Pele
Milwaukee post-rock combo Pele was formed in 1997 by guitarist Chris Rosenau, bassist Scott Schoenbeck and drummer Jon Mueller; two weeks before recording their debut record Teaching the History of Teaching Geography, the trio recruited former Promise Ring member Scott Beschta to play keyboards, ultimately the dominant musical element both of the LP and its companion remix disc People Living with Animals. Animals Kill People. After the sessions were completed, Schoenbeck agreed to assume Beschta's onetime bass duties in the Promise Ring, with Beschta himself moving on to other projects as well; the remaining duo of Rosenau and Mueller recruited bassist Matt Tennessen, with whom they'd worked in a pre-Pele group dubbed Tussin, to record 1999's Elephant and 2000's The Nudes. After issuing these intense and complex records, Pele took time away from recording to play live and keep writing. By the fall of 2002, Enemies (which was recorded in a women's shower room) was released on the Polyvinyl Records label. In 2004 the band called it quits, but the members continued in other projects: Rosenau, Mueller, and laptopist Jon Minor performed as Collections of Colonies of Bees; and Tennessen played with Paris, Texas. In 2009, the anthology A Scuttled Bender in a Watery Closet looked back at the band's seven years and 13 releases.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
Similar artists
-
Does This Train Stop On Merseyside: The Very Best of Ian Prowse
Rock - Released by CIA on 19 Mar 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Acredita No Véio (Listen to the Old Man) (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Pele, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Fatboy Slim
Brazilian Funk - Released by Rubyworks on 20 Nov 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Acredita No Véio (Listen to the Old Man) (Sofi Tukker Remix)
Electronic - Released by Rubyworks Records on 29 Jan 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Teaching the History of Teaching Geography
Alternative & Indie - Released by Polyvinyl Records on 6 Jan 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sport of Kings (Special 25th Anniversary Edition)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Kitchen Disco Records on 13 Dec 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Nudes
Alternative & Indie - Released by Polyvinyl Records on 19 Sep 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Acredita No Véio (Listen to the Old Man)
Pagode - Released by Rubyworks on 18 Oct 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Grid
Pele, Pele & Shawnecy, Shawnecy
House - Released by De-Noize Records on 13 Jul 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Acredita No Véio (Listen to the Old Man) (Galantis Version)
Pele, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Galantis
Brazilian Funk - Released by Rubyworks on 20 Nov 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Better For My Brain EP (Original Mix)
House - Released by Snatch! Records on 20 Jul 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
This Time Next Year (Album)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Learpholl Recordings on 10 Mar 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
People Living with Animals. Animals Kill People
Alternative & Indie - Released by Polyvinyl Records on 3 Feb 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Elephant (Deluxe Edition)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Polyvinyl Records on 14 Sep 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Back to Army
House - Released by Get Physical Music on 13 Jul 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
A Scuttled Bender in a Watery Closet
Alternative & Indie - Released by Polyvinyl Records on 6 Apr 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo