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Root (album)

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Released
  
January 19, 1999

Release date
  
6 November 1998

Artist
  
Thurston Moore

Label
  
Lo Recordings

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Root was a multimedia project composed of 25 one-minute guitar pieces improvised by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. These samples were sent out to around 100 people - both visual artists as well as musicians - in Hoover bags to remix or create accompanying artwork for. The results were then released on CD, as a limited edition CD in a numbered hoover bag (of which only 2000 were created), as a 5 piece vinyl box set, and as an exhibition which featured work by Angela Bulloch, David Bowie, Gavin Turk and many others.

Contents

Though no track listing comes with the album, just a list of the track contributors, some titles have come out in interviews with those involved. These are listed below where applicable.

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Track listing

  1. "Untitled" w/ Derek Bailey - (1:07)
  2. "Keep Trying the Old Number" w/ Alec Empire - (4:58)
  3. "Untitled" w/ Mogwai - (1:12)
  4. "Moore Shit" w/ Luke Vibert - (4:50)
  5. "Untitled" w/ Donald Christie & The Underdog - (1:38)
  6. "101%" w/ Blur - (5:54)
  7. "Untitled" w/ Mark Webber - (2:28)
  8. "Untitled" w/ Stereolab - (3:42)
  9. "Beaujolais Nouveau Day" w/ Cheap Glue - (2:11)
  10. "Untitled" w/ Add N to (X) - (2:55)
  11. "Untitled" w/ Spring Heel Jack - (5:16)
  12. "Hard as Fuck '97" w/ The Hypnotist - (0:37)
  13. "Your Love" w/ The Mellowtrons - (2:01)
  14. "Roots" w/ Warren Defever - (4:01)
  15. "Untitled" w/ V/Vm - (2:34)
  16. "Untitled" w/ The Third Eye Foundation - (4:09)
  17. "No. 11" w/ David Cunningham - (1:57)
  18. "Needled" w/ Echo Park - (3:33)
  19. "National Enhancer" w/ Merzbow - (3:44)
  20. "Super" w/ Richard Thomas - (5:48)
  21. "Untitled" w/ Stock, Hausen and Walkman - (4:10)
  22. "Kleen" w/ Twisted Science vs Burzootie - (2:40)
  23. "Scion" w/ Bruce Gilbert - (3:15)
  24. "Untitled" w/ Arashi vs The Red King - (2:37)
  25. "Chew on This" w/ Russell Haswell - (1:02)

References

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