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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4Benjamin James is a contributor at Oscillator and Factory. He’s also the founder of Ziggy Ziggy, a music brand that celebrates on-chain music culture – named after one Ziggy Stardust. He’s also a writer for Billboard and a former artist and producer. He used to run a small record label in the north of the UK, where he joined forces with a brother-sister combo of vocalists and started a group called Mausi. Together they built a career as artists, touring with big names like Charli XCX and Rudimental before succumbing to the suppressive power of a major label.MUSIC MENTIONS David Bowie The Cure Talking Heads Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Strokes “Meet Me in the Bathroom” by Lizzy Goodman LCD Soundsystem Interpol Faithless The Clooney (Newcastle) Polarsets SoundCloud Hype Machine Mausi Charli XCX RAC Future Tape Neon Gold Records Water & Music Catalog Factory.fm Oscillator Spotify Arcade FireQ&A Little Simz XL Records Jamie xx Boards of Canada Black DaveDiscovering music today (34:20): Soulection COLORS Factory.fmFirst album ever purchased (35:45): “Marshall Mathers LP” by EminemMost recent album purchased (35:55): “Wet Leg” by Wet LegArtists discovered in the past year (37:45): Samara Cyn Flying Lotus King HannahDesert island discs (48:28): “Disintegration” by The Cure “XX” by The XX “In Rainbows” by Radiohead
