Don’t ask how we came this older German promo for the King of Digging compilation. Still, I could listen to Amir talk about records for days and can only imagine what his vault looks like.
That’s right Crate Kings family… this Tuesday August, 12th we’ll all have the chance to join in and celebrate Vinyl Record Day. Those begging for a bit of trivia will be happy to know that this also happens to be the day that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. According to the Viny Record … Read more
Have you been wondering what to do what all those dollar bin misfires? Being that vinyl addicts are generally a pretty inventive bunch, it’s not surprising that someone has created a coffee table made out of records. What’s really impressive is that the table actually has four rolling 12" wheels.
[via SS forums]
Producer Eliot Lipp talks about his start in music and takes us into his studio to show off his crazy collection of analog gear including: Jomox XBase-09 MFB Synth-II Plan B modular synths Atari Synthcart Sequential Circuits Six-Trak Wurlitzer Electric Piano I love his attitude about making music for yourself and completing instrumental compositions. There’s … Read more
Truth be told, I struggled about whether or not this video should be posted as I take serious issue with its undertones. Regardless, it’s an interesting video following DJ Frank as he travels through West Africa digging up wax. [Respect to MT]
Times online drops a tiny taste of the history of Library music, roots in television, and its resurgence as a genre. Not a bad intro if you’ve never heard of it before, but these joints generally don’t come cheap, so don’t get too involved unless you have the deep pockets to support a serious record … Read more
Z-Trip touches on the importance of having style and a deep record collection. He mainly refers to live DJ’ing, but it’s not hard to figure out that this directly applies to production as well. Later ideas and advice are given about starting an independent label.
I wish that I could have made it out to this event last month. Unfortunately, there was a slight logistics issue which prevented my pursuit of dusty fingers and vinyl hoarding. Looks like some serious digging was going down and at least one improvised record wall.
A rough cut of The Vinyl Revolution documentary which examines record store owner Bob Gamber, regular customers, and the beauty of vinyl & independent music.
Another documentary to make you feel better about the vinyl habit you’ve developed. Doesn’t everyone have 60 Miles Davis albums and systematically clean & play all their records in alphabetical order?