Deja Voodoo (Canadian Band) - OG Records

OG Records

The turning point for Déjà Voodoo came with Gerard and Toni’s creation of Og Records in 1983. Named after a fictional caveman the independent label allowed for Deja Voodoo to control its own distribution. The first record released by Og records was Deja Voodoo’s “Gumbo”. The album sold relatively well in Montreal independent scene but failed to penetrate the mainstream market. This would later be rectified with the release of Deja Voodoo’s third album “Cemetery” in 1984. Cemetery was the first Deja Voodoo album to be sold in vinyl form, selling widely across Canada and even to some small in the US and Europe. As well as launching their own careers, Gerard and Tony used Og records as a way for like minded artists a venue to publish what was being referred to as unique “sludge-a-billy” sounds. Og records continuously received tapes from other underground Canadian artists and routinely released compilation CDs in the It Came from Canada series. Five of these titles were released between 1985 and 1989. Some of the artists in the compilation CD’s included other Montreal hits like Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra, Terminal Sunglasses and The Gruesomes. In its seven year life span Og Records released twenty nine albums. The last of which being a recording of Deja Voodoo’s performance in Finland.