WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin, harmonicas.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin, harmonicas, music box.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, harmonicas.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

Motion Picture Soundtrack

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin, paper.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin, paper, plectrum.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement, handheld fan with tights, plectrum, toy archery bow.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello, toy archery bow.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, paper.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

Morning Bell

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin, bowed toy handbells, milk frother with elastic bands, toy archery bow.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin, bowed toy handbells.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement, plectrum, toy archery bow, bathroom sink plug chain, power drill with cable ties, squeaky pig dog toy.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello, toy archery bow.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, timpani beater.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Paul Lansky, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

Idioteque

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin, plectrum.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin, pacay shaker, wah-wah tube.
IAN ANDERSON viola, plectrum, toy archery bow.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, paper.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

In Limbo

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin, plectrum.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement, plectrum.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello, bathroom sink plug chain.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, bathroom sink plug chain, timpani beater.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

Optimistic

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin, ebows on ukuleles strung with guitar strings, kalimba, bowed toy handbells.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement, wine glasses, toy archery bow, bowed toy handbells.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello, bowed toy handbells.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, wine glasses, bowed toy handbell.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

Treefingers

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin, wine glass, milk frother with tissue.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin, vibrator, ankle bells.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement, handheld fan with feathers.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello, toy archery bow.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

How To Disappear Completely

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin, flexitone, party blower.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin, bowed toy handbells, party blower.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement, bathroom sink plug chain, plectrum, party blower.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello, paper, bathroom sink plug chain, party blower.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, bathroom sink plug chain, party blower, whirly tube.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

The National Anthem

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin, paper.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement, whirly tube.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello, paper.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, kalimba, paper.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

Kid A

WOODEN ELEPHANT
AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN violin, jaw harp.
HULDA JÓNSDÓTTIR violin.
IAN ANDERSON viola, arrangement.
STEFAN HADJIEV cello.
NIKOLAI MATTHEWS double bass, blu tack.

All music by Radiohead: Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke.
Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. All rights reserved.

Produced, recorded, edited, mixed and mastered by Johann Günther.
℗ BACKLASH Music 2021.

Everything in Its Right Place

WE DON'T PLAY SONGS. WE PLAY ALBUMS.

Wooden Elephant are a contemporary classical string quintet who reimagine classic electronic-based albums and present them in their entirety as totally acoustic, longform contemporary classical works.

Working alongside PODIUM Festival Esslingen (Germany), Wooden Elephant completed a 3-album series, comprising Björk's Homogenic (2017), Radiohead's Kid A (2018), and Beyoncé's Lemonade (2019, complete with the poetry of Warsan Shire from the visual album).

A big inspiration for the ensemble and the arrangements came from Wooden Elephant violist-composer Ian Anderson’s work with the London Contemporary Orchestra. In 2014-15, the LCO collaborated extensively with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood on his contemporary string chamber music, culminating in a European tour, and playing on Radiohead’s latest album, A Moon Shaped Pool. Along the way Jonny continually experimented with sound production techniques, including introducing unusual objects such as plectrums and pacay shakers – an approach with massively influenced Wooden Elephant's album interpretations.

Wooden Elephant have performed their albums at venues such as Berlin Konzerthaus, Philharmonie de Paris’ Days Off Festival, London Jazz Festival, and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.

Future plans include developing an acoustic concert version of Aphex Twin’s massive double album Drukqs, in collaboration with prepared piano specialist Mathias Halvorsen.

Wooden Elephant

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