Blog: Visitation Rites

Jonathan Kane, a Bluesman Reborn: An Interview with Jonathan Kane

Once upon a time there was Jonathan Kane, a volcanic drummer equally comfortable in the world of industrial rock as he was in contemporary minimalism and blues. Co-founder of the mythic band Swans and regular collaborator of Rhys Chatham and La Monte Young, Jonathan Kane is probably best known as a drummer. But he is also a talented composer, and has been crafting minimal pieces with a definitive blues feel since 2005, available on Radium, a subsidiary of Table of the Elements. The story begins in 2005. Jeff Hunt, head of Table of the [...]