Community Matters + For the Record

053 For the Record || Ben James


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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.

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Benjamin 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 Fire
  • Q&A

    • Little Simz
    • XL Records
    • Jamie xx
    • Boards of Canada
    • Black Dave
    • Discovering music today (34:20):

      • Soulection
      • COLORS
      • Factory.fm
      • First album ever purchased (35:45):

        • “Marshall Mathers LP” by Eminem
        • Most recent album purchased (35:55):

          • “Wet Leg” by Wet Leg
          • Artists discovered in the past year (37:45):

            • Samara Cyn
            • Flying Lotus
            • King Hannah
            • Desert island discs (48:28):

              • “Disintegration” by The Cure
              • “XX” by The XX
              • “In Rainbows” by Radiohead
              • ...more
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