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Launched in 2001 by Tim Goldsworthy, James Murphy and Jonathan Galkin, DFA has developed into one the most influential indie labels of the decade and the nucleus of New York's disco-dance-punk scene. Originally intended to be called Death From Above, the name was abbreviated in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Early successes for the label came from groups The Rapture and The Juan MacLean, although it was James Murphy's own debut album as LCD Soundsystem that made DFA Records a household name. With a distribution deal with EMI in place the label has been steadily growing since, releasing music by acts like Holy Ghost!, Gavin Russom's Black Meteoric Star project, and most recently Athens, Georgia based punk/wave band Pylon.
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Black Meteoric Star is the solo project of Rhode Island born musician, producer and artist Gavin Russom, appearing on New York's well respected DFA label. Russom's creative drive first...
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Black Van is the new project of Hamburg, Germany, based producers Kris Menace and KoweSix, also known as one half of successful electro pop duo Moonbootica. After Kris applied his...
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NYC duo Holy Ghost! consists of Nicholas Millhiser and Alexander Frankel, who grew up only a few blocks from each other in New York City and began collaborating on music at an early...
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Originally part of electro-punk outfit Six Finger Satellite, who recorded five albums for Sub Pop between 1990 and 2001, John MacLean got to meet James Murphy, who worked as a sound...
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Marcus Lambkin began DJing in 1992 after leaving Dublin for NYC, where he got together with some friends to play dance music on a Sunday night at the now famous rock venue, Brownies....
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This label is featured in Update #073:
The Best Albums of 2011
As the old year draws to a close, we recap the finest musical moments of 2011. For this update we have selected our favourite full-lengths of the year, and we are making all of these indispensable albums available to you for a special price until January 15, more...
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12 October 2010
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DFA issues a retrospective of New Yorks great disco-experimentalist Peter Gordon, who pioneered the fusion of dancefloor grooves, no wave, and avant-garde music during the 1970s. A highly diverse and entertaining album that's a must for all James Murphy and Arthur Russell fans.
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This label is featured in Update #070:
Modeselektor, Roman Flügel, Four Tet, Joakim
Modeselektor are back! After four years spent with Moderat and setting up their own label the Berlin pranksters return with their eagerly awaited third album, 'Monkeytown'. Don't just stop reading there however, as September was ripe with many more fantastic more...
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This label is featured in Update #068:
Berghain 05, Total 12, Balam Acab, Stereo MC's
You could literally hear the jolts and jostles of the music industry's shifting into gear last week: From a quiet holiday mode to the bustle and hustle of what should be an intensely busy autumn season. If you're still in a tranquil summer mindset you might more...
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02 August 2011
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This label is featured in Update #067:
Secretsundaze, Roska, Fennesz, Little Dragon
We hope that you have escaped the grizzly northern European weather in time and will be spending your Monday morning at a sunny beach. But even if you'll be riding the subway to work instead, here is some of our favourite new music to keep you in a summer more...
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26 July 2011
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Leading off a barrage of new DFA singles by a seeming bunch of newcomers (like Juan MacLean under his Peach Melba guise), Fall On Your Sword is original LCD Soundsystem guitarist Phil Mossman, who has teamed up with partner Will Bates for two tracks of epic slow-spun synthie disco. Nice.
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This label is featured in Update #066:
This Year's Best Albums For A Special Price
A hot and long summer finally at our doorstep, it is once again time to appreciate the best music of the year so far in our Summer Sale 2011! From Moebius to Moby, from the deepest electronic underground to chart-topping heights, 150 of our favourite albums more...
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This label is featured in Update #063:
Mark E, Vladislav Delay Quartet, Tiger & Woods
The past month of May provided us with a release schedule almost as erratic as the weather, but sticking to our monthly essentials should keep you on the safe side in terms of musical quality. Outstanding artist albums from Mark E, Dominik Eulberg and more...
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31 May 2011
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The inimitable Gavin Russom gets at it again, this time showcasing a more disco-oriented side to his collaboration with vocalist Viva Ruiz. It wouldn't by Russom however it there wasn't a psychedelic edge to their sexy, percussive new single 'Touch' on DFA. Recommended.
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02 May 2011
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Just their second proper release after 2008's acclaimed single on Italians Do It Better, the New York duo drop this one on DFA. 'In A Hole' an ultra-reduced, percussion and synth-teased tearjerker and 'Can't Feel My Knees' pulsing minimalist melancholy with brill dubs of both. Spectacular.
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This label is featured in Podcast #039:
Wolfram's fascination with those slightly camp moments in music history has yielded a zero" podcast this week that's ripe with little-played gems from the days when disco became house: Knight Action's 'Single Girl', Gwendolyn's 'Come To Me', and Ron Hardy's more...
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This label is featured in Update #054:
Wolf + Lamb vs. Soul Clap, G.Rizo, DJ Harvey
Looking back into the future is not an oxymoron, as today's selection of excellent releases proves. Take US East Coast duos Wolf + Lamb and Soul Clap for instance: Having learned their trade from the disco, funk, and soul stars of the 1970s and '80s, they are more...
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14 March 2011
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After years of helping other people perfecting their craft as DFA's in-house engineer, Gunnar Bjerk releases his debut single on the label. 'Back Then' is an easy-going and light-hearted pop tune, while 'Stay' underpins its disco pop with a more upfront beat. Slightly over the top, but a fun single nevertheless.
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This label is featured in Update #051:
Agoria, James Blake, Moritz Von Oswald Trio
February is rumoured to be the year's shortest month, but looking at the past weeks' shocking amount of great releases we are not sure we can confirm this. Massive artists albums by Agoria, James Blake, Isolée, Siriusmo, Nicolas Jaar, Steffi, Tim Hecker, more...
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This label is featured in Update #050:
Siriusmo, Munk, Nicolas Jaar, Kitsuné
Romantic eclecticism is our theme this week, from champagne-zipping disco-funk by Munk and Benoit & Sergio to psychedelic free-style sounds by Toro Y Moi, Peaking Lights, and Nicolas Jaar, whose acclaimed debut album has just seen an international release. more...
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21 February 2011
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Washington-based tech-pop duo Benoit & Sergio are on a roll: After releases for Thesongsays and Spectral Sound they land on DFA for 'Boy Trouble', a sweet synth-pop song which is backed by the more laid-back 'Full Grown Man' and 'What I've Lost', as well as a Visionquest remix. Nice one.
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Tiago Miranda has long served on the circuit with remixes and releases on labels like Italians Do It Better and Disco Devil. Now on DFA, he dazzles with finely balanced disco house, 'Disambiguation' with its synth swells and metallic slashes and 'Nada A Perder' perkier with an itchy piano riff. Lush.
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This label is featured in Feature #128:
Michael Mayer, Mark E and John Talabot Reworks
Co-written by James Murphy and Nancy Whang, the heart-breaking 'Take 'Em Up' was one of the definite highlights on Shit Robot's recent 'From The Cradle To The Rave' album, and now deservedly sees a single release via the mighty DFA label. The included more...
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This label is featured in Update #041:
Magda, Martyn, Modeselektor
Compilations have been the big thing this November, and no matter whether your poison's techno, dubstep, juke, or hip-hop, this month had something in store for you: Ostgut Ton's 'Fünf', Modeselektor's 'Modeselektion', Ghettophiles 'Overkill' and Listen Up's more...
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Woolfy's 'Looking Glass' is a haunting dancepop dream, perfectly formed indie-synth melancholia complete with a mournful vocal. DFA mix this up with an acid-pumped psychedlic remix by Foolish Felix, but the deep and gorgeously hypnotic remix by Canyons takes the cake. Very nice.
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This label is featured in Update #037:
Apparat, John Roberts, Darkstar
Gems aplenty in this edition of our monthly newsletter, from Apparat's stunning DJ-KiCKS, to John Robert's excellent album debut for Dial, and Darkstar's likewise stunning first on Hyperdub. The Modeselektor boys release the extended vinyl edits of their more...
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25 January 2010
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