|
Cavity Search Records
Cavity Search Records is a record label in Portland, Oregon that was formed in 1992 by Christopher Cooper and Denny Swofford. It is known for producing debut records by Hazel, Heatmiser, The Helio Sequence, King Black Acid, Richmond Fontaine, Danny Barnes, Saul Conrad, Pete Krebs, Korgy, Pete Krebs, Richmond Fontaine, and Elliott Smith. Cavity Search Records was recognized on their 26th anniversary by Mayor Ted Wheeler and the city of Portland. September 21, 2018 was proclaimed to be Cavity Search Records day for the label's contribution to the city's art and creative industry, and its commitment to uncovering and supporting local artistry. Christopher Cooper passed away September 24, 2018. A memorial was held October 18th that year. Artists The following artists have released records on Cavity Search: *Atomic 61 *Barra Brown *Control Freak * Danny Barnes *Devin Millar [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Baby
CD Baby, Inc. is an online distributor of independent music. The company was described as an "anti-label" by its parent company's Chief Operating Officer Tracy Maddux. The CD Baby music store was shut down in March 2020 with a statement that "CD Baby retired our music store in March of 2020 in order to place our focus entirely on the tools and services that are most meaningful to musicians today and tomorrow." In 2019, CD Baby was the only digital aggregator with top preferred partner status with both Spotify and Apple Music, and it was home to more than 650,000 artists and nine million tracks that were made available to over 100 digital services and platforms around the globe as of May 2019. The firm, as of 2018, operated out of Portland, Oregon, with offices in New York City and London. History CD Baby was founded in 1998 by Derek Sivers during the dot-com craze. In 2000, the firm moved to Portland, Oregon, where they remain headquartered today. In 2004, CD Baby began offer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Lakis
Lauren Lakis (born November 22, 1990) is an American film and stage actor, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. Early life and education Lakis is a native of Baltimore. She became interested in acting while attending Goucher College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in photography. Lakis lived in Los Angeles for 10 years before relocating to Austin, Texas. Career Lakis played the role of Karen in ''Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk'' (2017). In 2020, Chloe Robinson of ''Earmilk ''EARMILK'', sometimes stylized in all caps, is a North American online music publication. Launched in the late 2000s by Montrey Whittaker, Blake Edwards and Eric DeFazio, ''Earmilk'' publishes on a variety of music genres, often covering hip h ...'' praised Lakis for "distinct tones and profoundly honest songwriting" and noted that Lakis is "known for her stunningly organic compositions which create an ethereal and dreamy atmosphere." In 2021, her album ''Daughter Language'' was released. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Distribution Alliance
Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) is a music distribution company owned by Warner Music Group, which represents the rights to various independent record labels. ADA provides "independent artist and label partners with access to the resources, relationships and experience required to share their creative vision with a global audience." As the independent music distribution arm of Warner Music Group, ADA Worldwide was created in 1993 as a joint-venture between WMG and Restless Records to offer a distribution system and marketing, merchandising, promotion, and music licensing services. In 2012, Warner Music Group combined Independent Label Group with ADA to create a full-service company that provides services including physical and digital global distribution, physical production, merchandise production and distribution. ADA offers account management, an in-house music licensing function, custom products and services, marketing and sponsorships, as well as digital marketing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensemble Resonanz
The Ensemble Resonanz is a German string ensemble that combines the performance and promotion of Neue Musik with the interpretation of classical repertoire. It sees itself at the interface between chamber orchestra and soloist ensemble for Neue Musik.The ensemble is based in Hamburg, where it is an Ensemble in Residence of the Elbphilharmonie. History The ensemble was founded in 1994 by members of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. After stations in Frankfurt and in Diez an der Lahn, in 2002 the Hamburg became the home of the ensemble. There it established itself as the ensemble in residence of the Laeiszhalle – Musikhalle Hamburg with the concert series Resonanzen. Since January 2017, the residency has continued in the chamber music hall of the Elbphilharmonie. In Hamburg's Schanzenviertel, Ensemble Resonanz has established the concert series urban string since 2011, which combines classical music and club culture. Their awards include the Würth Prize of Jeuness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Effectuals
''Young Effectuals'' is the second release from the Portland-based band The Helio Sequence. It was released on October 9, 2001, by Cavity Search Records. It is less pop-oriented than their later albums, and it features longer songs densely layered with synthesizers. Reception In his review of the album for AllMusic, Richie Unterberger says the Helio Sequence combine "dense electric textures in which the voice is just another hazy element with atmospheric keyboards, guitar, and electronic effects", but that the songs eventually blur "together into similar overall moods as the disc progresses." Track listing #"Reh.Vuh.Lee" - 2:19 #"Give, Give, Give" – 4:41 #"(Square) Bubbles" – 5:57 #"Knots" – 6:47 #"The Echo-Blomp" – 4:44 #"Nothing's Ok: Everything's Fine" – 4:54 #"Cut The Camera" – 5:59 #"Fall And Winter/Necktie Noose" – 6:04 #"Kablerium Vs. Obliviousity" – 5:37 #"Take, Take, Take" – 6:59 Credits * Christopher Cooper - Graphic design, visual arts * John Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Com Plex
''Com Plex'' is the first album by indie rock band The Helio Sequence. It was released on September 5, 2000, on Cavity Search Records. It contains a cover of the Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows". Critical reception ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...'' wrote that "layers of echoing guitars and whirring, swooping synthesizers make the music shimmer like an Impressionist landscape, edgeless and enveloping." Track listing # "Stracenska 612" – 5:42 # "Just Mary Jane" – 4:47 # "Transistor Radio" – 5:23 # "My Heart" – 5:41 # "Sassafras" – 6:35 # "Stitches Sewing" – 2:36 # "Tomorrow Never Knows" – 4:10 # "Big Jet Sky" – 4:33 # "Demographics" – 6:01 Personnel * The Helio Sequence - Producer, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing * Brandon Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smegma (band)
Smegma is an American experimental noise group formed in Pasadena, California, United States, in 1973. Author Richard Meltzer became their vocalist in the late 1990s. The group was included in the Nurse with Wound list and was featured on the cover of the August 2006 edition of ''The Wire''. Partial discography * ''Sing Popular Songs'' (includes guest vocalists such as Wild Man Fischer) (1974) * ''Can't Look Straight/Flashcards'', single (1979) * ''Glamour Girl 1941'' (1979) * ''Soundtracks 1–5'' EP, Non/Smegma (1980) * ''Pigs for Lepers'' (1982) * ''Nattering Naybobs of Negativity'' (1987) * ''Smell the Remains'' (1988) * ''Ism'' (1994) * ''The Goodship Poleshiner'' (1995) * ''Songs from the motion picture Theodore Rex'' (1995) * ''The Mad Excitement, The Barbaric Pulsations, The Incomparable Rhythms Of...'' (1996) * ''Smegma Plays Merzbow Plays Smegma'' (collaboration with Merzbow) (1996) * ''Glamour Girl 1941'' (1997) * ''Rumblings'' (compilation 1997–2003) * ''Tirom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In Poland (Wayne Horvitz Album)
''Live in Poland'' is a live album by American keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz' band Pigpen recorded in 1994 and originally released as an audio companion with the magazine "Jazz à Go-Go" but later released on the Cavity Search label.Wayne Horvitz discography accessed January 3, 2012 Reception The review awarded the album 4 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed January 3, 2012 Track listing :''All compositions by Wayne Horvitz except as indicated'' # "Band of Joeys" - 3:34 # "Cause ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Gilmore
Greg Gilmore (born January 3, 1962) is a French born-American musician in Seattle, Washington, and co-founder of the recording label First World Music. Biography Although born in France, Gilmore grew up in the Seattle area. After playing in 10 Minute Warning with Duff McKagan (The Fartz, Guns N' Roses), Steve Verwolf, Paul Dana, Bob Groves, and David Garrigues, Gilmore decided to join his friend Duff McKagan when he announced he was leaving Seattle for a new life in L.A, and accompanied him in his early auditions. Shortly after the success of Guns N' Roses, he moved back to Seattle and in the late 1980s Gilmore was a member of the critically acclaimed, seminal Seattle band Mother Love Bone along with bandmates Andrew Wood (vocals), Bruce Fairweather (guitar), Jeff Ament (bass), and Stone Gossard (guitar). After Wood's death from a heroin overdose, Ament and Gossard went on to play key roles in Pearl Jam. Gilmore went on to collaborate with Seattle engineer and producer Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Candle (album)
''Roman Candle'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. It was recorded in late 1993 and released on July 14, 1994 by record label Cavity Search. Background and recording ''Roman Candle'' was recorded and released while Smith was still in Heatmiser. According to Benjamin Nugent's biography '' Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing'', Smith recorded the album in the basement of the home of then-girlfriend and Heatmiser manager JJ Gonson. The album was never intended for release, as Smith only expected to get a deal for a 7" single; however, after Gonson played the album for Cavity Search, they immediately requested permission to release it in its entirety. Smith at first hesitated, and then allowed permission. Content The album has a raw, homemade sound, with Smith playing each instrument and recording it on his four-track recorder. Additionally, he used a Shure SM57 and an inexpensive RadioShack dynamic microphone to capture the sound. The song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz (born 1955) is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and '90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He is noted for working with John Zorn's Naked City among others. Horvitz has since relocated to the Seattle, Washington area where he has several ongoing groups and has worked as an adjunct professor of composition at Cornish College of the Arts. Biography Horvitz, a "defiant cross-breeder of genres",de Barros, Paul"Wayne Horvitz" Liner notes to ''Wayne Horvitz: Joe Hill: 16 Actions for Orchestra, Voices, and Soloist''. New World Records. has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble. He has recorded or performed with John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Elliott Sharp, Danny Barnes, Tucker Martine, Butch Morris, Fred Frith, Julian Priester, Phillip Wilson, Michael Shrieve, Carla Bley, Timothy Young, Bobby Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
