maximo park tour have found their way up.courtesy of foto legend greg funnell (focus52.com).blip.davidlayered.orgcougarsound.com
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 22:54:00 GMT

pulse conditioner video w/ maximo.

we also put up a video of maximo park sitting in on percussion during the end of 'pulse conditioner' at the london astoria. fun.dhlayered.orgcougarsound.com
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:52:00 GMT

pics up from UK tour.

hey friends.we posted some pics from the UK tour with maximo.check out lovely photographer greg funnell's work more at www.focus52.com. that is all.dhlayered.orgcougarsound.com
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:20:00 GMT

UK/Maximo tour quick recap

oooh oooh.the maximo park uk tour was a fricking blast. i'm going to try and post a long journal entry of the whole tour soon. maximo slaughtered it every night, and the crew on tour were totally on p...
Posted by on Tue, 15 May 2007 17:50:00 GMT