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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads â DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al â about their stories + the music that makes them.
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Jack Spallone started his music career talent-buying for live performances and artist management while still an undergrad. In 2016, he became an early contributor of Ujo Music, the ConsenSys project that introduced the first music cases on Ethereum. While at ConsenSys, Jack also worked with Harry Fox Agency and SESAC to secure the winning bid to be the technology partner of the MLC, among other enterprise client work.
Jack has built a reputation as a web3 music pioneer. He has helped artists enter into the web3 ecosystem to explore new format releases, artist DAOs, and crypto-based community building tools. Apart from continuing to help artists, Jack is an investor and advisor to several music web3 startups and an active participant in the dialogue shaping web3 music.
Today, along with long time collaborator and grammy-winning Andre Anjos (aka RAC), Jack leads a team of people building a data sharing protocol for music applications; Oscillator, and a music review and sharing app, Factory.
MUSIC MENTIONS
Ujo Music and RAC (22:08):
Q&A
Discovering music today (46:53):
First album ever purchased (51:57):
Most recent album purchased (52:30):
Artists discovered in the past year (53:43):
Desert island discs (54:23):
For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads â DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al â about their stories + the music that makes them.
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LatashĂĄ is a defiant visionary music artist, founder and world builder. She creates music and experiences that evokes feelings of aliveness and lightness, crossing genres to express the full spectrum of her human ingenious. Known for her transcendent performances, LatashĂĄ utilizes her voice, curation, theatrical talent, and dream-like storytelling to convey her perspectives on identity. She is also a leading pioneer in Web3 and innovative creative integrating cutting-edge technology into her artistic practice and independent innovation. LatashĂĄ is actively building TASH55 and her company TOPIA, a unique multi faceted world of music, art and next level experiences that ties tech, culture and music to human emotion. She continues to tour the world to reach and impact the present and future of both the music, experience and tech industries.
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Opening for Kanye early on (16:13):
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Discovering music today (35:56):
First album ever purchased (38:39):
Most recent album purchased (39:21):
Artists discovered in the past year (41:22):
Desert island discs (43:25):
Guest recs for future episodes (47:48):
For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads â DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al â about their stories + the music that makes them.
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JKriv is a Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and label owner. Widely known as a co-founder of the stalwart label Razor-N-Tape, J is also a highly respected producer, prolific remixer, and incendiary DJ.
In a music career stretching two decades, JKriv has blazed an unconventional path through club world, beginning as a trained jazz musician and live performer before honing his studio and DJ skills. JKrivâs prolific production work has yielded scores of releases on Razor-N-Tape, Glitterbox, Soundway Records, HeistRecordings, Moton Records, ZRecords, and many other labels. As a songwriter, arranger, collaborator, and studio musician, J has worked with luminary artists Dimitri From Paris, Horse Meat Disco feat. KathySledge, Adi Oasis, John Morales, Dames Brown and many more. JKrivâs music has garnered support from all quarters of club and radio DJs, such as Antal, Hunee, Colleen âCosmoâ Murphy, Derrick Carter, Disclosure, Andrew Weatherall, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Pete Tong, Craig Charles, and Jamz Supernova, among many others.
In 2024 J has shown a different side of his musical persona, with his electronic/ambient Within EP, a dub 7â under alias Kings of High Speed that has earned massive support from Gilles Peterson, as well as a steady stream of remix output. In early 2025 J will release a new original EP on Razor-N-Tape exploring heavier club sounds, in line with the high energy DJ sets he has been delivering.
Like his productions, JKrivâs DJ sets showcase his deep and diverse taste, weaving eclectic disco, house, world grooves, and offbeat selections together seamlessly. Coming off a recent EU tour that included sets at renowned venues Hi (Ibiza) for Glitterbox, Heidegluhen (Berlin), Night Tales Loft (London) and Pikeâs (Ibiza), the rest of 2024 will include hometown performances at Good Room, Gabriela, Nightmoves plus featured headlining sets in Seattle, LA, Mexico City and a return to the Mareh Festival in Brasil. J has recently been featured guests on NTS Radio, Openlab Ibiza, Balamii Radio and hosted his own regular âLiving Soundsâ show on Radio Alhara throughout lockdown.
As co-founder of Brooklyn label Razor-N-Tape, JKriv has had a sizable impact on both the local NY and global dance music scenes. The labelâs prolific and consistent quality output across 150+ releases over 12 years of operation has earned them eminent respect and support from club DJs, radio selectors and listeners around the world.
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Jazz as a career alternative (12:20):
Defining Razor-N-Tape (15:46):
Q&A
Discovering music today (26:15):
First album ever purchased (32:18):
Most recent album purchased (33:01):
Artists discovered in the past year (34:13):
Desert island discs (37:15):
Guest recs for future episodes (51:59):
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VISUALSÂ is the music of Andrew Fox,
A veteran musician, Fox has released his brand of psychedelic songcraft on Nicolas Jaarâs imprint Other People, Bruno Pronsatoâs Berlin-based label The Song Says, and now New Yorkâs House of Feelings.](https://www.hausofeels.com/).) Collaborating with Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE, Michael Lovett of NZCA LINES / Metronomy, The Range & others, VISUALS filters folk, psych, and soul through a pulsing, electronic prism.  Kinetic and lyrical, this is music you can see.
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Influences for upcoming projects (24:47):
Q&A
Discovering music today (36:07):
First album ever purchased (41:34):
Most recent album purchased (44:05):
Artists discovered in the past year (47:04):
Desert island discs (49:08):
Guest recs for future episodes (51:59):
For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads â DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al â about their stories + the music that makes them.
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Brandon Stosuy is the co-founder and editor in chief of The Creative Independent. He previously worked as director of Editorial Operations at the online music publication, Pitchfork. Brandon curates the annual Basilica SoundScape festival in Hudson, New York, and has been a music curator at MoMA PS1 in New York City and the Broad museum in Los Angeles. For over a decade, he and the visual artist Matthew Barney have collaborated on a series of live art and music events in Long Island City. Up Is Up, But So Is Down, his anthology of downtown New York literature, was a 2006 Village Voice book of the year. Brandon is also the author of three books on creativity, Make Time for Creativity, Stay Inspired, How to Fail Successfully (all published by Abrams) and two childrenâs books, Music Is... and We Are Music (both published by Simon & Schuster). In November of 2024 he published the anthology, Sad Happens: A Celebration Of Tears, also on Simon & Schuster. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two sons.
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From small town perspective shifts (9:15):
Curatorial evolution over the years (20:00):
Q&A
Discovering music today (31:00):
First album ever purchased (41:00):
Most recent album purchased (42:28):
Artists discovered in the past year (45:17):
Desert island discs (50:09):
For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads â DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al â about their stories + the music that makes them.
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Suzan Peeters (°1999) is a Belgian accordionist, composer, and experimentalist. She is constantly looking for new timbres and sound textures within the accordion, pushing its acoustic spectrum to its limits by manipulating the interplay between her body and the body of her instrument. Suzan studied classical accordion at KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent and at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. She is currently studying Live Electronics at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
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Q&A
Discovering music today (26:00):
Artists discovered in the past year (28:55):
First album ever purchased (33:35):
Most recent album purchased (00):
Desert island discs (37:01):
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Natalie CrĂŒe is a cultural producer, consultant, and activist leveraging arts, culture and emergent technologies for social change. She co-founded #CultureFix, a global network fostering civic engagement through creative initiatives. Natalie's work spans blockchain technology, including co-developing the Metaverse Music Festival (MVMF) and stewarding numerous grants and communities across the blockchain landscape. As founder of Web3Uncut, she leads a consultancy exploring and interrogating decentralized technologies, and recently founded a creative crowdfunding platform.
Music Mentions
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Discovering music today (23:20):
First album ever purchased (26:38):
Most recent music purchase (27.34):
Favorite artists discovered in the past year (28:19):
Desert Island Discs(29:36):
Recommended future guests (32:13):
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SĂ©bastien Devaud aka Agoria, born in Lyon on January 16, 1976 is a French electronic music producer, DJ and digital artist. Agoria started his music career in the mid-1990s and gained popularity in the early 2000s with his debut album "Blossom" released in 2003. He is known for his unique blend of techno, house, and ambient music, which has earned him a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential electronic music producers of his generation. Agoria has released several albums, EPs, and singles throughout his career, including "The Green Armchair" (2006), "Impermanence" (2011), and "Drift" (2019). He has released 5 albums with both major Universal Music, Virgin and indie labels Pias.
Agoria has been an early contributor to the French electronic music scene with the creation of his own label Sapiens, and Lyon electronic music festival Les Nuits Sonores. He has also collaborated with various artists, including Tricky, Ela Minus, Carl Craig, Neneh Cherry, Noemie, Rami KhalifĂ© and BlasĂ©. Agoria has performed at major music festivals and clubs around the world, including Coachella, Sonar, Melt, We Love Green, 3points east,âŠ
He has also been very active and creative in the art scene, he collaborated with Philippe Parreno and Nicolas Becker on art exhibitions and performances at the Armory Park in NYC (2018), at the turbine hall of Tate Modern in London (2018), and started his own solo show in Miami Art Basel (2019).
Combining art, music and science in his work, he collaborates with biologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers. He is considered the trailblazer of Biological Generative Art.
Agoriaâs work has been exhibited all around the world lately at major NFT events: in NYC on Times Square during NFT.NYC, in Barcelona at Sonar (co-curated by Antonia Folguera and Diane Drubay), at Refraction festival in NYC, at Proof of People show in London (curated by VerticalCrypto), and during Berlin Art Week (curated by Anika Meier) in September.
Last but not least, he has been invited last March to exhibit Phytocene and share his vision about web3 in front of United Nations.
Music Mentions
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Discovering music today (33:30):
First album ever purchased (42:00):
Most recent album purchased (43:30):
Artists of note discovered in the past year (44:03):
Desert Island Discs (46:33):
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Bio
Rising UK-based electronic artist and producer Jamie Reddington (aka Sound of Fractures) announces his groundbreaking project, "Scenes.â The interactive album invites fans to contribute their favourite memories and photographs in response to each of the recordâs songs, encouraging a lean-in, emotional connection thatâs been lost in our passive streaming environment.
âMusic isn't just about sound; it's about the memories and emotions they evoke. âScenesâ is an effort to give a tangible form to this abstract connection and capture it in something we can recognise,â shares Reddington. âEach song and its accompanying âScenesâ will populate a digital gallery â an archive that's a living testament to how music interacts with life moments in today's social media-dominated era."
Hundreds of listeners have contributed Scenes, embarking upon what fans are calling a âjourney through the rich tapestry of our inner worlds.â The BBC Radio-featured artist and web3 pioneer chooses one Scene to be each trackâs primary artwork, encapsulating it as a digital collectable that forever links artist and listener.
âScenesâ is Reddingtonâs most salient experiment to date. It builds upon a reputation based as much on championing music communities as his unique sonic signature, which blends elements of Jamie XX and Burial with found sounds like his daughterâs heartbeat.
Welcome to the world of Sound of Fractures, where every sound holds a story and every listener is a co-creator.
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Discovering music today (45:05):
First album ever purchased (48:15):
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Farida Amadou is a self taught bass player based in Brussels, Belgium. The electric bass has been her main instrument since 2011. In 2013, she started to play a lot of different genres, including blues, jazz and hip-hop. Then Farida discovered improvisation music, a style and community she quickly embraced. In 2017, after spending a year playing bass for Belgian punk band Cocaine Piss, Farida decided to focus on her solo improvisation practice and collaborations. Since then, sheâs played with folks like Steve Noble, Thurston Moore, Peter Brötzmann, and Moor Mother.
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First album ever purchased (26:02):
Most recent album purchased (26:53):
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Desert island discs (30:35):
Future guest recommendations (38:08):