Spiritual Life Music is a music and art company and a
record label that focuses on underground dance music. It emerged from the
New York City dance record store ''Dancetracks'' owned by Joaquin Claussell and Stefan Prescott.
With locals from the black diaspora such as Haiti (
Jephté Guillaume
Jephté Guillaume is a Haitian-born DJ, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist from Brooklyn whose signature Haitian folk song-infused house music was signed and promoted by the New York-based Spiritual Life Music brand. His Tèt Kale sound ...
), Puerto Rico (Joe Claussell and brother
José Claussell
José "Cochise" Claussell is a New York percussionist. He is the brother of DJ and music producer Joe Claussell.
He works very often on his better-known DJ brother's Joe Claussell's own releases and remixes, often released on either of his broth ...
), the Caribbean and Africa (Ola Jagun,
Femi Kuti).
Albeit largely implemented in dance music and African sources, Spiritual Life Music provides a myriad of fusion sounds from jazz, electronica, songs and many others.
From 2000 to 2004, the label promoted artists on the underground club including
3 Generations Walking ("Slavery Days", "To Live"),
Slam Mode ("Clouds", "Uhuru"),
Jephté Guillaume
Jephté Guillaume is a Haitian-born DJ, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist from Brooklyn whose signature Haitian folk song-infused house music was signed and promoted by the New York-based Spiritual Life Music brand. His Tèt Kale sound ...
("The Prayer", "Voyages of Dreams", "Pouki", "Lakou-A"),
Nitin Sawhney ("Homelands" remixes), and
Mental Remedy (Jephté Guillaume and Joaquin "Joe" Claussell; "Kotu Rete", "Agora e seu Tempo").
External links
* – official site
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American record labels
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