Andy Maddocks is an English entrepreneur and musician. He was instrumental in the foundation of Skam Records,[1][2] a Manchester-based independent electronic label, in the early 1990s.[3][4] He is also a member of the collaborative, electronic music project Gescom together with Darrell Fitton, Russell Haswell, and Rob Hall.[1]
Skam records
editMaddocks founded Skam records (naming it as an acronym for Some Knowledge About Music) in 1990 or 1991, though the label did not become especially active until 1994.[4][3] Skam's first twelve-inch single was a self-titled debut from Lego Feet (a predecessor to British electronic music duo Autechre).[5] The label followed with two 12" EP records from Gescom. [4] Skam entered the full-length album market in 1998 with the releases of Soup by Bola, a stage name used by Darrell Fitton[6][7] and the album Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada,[6] the latter being jointly released with Warp Records.
As a solo act, Maddocks performed live on the second day of the first Coachella music festival in October of 1999. [8] Other artists affiliated with Skam records also performed that day, including Autechre, Jega and Push Button Objects.[8]
References
edit- 1 2 "Biography of Gescom's Rob Hall" (PDF). Dynamix-djs.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ↑ The Wire. 1998. Volumes 173-178. pg. 20
- 1 2 Bedroom Beats & B-sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century. (2020). United Kingdom: Velocity Press.
- 1 2 3 Mathieu, Christopher (25 October 2017). "Interview with Andy Maddocks of Skam Records". Igloo Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ↑ "Autechre's "lost" debut reissued". 29 November 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- 1 2 Peschek, David (26 November 2004). "CD: Bola, Gnayse". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ "Bola: Soup". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- 1 2 "Coachella Festival official website" Archived 2020-12-18 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
edit- Skam Records discography at Discogs
- Maddocks at Discogs
- epm-musiconline
- musicbrainz
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