The Injured Healer” is a new 6-track album by James Plotkin and Jon Mueller. While the two have worked closely on numerous projects and releases, this marks their 2nd official collaborative album as a duo – a 40+ minute exercise of gongs, davul, and Buchla modular synthesizer that ranges from deep, meditative passages to disorienting tidal waves of sonic pressure.
Both Plotkin and Mueller have a long history of working with sound. Plotkin as a guitarist/bassist with notable groups (Khanate, Phantomsmasher, OLD) and as a mastering engineer for DIY projects as well as Grammy-winning soundtracks. Mueller has played in a variety of bands (Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Mind Over Mirrors) but is most known for distilling his approach within these groups into his solo projects.
As a duo, Plotkin and Mueller bring both of their histories and voices to an equal mix, resulting in work that can be both calming and disquieting, but always inviting to listen closely.
Credits
released July 29, 2024
James Plotkin: Buchla modular synthesizer
Jon Mueller: Gongs, Davul
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by James Plotkin in the spring and summer of 2023 in Bethlehem, PA
Design & layout by Cheng Daoyuan 鄭道元, based on the photography of Jon Mueller & James Plotkin
Photography of artists by Maiken Kildegaard & Chris Rosenau
© & ℗ WV Sorcerer Productions 2024