SPENCER OWEN, musician

The latest and/or most relevant offerings by SPENCER OWEN, a unique musician and performer based out of Oakland, CA. /// CONTACT: spencer AT thespencerowen DOT com /// LIKE (FOR EVEN FRESHER UPDATES): facebook.com/thespencerowen

From the upcoming S. Owen album END VOGUE, it’s the music video for “Water Drinkers” (dir. Alec Owen). Go watch it full(er) size.

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KNOCK & ROCK: Spencer Owen live in Pacific Palisades →

Thanks to the great people of Knock and Rock, I performed 3 songs live in 3 mobile homes to audiences of 1 or 2. Watch these videos; I’ve never done anything like them before.

- “Experimental Prototype Song of Tomorrow”

- “It Work” (from LOGIC)

- “How It Feels to Be Late”

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Gnome Life Records - "LOGIC" by Spencer Owen →

Go above to preview and purchase my 2008 lo-fi R&B vinyl LP, LOGIC, through Northern California’s own Gnome Life Records.

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Spencer Owen on Soundcloud →

Visit me above on Soundcloud, where you can listen to the epic 40-minute baroque composition LETTER DANCE (featuring James Rabbit), plus three songs from the upcoming album END VOGUE.

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Spencer Owen on Bandcamp →

Visit me on Bandcamp, where you can download and stream some of my albums, including, for now:

- MEREDITH (2004); lo-fi expressionistic indie; with 9 bonus tracks!

- E.T.R. [ELECTRIC 3RD R-WORD] (2005); mid-fi world art pop

- THE LIGHT TOUCH (2008); avant adult contemporary; with 1 bonus track!

- NO CLUBS (2011); harsh noise

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18" x 2000'/RIBCAGE (2003) →

From the classic, auteur-focused vanity record label Ballbearings Pinatas (early home of Ariel Pink) comes my debut CD, 18” x 2000’/RIBCAGE, still in stock at CD Baby. Go.

Also in stock, the compilation FROM U.S. TO I, featuring exclusive tracks from myself, Ariel Pink, R. Stevie Moore, Jeff Eliassen, Jonathan Marmor and more.

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Collaborator roll call

- Goodbye the Band - The auteur/genius/godhead of New Jersey. My favorite. (Also the guy behind the production of “Water Drinkers.”) Go to that link and listen to everything there. 

James Rabbit - Irrepressibly wonderful, academically faultless pop music out of Santa Cruz. I play live with them when possible, record with them similarly, and even co-wrote a couple of tunes that feature on the incredible, recent best-of compilation EXPRESS (“Machetes,” “Batso [Prom Version]”).

Sean Smith - I often play drums (et al) to support this friend & brilliant guitarist’s vision. Contributed to the LPs called ETERNAL (2008) and HUGE FLUID FREEDOM (2010).

- Bird By Snow - The spirit & mind of Gnome Life Records label honcho Fletcher Tucker as translated into music with interpretive accompaniment by me (esp. on SKY [2006], SONGBREAD/ANOTHER OCEAN [2009] and COMMON WEALTH [2010]).

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#goodbye the band  #james rabbit  #sean smith  #bird by snow  #spencer owen