Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker joins Stones Throw for an album reimagining Puerto Rican Boleros using his Oberheim synthesizer.
In hindsight, James Pants has always been hugely influenced by The Residents, a mysterious collective whose pioneering work before, during and after the post-punk era mixed high-minded artistic concepts and biting social commentary with a wide-ranging musical palette and desire to mix things up. Listening back through Pants albums for Stones Throw, it’s easy to identify similar traits; the hard-to-define desire to flit between and fuse genres (most obvious on his breakthrough set, 2008’s Welcome), the dark-ish analogue synths and CBDB attitude of 2009’s Seven Seals, and the low-slung, psychedelic posturing of 2011’s James Pants.
A new album “full of (fake) emotion, set to an exotica beat” will finally arrive on Stones Throw next month.
Eponymously titled album due on Peanut Butter Wolf’s label in November.
Oli Warwick speaks to Andrew Morrison, the Irish producer better known as The Cyclist, responsible for one of this year’s most captivating debut albums in Bones In Motion.
Ruth Radelet’s sultry lead is discarded in favour of deadpan punk funk on this Anika cover version of the Chromatics classic “In The City”.
If musical labels were kids from your high school, Los Angeles based Leaving Records would likely be the one that sold pot to the jocks behind the bleachers, argued about the best Marilyn Manson releases with the goths, dropped into art class once a week to mess around with the sculptures, and never participated in gym class unless it was absolutely mandatory, at which point it would prove itself surprisingly athletic.
Stones Throw and Invada artist Anika mixes this weeks podcast.
Dam Funk’s debut album Toeachizown has been reissued by Stones Throw, with the label also revealing the producer is hard at work on a follow-up.
J Dilla’s classic LP Donuts will get a special 7″ box set edition reissue by Stones Throw in January.
Stones Throw have announced details of Dual Form, a compilation released in conjunction with fellow Los Angeles label Leaving Records.
Our selection of the best artwork from June’s releases features more of those records you need two copies of: one for the turntable and one to hang on the wall.
Stones Throw have invited long term artist J Rocc to dig through tracks from the two compilations the Los Angeles label has released in conjunction with Veronica Vasicka’s Minimal Wave imprint for two edit 12″s.
Prince Language, James Pants, Samiyam and Peanut Butter Wolf all feature on the forthcoming and quite self explanatory Bruce Haack Remixes LP from LA based label Stones Throw Records.
Next week sees the release of The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol 2, the Stones Throw released compilation curated by Minimal Wave boss Veronica Vasicka. As a taste of what to expect the Los Angeles label are offering the Das Ding track from the compilation as a free download.
Full details have been revealed of the second volume of The Minimal Wave Tapes compilation jointly curated by Peanut Butter Wolf of the Stones Throw imprint and Minimal Wave’s Veronica Vasicka.