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Collections of Colonies of Bees

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About Me

..In 1998 Chris Rosenau and Jon Mueller formed Collections of Colonies of Bees as an outlet to explore traditional folk/bluegrass/rock instrumentation combined with modern process and technology... Click Here for full Bio...Their new album is called "Birds", and is out now on the record label Radium; an imprint of Table of the Elements records.Press For Bees, and "Birds":"mesmerizing -Pitchfork Media (04.07.08)"wonderfully pattern-obsessed -NY Times (03.16.08)"a flight of airy resonances and Reichian flutters ... a gorgeous ... unfurling, that rolls up and down into a few anti-climaxes until its final triumphant climb -Brandon Stosuy, Stereogum (01.14.08)"They don’t need vocals or traditional song structures to make interesting, engaging and energetic music. -Muzzle of Bees (01.12.08)"The music, as grandiose and expansive as any take on indie's vast pallate, is ... another solid album in a long line of bands making pop feel epic once more. -Electronic Voice Phenomenon (01.15.08)"the first perfect sound of 2008. -Collective Common (01.18.08)"Evidence if it were needed of the power of music. -Mp3 Hugger (01.16.08)"majestic passages appear as if they were lifted from clouds, with guitars that swarm and proclamate, build, and explode monstrous holes in the dark with their light. -Parasites & Sycophants (01.18.08)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/28/2006
Band Website: collectionsofcoloniesofbees.net
Band Members: Jon Mueller: drums, percussionChris Rosenau: guitarDan Spack: baritone guitarJim Schoenecker: analog synthesizer, electronicsThomas Wincek: Fender Rhodes piano, electronics
Sounds Like:
Birds
TOE-CD-810
Released 2008

Customer
PRC-077 CD/LP
Released 10/04
"Fun"

Stuck
PILLOW002 CD
Released 11/03

meyou
CROU020 CD
Released 06/03

fa.ce (a
CROU014 CD
Released 09/02

Rance
CROU005 CD
Released 02/00

Collections of Colonies of Bees
UNION020 CD
Released 11/98

Record Label: Radium / Table of the Elements
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

new song added

We added a new song to our myspace player. It's called Athlete, and it features Davey Von bohlen of Maritime on Vocals. It's also available for purchase on the Radium release "Impala Eardrums".Thank...
Posted by Collections of Colonies of Bees on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:02:00 PST

Bees on the cover of MKE magazine.

The Bees were featured as the cover article for the new issue of MKE, milwaukee's local arts and entertainment mag... Check out the article here:http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=1403335-Bees...
Posted by Collections of Colonies of Bees on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:13:00 PST