Gray Matters is an

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structured underneath the

Nettwerk Music Group Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk Management, and Nettwerk One Publishing. Established in 1984, the Vancouver-based company was created by Nettwerk principals Terry McBride and Mark Jowett as a record ...

. The label was founded in 2007 by Jars of Clay band members Dan Haseltine, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark, and Charlie Lowell. The creation of the label was in response to the band's

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's ending with Essential Records, and the band's desiring to control their music output. The label will be distributed by Provident/Integrity Distribution (as was Essential Records) to the Christian and mainstream markets. The band had been with Nettwerk under their management division since 2003. As of now, Jars of Clay and Disappointed by Candy are the only acts signed to the record label. The first Gray Matters release will be a Disappointed by Candy album, followed by the Jars of Clay's

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album, ''

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'', due to be released on October 16, 2007. Shortly after, the band will record the

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to a documentary that a friend of the band is producing about the

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n village of Lwala.

Artists

Current

* Jars of Clay

Former

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References

{{Authority control American record labels Record labels established in 2007 Christian record labels