MoonJune Records
{{short description|Record label}}
{{Infobox record label
|name = MoonJune Records
|image =
|founded = {{start date|2001}}
|founder = Leonardo Pavkovic
|genre = Progressive rock, avant-garde, ethno jazz, jazz rock
|country = United States
|location = New York City, United States / Toledo, Spain
|url = {{URL|moonjune.com}}
}}
MoonJune Records is an American record label specializing in progressive rock, jazz rock, and avant-garde music. It was founded by record producer Leonardo Pavkovic in 2001.{{cite web|title=Interview with Leonardo Pavkovic |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/leonardo-pavkovic-nothing-is-ordinary-leonardo-pavkovic-by-chris-m-slawecki.php|website=All About Jazz|accessdate=6 April 2018}}
History
Pavkovic was born in 1962 in Jajce, Yugoslavia and grew up in the region of Puglia, southern Italy. In his youth he was attracted to the music of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, then the progressive rock of Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Yes, followed by the jazz of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sun Ra and blues of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and John Mayall. He cites as additional influences the concert documentaries Woodstock (1970), Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972), and The Last Waltz (1978). He avoids any music that could be considered mainstream.{{cite web |last1=Redlefsen |first1=Mark|title=MoonJune Records: A Decade of Progressive Rock Documentation|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/moonjune-records-a-decade-of-progressive-rock-documentation-by-mark-redlefsen.php|website=All About Jazz|language=en|date=5 October 2011|accessdate=6 April 2018}}
During the 1980s, he discovered ECM Records and from its roster of musicians Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, Pat Metheny, Terje Rypdal, and Eberhard Weber, and the world music of Paco De Lucia, Ravi Shankar, Milton Nascimento, Astor Piazzola, Fela Kuti.
In college he concentrated on Brazilian and Portuguese literature. He speaks five languages: Bosnian, Italian, English, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish. He briefly lived in Africa, in two Portuguese speaking countries Angola and São Tomé & Principe, In 1990 he moved to New York City and worked in graphic design. He started MoonJune Music (booking & management agency) and MoonJune Records (boutique record label) in June of 2001.
MoonJune has released albums by Beledo, Dewa Budjana, D.F.A., Dwiki Dharmawan, Michel Delville, Tony Levin, Marbin, Phil Miller, Dennis Rea, Markus Reuter, Asaf Sirkis, Soft Machine, Stick Men, Tohpati, TriPod, and Mark Wingfield.{{cite web|title=Artists {{!}} MoonJune Records|url=https://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/|website=moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com|accessdate=25 May 2018}} In February 2020, MoonJune Records released its 100th album.{{cite web |last1=Humphries |first1=Stephen |title=World music: From a Queens apartment to your ears |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2020/20200413/World-music-From-a-Queens-apartment-to-your-ears |publisher=The Christian Science Monitor |accessdate=14 April 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://moonjune.com Official website]
- [https://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com Bandcamp page]
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