'Every Story Fails' is a musical telling of the collapse of Civilization, or the disintegration of anything once believed to be permanent. From dark disturbances and noise experiments to beautiful melodies and ambient textures, Chris Gestrin (Moog Synthesizer) and Ron Samworth (Guitar) are guaranteed to captivate and entrance with their unique improvisations and sonic explorations.

Celebrated drum and cymbal artist Bernie Arai and

renowned jazz pianist Chris Gestrin explore the Japanese aesthetic principle of shibusa in their project Wabi. Long time musical compatriots in numerous other ensembles, they reference the well-worn piano trio format but remove the bass to create duets which connote incompleteness, sparse quietude and the beauty of imperfection. 


American bassist Keith Lowe (Seattle) and Canadian keyboardist Chris Gestrin (Vancouver) join forces for this introspective and atmospheric ambient music collaboration. Hypnotic and slowly evolving textures with an attention to detail are sure to seduce you into a timeless, meditative journey.







Epic double album from award winning band, Pugs and Crows. Performing original instrumental music that explores elements of indie rock, creative music, and classical forms.

Gentle Party's first full length release, Jouska, pioneers a unique, expansive approach to chamber pop that speaks to the quartet's West Coast roots. The album features the hauntingly evocative voice of Jessicka layered on beds of luscious strings. The ensemble of multiple award-winning musicians, Meredith Bates, Shanto Acharia, and Elisa Thorn, on violin, cello, and harp, respectively, provides a strong and beautiful melodic, rhythmic, and textural foundation. The music conjures images of pandemonium and playfulness contrasted with stark heartbreak. All of this anchored in the virtuosity of the players.

Jouska has the distinction of being listed on the coveted Polaris Prize ‘Longer List’ of 2017.


www.gentleparty.com





Nominee for 2017 JUNO Awards - Instrumental Album of the Year

Winner of 2016 WCMA - Instrumental Artist of the Year


Nominee for 2016 WCMA - Instrumental Artist of the Year

"Gentle Party has the instrumentation of a chamber-music quartet—harp, violin, cello, vocals—but its ambitions are symphonic, and this incredibly assured debut delivers stunning, wide-screen sound."

"… albums like Jouska offer proof that there’s a beautiful world to be won by looking beyond old patterns."

- Alex Varty, The Georgia Straight

Meditative, destructive, beautiful, sometimes disturbing and ethereal cinematic soundscapes come together for this other worldly experience. Densabi use a veritable cornucopia of acoustic, electric and electronic instruments in collaboration to create incredibly lush and evocative, spontaneous electro-acoustic (acousto-electric?) soundscapes and improvised absolute music. Their music is a unique and fascinating exploration into the the aesthetic concept of wabi-sabi; seeking the beauty of deterioration and impermanence through sounds and structures old and new in the realm of electronic ambient music.

www.densabi.com

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On their fourth full-length album UNCLE!, Vancouver indie rock jazz art folk instrumentalists Pugs & Crows join forces with vocalist Marin Patenaude. Her earthy, soulful voice coupled with the band's trademark cinematic pacing, melodicism, and gritty elegance transports the music to new heights.

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The VARUNA Sessions - 20th Anniversary Edition

Chris Gestrin & Russ Klyne

Back in 1999, keyboardist Chris Gestrin and guitarist Russ Klyne created an electronic music CD featuring ambient soundscapes, melodic guitars and intricate electronic production. It was simply titled 'VARUNA' and was never officially released to the public. Only available as a home-brew CDR, It was hand distributed by Chris and Russ to friends, family and musical colleagues to rave reviews.


Now, in the fall of 2019, Phonometrograph is releasing a double CD 20th anniversary edition of this great music. Featuring not only a newly re-mastered version of the original 8 track CD, but also a full album's worth of never before heard tracks that Chris and Russ have worked on since the original CD was made.