Seattle’s DJ Explorateur (vinyl enthusiast Valerie Calano) has been a key figure in Seattle’s thriving underground music scene as a DJ and curator. Her knowledge of psychedelia, electronic, new age,…

Kevin Patrick is an artist manager, label owner, A&R executive, radio promotion veteran, broadcaster and as well, an obsessed record collector. Particularly passionate about the British Invasion, he convinced a…

To say that vinyl records are a part of DJ Prestige’s life would be a considerable understatement. A DJ and vinyl advocate for more than two decades, Prestige has been…

Rebecca Birmingham is a record collector and dj who was born and raised in New Jersey and lives in Brooklyn. She started seriously collecting hillbilly and country records in 2005,…

Growing up in East Brunswick and Manhattan, Steven Blush went from dreaming of making it as a famous musician to becoming a journalist in the entertainment world. He has just…

Sheila Burgel is a writer, record collector, girl-pop enthusiast and DJ. She has spent most of her life in the dusty old record shops of New York, London, paris and…

Sean Daly is an American rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner (Spawn). Turner…

Anthony Davis is an American hip hop producer. He is best known as being one half of the hip hop group Atmosphere, but has worked with many other artists and…

Oliver Wang is a professor of sociology at CSU-Long Beach and the author of Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews of the San Francisco Bay Area. He contributes…

Monalisa is a Los Angeles based DJ who started out in the music business in the field of marketing and promotion before making her transition to the turntables in 2006.…