Jura

The Canadian modern rock-band Jura formed in 1996 in Calgary, its members from the diverse group of musical backgrounds. Founding associates Andrea Litzenberger and Mike Zobac was raised in United kingdom Columbia, Litzenberger using a history in traditional music, and Zobac with drumming knowledge in hip-hop and funk. Litzenberger honed her vocal chops at Royal Conservatory music schooling and Selkirk University while learning piano and electric guitar; after completing her research in springtime 1996, her interest shifted to the present day rock picture. She and Zobac had been joined up with by bassist Wayne Immonen shortly soon after through a categorized advertisement, Immonen adding affects of blues, rockabilly, and power pop towards the combine. The quartet was finished with the addition of guitarist Brian McLennan, who became Litzenberger’s songwriting collaborator. Sketching influence in the melodic, folky contemporary rock noises of artists such as for example Shawn Colvin, Cowboy Junkies, and Sarah McLachlan, Jura convened to record their 1st recording; the self-titled debut premiered individually in Canada in 1999 and distributed through indie support middle IndieGroup. Person to person spread gradually in Canada and america; while getting ready to record their follow-up recording, their first disk caught the interest of market veterans like Steve Ripley from the country-rock clothing the Tractors and maker Mike Busch. Busch thereupon remixed and refined the album’s songs through the entire fall of 2001 for reissue, aided by combining from David Boucher (who experienced engineered modern albums for Colvin, Jonatha Brooke, as well as the Coors) and learning from Drew Lavyne (who do such function for Santana and Barenaked Women, along with countless Cuban recordings). The revamped recording, rechristened NOT AT ALL Debutante, noticed a Feb 2002 launch on Emanon Information.