Gregor Samsa http://gregorsamsa.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Summertime http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/summertime/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/summertime/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:15:22 +0000 admin http://gregorsamsa.com/?p=30 Just a quick update on this extremely hot afternoon in NYC… The shows last week in Boston and New York were really great. After not playing in two years, we weren’t quite sure what to expect, but we couldn’t have been happier with the turn out and both of the venues were wonderful. Le Poisson Rouge is one of the best places we’ve ever played. It’s definitely our new favorite venue here.

Some news regarding two new releases of Rest:

We’ve seen many requests for the Collector Edition (limited to 30), wondering if it had already been released. The answer is no, it’s still in production, but we’re so close. We’ve put so much work into these and honestly, we’re going to have a hard time selling them because we want to keep them for ourselves! But seriously, they’re almost ready and we’ll announce it here when they are.

The US Vinyl Edition is almost ready as well. In fact, the test presses just arrived this weekend. These should be shipping mid-august. We’ll post some pictures of the beautiful packaging Kora Records did as soon as we get a copy.

Lastly, Textura recently asked us to do a top ten list. Instead of doing Gregor Samsa’s top 10, five of us each chose two songs we thought were worthy of the list. Gregor Samsa’s Top 2×5=10

]]> http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/summertime/feed/ NYC and Boston shows announced http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/nyc-and-boston-shows-announced/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/nyc-and-boston-shows-announced/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 18:45:52 +0000 admin http://gregorsamsa.com/?p=29 Finally, after a long break, we’ll be playing a few shows in the US. There will be more to come, but hey, it’s a start. We’ll be doing two dates with Iceland native Olafur Arnalds — one in Boston and the other in NYC at a beautiful new venue called Le Poisson Rouge. We just played with Olafur last night in Belgium and his music is really beautiful. These shows will be excellent!

July 8 - Boston, MA at Cafe 939 (Berklee)
July 9 - NYC at Le Poisson Rouge. get tickets here

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]]> http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/limited-edition-of-rest/feed/ Video for Jeroen van Aken http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/video-for-jeroen-van-aken/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/video-for-jeroen-van-aken/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 02:28:58 +0000 admin http://gregorsamsa.com/?p=25 We posted a new video for “Jeroen van Aken”, taken from our new album Rest. The video was filmed and directed by our good friend, Rick Alverson, who also plays in the wonderful band, Spokane.

]]> http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/video-for-jeroen-van-aken/feed/ Rest on Vinyl http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-on-vinyl/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-on-vinyl/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:18:03 +0000 admin http://gregorsamsa.com/?p=23 Rest will be available on vinyl in both North America and Europe. Here’s the word straight from the labels:

US Edition - Kora Records

Rest is being pressed as a 140 gram double LP. The double LP will be enclosed in a two piece heavy card stock double folio incorporating the rivet and string closure of the Ltd. Edition CD. The packaging is a new design produced for the first time by TKR and will be a limited edition of 500.

Europe Edition - Own Records

Double vinyl 2 x 12” in a beautiful gatefold sleeve + European tour poster (free until stock lasts). Order now.

]]> http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-on-vinyl/feed/ Rest - Packaging, Release Dates, etc http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-packaging-release-dates-etc/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-packaging-release-dates-etc/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:03:12 +0000 admin http://localhost/?p=19
The Kora Records, our US label, has released the following regarding our new album, Rest:

Gregor Samsa’s new album Rest will soon be available in 4 different formats. 
Digital 
Unlimited Edition
Limited Edition of 500
Collectors Edition of 30

DIGITAL

The digital format should be available via all standard digital outlets on April 1st.

UNLIMITED EDITION

The Unlimited Edition is a custom die cut gate fold CD sleeve of heavy black stock with print by our friends at Stumptown Press.
Release date May 13th.

LIMITED EDITION OF 500

The Limited Edition of 500 takes a copy of the unlimited edition and encloses it within a folio with a rivet and sting closure and also adds an 8 page rivet bound book of extra artwork and lyrics. All binding and riveting is done by hand at the TKR office and all pieces are hand numbered.
Available for Pre Order starting April 8th and ships aprox. the week of the 24th.

COLLECTOR’S EDITION OF 30

The Collector’s Edition of 30 is a special project undertaken by Gregor Samsa and The Kora Records to commemorate the release of Rest and our love for the album. The Collectors Edition arrive in an vintage metal Super 8 film can as Gregor Samsa has made several films which will surface as the album is released. This can will be stamped by hand with the album title and the number of the edition. This can will contain the extra print from the Limited Edition that has been die cut for this edition as well as a custom made and finished walnut disc with a steel and rubber hub on which the cd will rest . The walnut disc will also serve as film reel. One of the films Gregor Samsa has produced for this album will be printed to Super 8 film and each copy of the Collector’

s Edition will come with its own section of that film.
Available for Pre Order first week in May.

]]> http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-packaging-release-dates-etc/feed/ Rest - now streaming on myspace http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-now-streaming-on-myspace/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-now-streaming-on-myspace/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:01:13 +0000 admin http://localhost/?p=18 Every sunday evening, starting january 13th 2008, we’ll be uploading a song from our new album, Rest, on myspace. Hope you enjoy.

]]> http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-now-streaming-on-myspace/feed/ Rest is finished http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-is-finished/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-is-finished/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:00:01 +0000 admin http://localhost/?p=17 Happy Holidays… 

New years tend to bring on new things, and this year, it’s with great pleasure that we announce the completion of our latest full-length album, Rest. It’s been a long, ambitious and challenging project, but one tends to forget all that with the fruits of the labor in hand. 

We can’t mention this album without also mentioning the huge cast of people that put it together:

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
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

Engineered By: 
Alex Aldi @ Gigantic 
Champ Bennett @ Viking Studios & Pencil Factory

Mixed By: 
Alan Weatherhead @ Sound of Music

Mastered By: 
Mark Christensen @ Engine Room Audio

Track Listing:
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

It will be available to you in a variety of formats as well as a variety of countries in April, or perhaps even sooner (more details on this soon). 

Lastly, we’ll be taking our 3rd trip to Europe during the month of May. Again, more details soon!

]]> http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/rest-is-finished/feed/ the mean of all our choices http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/the-mean-of-all-our-choices/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/the-mean-of-all-our-choices/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:59:00 +0000 admin http://localhost/?p=16 as usual, creating albums for us is a long process. organizing 6-7 people living in 5 different states all with little money to spare is a challenge of epic proportions. but there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.

all of the basic tracking is finished. there’s still quite a bit of overdub work to be done, but it’s moving along nicely these days. the album consists of 10 songs and will be our longest to date clocking in at around 60 mins. all of these pieces were written through email and not a single rehearsal was had until 3 days before we entered the studio**. this forced experiment was quite a thrilling approach to writing and it’s safe to say that it resulted in somewhat of a departure from what we’ve been doing in the past.

we’ve received many requests asking about when the album is coming out and i’d like to address them all at once. release dates this early in the game are typically a jinx, but if all deadlines are met and things go well, we’ll see a release in late april. It’s about 8 months later than we’d hoped, but that’s how it goes with these projects. if gregor samsa ever starts writing solo acoustic albums, i promise to meet our projected release dates.

i suppose that’s it for now. one more thing, the brother’s bennett have welcomed the addition of a new member to the family: sarah nikki king joined us by way of marriage in sept, increasing the total number of related gs members to four. who better to play music with than the ones you love?

enjoy yourselves,

c

**i have to use this space to give a quick shout out to our boy alex aldi who has pretty much blown our collective minds with his supportiveness of this album. we’ll be happy to say that we knew him before he was famous.

]]> http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/the-mean-of-all-our-choices/feed/ New Album in the works http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/new-album-in-the-works/ http://gregorsamsa.com/posts/new-album-in-the-works/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:57:43 +0000 admin http://localhost/?p=15 Just a quick update about the new album.

We’ll be spending most of March in the studio recording a new full length album. No release date has been set. We’ll post more info soon… 

We’ll tour the US and Europe around the time the album comes out. 

take care

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