Deantoni Parks - A Film about Building

Stones Throw - Choose Artist 7 Days of Funk Chrome Canyon Dam-Funk Dub Club Duppy Gun Guilty Simpson Homeboy Sandman J Dilla J Rocc James Pants Karriem Riggins Knxwledge Leaving Records Madlib Madvillain Mayer Hawthorne Mild High Club Mndsgn Myron & E NxWorries Peanut Butter Wolf Quakers Quasimoto Silk Rhodes The Lions Tuxedo Vex Ruffin White Boiz

Omarion & Ghostface on this Knxwledge beat

Stones Throw - Choose Artist 7 Days of Funk Chrome Canyon Dam-Funk Dub Club Duppy Gun Guilty Simpson Homeboy Sandman J Dilla J Rocc James Pants Karriem Riggins Knxwledge Leaving Records Madlib Madvillain Mayer Hawthorne Mild High Club Mndsgn Myron & E NxWorries Peanut Butter Wolf Quakers Quasimoto Silk Rhodes The Lions Tuxedo Vex Ruffin White Boiz

Dam-Funk – "Special Friends" – DJ 12" SINGLE

Dam-Funk – "Special Friends" – DJ 12" SINGLE

In the store | DAM-FUNK - OBE B/W SPECIAL FRIENDS

12-inch white label DJ single available now. "O.B.E." taken from Invite the Light, b/w new track "Special Friends." 33 RPM. Packaged in white sleeve with insert. Both tracks written, produced and Modern Funked by Dam-Funk.

DAM-FUNK IN AUS & NZ, 2016
SOLO LIVE PERFORMANCES

Jan 14: Sydney @ Sydney Festival
Jan 15: Sydney @ Sydney Festival  
Jan 16: Perth @ Ezra Pound Block Party  
Jan 21: Brisbane @ Wooly Mammoth  
Jan 22: Melbourne @ Howler
Jan 23: Melbourne @ Sugar Mountain Festival
Jan 24: Auckland @ Auckland Art Gallery

On the web: Dam-Funk / @damfunk

• + Mndsgn & Nanna B “Akasha”
  
• + Dam-Funk – "Special Friends" – DJ 12" SINGLE
  
• + Kanye – “Real Friends / No More Parties in L.A.” prod. by Madlib
  
• + Mild High Club - "Rollercoaster Baby" (video)
  
• + Dakim – Soap – album stream Digital/cassette album on Leaving Records
  
• + Knxwledge - Wraptapes 2/LP
  
• + Stones Throw Podcast 94 - 45 Minutes of Funk by PB Wolf and Dam-Funk
  
• + Video: Holiday Love by Tuxedo
  
• + Vivians – The Shaw (video) Vivians are Mndsgn and Koreatown Oddity
  
• + Donuts: The Sweater Knit sweater by Shedders, for J Dilla's Donuts
  
• + Video: Nxworries perform “Link Up” live in the dungeon.
  
• + Deantoni Parks – Technoself
  
• + NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) release ​“Link Up & Suede” EP Listen to the new single "Link Up"
  
• + Anderson .Paak's Malibu coming January 2016
  
• + Mild High Club live with Cigar Box Sessions
  
• + Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock – LICE Free, 5-track EP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + ALL CAPS Two new Stones Throw caps
  
• + Quas in Blue "Talkin' Shit" x-ray vinyl, back in stock, now in blue
  
• + Guy Blakeslee releases The Middle Sister (Leaving Records)
  

Mndsgn & Nanna B “Akasha”

Mndsgn & Nanna B “Akasha”

In the store | MNDSGN & NANNA B. – AKASHA

7-inch single with 14 x 21-inch newsprint poster. Instant digital download. Released by Akashik Records.

Side A is "Akasha," produced by Mndsgn with vocals by Nanna B. and Mndsgn. The flip side is a piano rendition of "Akasha" performed by Kiefer Shackelford. Artwork by Darryl Lopez, Ringgo Ancheta. Photos and video by Alima Jennings.

From the label:

Explore Akasha. Imagine, lying dormant within the depths of our consciousness, a place; a library of sorts - an archive where it's made possible to recall past lives, loves and experience.

Does the fabric of creation reveal its mysteries within the very essence of experience? Who would've thought these things were being recorded? Perhaps we can consciously access the Akashik Records from wherever we are to navigate where we're going.

• + Mndsgn & Nanna B “Akasha”
  
• + Dam-Funk – "Special Friends" – DJ 12" SINGLE
  
• + Kanye – “Real Friends / No More Parties in L.A.” prod. by Madlib
  
• + Mild High Club - "Rollercoaster Baby" (video)
  
• + Dakim – Soap – album stream Digital/cassette album on Leaving Records
  
• + Knxwledge - Wraptapes 2/LP
  
• + Stones Throw Podcast 94 - 45 Minutes of Funk by PB Wolf and Dam-Funk
  
• + Video: Holiday Love by Tuxedo
  
• + Vivians – The Shaw (video) Vivians are Mndsgn and Koreatown Oddity
  
• + Donuts: The Sweater Knit sweater by Shedders, for J Dilla's Donuts
  
• + Video: Nxworries perform “Link Up” live in the dungeon.
  
• + Deantoni Parks – Technoself
  
• + NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) release ​“Link Up & Suede” EP Listen to the new single "Link Up"
  
• + Anderson .Paak's Malibu coming January 2016
  
• + Mild High Club live with Cigar Box Sessions
  
• + Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock – LICE Free, 5-track EP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + ALL CAPS Two new Stones Throw caps
  
• + Quas in Blue "Talkin' Shit" x-ray vinyl, back in stock, now in blue
  
• + Guy Blakeslee releases The Middle Sister (Leaving Records)
  

Stones Throw Podcast 94 - 45 Minutes of Funk by PB Wolf and Dam-Funk

Stones Throw - Choose Artist 7 Days of Funk Chrome Canyon Dam-Funk Dub Club Duppy Gun Guilty Simpson Homeboy Sandman J Dilla J Rocc James Pants Karriem Riggins Knxwledge Leaving Records Madlib Madvillain Mayer Hawthorne Mild High Club Mndsgn Myron & E NxWorries Peanut Butter Wolf Quakers Quasimoto Silk Rhodes The Lions Tuxedo Vex Ruffin White Boiz

Video: Holiday Love by Tuxedo

Video: Holiday Love by Tuxedo

Happy Holidays from Tuxedo, Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One. The track is available exclusively at Amazon.

• + Video: Holiday Love by Tuxedo
  
• + Vivians – The Shaw (video) Vivians are Mndsgn and Koreatown Oddity
  
• + Donuts: The Sweater Knit sweater by Shedders, for J Dilla's Donuts
  
• + Video: Nxworries perform “Link Up” live in the dungeon.
  
• + Deantoni Parks – Technoself
  
• + NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) release ​“Link Up & Suede” EP Listen to the new single "Link Up"
  
• + Anderson .Paak's Malibu coming January 2016
  
• + Mild High Club live with Cigar Box Sessions
  
• + Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock – LICE Free, 5-track EP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + ALL CAPS Two new Stones Throw caps
  
• + Quas in Blue "Talkin' Shit" x-ray vinyl, back in stock, now in blue
  
• + Guy Blakeslee releases The Middle Sister (Leaving Records)
  
• + Free event w/ Stones Throw & Egyptian Lover. Los Angeles, Nov. 28.
  
• + New Stones Throw Hoodies
  
• + Cat 500 – The Comp. Broken footwork on cassette tape from Leaving Records.
  
• + Photos: Dam-Funk in Cologne by Schiko
  
• + Mild High Club: Lodown Interview
  
• + Knxwledge Europe Tour, November 2015
  
• + Deantoni Parks – “Bombay” Live performance video of a track from the forthcoming album Techoself
  

Anderson .Paak's Malibu coming January 2016

Anderson .Paak's Malibu coming January 2016

Cover by Dewey Saunders

Anderson .Paak, one of our favorite singers and one half of Nxworries, will drop his second solo album Malibu, January 15.

Malibu comes out on OBE/Steel Wool/ArtClub Int'l labels, featuring Madlib, Kaytranada, Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek, BJ The Chicago Kid and Rapsody among others.

Meanwhile, Nxworries' Link Up & Suede EP will be released tomorrow. Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge are working on a full length album as Nxworries, to be release in 2016.

ANDERSON .PAAK TOUR DATES

Dec 03: Brooklyn @ Rough Trade
Dec 04: Philadelphia @ The Foundry
Dec 05: Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
Dec 08: Atlanta @ Terminal West
Feb 11, 2016: Brussels @ Botanique
Feb 12, 2016: Amsterdam @ Paradiso Noord
Feb 14, 2016: København, Denmark @ Pumpehuset
Feb 15, 2016: Stockholm @ Debaser Strand
Feb 16, 2016: Oslo @ Parkteatret Scene
Feb 24, 2016: Paris @ La Bellevilloise
Feb 25, 2016: London @ XOYO
Feb 26, 2016: Manchester @ Ruby Lounge
Feb 27, 2016: Glasgow @ O2 ABC 2

• + Anderson .Paak's Malibu coming January 2016
  
• + NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) release ​“Link Up & Suede” EP on Dec. 4 Listen to the new single "Link Up"
  
• + Deantoni Parks – Technoself – full album stream
  
• + Mild High Club live with Cigar Box Sessions
  
• + Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock – LICE Free, 5-track EP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + ALL CAPS Two new Stones Throw caps
  
• + Quas in Blue "Talkin' Shit" x-ray vinyl, back in stock, now in blue
  
• + Guy Blakeslee releases The Middle Sister (Leaving Records)
  
• + Free event w/ Stones Throw & Egyptian Lover. Los Angeles, Nov. 28.
  
• + New Stones Throw Hoodies
  
• + Cat 500 – The Comp. Broken footwork on cassette tape from Leaving Records.
  
• + Photos: Dam-Funk in Cologne by Schiko
  
• + Mild High Club: Lodown Interview
  
• + Knxwledge Europe Tour, November 2015
  
• + Deantoni Parks – “Bombay” Live performance video of a track from the forthcoming album Techoself
  
• + Dam-Funk Japan/Asia Tour, November 2015
  
• + Ras G's Raw Fruit Vol. 3-4 2LP
  
• + on vinyl: Ahnnu's World Music & Perception
  
• + Vivians live at Sycamore Block
  

Mild High Club live with Cigar Box Sessions

Mild High Club live with Cigar Box Sessions

The Mild High crew were on tour in UK recently where they taped this live performance of "Undeniable" with Cigar Box Sessions.

MILD HIGH CLUB UPCOMING DATES:

Dec 08: Mild High Club, Los Angeles
Jan 09: Mild High Club, Ferndale
Jan 11: Mild High Club, Cincinnati
Jan 12: Mild High Club, Cleveland
Jan 13: Mild High Club, Bloomington
Jan 14: Mild High Club, Tomorrow Never Knows in Chicago
Jan 15: Mild High Club, Madison
Jan 16: Mild High Club, Indianapolis

• + NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) release ​“Link Up & Suede” EP on Dec. 4 Listen to the new single "Link Up"
  
• + Deantoni Parks – Technoself – full album stream
  
• + Mild High Club live with Cigar Box Sessions
  
• + Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock – LICE Free, 5-track EP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + ALL CAPS Two new Stones Throw caps
  
• + Quas in Blue "Talkin' Shit" x-ray vinyl, back in stock, now in blue
  
• + Guy Blakeslee releases The Middle Sister (Leaving Records)
  
• + Free event w/ Stones Throw & Egyptian Lover. Los Angeles, Nov. 28.
  
• + New Stones Throw Hoodies
  
• + Cat 500 – The Comp. Broken footwork on cassette tape from Leaving Records.
  
• + Photos: Dam-Funk in Cologne by Schiko
  
• + Mild High Club: Lodown Interview
  
• + Knxwledge Europe Tour, November 2015
  
• + Deantoni Parks – “Bombay” Live performance video of a track from the forthcoming album Techoself
  
• + Dam-Funk Japan/Asia Tour, November 2015
  
• + Ras G's Raw Fruit Vol. 3-4 2LP
  
• + on vinyl: Ahnnu's World Music & Perception
  
• + Vivians live at Sycamore Block
  
• + Our cassette store day tapes Jaylib, Quasimoto, PBW & DF, Vivians, Ssaliva, Dem Hunger, Sun Araw & Matthewdavid
  

Guy Blakeslee releases The Middle Sister (Leaving Records)

Guy Blakeslee releases The Middle Sister (Leaving Records)

In the store | GUY BLAKESLEE - THE MIDDLE SISTER

Vinyl: advance sale, now shipping exclusively from Stones Throw. Official release date: January 15, 2016.

“All instrumental immersion from visionary Los Angeles guitarist and songwriter.”

The Middle Sister, released by Leaving Records, is an instrumental album by Guy Blakeslee, guitarist from Entrance. Side A is all acoustic, improvised guitar music. Someone said it “sounds like John Fahey and Sandy Bull with celestial nuance.” Side B is all electric. Its more-experimental, “Noise Rock.”

GUY BLAKESLEE ON TOUR
11/29: Salt Lake City @ Diabolical Records
11/30: Boise @ Neurolux
12/1: Seattle @ Tractor Tavern
12/2: Portland @ Mississippi Studios
12/3: Arcata @ Richard's Goat
12/6: San Francisco @ Rickshaw Stop
12/8: San Diego @ Casbah
12/9: Los Angeles @ The Echo
12/10: Phoenix @ Last Exit Live
12/12: Austin @ Hotel Vegas
12/13: New Orleans @ Gasa Gasa
12/14: Nashville @ The End
12/15: Raleigh @ Neptune's Parlor

• + Guy Blakeslee releases The Middle Sister (Leaving Records)
  
• + Free event w/ Stones Throw & Egyptian Lover. Los Angeles, Nov. 28.
  
• + New Stones Throw Hoodies
  
• + Cat 500 – The Comp. Broken footwork on cassette tape from Leaving Records.
  
• + Photos: Dam-Funk in Cologne by Schiko
  
• + Mild High Club: Lodown Interview
  
• + Knxwledge Europe Tour, November 2015
  
• + Deantoni Parks – “Bombay” Live performance video of a track from the forthcoming album Techoself
  
• + Dam-Funk Japan/Asia Tour, November 2015
  
• + Ras G's Raw Fruit Vol. 3-4 2LP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + on vinyl: Ahnnu's World Music & Perception
  
• + Vivians live at Sycamore Block
  
• + Our cassette store day tapes Jaylib, Quasimoto, PBW & DF, Vivians, Ssaliva, Dem Hunger, Sun Araw & Matthewdavid
  
• + Vivians – Mndsgn and Koreatown Oddity
  
• + The Nice Price Sealed original tapes by De La Soul, RBL Posse, Blowfly, The Time and Souls of Mischief at Stones Throw's Cassette Store Day
  
• + Stones Throw Hip-Hop night – LA, Nov. 19 and SF, Nov. 22
  
• + Anderson .Paak – ANIMAL Episode 3
  
• + Video for Tuxedo's "The Right Time" (Kaytranada Remix)
  
• + Playback: Karriem Riggins on Boilerroom
  

Free event w/ Stones Throw & Egyptian Lover. Los Angeles, Nov. 28.

Free event w/ Stones Throw & Egyptian Lover. Los Angeles, Nov. 28.

LOS ANGELES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Stones Throw & Egyptian Lover present
Egyptian Lover's “Egypt, Egypt” pyramid vinyl

With Paintings by Egyptian Lover. All-vinyl, all electro DJ sets by: Peanut Butter Wolf, Arabian Prince, J Rocc, Egyptian Lover

6PM-10PM | 5607 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles

FREE SHOW, ALL AGES.
Free beer, Free wine with valid 21+ ID.

• + Free event w/ Stones Throw & Egyptian Lover. Los Angeles, Nov. 28.
  
• + New Stones Throw Hoodies
  
• + Stones Throw Hip-Hop night – LA, Nov. 19 and SF, Nov. 22
  
• + Cat 500 – The Comp. Broken footwork on cassette tape from Leaving Records.
  
• + Photos: Dam-Funk in Cologne by Schiko
  
• + Mild High Club: Lodown Interview
  
• + Knxwledge Europe Tour, November 2015
  
• + Deantoni Parks – “Bombay” Live performance video of a track from the forthcoming album Techoself
  
• + Dam-Funk Japan/Asia Tour, November 2015
  
• + Ras G's Raw Fruit Vol. 3-4 2LP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + on vinyl: Ahnnu's World Music & Perception
  
• + Vivians live at Sycamore Block
  
• + Our cassette store day tapes Jaylib, Quasimoto, PBW & DF, Vivians, Ssaliva, Dem Hunger, Sun Araw & Matthewdavid
  
• + Vivians – Mndsgn and Koreatown Oddity
  
• + The Nice Price Sealed original tapes by De La Soul, RBL Posse, Blowfly, The Time and Souls of Mischief at Stones Throw's Cassette Store Day
  
• + Anderson .Paak – ANIMAL Episode 3
  
• + Video for Tuxedo's "The Right Time" (Kaytranada Remix)
  
• + Playback: Karriem Riggins on Boilerroom
  
• + Dam-Funk interview with Resident Advisor (Audio)
  

Stones Throw Record Store Day, Los Angeles, Nov. 27

Stones Throw Record Store Day, Los Angeles, Nov. 27

Stones Throw Record Store Day
BLACK FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27

Presenting Egyptian Lover's “Egypt, Egypt” pyramid vinyl

With: Paintings by Egyptian Lover. All-vinyl electro DJ sets by: Chris "The Glove" Taylor, Peanut Butter Wolf, Arabian Prince, J Rocc, Egyptian Lover

6PM-10PM | 5607 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles

Free entry, all ages.
Free beer, Free wine with valid 21+ ID.

• + Stones Throw Record Store Day, Los Angeles, Nov. 27
  
• + New Stones Throw Hoodies
  
• + Stones Throw Hip-Hop night – LA, Nov. 19 and SF, Nov. 22
  
• + Cat 500 – The Comp. Broken footwork on cassette tape from Leaving Records.
  
• + Photos: Dam-Funk in Cologne by Schiko
  
• + Mild High Club: Lodown Interview
  
• + Knxwledge Europe Tour, November 2015
  
• + Deantoni Parks – “Bombay” Live performance video of a track from the forthcoming album Techoself
  
• + Dam-Funk Japan/Asia Tour, November 2015
  
• + Ras G's Raw Fruit Vol. 3-4 2LP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + on vinyl: Ahnnu's World Music & Perception
  
• + Vivians live at Sycamore Block
  
• + Our cassette store day tapes Jaylib, Quasimoto, PBW & DF, Vivians, Ssaliva, Dem Hunger, Sun Araw & Matthewdavid
  
• + Vivians – Mndsgn and Koreatown Oddity
  
• + The Nice Price Sealed original tapes by De La Soul, RBL Posse, Blowfly, The Time and Souls of Mischief at Stones Throw's Cassette Store Day
  
• + Anderson .Paak – ANIMAL Episode 3
  
• + Video for Tuxedo's "The Right Time" (Kaytranada Remix)
  
• + Playback: Karriem Riggins on Boilerroom
  
• + Dam-Funk interview with Resident Advisor (Audio)
  

New Stones Throw Hoodies

New Stones Throw Hoodies

In the store | HOODIE WHITE LOGO ON NAVY BLUE
In the store | HOODIE RED LOGO ON GREY

Did you notice it suddenly got cold. Whatever the reason for that, we got you covered with a couple new Stones Throw hoodies.

These are printed on soft, mid-weight fleece with generous fit for comfort. Features jersey lined hood, heavy gauge drawcord with metal eyelets, #5 metal kissing zipper and 1x1 ribbing at the cuffs and waistband. Chest width in inches: S=20, M=22, L=24, XL=26, 2XL=28. Body length in inches: S=28, M=29, L=30, XL=31, 2XL=32.

• + New Stones Throw Hoodies
  
• + Stones Throw Hip-Hop night – LA, Nov. 19 and SF, Nov. 22
  
• + Cat 500 – The Comp. Broken footwork on cassette tape from Leaving Records.
  
• + Photos: Dam-Funk in Cologne by Schiko
  
• + Mild High Club: Lodown Interview
  
• + Knxwledge Europe Tour, November 2015
  
• + Deantoni Parks – “Bombay” Live performance video of a track from the forthcoming album Techoself
  
• + Dam-Funk Japan/Asia Tour, November 2015
  
• + Ras G's Raw Fruit Vol. 3-4 2LP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + on vinyl: Ahnnu's World Music & Perception
  
• + Vivians live at Sycamore Block
  
• + Our cassette store day tapes Jaylib, Quasimoto, PBW & DF, Vivians, Ssaliva, Dem Hunger, Sun Araw & Matthewdavid
  
• + Vivians – Mndsgn and Koreatown Oddity
  
• + The Nice Price Sealed original tapes by De La Soul, RBL Posse, Blowfly, The Time and Souls of Mischief at Stones Throw's Cassette Store Day
  
• + Anderson .Paak – ANIMAL Episode 3
  
• + Video for Tuxedo's "The Right Time" (Kaytranada Remix)
  
• + Playback: Karriem Riggins on Boilerroom
  
• + Dam-Funk interview with Resident Advisor (Audio)
  
• + Anderson .Paak – ANIMAL Episode 2
  

Stones Throw Hip-Hop night – LA, Nov. 19 and SF, Nov. 22

Stones Throw Hip-Hop night – LA, Nov. 19 and SF, Nov. 22

WHITE BOIZ, PB WOLF, SAMIYAM and MNDSGN, also joined by J ROCC, play this Thursday, November 19, at Regent Theater in L.A. – TICKETS

Sunday, November 22 at Social Hall in San Francisco – TICKETS

Krondon & Shafiq Husayn perform live as White Boiz; Mndsgn & Samiyam beat sets; PB Wolf with a video DJ set.

• + Stones Throw Hip-Hop night – LA, Nov. 19 and SF, Nov. 22
  
• + Cat 500 – The Comp. Broken footwork on cassette tape from Leaving Records.
  
• + Photos: Dam-Funk in Cologne by Schiko
  
• + Mild High Club: Lodown Interview
  
• + Knxwledge Europe Tour, November 2015
  
• + Deantoni Parks – “Bombay” Live performance video of a track from the forthcoming album Techoself
  
• + Dam-Funk Japan/Asia Tour, November 2015
  
• + Ras G's Raw Fruit Vol. 3-4 2LP
  
• + Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” – triangle, white vinyl, pyramid
  
• + on vinyl: Ahnnu's World Music & Perception
  
• + Vivians live at Sycamore Block
  
• + Our cassette store day tapes Jaylib, Quasimoto, PBW & DF, Vivians, Ssaliva, Dem Hunger, Sun Araw & Matthewdavid
  
• + Vivians – Mndsgn and Koreatown Oddity
  
• + The Nice Price Sealed original tapes by De La Soul, RBL Posse, Blowfly, The Time and Souls of Mischief at Stones Throw's Cassette Store Day
  
• + Anderson .Paak – ANIMAL Episode 3
  
• + Video for Tuxedo's "The Right Time" (Kaytranada Remix)
  
• + Playback: Karriem Riggins on Boilerroom
  
• + Dam-Funk interview with Resident Advisor (Audio)
  
• + Anderson .Paak – ANIMAL Episode 2
  
• + Knxwledge - Anthology 50-track release, now on 2/LP
  

Tuxedo - The M+M Mixes

Tuxedo - The M+M Mixes

IN THE STORE | TUXEDO - THE M+M MIXES

John Morales is a DJ and mixer who helped to pioneer the use of editing for dance floor remixes of records in the 1980s. Morales mixed Tuxedo’s self-titled album, and returned to the master tapes to create his own mixes for this disco 12-inch single.

Morales got his start as a DJ in the 1970s, and began working in the studio on his mixes out of pure necessity. “I needed to get more out of the records I was spinning,” he says, “so I started making medleys and remixes because the records in those days were too short, the 3 minute range.”

Working long before the era of digital editing, he explains, “I started to do my edits using the pause button on a Teac cassette deck, [then] purchased a Sony reel-to-reel. It was hard work,with long hours of editing and putting all the little pieces of tape together to make something creative happen.”

In 1982, Morales partnered with Sergio Munzibai – giving birth to the “M&M” moniker – and worked on a vast number of dance-oriented releases with Morales focusing on music while Munzibai handled artist relations, management and promotion.

Alongside cult and groundbreaking records for the Fantastic Aleems (“Get Down Friday Night”), Class Action (“Weekend”) and Jocelyn Brown (“Somebody Else's Guy”) the pair mixed dance-floor successes for DeBarge (“Rhythm Of The Night”), Harold Faltermeyer (“Axel F”), Shakatak (“Down On The Street”), Miami Sound Machine (“Dr Beat”), The Temptations (“Treat Her Like A Lady”) and hundreds more in a period that saw them almost ever-present on the Billboard Dance, R&B or Hot 100 pop charts.

Munzibai died in 1991, while John continued solo production projects included such acts as Debbie Gibson, Brenda K Starr, Denise Lopez, The Thompson Twins, Blow Monkeys, Five Star and Art Of Noise.

Three compilations of John Morales’ The M&M Mixes were released by BBE Music in 2009-2013.

On the web | http://ift.tt/1UWlpJt | @JohnTheMixer

• + Tuxedo - The M+M Mixes Disco 12-inch single mixed by John Morales
  
• + Check out the video for Guilty Simpson's “The D”
  
• + Listen to Mild High Club's album TIMELINE
  
• + Guilty Simpson – DETROIT'S SON
  
• + Dam Trunk Dam-Funk selling synths from his car, film by Ross Harris
  
• + Mild High Club - "Undeniable" (video)
  
• + Leaving Records residency at Los Globos in Los Angeles, September 2015 Live shows with Mndsgn, Ras G, Matthewdavid, Dntel, Dakim, Ahnnu, M Geddes Gengras
  
• + Dam-Funk's Invite the Light
  
• + Homeboy Sandman, U.S. tour dates and "Nonbelievers"
  
• + Krondon and Shafiq Husayn are WHITE BOIZ. Album coming October 2nd.
  
• + Disclosure – "Holding On" feat. Gregory Porter – the Dam-Funk Re-Freak
  
• + Diva – Divinity in Thee
  
• + Mild High Club Tour Dates or, Here's some tour dates
  
• + Dam-Funk / LA Record / Invite the Light L.A. release party
  
• + Dam-Funk Tour Dates
  
• + NxWorries - "Suede" - official music video
  
• + DAM-FUNK SYNTH SALE. LOS ANGELES, 8/22 ONE DAY ONLY.
  
• + Peanut Butter Wolf, BreakBeat Lou To Perform At Banksy Theme Park Dismaland
  
• + Diva – “Satori” New single from the album Divinity in Thee. Vinyl available now.
  
• + Video: Dam-Funk's record collection