Root (album)


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, as a 5 piece vinyl box set, and as an exhibition which featured work by Angela Bulloch, David Bowie, Gavin Turk and many others.
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.

Track listing

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