Own Records

Indie

Luxembourg

Billboard

Own Records is an independent record label based in Luxembourg. It strives to release precious music by working with unique artists on a long term basis. The label is voluntarily being kept small but with Gregor Samsa, 31 Knots, The Dust Dive, Uzi & Ari, Bexar Bexar, Six Twilights, Worrytrain and it offers singular bands which are gathering more and more recognition in the independent scene.

Own Records doesn't want to focus on one music style but tries to find coherence in the fact that each release is somehow special. It also strongly believes that not only the artistic but also the human value should prevail in its relationships. The label works with solid booking, promotion and distribution partners. Furthermore it has always been evolving amongst an upright cultural community that enabled its activity to constantly grow up. In the near future Own Records will continue introducing new and promising talents that should reinforce its particular identity.

OWN RECORDS
P.O. Box 135
4002 Esch/Alzette
Luxembourg (EUROPE)

info@ownrecords.com
www.ownrecords.com

New Release

Gregor Samsa - Rest

Tracklisting:

1. The Adolescent
2. Ain Leuh
3. Abutting, Dismantling
4. Company
5. Jeroen Van Aken
6. Rendered Yards
7. Pseudonyms
8. First Mile, Last Mile
9. Du Meine Leise

In their third full-length album in seven years, Gregor Samsa takes a new approach to composition, both in process and instrumentation. The result is Rest; nine pieces composed over e-mail during the course of nine months by key members in New York, Chicago, Boston, DC and Richmond, VA. In Rest, Gregor Samsa expand on their affinity for minimal, classical instrumentation mixed with mangled and manipulated sound through integration of new instruments such as the celesta, clarinet, classical voice and vibraphone. Along with these new sounds, guitar has been almost entirely replaced by piano, whose parts were recorded on a rare Bösendorfer once owned by Philip Glass. These pieces demonstrate a shift in focus to harmony, restraint and the use of muted tones, while less interest is taken in the large dynamic shifts that once carried the weight of many of their compositions. With all these changes, one might assume a loss in ability to recognize this as a Gregor Samsa album. On the contrary, this album focuses and refines their sound, making it more distinct. There is a uniqueness and a confidence demonstrated in Rest that was once only alluded to in previous work. Engineer Alex Aldi tracked most of Rest in New York City's Gigantic Studios. In their studio at the now famous Pencil Factory in Brooklyn, the band recorded a number of overdubs before taking the album to Alan Weatherhead for mixing at Sound of Music in Richmond. The album was mastered by Mark Christensen at Engine Room Audio in NYC.

www.gregorsamsa.com

Instrumentation

Nikki King - Voice, Piano, Rhodes, Vibraphone
Billy Bennett - Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Vibraphone, Piano, Synth
Champ Bennett - Piano, Voice, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Vibraphone, Mellotron, Celesta, Synth, Rhodes, String Arrangements
Jeremiah Klinger - Baritone Guitar, Guitar, Clarinet, Piano
Cory Bise - Bass, Baritone Guitar
Mia Matsumiya - Violin
Toby Driver - Clarinet, Guitar, Bass, String Arrangements
Andrew Miller - Cello
Alex Aldi - Synth
Alan Weatherhead - Guitar
Rick Alverson - Voice, Titles Debra Wassum - Voice

Tour 2008