Happy Holidays, from Fluff and Gravy (and a surprise from Vacilando)

As 2013 draws to a close, we at Fluff and Gravy Records wanted to extend our warmest holiday wishes, and hope that you are surrounded by loved ones and friends. Be sure to follow our Facebook and Twitter feeds over the next week, as we recount some of the highlights from the past year. Our hearts are filled with love and gratitude for all of the wonderful artists that we have been lucky enough to work with, and all of the dedicated friends who have given us their support.

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As we prepare to hunker down with our families for the next few days, we leave you with this, the debut track from Vacilando (featuring John, Chad, and Juni of Fluff and Gravy Records). A full-length record from the band is just one of the many things that we have in store for you in 2014.

https://soundcloud.com/fluffandgravy/christmas-at-home-vacilando

Much love to you all, this holiday season.

John, Chad, Juni, and Jennifer

Official video for Nick Jaina's "Don't Come To Me"

“Don’t Come To Me”, from Nick Jaina’s Primary Perception evolved from an attempt to write a sympathetic indie-pop song from the perspective of a largely unloveable politician. The track was called “unshakeable” by Spin, and was featured on NPR’s Heavy Rotation, as well as Morning Edition. When it came time to create a video, Jaina teamed up with director Seth Whelden, from Portland-based production company, STNDRD, and choreographer, Candace Bouchard, from Oregon Ballet Theater.  “I’ve been working on composing music for ballet over the last few years, and there is not a better feeling than making music that people dance to, in any style or context”, says Jaina. “I asked my friend Candace Bouchard from Oregon Ballet Theater if she would humor watching me dance at a club and offering some direction on which moves worked. I also asked her to choreograph a routine for some real ballet dancers. The idea was that I would come in with my untrained moves and disrupt this beautiful thing they created, but in the process maybe I could suggest in them some autonomy. I mostly am wary of musicians acting in music videos. We’ve all probably spent too many hours watching musicians try to act. So why not just try to dance instead? At least the results, if not professional, would perhaps be endearing in their awkwardness.”

Enjoy the video, in all of it’s awkward beauty, here.

[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M47iv0sg-6k[/youtube]

Primary-Perception-COver-WebOn his 2013 lp, Primary Perception, Nick Jaina took a gamble, gathering only the people in the studio who wanted to be there and figuring out what song to play only once they were all assembled. It was a completely non-scripted experiment. Often no one had heard the song prior to the session and the four to eight people in attendance would just work out an arrangement right there in the studio, sometimes with three guitarists working at the same time, sometimes with three drummers. Almost all of the instruments were recorded live and the experiment kept everyone focused on the song at the moment, not thinking of what was to come, and arranging their part while they could simultaneously hear what everyone else in the room was doing.

For a limited time, you can order Nick Jaina’s Primary Perception on  deluxe LP and receive an exclusive 7″ with 2 unreleased tracks (Sea of Japan b/w Delta of of Venus). To order the record on Deluxe LP/LP/CD/FLAC/mp3, click here