Gregor Samsa - Over Air (2009)

Genre : Post-rock, Shoegaze, Slow-Core, Ambient, Experimental
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Tracklist :

1. Ain Leuh / VPRO
2. Jeroen Van Aken / VPRO
3. Three / VPRO
4. Adolescent / VPRO
5. Abutting, Dismantling / VPRO
6. Young And Old / VPRO
7. Du meine Leise / alternate mix
8. XXX / GS + Tiempo
9. Lean / GS + Bobby Donne (of Labradford)


Gregor Samsa are originally from Richmond, VA, and now based in Brooklyn. They formed in 2000, took their name from the main character of Franz Kafka’s short story The Metamorphosis. The current members are Champ Bennett, Nikki King, Billy Bennett, Jeremiah Klinger, Cory Bise, Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya.

Gregor Samsa presents Over Air , featuring a live radio performance at Amsterdam's VPRO radio station recorded in May 2008. The live set includes songs from three previous recordings, Rest , 55:12 , and their EP 27:36 . Over Air also includes unreleased material: an alternate mix of Du Meine Leise, XXX, a song featuring a smaller version of the band, and from the album 55:12 , a remix of We'll Lean that Way Forever, by Bobby Donne (of Labradford) who is also joining them on stage as part of the GS lineup.

Gregor Samsa - Rest (2008)

Genre : Ambient, Post-rock
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Tracklist :

01 The Adolescent
02 Ain Leuh
03 Abutting, Dismantling
04 Company
05 Jeroen Van Aken
06 Rendered Yards
07 Psuedonyms
08 First Mile, Last Mile
09 Du Meine Leise

With members dispersed in New York, Chicago, Boston, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia, Gregor Samsa wrote, recorded, and mastered their latest full-length offering, Rest, all over the damn place. Which, you know, probably isn't the easiest way to go about making a record. You can reward Gregor Samsa for their service by picking up Rest-- in one of five exciting formats-- starting May 13 thanks to The Kora Records.

Buried in the sound of slumber, Rest is an ample title for the latest album by Gregor Samsa. The music finds a home among fellow soft melodic artists like Sigur Rös, mixing minimalism with composed instrumentation. Fittingly, guitar parts have mostly been replaced by piano—recorded on Philip Glass’s old Bösendorfer.

Soothing and relaxing is the nature of Gregor Samsa’s music, while its minimal nature occasionally omits the ability to hone in on true melodies beyond soft tonal ones, the harmonies found in the classical instrumentation remove much of the need, placing Rest in the pleasant realms of hypnosis and meditation.