Duritone Records turns 20 this month!
In July, 1991, Duritone Records was started by David Durian in the basement of his parent’s house in Homewood, IL. Beginning with recordings from his first high school band–Psoriasis–Duritone initially started life under the named Canned Records. During the next few years, Canned would release music by other bands Durian played in during his high school and early college years–including Jazz Catastrophe, Bossonova, Gargoyle, and the Durian/Geltzman Projects.
Roughly five years later, Canned would become renamed Duritone Records, during the middle of Durian’s classic run of album releases under the alias Tengram. Since that time, Duritone has continued to operate as the primary record label for all of Durian’s music, whether under the name David Durian or Tengram. In recent years, Durian has slowed down his music making process, as he became heavily focused on completing a PH D in linguistics as well as, in recent times, teaching composition courses. However, Duritone lives on to present the best of his active years, on recent digital releases via Itunes and Amazon.com.
Take a moment to celebrate the 20th anniversary with us!
