Screwgun Records

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Screwgun Records
Founded1996 (1996)
Founder Tim Berne
Genre Jazz
Country of originU.S.
LocationBrooklyn, New York
Official website www.screwgunrecords.com

Screwgun Records is a jazz record label founded by saxophonist Tim Berne in 1996. [1] Most releases on the label have been by Berne, though some have been by Berne's associates and bandmates. Steve Byram has designed and illustrated the artwork for many of the label's albums. [2]

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After attending college in Oregon, Berne moved to New York City in the 1970s to meet saxophonist Julius Hemphill, whose music had inspired him to become a jazz musician. Hemphill became his mentor, giving him saxophone lessons and helping him find his way in the music business. Berne founded Empire Records in the late 1970s to issue own albums. [1] He released five albums, and his work was noticed by Giovanni Bonandrini, an Italian producer who issued Berne's next two albums on Soul Note. Berne signed with Columbia Records in the 1980s, then recorded for JMT Records until it shut down in 1995. Then Berne founded Screwgun to get control of his work again. Screwgun albums were initially distinguished by their brown, cardboard covers decorated with the line drawings of Steve Byram. The unorthodox artwork fit Berne's unorthodox music and business tactics. [1] [3]

Discography

Year releasedCatalogue No.ArtistTitleNotes
1996SCREWU 70001 Tim Berne's Bloodcount Unwound 3-CD Box Set - Limited Edition of 2000
1997SCREWU 70002Tim Berne's Paraphrase Visitation Rites
1997SCREWU 70003Tim Berne's Bloodcount Discretion
1997SCREWU 70004Tim Berne's Bloodcount Saturation Point
1998SCREWU 70005 Marc Ducret Un Certain Malaise
1998SCREWU 70006 Michael Formanek Am I Bothering You?
1998SCREWU 70007 Django Bates Quiet Nights
1998SCREWU 70008 Julius Hemphill Blue Boyé 2-CD Box Set rerelease of 1977 album on Mbari Records
1998SCREWU 70009Tim BerneThe Empire Box5-CD Box Set compiling The Five Year Plan, 7X, Spectres, and Songs and Rituals in Real Time
1999SCREWU 70010Marc DucretL'Ombra di Verdi
1999SCREWU 70011Tim Berne's Paraphrase Please Advise
2001SCREWU 012Tim Berne and The Copenhagen Art Ensemble with Herb Robertson and Marc Ducret Open, Coma 2-CD Set
2002SCREWU 013Tim Berne Science Friction
2004sc70014Tim Berne's Hard Cell Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live
2005sc70015Tim Berne's Hard Cell Feign
2005sc70016Tim Berne's Paraphrase Pre-Emptive Denial
2006sc70017Tim Berne's Big Satan Livein Cognito 2-CD Set
2007sc70018Tim Berne's Science FrictionMind Over Friction3-CD Set compiling Science Friction and The Sublime And
2007sc70019Tim Berne's Bloodcount Seconds 2 CD + DVD Set
2008noneBuffalo Collision(Duck)
2009nonePrezensSlipped On A BarDigital-only release
2015noneTim Berne, Steve Byram, SnakeoilSpare/Anguis OleumLimited Edition Book by Steve Byram (Spare) and live CD by Snakeoil (Anguis Oleum)
2017noneMatt Mitchell, Tim BerneForageComposed by Tim Berne, performed by Matt Mitchell
2018noneTim Berne, Matt MitchellAngel Dusk
2020noneTim BerneSacred VowelsDigital-only release
2020noneDavid TornFurDigital-only release
2020noneTim Berne 7Adobe ProbeDigital-only release
2020noneHank Roberts, Tim BerneCause And ReflectDigital-only remastered reissue of 1998 release
2020noneBroken ShadowsBroken Shadows LiveDigital-only release
2020noneMatt Mitchell, Tim Berne1Digital-only release
2020noneSun Of GoldfingerCongratulations To YouDigital-only release
2020nonePrezensxFormDigital-only release
2020nonePrezensSlipped On A BarDigital-only reissue of 2009 release
2020noneHard CellThe CosmosDigital-only release
2020noneScience Friction+SizeDigital-only release
2021noneHard CellSensitiveDigital-only release
2021noneBloodcountAttention SpamDigital-only release
2021noneBloodcount5Digital-only release
2022noneTim Berne, Nasheet Waits TangledDigital-only release
2022noneSun Of GoldfingerOzmirDigital-only release
2022noneTim Berne, Ryan Ferreira, Michael Formanek, Ches Smith DecayDigital-only release
2022noneTim Berne, Gregg Belisle-ChiZone OneDigital-only release
2023Screwgun/OOYH 001Marc DucretPalm SweatJoint release with Out Of Your Head Records
2023noneThe Sunny FourMysticDigital-only release
2024none David Torn, Tom Rainey, Tim Berne, Trevor Dunn Disco Tent/Ravens Low and Ready 2Digital-only release
2024noneScience FrictionNo Tamales On WednesdayDigital-only release
2024noneOceans AndLucid/StillDigital-only release
2024noneAurora Nealand, Mark Helias, Tim BerneLive At The 188 ClubDigital-only release
2024noneTim Berne with Bill Frisell Live In Someplace NiceDigital-only release
2025Screwgun/OOYH 002Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Gregg Belisle-ChiYikes TooJoint release with Out Of Your Head Records

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fitzell, Sean Patrick (31 December 2005). "Tim Berne's Screwgun Records: By Him, For You". All About Jazz. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Eye, Number 42, Volume 11, Winter 2001.
  3. ↑ Lynch, Dave. "Tim Berne". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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