Grrr Records

Grrr Records is a French avant-garde jazz record label founded by Jean-Jacques Birgé in 1975.
The first LP was "Défense de" by Birgé-Gorgé-Shiroc which became a cult-album after having been quoted in the Nurse with Wound list. Grrr has been issuing CDs since 1987 with "L'hallali" by Un Drame Musical Instantané, led by multi-instrumentalist Jean-Jacques Birgé, trumpeter Bernard Vitet and guitarist Francis Gorgé, main group of the label which also produced the albums of multi-instrumentalist composer Hélène Sage, accordionist Michèle Buirette and female trio Pied de Poule (M. Buirette, bassist, Geneviève Cabannes, and singer Dominique Fonfrède). Barcelonian label Wah Wah has reissued "Défende de" and Austrian label Klang Galerie issues remastered CDs of all LPs by Un drame musical instantané.
In 1997, "Carton" by Birgé-Vitet (with Michel Séméniako's photographs) is their first enhanced-CD and Birgé's first multimedia artwork as an author. It will be followed by "Machiavel" by Un d.m.i. (CD-audio + CD-ROM), with an interactive video sessions of 111 loops by J-J. Birgé and Antoine Schmitt. Last albums produced by Grrr, are "Établissement d'un ciel d'alternance", duet with Birgé and famous French writer Michel Houellebecq who reads his own text (No. 26), "Échappée belle" by Hélène Sage (No. 27), 2 albums by Michèle Buirette and, in 2017, "Long Time No Sea" by trio El Strøm (N°29) and in 2018, The "100th Anniversary of Jean-Jacques Birgé" (N°30)! In 2020, for the double CD "Pique-nique au labo" (N°31-32), Birgé invites 28 famous improvisers to join him for friendly meetings which cover the period 2010-2019.
Since 2011 Grrr has issued freely downloadable material (84 unissued albums + a random radio which feature 1104 pieces and last 166 hours).
Grrr belongs to Les Allumés du Jazz, 90 French independent jazz and improvised music labels.
See also.
List of record labels