Greg Davis (musician)
Greg Davis | |
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Greg Davis at Higgins Alley in Missoula, MT, June 2006 | |
Background information | |
Born | November 8, 1975 |
Origin | Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
Genres |
Electronic music ambient music experimental music |
Instruments | computer, keyboard, percussion, world instruments, vocals |
Years active | 2001 to present |
Labels | Carpark, Autumn |
Associated acts | Keith Fullerton Whitman, Sebastien Roux |
Website | Bio at Carpark Records |
Greg Davis is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums drawing from a wide variety of sources, including guitar, field recording, various world/ethnic/traditional instruments, percussion, and voice, all processed through digital manipulation. After years of experience in hip-hop groups, jazz combos, free improvisation, and experimental composition, Davis moved toward computer-based music in 1997.[1] At Depaul University in Chicago, he studied classical and jazz guitar alongside composition and jazz studies.[2] In 1997, he started his own label, Autumn Records, to release his own music and the music of others. Davis moved to Boston in 1999 to pursue a master's degree in composition (which he received in June 2001) while independently immersing himself in the study of electronic music. Since 2001, he has played shows all around the world and released records on a number of different labels. He has collaborated with Keith Fullerton Whitman, Ben Vida, Sebastien Roux, Chris Weisman, Steven Hess, Jeph Jerman, Akron/Family, Toby Aronson (as Harmonizer), and Zach Wallace (as Sun Circle).
Davis left the city of Chicago for Burlington, Vermont in December 2004, where he has been organizing experimental and creative music events.
He has played live shows around the world with Hrvatski/Keith Fullerton Whitman, The Flying Luttenbachers, Blectum From Blechdom, Loscil, Animal Collective, Ratatat, Jan Jelinek, Sebastien Roux, Leafcutter John, Colleen, Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan, No-Neck Blues Band, The Books, Beach House, Mountains, Bird Show, Fog, Viking Moses, Ariel Pink, Boom Bip, and many more. Davis has released albums on labels such as Kranky, Ekhein, Room40, Install, Home Normal, Digitalis, Carpark Records, as well on his own Autumn Records.[3]
Discography
- This list is incomplete; however, a complete and comprehensive discography can be viewed here.
- Clouds As Edges 7" (Grounded, 2001)
- Arbor CD / LP (Carpark, 2002)
- Greg Davis & Don Mennerich Split 7" (Autumn, 2002)
- Precursors 7" (Melektronikk, 2003)
- Mort Aux Vaches - Live CD (Staalplaat, 2003)
- Curling Pond Woods CD / LP (Carpark, 2004)
- Gather / Scatter 7" (Tonschacht, 2004)
- Somnia (Kranky, 2004)
- Diaphanous LP (Lux Nigra, 2004)
- Yearlong with Keith Fullerton Whitman (Carpark, 2005)
- Decisions with Steven Hess (Longbox, 2005)
- Paquet Surprise with Sebastien Roux (Carpark, 2005)
- Ku with Jeph Jerman (Room40, 2006)
- Greg Davis & Of Split 7" (Ache, 2006)
- Sun Circle CDR (Lichen, 2007)
References
External links
- Greg Davis' bio at Autumn Records
- Greg Davis' bio at Carpark Records
- Greg Davis recordings at Archive.org's Live Music Archive
- Greg Davis interview at The Milk Factory