L.A. Trip, Book & Road Trip update
Hello dear friends and backers, It’s been a while since our last update. lots of things happened since. some are really exciting. WEST COAST TRIP: I have just recently came back from a very productive visit to LA. Been working hard on photographing more collectors and spreading the gospel of Dust & Grooves on the […]
Norton Records Need Your Help!! (Hurricane Sandy)
Text by Rachel D. Abrams ~ Photos by Eilon Paz If you love vinyl, if you pierced your ears with rock’n’roll, Texas funk or Bowery punk, or just want to do something worthwhile in the post-Sandy recovery, go help out Norton Records in Red Hook, Brooklyn. They need you! When Hurricane Sandy reached the 30-year […]
Vinyl Talk: Yale Evelev of Luaka Bop
Yale Evelev of Luaka Bop talks about his vinyl collection, his collecting habits, his favorite artists and the future of vinyl in this video interview by Dust & Grooves. He also gives us a sneak peak to the upcoming Tim Maia re issue he’s been working on for the past 10 years.
The AEIOU mixtape for Dust & Grooves
Get the exclusive AEIOU mixtape for Dust & Grooves by TripleDouble, Duey Fm and Master Sinh. This is a treat for all our Kickstarter backers!! Get it here AEIOU Warmups…the Iron Chef Mix for Dust & Grooves from Dust & Grooves on Vimeo.
Extra Cuts: Keb Darge – London, UK
“Keb Darge is my all time hero when it came to rare Funk and Grooves. I grew up listening to his fabulous compilations ‘Keb Darge’s Legendary Deep Funk’. In one of my trips to Israel, I had a layover in London. That day, the volcano erupted in Island leaving half the world immobile. I was […]
Extra Cuts: Philip Osey
Philip Osey Kojo – Ghana In January 2011 I traveled to Ghana to document a diging trip with Frank Gossner of Voodoo Funk. We met Philip Osei Kojo from Mampong. an 80 year old man. He did not listen to records for the past 30 years just because he could not fix his record player. […]
Extra Cuts: Alejandro – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alejandro, a vinyl collectors from Buenos Aires, Argentina, in multi collage with a few of his favorite Carlos Gardel records. Gardel (11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. Gardel died in an airplane crash at the height of his […]
Extra Cuts: Noah Uman – Mr T's Commandments
Noah Uman with a sample of his rap novelty collection. Mr. T’s Commandments. Above a set of serviceable disco-funk arrangements, T raps about the dangers of such things as drugs, despair, talking to strangers and not respecting your parents. His delivery is still on the crude side: “Honor thy father and mother/ The Bible makes it […]
Dust & Grooves book Kickstarter campaign – Help us make this book happen!
After almost 4 years in the making of Dust & Grooves, the time has arrived to transform the site into a full color book!! I have just launched a very interesting and challenging Kickstarter campaign, in order to raise funds for the publication of the book. I will keep it short and let you enjoy […]
