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DJ Magic Mike, the discovery bass maker after 2 Live Team, was the music’s most important recording designer. An underground label impresario on the purchase of Grasp P, Mike’s productions had been much rougher compared to the slick Miami bass audio and pursued a gritty old-school vibe — even more …

A mythical physique, original Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel pioneered a forward thinking funk-metal audio in the first ’70s, finest exemplified on his mammoth vintage instrumental jam “Maggot Mind.” This mythological position comes from his short, mysterious period of efficiency, a shadowy three-album routine capped by Maggot Mind that found a …

While Dominique Durand and Andy Chase were setting the finishing details on Ivy’s third album, LONG-DISTANCE, and preparing themselves for parenthood, they launched Paco with composer Michael Hampton and engineer Gary Maurer. Hampton, a previous Dischord D.C. punk, have been carrying out his own rating and soundtrack function, while Maurer …