From dan hill Sent Fri, Oct 9th 1998, 17:53
From dan hill Sent Fri, Oct 9th 1998, 17:53
>From: Brock Phillips <xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx> > >Can somebody enlighten me as to the relationship between Grand Central, >Fat City, and Rae & Christian? Specifically, are the first two indie >trip/hip hop labels from Manchester? And where do Mark Rae and Steve >Christian fit into this whole deal? fat city is a record shop first and foremost. started in affleck's palace on oldham street in the early 90s. now has it's own shop next to vinyl exchange, picadilly, and eastern bloc. specialises in hiphop, dnb, soul, jazz, vinyl etc. very good. has also started its own label (some re-licensed stuff and more?). also has a crew of djs - play several nights in manc. (counter culture fr'instance), and the popular 'off-centre' at london's 333 (i tink). grand central is a label set up by mark rae - a spin off of fat city a few years ago. put out the two 'central heating' compilations which are both very good - veba, tony d, rae & christian, votel (who now has own label, twisted nerve) etc., as well as an album by tony d ('pound for pound) ... rae and christian have been remixing for years now - odd mix of very cool hip hop stuff, also did blue boy's 'remember me', and then someone like 'texas'? apparently doing natalie imbruglia next (mmm, imagine 'doing' natalie .... ah sorry). odd decision. anyway, off the top of me head on a friday night, so 'scuse any errors .... cheers, dan. (who used to work in the office above grand central - hello tib street!) ---+ dan hill [state51] ---+ new reviews on motion [9.10.98]: < frank zappa | wagon christ | solvent | dumb type | :zoviet*france: | jan garberek > http://www.state51.co.uk/motion/ +---