Wax Poetics Issue 1

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Featured Articles:
  • The Power of Soul
    The inimitable jazz and funk drummer Idris Muhammad tells his story to writer Eothen Alapatt. Reprinted in our Anthology.
  • Make Checks Payable to Charles Mingus
    After stumbling upon a few of Mingus's ultra-rare self-pressed LPs in Catskill, New York, writer Karl Miller explores the town's economic history and Charles Mingus Enterprises. This article will be republished in our upcoming anthology.
  • Building Blocks
    The definitive history of the definitive compilation series, Ultimate Breaks & Beats, by contributing editor Andrew Mason. This much-sought-after article will be republished in our upcoming anthology.
 
Also Includes:
  • Turning the Tables on Bobbito DJ Monk One tests Bobbito's vinyl knowledge.
  • Library of Sound Wax Poetics talks to NY's Sound Library owner Rob Corrigan.
  • WFMU Record Fair, New York City A seller's perspective on the city's largest vinyl convention.
  • Give the Engineer Some Editor-in-Chief Andre Torres talks to hip-hop and jazz engineer/producer Scotty Hard.
  • Old School: David Axelrod An article on David Axelrod previously published in Down Beat, 1977.
  • Mindnumbing A look back at the Brainfreeze explosion.
  • Backwash Journalist and DJ Oliver Wang breaks down the various Brainfreeze-inspired comps.
  • Funk Soul Brothers A short chat with the audio two Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow.
  • Mr. Supreme Unearthed Seattle's premier record collector survives the earthquake.
  • Somewhere on the East Coast A brief pictorial of a secret spot splitting with vinyl.
  • Madlib: Tightlipped Producer extraordinaire lets a few things slip.
  • On the Blackhand Side The politics of blaxploitation flix.
  • Outlaw Nation American history and modern criminality.
  • Afronauts A collaboration between poet Thomas Sayers Ellis and Brooklyn artist Stozo (known for his LP covers for ZAPP, Fred Wesley, and the P-Funk All Stars).
  • re:Discovery Wax Poetics columnist and editor J. P. Jones reviews Bwana's self-titled LP.
  • The Academic Archive Columnist Joe Allen looks at Tom Phillips's work of art and literature A Humument, relating today's hip-hop sampling to borrowing in visual art and literature.
  • Home Improvement Build your own record crates.

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