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Dec 1, 2001 12:00 PM, Simona Rabinovitch
STYLE: Underground hip-hop
ESTABLISHED: In 1996 by Peanut Butter Wolf, aka Chris Manak
ARTISTS: Peanut Butter Wolf, Charizma, Breakestra, Madlib, Lootpack, Rob Swift, Cut Chemist, Rasco/Planet Asia, Fanatik
ESSENTIAL LISTENING
Breakestra — The Live Mix Part 2
Madlib/Yesterday's New Quintet — Angles Without Edges
Peanut Butter Wolf — My Vinyl Weighs a Ton
Quasimoto — The Unseen
Rob Swift — Soulful Fruit
MANIFESTO (according to Wolf): “To find people within the music industry who believe in our music enough to put their time and money into it so we can produce it; then, to find listeners who like our music enough to choose it over clothes, nightclubs, booze, weed, video games, other music, and whatever else they spend their ‘fun money’ on. I have always been committed to releasing vinyl LPs as well as breakbeat records. I put out instrumental versions of the albums because the artists should be able to rock a show from vinyl, and the DJs ask for it. It's better to lose a little profit than sacrifice quality.”
A&R PHILOSOPHY (according to Wolf): “As a DJ, I get to travel, so I see the up-and-coming talent. I signed Breakestra after seeing them live at a club and Lootpack after hearing their song on college radio. Quasimoto was Madlib's side project that he never intended on releasing, but I heard it by mistake 'cause it was on the back of a Lootpack tape I was listening to. I'm never actively looking for new artists because I like who we work with right now, and as a three-person company, we don't really have the time to commit to that many more projects.”
Contact: Stones Throw Records; 8117 W. Manchester Ave., No. 644, Los Angeles, CA 90293; e-mail pbwolf@stonesthrow.com; Web www.stonesthrow.com.
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