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Ubiquity Recordings
Ubiquity Records is an independent American Record Label that focuses on multiple genres, including but not limited to hip hop, electronic, funk, Latin, soul, jazz, singer/songwriters and other musical genres. History Ubiquity Records was conceived by Michael McFadin in the late 80’s after reading an article about how Delicious Vinyl was inspired by an article on Def Jam Records. He founded the label in 1990 along with his wife at the time out of the back of his record shop Groove Merchant Records in the Lower Haight of San Francisco. In 1989, Groove Merchant was a first of its kind (in the U.S.) boutique record shop in the Lower Haight area of San Francisco that specialized in vintage jazz, funk and soul genres. The shop soon got a reputation as ‘the place’ for collectors and musicians to visit when in town. Some frequent customers included Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest, Jamiroquai, Red Hot Chili Peppers, DJ Shadow, DJ Lethal, Neneh Cherry and her father Don Cher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world. The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody (producer)
Elvin Estela (born March 14, 1977), better known by his stage name Nobody, is an American hip hop producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a resident DJ at Low End Theory. He has collaborated with 2Mex, Abstract Rude, Freestyle Fellowship, Busdriver, and Mystic Chords of Memory. He has also been a member of Blank Blue and Bomb Zombies. ''Better Propaganda'' placed him at number 73 on the "Top 100 Artists of the Decade" list. Life and career Nobody's solo debut album, ''Soulmates'', was released on Ubiquity Records in 2000. The second solo album, ''Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. 1'', was released in 2003. He released the third solo album, '' And Everything Else...'', on Plug Research in 2005. It features guest appearances from Mia Doi Todd, Prefuse 73 and Xololanxinxo, among others. Nobody wrote the article about 1960s psychedelic rock for ''XLR8R'' in 2006. In 2008, Estela released the album, ''Western Water Music Vol. II'', on Ubiquity Records under the Blank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa-Ra Creative Partners
Sa-Ra is an American musical group based in Los Angeles, California, also known by its full name, The Sa-Ra Creative Partners. The group is composed of Om'Mas Keith, Taz Arnold, and Shafiq Husayn. The name translates roughly to "the children of God." The group's name, style and creativity are allusions to the similarly named jazz composer Sun Ra. Their music has been described as progressive soul, neo funk, and alternative hip hop. History Sa-Ra formed in the late 1990s from a trio of industry producers, musicians, and executives. The group’s discography includes songs with artists such as Jurassic 5 and Pharoahe Monch, and have collectively and/or individually produced songs for artists like Heavy D, Bilal (specifically his '' Love for Sale'' album), Dr. Dre, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Frank Ocean, Fonzworth Bentley, Jay-Z, John Legend and Goapele. The group had previously been signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label, where it planned to release their debut album. The label ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Davis Jr
Roy Davis Jr. is an American electronic musician from Chicago, Illinois, specialising in house music. Biography Davis was born in California and grew up in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and became interested in house music at an early age by the likes of Lil' Louis, DJ Pierre, Farley Keith (Farley Jackmaster Funk) and Marshall Jefferson. Davis began his own production company named Phuture in the late 1980s and went on to become an A&R scout for record label Strictly Rhythm in NYC whilst also running his Chicago founded record label Undaground Therapy Muzik. A few years later, Davis and singer-songwriter Peven Everett wrote and produced the single "Gabriel" which was released on Large Records in 1996 and later licensed and released on XL Recordings in 1997. The track garnered international airplay, and was played in nightclubs around the world. It peaked at No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1997. The single sold over 200,000 copies and has appeared on numerous of com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puracane
Puracane is an electronic music band from New York, featuring Ali Rogers on vocals, Juan Masotta on guitar and programming, David Leatherwood on bass, Susan Elinger on Piano, and Tony Diodore on guitar and violin. History Puracane formed in 1999, originally as the duo of Ali Rogers and programmer/producer David Biegel (who has also recorded under the name Skyjuice and as a member of Bugs).Theakston, RobPuracane Biography, Allmusic. Retrieved 29 December 2012Comer, M. Tye (2000)Puracane ''Things You Should Leave Alone'', ''CMJ New Music Report'', 27 March 2000, p. 24. Retrieved 29 December 2012Bush, John, "Bugs" in Bogdanov, Validimir (ed.) (2001) ''All Music Guide to Electronica'', Backbeat, , p. 74 The track Big Day was also on the soundtrack to the Snowboarding film Northparks. Puracane's first album, '' Things You Should Leave Alone'' was released in 2000 on Ubiquity Records. It featured former Psychedelic Furs guitarist Knox Chandler and was positively received, with Allmus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platinum Pied Pipers
Platinum Pied Pipers is a Detroit-based hip hop and R&B group composed of producer Waajeed (Robert O'Bryant), and multi-instrumentalist Saadiq (Darnell Bolden, not to be confused with Raphael Saadiq). Their music usually features a rotating and varied array of artists. Background The two met through rapper Baatin in 1992. Sometime in 2000, they decided to form a duo and began releasing 12"s and mixtapes. It was their collaboration with Dwele in 2003, however, called "Ridin' High" which caught the ears of music listeners, and set the stage for a full-length album. The pair have a rather distinctive mixture of sounds as, although Waajeed is primarily a hip hop producer, Saadiq is a protégé of Motown producer Barrett Strong, making for a finely tuned middleground. As stated in interviews, the name "Platinum Pied Pipers" was chosen at random and has no connection to the Pied Piper folk tale. Since Detroit is their hometown, they have said that the city is very important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orgone (band)
Orgone is an American band from Los Angeles, California. The group's sound draws from 1960s and 1970s-era funk and soul. While several members of the band played together from the early 1990s, Orgone did not coalesce into a regular band until around 1999. Many of their early gigs were as a backing band for hip-hop musicians. After a 2001 debut release, the band added vocalist Fanny Franklin to do a cover of "Funky Nassau" by the Beginning of the End; she remained as a full-time member, although much of their music is instrumental. The group released its second album ''The Killion Floor'' in 2007, which featured "Funky Nassau" as well as covers of "Do Your Thing" by Isaac Hayes and "I Get Lifted" by Harry Wayne Casey of K.C. and the Sunshine Band. In 2010 the band opened for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings on tour. They have also performed at festivals like Bonnaroo and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Discography * ''Orgone'' (Self-released, 2001) * ''The Killion Floor'' (Ubi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohmega Watts
Ohmega Watts, real name Milton Campbell, is an American hip hop producer and vocalist from Brooklyn, New York. He releases music under the name Ohmega Watts and as a part of the Lightheaded crew. Biography Campbell was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, by West Indian Parents from Jamaica. He lived in Brooklyn for eight years before moving to Laurelton, Queens, New York. He grew up listening to many types of music including reggae, calypso, soca, death metal, 80's pop and hip-hop, but only started to take a serious interest in music when he was around 11 years old. He gravitated towards hip-hop, listening to " Golden Age" artists including Run–D.M.C., LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Dana Dane, BDP, Eric B. and Rakim, Pete Rock and CL Smooth and Gang Starr, but the artists who influenced him the most sonically / production wise were artists in the Native Tongues Posse, such as A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, and Black Sheep. Ohmega Watts' first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomo (band)
Nomo is an American band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. The band formed at the University of Michigan, and is not to be confused with the 1980s Pop/New Wave band of the same name fronted by California singer-songwriter David Batteau, which is best known for the 1985 minor hit "Red Lipstick". Fronted by Elliot Bergman, the band has recorded for Ubiquity Records and Ypsilanti Records. The band has been recorded by His Name Is Alive frontman Warn Defever. Members of Nomo also perform on various His Name Is Alive albums, including '' Detrola'', '' XMMER'', and '' Sweet Earth Flower''. Members include nine core members; Elliot Bergman (saxophone, percussion, electric mbira, and electric sawblade gamelan), Erik Hall (guitar, Nu-Tone Cymbals, and drums), Quin Kirchner (congas, drums, percussion), Dan Bennett (baritone saxophone, percussion), Justin Walter (trumpet, wah-wah), Jake Vinsel ( bass). In an interview, Bergman said: "NOMO is a big melting pot of ideas and influence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Degiorgio
Kirk Degiorgio, better known as As One, is a British techno producer and DJ. Born in the late 1960s in Stepney, East London, and raised in Suffolk, he started producing music in the early 1990s. He founded the labels A.R.T. Records and Op-Art Records and releases on them as well as B12 Records, R&S Records, New Electronica, and others. His style is a mixture of Detroit-style techno, mixed with funk, soul and jazz fusion. He is one half of The Beauty Room. Discography As ''As One'' *''Reflections'' (1994) *''Celestial Soul'' (1995) *''Reflections on Reflections'' (1995) (Remix album) *''The Art of Prophecy'' (1997) *''Planetary Folklore'' (1997) *''In with Their Arps, and Moogs, and Jazz and Things'' (1997) *''So Far: So Good'' (2000) *''21st Century Soul'' (2001) *''Out of the Darkness'' (2004) *''Elegant Systems'' (2005) *''Planetary Folklore 2'' (2006) *''Communion'' (2019) As ''Kirk Degiorgio'' *''Check One'' (1996) *''Synthesis'' (1998) *''Two Worlds'' (2001) (Far Out Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimi Tenor
Jimi Tenor (born Lassi O. T. Lehto, 1965) is a Finnish musician. His artist name is a combination of the first name of his youth idol Jimmy Osmond and the tenor saxophone. His band Jimi Tenor & His Shamans released its first album in 1988, whilst Tenor's first solo album appeared in 1994. "Take Me Baby" became his first hit in 1994. He has released albums on Sähkö Recordings, Warp Records and Kitty-Yo record labels. Tenor has performed several times with the avant-garde big band Flat Earth Society. In 1997, he contributed a cover of "Down in the Park" to on the Gary Numan tribute album Random''. In 2009, he covered an Elektroids song for the ''Warp20 (Recreated)'' compilation album, as well as having his song "Paint the Stars" covered by Hudson Mohawke. Tenor was born in Lahti, Finland. Discography Jimi Tenor and his Shamans * ''Total Capacity of 216,5 Litres''; LP (1988, Euros) * ''Diktafon;'' CD/LP (1989, Poko Records) * ''Mekanoid;'' CD/LP (1990, Poko Records) * ''Fear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Ellis
Jeremy Ellis (15 February 1866 – 14 August 1943) was an English cricketer active from 1892 to 1898 who played for Lancashire. He was born in Bury and died in Billington. He appeared in six first-class matches as a lefthanded batsman who bowled left arm medium pace. He scored 56 runs with a highest score of 26 * and held five catches. He took 21 wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...s with a best analysis of eight for 21. Notes 1866 births 1943 deaths Cricketers from Bury, Greater Manchester English cricketers Lancashire cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
