https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/ THE BOOK AND VINYL COLLECTION PAIRS THE ACCLAIMED VISUAL ARTIST’S GRAPHICS WITH MUSIC FROM CHELSEA WOLFE, GREG PUCIATO, TRENTEMØLLER AND MORE PRE-ORDER VIA FEDERALPRISONER.COM | ||
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June 12, 2020, LOS ANGELES – Reigning Cement, an audio-visual project pairing a 100-page book of Jesse Draxler’s photography and collage work with a collection of music created by musicians handpicked by Draxler, arrives on Sept. 4 via Federal Prisoner (federalprisoner.com). The concept behind the audio portion of Reigning Cement was inspired by an experiment that Draxler participated in a few years ago, in which a group of collage artists were each given the exact same packet of visual assets with which to create a piece. Similarly, Draxler provided each musician on Reigning Cement with the same 34 sonic elements—all recorded in the noisy industrial environment just outside his studio in Los Angeles. Juxtapoz offers a second preview of the 22-track collection, debuting a video for VOWWS’ “Them” (https://www.juxtapoz.com/ “Working with limited sounds meant we had to listen in detail to each recording over and over to get an idea of which parts might work for what,” said VOWWS. “It was hypnotic, like the recordings were saying something, and rhythms started to present themselves and connect to each other in a specific way. It felt like there was a song already in there somewhere, we were just trying to coax it out.” | ||
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Like the audio elements, all of the images included in Reigning Cement are products of Draxler’s immediate industrial environment. “The photographic images are all from my neighborhood,” he confirms. “That’s very much a part of the concept. There are images that I wanted to include that would’ve worked really well in the book, but I didn’t put them in because I took them in Japan or something.” | ||
 Reigning Cement vinyl/digital cover |
Reigning Cement track listing:
The vinyl/book version is limited to 500 copies, with the collection on-sale now. A digital version of the audio element is available for pre-order as well and can be found here: link. In the end, Reigning Cement is less of a compilation and more of a conceptual art project to be viewed—and listened to—as a whole. “It’s not just an album that comes with a book,” Draxler points out. “You could also say it’s a book that comes with an album.” # # # | ||
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