Rick 'The Godson' Wilhite cues up a compilation pulled from the community around his record shop 'Vibes - new&rare music'. Best known for releases under his Godson moniker and the 3 Chairs collaborations alongside Theo Parrish and Kenny Dixon Jr, he also ran the Vibes music store, which proved a lifeline for music lovers all over Detroit.

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Former Red Bull Music Academy participant and now-teamster Max Cole meets the LA team behind Secondhand Sureshot, a film about making new beats from junkshop treats, for today’s issue of the Daily Note.

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Detroit's Kenny Dixon Jr. is known as one of the most elusive star of the house/disco/impossible-to-pin-down music scene, both baffling and influencing generations of producers with his inimitable production style and radical approach to media and the music industry. After his appearance at the Academy's roller disco jam at the Renaissance Rooms we managed to catch a couple of hours with the man himself.

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San Francisco's B. Bravo just released a new EP on Frite Nite, Computa Love. The title cut is a playful variation on both lush London lovestep and raw Cali funk, and can by previewed below.

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Mark Ronson's production discography might easily be startling attached to a figure twice his age: since his recording debut in the early '90s, he's waved his pop-cred wand over Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen and Daniel Merriweather, while kick-starting the careers of rappers like Wale or Rhymefest on his own Allido imprint, consistently retaining creative control over both his producer and highly sought-after DJ enterprises. It would be enough that he was even involved in such an array of musical outputs; that he has been at the helm and has executed his endeavors with such originality and flair makes his achievements all the more impressive.

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