Digging Our Own Crates: BB – Brigitte Bardot
Digging Our Own Crates: BB – Brigitte Bardot // Phillips Records, 1964 “It was a photo of Brigitte Bardot, with her big blonde hair, wearing... Read More
Digging Our Own Crates: The Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack
“You know, just because we’re talking about girl-pop doesn’t mean that the records are all sugar ‘n’ honey. The Shangri-Las were tough as hell, singing... Read More
Digging Our Own Crates: Sonic Youth – NYC Ghosts & Flowers
“This is claimed to be a German, promo-only single from the NYC Ghosts and Flowers album by Sonic Youth. But it looks, feels and sounds... Read More
Update: Dust & Grooves second edition book and The Postcard Box
The Dust & Grooves Book – Second Edition with Questlove If you didn’t think the book could get any bigger (or better)… the second edition of Dust... Read More
The Gaslamp Killer – Los Angeles, CA
William Bensussen is lucky to be alive. In the summer of 2012, the Los Angeles-based producer and DJ, better known as The Gaslamp Killer, was riding his scooter home from a friend’s house when a gust of wind threatened to take his hat. Reaching for it with one hand and braking with the other, he flipped his scooter, catching a hard blow to the gut on the way down. Internal bleeding meant emergency surgery, which left him with a scar the length of his abdomen and no spleen...
Gilles Peterson – London, England
Over the past 25 years, the name Gilles Peterson has gradually become synonymous with his self-styled ‘worldwide’ sound and his eternal quest for the perfect beat. Coming from French-Swiss parentage in South London, Gilles worked his way up the greasy pole of the music industry, taking on lowly jobs at record labels and setting up his own pirate radio station, to eventually become one of the most revered tastemakers in the UK and beyond.
Dust & Grooves x Ninja Tune Records Giveaway
To celebrate our London book launch party on Friday May 23rd, Dust & Grooves has teamed up with Ninja Tune to give away two, one of... Read More
Philippe Cohen Solal (Gotan Project) – Paris, France
Co-Founder of Gotan Project, Philippe reveals how a trip to a kibbutz, electronic music and film scores led him to urban tango.
Miriam Linna & Billy Miller – Norton Records
I first met Billy and Miriam of Norton Records and Kicks Books at one the Big Ten Inch parties that ran out of Brooklyn, spinning mostly old 78 RPM records. We then got to know each other even closer when hurricane Sandy hit their warehouses in Red Hook and flooded their entire stock. I was living a few blocks away and immediately ran over to help them salvage the records, recruit other volunteers, and bring my camera along to film the disaster.
Record Stores You Can Buy Our Book At On RSD 2014
People have been asking, “Where can I get the Dust & Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting book on Record Store Day 2014?” Well, here’s a... Read More