Alex Barck
Jazzanova's spokesman on the rise of nu jazz and grannies smuggling Public Enemy
Toronto 2007
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Before the wall came down an 80-year-old grandma had to smuggle records like Public Enemy in for us.
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We wanted to find every sample on 'Paul's Boutique' by the Beastie Boys. Which we did, actually.
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In 10 years of Sonar Kollektiv, we often asked ourselves, “Do we move on or do we stop here?” We always moved on.
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Interviewer
Benji B
Via his eclectic midweek Deviation club night in London and must-listen radio show on BBC Radio 1, Benji B blurs genre lines more dauntlessly than most DJs of his generation. Inspired equally by soul, jazz, hip hop, dance music, and the young new crop of artists and producers he champions, Benji B is at once tastemaker, intrepid selector and astute club DJ.
