Initial route is set
We just finished planning our initial route for the road trip. Seems like there’s going to be lots of night driving involved. We hit the road on August 20th. First stop. Lake Hiawatha, NJ. and then on to Dallastown, PA. Stay tuned.
DJ Muro at the Bambaataa Master of Records Open Archive
DJ Muro was in town for a few gigs, and we took the opportunity to catch up and continue our interview for the upcoming Dust & Grooves book. We met at the the Afrika Bambaataa Master of Records Open Archive at Gavin Brown’s enterprise (620 Greenwich St., NYC), an initiative Gavin Brown’s enterprise and Johan Kugelberg/Boo-Hooray Gallery, […]
Gilles Peterson for the Dust & Grooves book
Last week, during the last three days of my European photo shoot tour, I finally met Gilles Peterson at his Brownswood basement. Gilles has been a long time musical mentor for me, listening to his various radio shows and buying his compilations throughout the years. I couldn’t imagine my book to be complete without having […]
Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) for the upcoming book
On my previous visit to London, I had the honor to visit and profile Kevin Foakes of DJ Food. Beside being a recording artist, a record collector and a graphic designer, he’s also a great writer, so we decided to collaborate on a few profiles for Dust & Grooves. Kieran Hebden, also know as Four […]
Vinyl record fair – Amsterdam style with Alex Figueira
Hi, Just came back from a visit to a small record fair in Amsterdam, where I met Alex Figueira, a collector and vinyl dealer, who together with Edo Bouman, runs a nice little record shop at the heart of the red light district in Amsterdam called Vintage Voudou. At the end of the fair, I […]
UK Update – Floating Points, DJ Food, Ollie Teeba, Jonny Trunk, Colleen Murphy and almost Gilles
Hi, Just finished an intense and super productive week of shooting in London. Here is a sneak preview of what I’ve been up-to. Sam Shepherd – Floating Points A small and tight vinyl collection, with strong influences of classical music. Kevin Foakes – DJ Food Kev, who also goes by the name Strictly Kev, currently […]
UK update #1 – Dom Servini, Mr.Scruff & Andrea Trout
Hi, Just a quick update from the great kingdom. Keeping it super busy here, shooting every day. Here is what I was up to in the past 2 days Dom Servini – Wah Wah 45 Andrew “Mr.Scruff” Carthy – Manchester Andrea Trout – Manchester Coming up… Kevin Foakes (DJ Food), Ollie Teeba (The Herbaliser), Colleen […]
Japan update #2 – Kyoto Jazz Massive and The King of Digging
Just finished 2 amazing days of shooting with 2 of Japan’s most influential music artists. In Kyoto, I met with Shuya Okino, half of the production recording duo Kyoto Jazz Massive. He welcomed me in his traditional Japanese house in the heart of Kyoto. He had just got back from a DJ tour and digging […]
Dust & Grooves doing Japan – Part 1
Kon’nichiwa! Greeting from Tokyo, Japan. I have started a 2 month trip in order to collect more material for the upcoming Dust & Grooves book. During the 4 years of working on Dust & Grooves, I kept hearing crazy things about the vinyl culture in Japan, so now it’s time to see it in my […]
Dust & Grooves at noise Pop Festival – Saturday March 2nd, San Francisco
DUST & GROOVES: FOR THE LOVE OF VINYL A compelling and interactive exploration of the ever growing love and passion that music fans globally have for vinyl music culture. Join host and Dust & Grooves founder Eilon Paz and special Noise Pop family guests Sinkane, Roddy Bogawa director of Taken By Storm on legendary album art designer Storm Thorgerson and Neil Schield of Origami Vinyl […]
