Wednesday, January 11, 2012

A Word Of Explanation

This blog is a discography for musician Gavin John Baker. As well as various solo releases he has made music with the following bands: Billy Mahonie, Jet Johnson, Glider, Meets Guitar, The Baker Boys, The Durells, The Smith and Baker Band, Von Block and Radio 9.


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There is a now a Bandcamp page to make available various unreleased recordings. So far six albums are up:
Modes, a selection of acoustic demos recorded for Billy Mahonie in 2009.
Ten Years Dead, an collection of songs recorded between 2009 and 2011.
The Durells, an album recorded in 2007 but never released in it's full form.
Outs, an album of alternate takes recorded at the time of the Dirge/Misry double album.
Mineralism, a collection of out takes recorded during the sessions for the trilogy of albums for Bunkland.
Tunes For R.W., a set of unreleased tunes and demos recorded between 2007 and 2010.




Persuasion & Single Note Theory


Two new albums were released in January 2012 on Bunkland. Persuasion (blr08) and Single Note Theory (blr09). These continue where Propeller (blr07) left off: heavy duty minimalistic droney acoustica primitivism.

You can listen to Persuasion here.
Persuasion: Bunkland blr08, five tracks, 47mins: Poseidon, Slide II, Mandarin, Elac, Slide I

And listen to Single Note Theory here.
Single Note Theory: Bunkland blr09, three tracks: 42mins: Single Note Theory, Rattled, Judas




Von Block


The debut release by Von Block is out now. The tune Diego features on a download compilation from Unlabel. Throughout 2012 Unlabel are releasing a series of twelve ten-track monthly compilation albums, available on the 23rd day of each month as a pay-what-you-like download on Bandcamp.

On 23rd December 2012 the 120 tracks by 120 different artists from these ten albums will be released as a lavish CD set. Von Block, Billy Mahonie, Radio 9, The Baker Boys and Gavin John Baker will all appear on these compilations throughout 2012. Unlabel Bandcamp.






Radio 9


Gavin Baker currently plays in Oslo based krautrock outfit Radio 9 who released the album Endless Streams Of Light on Oblong Records in 2011. Listen to the record here: Radio 9 Facebook Music. Radio 9 are currently busy working on new tunes and preparing for dates in Oslo and London.





Misry Dirge

In September 2011 Gavin John Baker released a new solo album on Unlabel. The Misry Dirge is a double CD of instrumental solo acoustic guitar music.

Misry Dirge can now be listened to, purchased and downloaded direct from Unlabel at their Bandcamp page. In the coming months Unlabel will be putting their back catalogue on Bandcamp which should include the first Gavin John Baker solo release: Durations.

That said CD versions of these albums are still available from Unlabel.

You can also listen to Dirge here.
Dirge: Unlabel un093, eight tracks, 46 mins.

And listen to Misry here.
Misry: Unlabel un093, thirteen tracks, 33 mins.






The Discography


This blog is a discography for all the music Gavin Baker has released since 1998. Pretty much all the music can be found on Grooveshark but you'll have to search for it yourself. Where a producer has been involved in the recording I have included their names, otherwise the music has been produced by the musicians involved. I have also included pictures of the record covers when I have found them.


please email me here if you have a question or something:
gavinjohnbaker@gmail.com