Greg Davis
www.autumnrecords.net
After years of hip-hop groups, jazz combos, free improvisation, and experimental composition, greg moved toward the world of computer-based music in 1997. at depaul university in chicago, greg studied classical & jazz guitar alongside composition and jazz studies. In 1997, he started his own label, autumn records, to release his own music and the music of others. greg moved to boston in 1999 to pursue a master's degree in composition which he received in june 2001.
In march 2004, carpark records released 'yearlong' which is a collection of live electro-acoustic improvisations greg recorded with keith fullerton whitman from various shows around the world. in october 2004, chicago-based kranky released greg's drone epic 'somnia'. lux nigra of berlin released a companion 12" e.p. called 'diaphanous'.
Greg left the big city and moved to burlington, vermont in december 2004. he has been organizing many concerts of experimental and creative music in burlington since april 2005. n the summer of 2007, greg was asked to join an augmented akron/family band, playing guitar, percussion, electronics & singing & dancing. greg davis & megafaun played separate sets as well as combining to make a 7-piece akron/family band on a large tour of the USA in the late summer / autumn 2007.
In the spring of 2008, greg toured new england with megafaun. this tour generated the ideas and seeds for his second album on kranky, mutually arising. a sun circle / eleh split LP was released on important records in march 2008.
In the winter of 2008 & early 2009, greg worked on a new collaboration with chris weisman. the result was an album called 'northern songs'. a set of strange electro-acoustic song journeys. Greg started another new project in march 2009 with toby aronson called HARMONIZER. Greg's second solo album for kranky, 'mutually arising', was released in july 2009. he also released a cd called 'primes' on his own autumn records label.