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Sila & The Afrofunk Experience Interview: Starting with a Dream
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Featured Label: Ghostly International
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Featured Label: Numero Group
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Featured Label: Warp Records
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No One Liikes Miike Snow: Interview w/ Andrew Wyatt
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Featured Label: Tres Records
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All Grown Up: An Interview with Kid Sister
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Just a Name: Interview with Akron/Family
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Si*Se Interview with SFCritic
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Interview with Broken Social Scene: Justin Peroff
… can Music Hall, for the celebration of my award. I am also running back into the studio to record a follow up album to be released in May. I’m hoping to move forward in my music career. (SFC): Are you hoping to go to a larger label? (SM): This whole time I’ve been under my own indie label, self-produced, self-released. So out of this, I’m hoping that better things come around. Unfortunately, until someone says “you’re the shit,” no one listens to…
Ghostly International is a label that prides itself on the juxtaposition of music and art branding. Created by Sam Valenti IV when he was 19 yrs old, the label was realized through Valenti’s experience as a DJ, interest in live performances, and art history background. With the incorporation of art, and expression, the label encouraged exploration. In the beginning, Tadd Mullinix, best known as Dabrye, comprised 50% of the label’s ro…
Amongst the growth of repackaged soul (Lee Fields & Sharon Jones) and revitalized reissues, is a record label doing its own thing: Numero Group. Numero Group is not a record label signing artists, it’s a crate diggers’ dream occupation of reissuing lost gems. I stumbled upon a write up of the label at Aquarium Drunkard, where they were highlighting a group called 24-Carat Black. At the Numero Group website they have a smattering …
Warp Records has become a staple of good electronic, artistic, experimental, and new wave music since the early 90s. This is not Arista, or Def Jam with pop hit, one time wonders. While some of their artists have topped charts, most of their music remains known by DJs and music collectors. Like most hustlers in the music industry, the label’s first two releases by LFO (not “Summertime Girls” LFO) and Nightmares on Wax were sold…
… Miike Snow yet, or are we going to go through the jackaloupe, why were called Miike Snow, and how we met?SFC: No. No, I’m a little more in-depth than that. Maybe we can start off talking about the worst of the last five interviews. Was there a moment where you were dumbfounded by the questions an interviewer was asking you? AW: There was one, I can’t name the website, but I just had to turn off my brain for the whole thing and answer …
Step 1: To learn music outside the radio-pop realm, follow and learn about music labels. From Death Row to Om Records, music labels don’t just release records, they showcase particular styles and genres. In the weeks to come, I will feature different labels, assisting you in finding artists you might enjoy. Tres RecordsThis is Tres Records “About US”: Tres Records, a label founded and run by artists, is committed to procuring t…
… “Really?”– can you imagine living your life like this, that’s so weird.SFS: This is true.KS: One of my girlfriends Sam — she’s my best friend that I travel with and she’s my tour manager. When she’s around during interviews she never butts in or says anything. The one thing she will chime in on is when an interviewer asks, “So Melissa, you’re really not provocative. Do you always find yourself being wholesome?” That’s just who I am. …
… n, so we fix it. We are always changing from night to night slowly, even though it seems similar, someone sends you a recording and when you sit back and listen to it, it’s changing. SFC: It seems like you guys prefer not to label your music, or categorize your sound. If you were forced to describe or label your music, how would you? SO: I haven’t met a musician who is really excited with labeling their music. I don’t think musicians prefer to d…
Here is my recent interview for SF Station with Si*Se. Si*Se: “The Chain” (Cover) Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. The first group signed to David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label, Brooklyn’s Si*Se watched a smooth beginning turn difficult as it navigated the music business and later bounced f…
… k some of the bands. I’m pretty inquisitive as a person as it is, so it’s not a departure from me as an individual, but I guess I’m sensitive to the questions that I ask. I’m in the situation sometimes. SFC: I was looking for interviews with you, and couldn’t find many. Are you interviewed often? JP: I don’t do a ton. At first when we started touring, almost ten years ago now, when we started to get interviews and what not, I chose not to. Now I’…
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