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Mo Wax
Mo' Wax was a British record label founded by James Lavelle in 1992. The label was not co-founded by Tim Goldsworthy, as is often reported. Steve Finan became co-owner shortly after. Mo' Wax came to recognition for being at the forefront of trip hop, turntablism and alternative hip hop during the mid-1990s. The label is also responsible for bringing attention to the graffiti artist Futura 2000 by using his artwork on many of its releases in the early to mid-1990s. Lavelle signed partial ownership of Mo' Wax over to A&M Records (now part of the Universal Music Group) in 1996. When their deal expired he signed with Beggars Group, who still own some of the catalogue. The name derives from "Mo' Wax Please", the title of a column James Lavelle wrote in the magazine '' Straight No Chaser'' and the Oxford club night he ran. This in turn was influenced by the Freddie Roach LP, ''Mo' Greens Please'' on Blue Note records. The original Mo' Wax logo as used on the early releases was de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lavelle
James Lavelle (born 22 February 1974) is an English electronic musician, record label owner and curator. He founded the Mo'Wax record label in 1992, and has been the only constant member of UNKLE. He directed the 2014 edition of the Meltdown festival on London's South Bank, and curated the 2016 exhibition "Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick" at Somerset House. He is the subject of 2016 documentary film ''The Man from Mo'Wax''. Career Lavelle founded Mo'Wax in 1992. The label was not co-founded by Tim Goldsworthy, as is often reported. In 1996 Mo' Wax released one of electronic music's most celebrated albums, DJ Shadow's seminal '' Endtroducing.....''. Soon after this Lavelle started work on an album with DJ Shadow under the name UNKLE. The resulting release '' Psyence Fiction'' featured collaborations with Richard Ashcroft, Mike D, Badly Drawn Boy and Thom Yorke. In 2003, he released a follow-up to Psyence Fiction, titled ''Never, Never, Land'', though this album saw DJ Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. The debut Massive Attack album ''Blue Lines'' was released in 1991, with the single "Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by ''NME''. 1998's ''Mezzanine'' (containing the top 10 single " Teardrop") and 2003's '' 100th Window'' charted in the UK at number one. Both ''Blue Lines'' and ''Mezzanine'' feature in ''Rolling Stone''s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Throughout their history, Massive Attack have been supporters and activists for political, human rights a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clubbed To Death (instrumental)
"Clubbed to Death" is an instrumental composition by Australian music producer Rob Dougan, originally released on Mo'Wax records in 1995. It featured in the 1997 film '' Clubbed to Death'' and was given renewed attention in 1999 due to its inclusion in the film ''The Matrix''. It was re-released with new remixes in 2002. Release The subtitle ''Kurayamino variation'' is based on the Japanese for "of the darkness" ( ). The song samples "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps. The short strings introduction is an excerpt from the first movement of Edward Elgar's ''Enigma Variations,'' and the piano solo is improvised around Elgar's theme. Track listing Clubbed to Death (Compact Disc Experience) Mo Wax, MW037CD, 1995 # "The First Mix" – 7:12 # "Kurayamino Variation" – 7:29 # " La Funk Mob Variation" – 8:08 # "Peshay Remix" – 6:06 # "Spoon Mix" remixed by Carl Craig Carl Craig (born May 22, 1969) is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and founder of the record label Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Dougan
Robert Don Hunter Dougan () is an Australian composer, known for his genre-blending music. Mixing elements of orchestral music, trip hop, and bluesy vocals, his work is tangentially relatable to electronic music. He is known primarily for his breakthrough 1995 single " Clubbed to Death (Kurayamino Variation)", further popularised by 1999's ''The Matrix'' soundtrack. "Clubbed to Death" was re-released on his debut album '' Furious Angels'' in 2002, seven years after its initial release, as well as providing several variations of the song, most notably the Kurayamino variation; he has also provided a variation of the Moby song "Porcelain". In 1995, he teamed up with Rollo Armstrong to remix the U2 song " Numb"; the remix was titled "Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix)". Early life and education Dougan was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1969 and raised in Sydney. He attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, and then the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he studied actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark's Keyboard Repair
''Mark's Keyboard Repair'' is the debut studio album by American musician Money Mark, originally released on the Mo' Wax label in 1995. It peaked at number 35 on the UK Albums Chart. ''NME'' listed it as the 24th best album of 1995. "Insects Are All Around Us" / "Cry" was released as a single and reached number 99 on the UK Singles Chart. Later, "Cry" was released as a single again and reached number 80 on the chart. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Mark Ramos-Nishita – production * James Lavelle – A&R * Brian McPherson – legal representation * Ben Drury – sleeve design * Will Bankhead – sleeve design * Paul "Jazz" Thompson – color photography * Mario Caldato Jr. Mario Caldato Jr. (born February 24, 1961), also known as Mario C., is a Brazilian-born record producer and studio engineer best known for his work with Beastie Boys, Jack Johnson in the US, Marcelo D2 and Seu Jorge in Brazil. Early life Cal ... – black and white photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headz
''Headz'' is a series of compilation albums released by the Mo' Wax record label. The first installment, titled ''Headz'', was released on 31 October 1994, and reissued on 20 May 1996. It was followed on 28 October 1996 by ''Headz 2A'' and ''Headz 2B''. ''Fact''s 2015 list of the best trip hop Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with "downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic music, psychedelic fusion of hip hop music, hip hop ... albums of all time included the first ''Headz'' album at number 30, and ''Headz 2A'' and ''Headz 2B'' jointly at number seven. ''Headz'' Track listing Charts ''Headz 2A'' Track listing Charts ''Headz 2B'' Track listing Charts References External links * * * {{Discogs master, 30074, Headz 2B Compilation album series Record label compilation albums Mo' Wax compilation albums 1994 compilation albums 1996 compila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strictly Turntablized
''Strictly Turntablized'' is the second studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush, released on November 21, 1994 by Mo' Wax. In Japan, the album was released by the Avex Trax subsidiary label Jazz Not Jazz Records on April 21, 1995, and was subsequently reissued by Sony Music Entertainment on September 9, 1998. Critical reception "The tubercular atmospheres and wheezing bass of the record's best tracks", wrote Peter Shapiro in '' Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide'' (1999), "showed that the Down Tempo beat crew was capable of evoking something other than their own ganja-soaked hipness." In 2015, writer Daisuke Kawasaki ranked ''Strictly Turntablized'' at number 38 on his list of the "100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time". Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians * DJ Krush – beats, scratching * Noah – vocals on "The Nightmare of Ungah (Sandro in Effect)" * Stash – vocals on "Intro" and "The Nightmare of Ungah (Sandro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Krush
, better known by his stage name DJ Krush, is a record producer and DJ. He is known for his atmospheric instrumental production which incorporates sound elements from nature and extensive use of jazz and soul samples. Early life Ishi was born in Tokyo in 1962. He dropped out of school at an early age and joined a local gang and, a few years later, the yakuza. Early in his career as a yakuza underling, Ishi discovered a severed finger wrapped in paper on his desk. Later, after discovering that it had belonged to a friend, he decided to leave the yakuza and cut ties with the criminal underworld. Ishi was inspired to start DJing after seeing the film '' Wild Style'' in 1983. "When I discovered the film Wild Style in 1983 I found what I really wanted to do, to express myself," he said in a 2015 interview. "Breaking, grafitti, rap, DJ… I always liked music so I chose DJ. My body wasn’t built for breaking, DJing was the thing for me." Career Aside from being considered one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12" Vinyl
The twelve-inch single (often written as 12-inch or 12″) is a type of vinyl ( polyvinyl chloride or PVC) gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a 'single' or a few related sound tracks on each surface, compared to LPs (long play) which have several songs on each side. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the mastering engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality. This record type is commonly used in disco and dance music genres, where DJs use them to play in clubs. They are played at either or 45 . The conventional 7‐inch single usually holds three or four minutes of music at full volume. The 12‐inch LP sacrifices volume for extended playing time. Technical features Twelve-inch singles typically have much shorter playing time than full-length LPs, and thus require fewer grooves per inch. This extra space permits a broader dynamic range or louder recording level as the gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliott Power
Elliott Omar Power-Taiwo, simply known as Elliott Power (often stylised as ELLIOTT POWER), is an English recording artist and commercial director born and raised in West London. Power released his debut single ''Sink/Swim'' in 2013 on Marathon Artists. His debut album '' Once Smitten'' was released in 2016 as a Marathon Artists and Mo' Wax collaboration. In 2015 The Elliott Power songs ''Sword Souls'' and ''On The Windrush'' were remixed by UNKLE and featured on ''Global Underground #GU41: James Lavelle Presents UNKLE Sounds - Naples compilation''. In 2022 Elliott Power received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial for ''Meta "Skate Nation Ghana"'' a film he co-directed alongside Bafic and Justyna Obasi. Background Elliott Power was born in Ealing Hospital in Southall, London, and was raised in Brentford, West London. He attended Little Ealing Primary School, Isleworth & Syon Secondary School and the University of Roehampton. Power's Mother is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money Mark
Mark Ramos Nishita (born February 10, 1960), known professionally as Money Mark, is an American producer and musician, best known for his collaborations with the Beastie Boys from 1992 until 2011. Early life Born in Detroit to a Japanese-Hawaiian father and a Chicano mother, Nishita moved with his family to Los Angeles, California when he was six. Career His first album ''Mark's Keyboard Repair'' (1995), was made up of keyboard driven pop-funk songs recorded at demo quality. Guy Ritchie used a song from the album in ''Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''. This was followed up by the ''Third Version EP'' in 1996 and '' Push the Button'' in 1998, for which Mark received critical praise. Whereas his 1996 EP was similar to his debut, ''Push the Button'' was extremely eclectic, combining aspects of rock music and pop with soul, funk and hip hop. This LP was met with good reviews, as was his 2001 follow up '' Change is Coming'' which had a tropical yet danceable disco and funk soun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
