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Dopplereffekt
Dopplereffekt
(Dataphysix, Rephlex, Detroit)
Fireside Chat
Get a rare insight into the electronic world of Dataphysix, its highly influential sound aesthetic and the mysterious Dopplereffekt unit.
Don Blackman
Don Blackman
(Queens, New York City)
Fireside Chat
Jazz funk legend, outstanding songwriter and larger than life producer. From Funkadelic to Weldon Irvine and Roy Ayers to Kurtis Blow... you gotta love Don Blackman!
Ikonika
Ikonika
(Hyperdub, London)
Fireside Chat
From off kilter rhythms to melodic bliss, Hyperdub's first lady takes dubstep to uncharted waters without skipping a beat. Get a glimpse of Ikonika's unblinkered worldview.
Ratatat
Ratatat
(XL Recordings, Brooklyn)
Headphone Highlights
Brooklyn's in the house! NYC whizkids and masters of melancholic synth anthems Ratatat with a personal selection of rad tracks across the board.
Chilly Gonzales
Chilly Gonzales
(Arts & Crafts, Phantasy Sound, Paris)
Fireside Chat
Grammy nominee, piano maestro, Guinness world record holder and multi-talented entertainer - welcome to the world of Chilly Gonzales. No ordinary musician.
Picks Of The Day
Dopplereffekt Don Blackman Ikonika Ratatat Chilly Gonzales
Live Recordings
Jay Electronica
Jay Electronica
(Decon, Dogon Society, NYC)
On The Floor! - Live at Colors, Nouveau Casino, Paris
One of hip hop's most gifted lyrical wonders live on stage at Nouveau Casino, Paris. Stay tuned for more exhibits!
Four Tet
Four Tet
(Domino Recordings, UK)
Main Stage - Live at Melt! Festival 2010
On his quest to constantly raise the bar as to what is possible within the realms of electronic music, this is Four Tet at Melt! 2010.
Little Dragon
Little Dragon
(Peacefrog, Sweden)
Main Stage - Live at Stadtmusik, Basel - Pt 1
Your Little Dragon from Sweden melting icy synth textures with warm hearted pop. Live on stage at Stadtmusik Festival in Switzerland.
Martyn
Martyn
(3024, Washington DC)
Main Stage - Live at Movement 2010, Detroit
From DC via Rotterdam and by no doubt the creator of some of the deepest moments in dubstep, techno and drum'n'bass. A true innovator, live at Movement 2010 in Detroit.
Foreign Beggars
Foreign Beggars
(Dented, London)
Main Stage - Live at Splash! Festival 2010
UK's prime pushers of hip hop boundaries bringing the extended crew to foreign grounds. Time to get rowdy when the Beggatronic sounds hit Splash! 2010.
Picks Of The Day
Jay Electronica Four Tet Little Dragon Martyn Foreign Beggars
Mixes
Cooly G
Cooly G
(Hyperdub, London)
Main Stage - Live at Elevate Festival, Graz
Cooly and the gang! Hyperdub's first lady with some bass addiction. Catch her live at Elevate Festival.
Theo Parrish
Theo Parrish
(Sound Signature, Detroit)
On The Floor! - Live at Watergate, Berlin - Pt 1
Parrish is a high priest of Detroit house: Scratched, used and abused platters never sounded so good. A truly special set from Berlin's Watergate.
Jacques Renault, Prince Language & Justin Miller
Jacques Renault, Prince Language & Justin Miller
(DFA, New York City)
On The Floor! - Live at Fabric, London - Pt 1
The Fantasic Three of NYC's disco underground with a special get together in swingin' London. Supernatural mirror ball action. DFA approved!
DJ Funk
DJ Funk
(Dance Mania, Chicago)
On The Floor! - Live at Shake Dat Ass, Nouveau Casino, Paris
Chicago's underground music and ghetto house legend live and direct from Paris. Explicit lyrics, parental advisory and ear protection needed.
Cosmo Baker with Kon & Amir
Cosmo Baker with Kon & Amir
(The Rub, BBE, New York City)
On The Floor! - Live at the Sound Table
The mighty Cosmo Baker rubs shoulders with Kon & Amir at Atlanta's Sound Table. A treasure trove of musical gems guaranteed.
Picks Of The Day
Cooly G Theo Parrish Jacques Renault, Prince Language & Justin Miller DJ Funk Cosmo Baker with Kon & Amir
RBMA Radio Highlights Soul & Funk House & Disco
Electronic Indie Hip Hop
Reggae Jazz Dubstep & Bass
Scuba
Scuba
Hotflush, Sub:stance, London, Berlin
Train Wreck Mix
Few have done more to make dubstep and techno talk pretty to each other than Hotflush head honcho and Sub:stance co-founder Scuba!
Kirk Degiorgio
Kirk Degiorgio
As One, London
Sound Obsession - Vol 24 - Motown Special Pt 1: 1965-1967
Watch out, nerds! Mr Degiorgio takes your favourite musical heros and puts their discography to the acid test.
Soundstream
Soundstream
Soundhack, Smith n Hack, Berlin
Live from London - Secretsundaze - Pt 1
Berlin's irresistible Soundstream with a heavy dose of his trademark jack tracks, dubby disco loops and hypnotic house grooves. Live at Secretsundaze!
Seth Troxler
Seth Troxler
Wagon Repair, Spectral Sound, Berlin
On The Floor! - Live at Fiesta De Cierre, Panama - Pt 1
Wagon Repair's enfant terrible Seth Troxler takes no prisoners with this marathon DJ set recorded live and direct in Panama!
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Domino Recordings, Baltimore
Fireside Chat
Get the first-hand forest gospel with the delightful Animal Collective!
Suff Daddy
Suff Daddy
Melting Pot Music, Berlin
Tribute to - Biggie Smalls aka Notorious B.I.G.
Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, can't you see... A lovely tribute to the late, great Notorious B.I.G.
Trojan Sound System
Trojan Sound System
Trojan Records, London
Main Stage - Live at Garden Festival, Zadar, Croatia
Cease and settle with Trojan's mighty mighty Sound System. Reggae for all the people!
David Nerattini
David Nerattini
Superfly, Rome
Extrafly - Vol 13 - The Jazz Edition
NYC's Waxpoetics and Rome's Superfly are congenial. Hip hop's foundation never sounded so sweet.
MJ Cole
MJ Cole
Prolific, London
Live from London - FACT Party, Lock Tavern
Be sincere! This Mercury Music Prize winner went all the bass music way to UK funky, remixed TLC and Goldie and is still a top DJ - live at London's Lock Tavern.

 

 

 
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The Wolf Gang

Stones Throw Records Label Special

The Wolf Gang

Stones Throw Records isn't just a behemoth of independent hip hop labels – it's a blueprint for how to run things right. Contributing to the musical conversation has been on the mind of Peanut Butter Wolf (in the picture above) since he first heard Marvin Gaye on TV, and throughout college he was itching to release records. He put his first record out with the help of his dad, on a local label. They only pressed 500 copies, never mastered it, cut and pasted the artwork, and didn't even know you could sell them to a distributor. They gave most of the copies away to their friends and family and local radio stations, and sold some to the local stores. After all that, they still had about half of the records leftover. But their goal was to make a record and they reached it.

Later that year, PBW met Charles Hicks aka Charizma. They signed to L.A. label Hollywood Basics, but Walt Disney's shareholders had other plans for their artistic endeavours. Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf got out of the deal just before the hip hop division of the label was closed. But two months later, at the end of 1993, Charizma passed away.

In many ways Stones Throw embodies this personal triumph over adversity. Hurdles are there to be leapt over, but when the drive is fuelled with such personal motivation, the obstacles take on a whole new perspective. Wolf's Stones Throw is less about distribution strategies and profit margins, and more about family values and community spirit.

In that respect, the Stones Throw family that has sprung up around the Griffin Park Boulevard in L.A. is unlike any other. Easily the most recognisable name throughout the extensive catalogue is Madlib and his many monikers – the prolific producer has set the tone for the label's open-eared output for over a decade, first with Lootpack, and later with Jaylib, Madvillian, Yesterdays New Quintet, Beat Konducta, DJ Rels, and everyone's favourite helium-voiced alien Quasimoto. But while the Lootpack and Quasimoto LPs helped Stones Throw get worldwide recognition, PBW has never been one to rest on his laurels, and is always ready to take the sound of the label in new directions.

While the likes of Guilty Simpson and the The Heliocentrics , as well as Academy alumni Aloe Blacc, Oh No, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins are more than enough artists to brighten any music lover's day, the Stones Throw sound keeps changing. Catholic psych disco ruler James Pants, electro boogie wonderboy DâM-FunK, and SAR Records-era soul balladeer Mayer Hawthorne, are all new signings that revel in the kind of artistic freedom that Stones Throw allows them.

Don't forget the imagery – panoramic photographs from Brian Cross and suitably awkward artwork from Jeff Jank and Parra have characterised the Stones Throw output as much as anything else. Defiantly individual, often humorous, and always bringing it – setting the blueprint is only ever a stones throw away.

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