Music marketing guru and impresario Leeor Brown founded the Friends of Friends record label in March of 2009. It has already provided a window into the future of the record label industry, releasing digital-only content coupled with 100 percent organic T-shirts custom-designed by well-known artists. Friends of Friends Volume 1 features music by Daedelus and Jogger, and a t-shirt designed by husband and wife art-powerhouse, Kozyndan. FoF’s Friends of Friends Volume 2 features tunes by Larytta and Bauchamp, and a shirt by Tatiana Rihs. Flavorpill sat down with Leeor Brown for a Q&A about the Little Label That Could, and the past, present, and future of the music industry. Read More »

Like most of the snowbirds, I was at Miami’s annual Winter Music Conference for some sun, beach, dancing, and schmoozing. As often happens, my first night descended into a series of mix-ups: was Gui Boratto playing or not? Was I “sorted” at Danny Tenaglia‘s marathon? Fortunately, I’d caught both of them last year, so calling it a night (especially after a two-hour flight delay) came easy. Read More »

Avant-electronic maestro Alfred Darlington (aka Daedelus) is pretty much always in motion. This month alone, the sometimes jazz hound and skewed Dublab darling drops a split EP with Jogger, before touring Europe behind a new release by the Long Lost — his dreamy, electroacoustic collaboration with wife and muse Laura Darlington.

Jane McCarthy of our sister publication Earplug sat down with Darlington at his studio in Santa Monica to talk sampling, Victorian Dandyism, Brian Eno, and the perils of classical training. Then, when the producer’s wife entered the room, McCarthy fell head-first into a couple’s lament on the meaning of love. Ah, the perils of music journalism.

Read the interview after the jump.

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