Pele(2)

:(This page is about the American instrumental post rock band. For the Brazilian football player of the same name, see Pele).
Pele is an instrumental post-rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The group formed in the summer of 1997 by guitarist Chris Rosenau, bassist Scott Schoenbeck and drummer Jon Mueller. Ever-evolving in sound, the band was difficult to classify. Early in Pele's career, critics had dubbed the band post-rock. However, later many fans began to hear them as jazzy, with "nimble" guitars, "rolling" bass, and "skittering" drums "with angular fills and layered beats." These so-called jazz elements shone through untraditional "syncopated handclaps, voices, and various blips and bleeps."
After seven years, thirteen releases, and various national and international tours, Pele announced their winter 2004 tour would be their last. The remaining members went on to various projects, most notably The Promise Ring and Paris, Texas, but also New Rising Sons, Volcano Choir, and Collections of Colonies of Bees.
In 2014, the lineup of Mueller, Rosenau and Tennessen reformed and supported fellow Polyvinyl act American Football, who themselves reunited that year, at their New Year's Eve show at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago. A show in Milwaukee was later announced for April 18, 2015 at the Cactus Club.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played several tracks from the band's, 'Teaching The History Of Teaching Geography' album on his radio programmes in 1999, but didn't play any further material on his shows.
==Shows Played==
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*15 April 1999: Testosterina (LP - Teaching The History Of Teaching Geography) Rosewood Union
*21 April 1999: Olympic (LP - Teaching The History of Teaching Geography) The Rosewood Union
*23 April 1999 (BBC World Service): Testosterina (album - Teaching The History Of Teaching Geography) Rosewood Union
*06 May 1999 (Radio Eins): Olympic (album - Teaching The History of Teaching Geography) The Rosewood Union
*08 June 1999: A Car Full Of Japanese Gangsters (Mark Greenberg remix) (LP - Teaching The History Of Teaching Geography) The Rosewood Union
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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