Ragged Wood
The Bran Flakes
I Have Hands - CD / download
The Bran Flakes - Van Pop
Formed in 1992 amidst tape and zine trading scenes, The Bran Flakes already have seven releases of zany mashups and poppy audio collages that are more likely to cop a riff from Evel Knievel than anything on the current radio dial. Six years since their last release, they return with the absurdly entertaining I Have Hands.
Girl Talk
Feed The Animals - CD / download
Girl Talk - Set It Off
Pittsburgh artist Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) has scrupulously created music from samples for over eight years. His fourth album, Feed the Animals, continues his sonic evolution towards his party-infested live shows. With hours of material collected from two years of live shows, Gillis meticulously edited together a seamless album that combines 300+ samples.
Steinski
What Does It All Mean? - 2CD / download
Steinski - Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop)
Steve Stein is one of the most influential producers in hiphop, sampling, and cut & paste. Known simply as Steinski, his legendary mixes with Double Dee, “The Lessons,” are cited as definitive influences by DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and Fatboy Slim, among others. What Does It All Mean?: 1983-2006 Retrospective is the first and only official Steinski collection.
Oh Astro
Champions of Wonder - CD / download
Oh Astro - Hello Fuji Boy
"In true Illegal Art fashion, Jane Dowe and Hank Hofler’s first full-length as Oh Astro is comprised almost solely of sampled material. Champions of Wonder is an experimental conglomeration of glitchy techno, ambient, and broken-beat, all layer