Gravity Records
{{Short description|Record Label}}
{{about|the San Diego recording company|other recording companies|Gravity (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Gravity
| image = Gravity_Records.jpg
| founded = {{start date|1991}}
| founder = Matt Anderson
| distributor = Mordam Records{{cite book|last1=O'Connor|first1=Alan|title=Punk Records Labels And The Struggle For Autonomy: The Emergence Of DIY|date=2008|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-2659-2|page=83|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_K_w5r1zkgC&q=gravity+&pg=PA28}}
| genre = Post-hardcore, hardcore punk, experimental rock, indie rock
| country = U.S.
| location = San Diego, California
| website = {{URL|www.gravityrec.com}}
}}
Gravity is an underground independent record label from San Diego.Trevor Kelley, "California Screaming". Alternative Press 17 (2003), pp. 84-86. It was formed in 1991 by Matt Anderson, a member of the influential underground band Heroin.{{cite web|last1=Aguilar|first1=Nathan|title=The Five Best Gravity Records Tracks|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-five-best-gravity-records-tracks/|website=vice.com|date=11 August 2012 |publisher=Vice|access-date=2012-08-11}} It has been central in developing and promoting the "San Diego sound" – an idiosyncratic form of post-hardcore with loose, chaotic musicianship and vocals, initiated by Heroin, Antioch Arrow, and Clikatat Ikatowi, as well as Mohinder from the Bay Area and Angel Hair from Colorado.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Chris|title=Gravity Records Label Profile|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/label_profile/gravity-records.htm|website=stylusmagazine.com|publisher=Stylus Magazine|accessdate=2003-03-01|archive-date=2010-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205073206/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/label_profile/gravity-records.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=n/a|title=Gravity Records Biography|url=http://epitonic.com/labels/gravity-records/|website=epitonic.com|publisher=Epitonic|accessdate=2017-01-20}} The sound is associated with the first wave of screamo, and the label played an important role in the development of post-hardcore in the 1990s.{{cite book|last1=Walker|first1=Matt|title=Gainesville Punk: A History Of Bands And Music|date=2016|publisher=The History Press|location=United States|isbn=978-1-62619-767-1|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1hmDQAAQBAJ&q=gravity+records+punk&pg=PA80}} Gravity has also branched out into other forms of experimental or independent music, releasing seminal early works by Unwound, Black Dice, The Rapture, and a full-length from Man Is The Bastard. The label has no affliation with the Capitol Records subsidiary Gravity Inc Records.
Label roster
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- Angel Hair
- Antioch Arrow
- Bastard Noise
- Black Dice
- The Black Heart Procession
- Born Against
- Clikatat Ikatowi
- The Convocation
- Crime Desire
- Crom-Tech
- A Day Called Zero
- Earthless
- Evergreen
- Fisticuffs Bluff
- The Fucking Angels
- Get Hustle
- Heroin
- Huggy Bear
- John Henry West
- Lava
- Les Aus
- Man Is the Bastard
- Men's Recovery Project
- Mohinder
- Monorchid
- Physics
- Prizehog
- The Rapture
- Sea of Tombs
- Second Story Window
- The Spacewürm
- Spacehorse
- Stacatto Reads
- Three Mile Pilot
- Tristeza
- Universal Order of Armageddon
- Unwound
- The V.S.S.
- Vicious Ginks
- Young Ginns
{{div col end}}
Discography
This list is organized by catalog number. Also note that two releases that have the catalog number 2 and, there is no release in the Gravity Records catalog to have the catalog number 50.
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No.
! Year ! Artist ! Title ! Format ! Release notes |
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1
| rowspan="3"|1992 | Heroin | Heroin | 7-inch | Some later white label pressings included photographs glued to the labels |
2
| Lava | Lava | 7-inch | Packaged in silkscreened sleeve with a variety of colors screened. Some copies had blue covers, other black, some brown |
2
| Dark Sarcasm | Lego Facilities | 7-inch | Co-release with Vinyl Communications |
3
| rowspan="6"|1993 | Young Ginns | Young Ginns | 7-inch | Original pressings had black-on-white labels, while later pressings had the reverse |
4
| 12-inch | Packaged in spray painted covers |
4.5
| Antioch Arrow/Candle | Antioch Arrow/Candle | 7-inch | Split between Antioch Arrow and Candle, co-released with Wrenched Records |
5
| Universal Order of Armageddon/Born Against | Universal Order of Armageddon/Born Against | 7-inch | The first pressing came packaged in manilla envelopes, while later pressings were packaged in more "regular" sleeves |
6
| Unwound | Unwound | 7-inch | Single-sided 7-inch with an etched B-side featuring lyrics. All tracks on this record were later released again on the band's 1995 self-titled album. |
7
| Heroin | Heroin | 12-inch | Split release with Vermiform Records. Two different covers for this release exists. |
8
| rowspan="8"|1994 | John Henry West | John Henry West | 7-inch | Packaged in a manilla envelope |
9
| Long Distance Lovers | 7-inch | First pressing was packaged in yellow sleeves with pink ink, while the second pressing was issued in an orange sleeve with white ink. |
10
| Second Story Window | Second Story Window | 7-inch | Two pressings exist, the second press in particular had pressing etchings that were scratched out |
11
| Antioch Arrow | 12-inch | First issued in 1993, then repressed in 1997 with different artwork |
12
| Universal Order of Armageddon | Universal Order of Armageddon | 12-inch | Packaged in silk-screened sleeves |
13
| Mohinder | Mohinder | 7-inch | Released in a variety of sleeves, some of which were silk-screened pages of magazines |
14
| Angel Hair | Angel Hair | 7-inch | A large variety of covers exist, all with the same design but printed with different colored inks |
15
| Second Story Window | Second Story Window | 12-inch | Issued in silk-screened sleeves |
16
| rowspan="2"|1995 | The Fucking Angels/Vicious Ginks | The Fucking Angels/Vicious Ginks | LP | Split full-length released in sleeves that had hand-pasted artwork |
17
| Angel Hair | Insect Mortality | 12-inch | Around 100 copies were packaged in silk-screened sleeves |
18
| 1997 | Angel Hair | Pregnant With The Senior Class | CD | Discography compilation |
19
| 1996 | Clikatat Ikatowi | Orchestrated And Conducted By | LP, CD | Pressed on CD and vinyl. A limited edition of hot pink LP copies were also pressed |
20
| 1997 | Heroin | Heroin | CD | Discography compilation |
21
| rowspan="2"|1995 | Normal Man | 7-inch |
22
| LP, CD | First issued as an LP in 1995, pressed on white vinyl as well as a picture disc. The CD edition was released in 1996. In 2012, the album was repressed on vinyl as editions of black, purple, and yellow. |
23
| 1996 | A Day Called Zero | A Day Called Zero | CD |
24
| 1998 | Stacatto Reads | Stacatto Reads | 7-inch | Sleeves were printed on a variety of colors |
25
| 1995 | The V.S.S. | 7-inch |
26
| 1997 | Clikatat Ikatowi | Live August 29th And 30th, 1995 | LP, CD |
27
| 1996 | Monorchild | When The Mutes Begin To Root | 7-inch |
28
| 1997 | These Last Days | 7-inch |
29
| 1999 | Heat | Chalk It Up | 7-inch | Packaged in die-cut sleeve |
30
| 1997 | Antioch Arrow | Antioch Arrow | CD | Compilation featuring The Lady Is A Cat, In Love With Jetts, the Antioch Arrow tracks from their split 7-inch with Candle, and four previously unreleased live recordings. Features the same artwork from the 1997 12-inch pressing of In Love With Jetts. |
31
| rowspan="2"|1998 | 12-inch, CD |
32
| Clikatat Ikatowi | River Of Souls | 12-inch, CD | Some 12-inch pressings includes 3 tracks on one side and 5 on the other, while other 12-inch pressings had an even track list with 4 tracks on both sides |
33
| 1997 | Crom-Tech | LP, CD | LP edition had silk-screened sleeves |
34
| rowspan="2"|1998 | Physics | Physics² | CD |
35
| Black Dice | 7-inch | Also known as Lambs Like Fruit. Some copies were pressed with not center labels |
36
| 1999 | Mirror | LP, CD | An unknown amount of clear LP copies exists |
rowspan="2"|37
| rowspan="2"|2000 | rowspan="2"|Various Artists | Gravity 37. Compilation Video | VHS | rowspan="2"|Features videos of live performances by Gravity Records bands. The "soundtrack" was released as a CD the same year as the VHS home video release. |
Gravity 37. Compilation Video: The Soundtrack
| CD |
38
| 2001 | The Spacewürm | See You Later Oscillator | CD |
39
| rowspan="2"|2001 | Sea Of Tombs | Sea Of Tombs | LP, CD |
40
| Get Hustle | Who Do You Love? | 7-inch |
41
| 2002 | Tristeza | Mania Phase | 12-inch, CD |
42
| rowspan="3"|2003 | Tristeza | Espuma | 12-inch, CD |
rowspan="2"|43
| rowspan="2"|Various Artists | Gravity Video 2 | DVD | rowspan="2"|Features videos of live performances by Gravity Records bands. The "soundtrack" was released as a CD the same year as the DVD home video release. |
Gravity Video 2 Soundtrack
| CD |
44
| 2004 | Spacehorse | Spacehorse | LP, CD |
45
| rowspan="2"|2005 | Sonic Prayer | LP, CD | LP edition pressed on black, purple, teal, white, pink, red, orange, and clear vinyl. LP was later repressed in 2009 on translucent purple vinyl, then again in 2016 on green vinyl |
46
| Earthless | Sonic Prayer Jam | 10-inch | Pressed on black and blue/green swirl vinyl. Later repressed in 2012 as Gravity Records #54 on blue, green, and gray 12-inch vinyl as well as CD. In 2015, it was again repressed as a 12-inch, this time on orange vinyl |
47
| 2009 | Les Aus | Mitologia Natural | LP |
48
| 2008 | The Convocation | My History Museum | 7-inch |
49
| 2009 | Rouge Astronaut | CD | Limited edition CD that also includes 4 glossy inserts, a sticker, and a foil-stamped poster |
50 |
51
| 2010 | Crime Desire | Every Day...In Chains | 12-inch | Pressed on black and blue vinyl |
52
| rowspan="2"|2011 | Crime Desire | Alone In A Dream EDICII | 12-inch | Pressed on black and purple vinyl |
53
| Universal Order of Armageddon | Universal Order of Armageddon | 2×7″ | Double 7-inch containing previously unreleased live recordings from 1993 |
54
| rowspan="2"|2012 | Earthless | Sonic Prayer Jam | 12-inch, CD | Reissue of Gravity Records #46. Originally released in 2005 as a 10-inch, this edition was pressed on blue, grey, and green 12-inch vinyl, as well as a CD |
55
| Prizehog | A Talking To | 12-inch | Pressed on orange vinyl |
N/A
| 1994 | Clikatat Ikatowi | Demo | CS | Demo tape with single sided inkjet-printed inlay. On the blank side of the insert is the official Gravity Records mailing address, making this the only Gravity Records release to not have a catalog number. |
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.gravityrec.com/ Gravity Records website]
- [https://www.discogs.com/label/34810-Gravity-2 Gravity Records Discogs page]
- [http://www.myspace.com/travelpunks Matt Anderson/Gravity records Interview]
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