In a 2015 FADER story about the rise of Brainfeeder, the Los Angeles-based label that revered electronic music producer Flying Lotus founded in 2008, beloved saxophonist Kamasi Washington points out that hip-hop and L.A.’s late-2000s beat scene — a loose genre-ifying of L.A.-created experimental music rooted in electronic and hip-hop — both have roots in his genre, jazz. “It’s coming from the same place, the musical rebellious nature of it,” he said.
华盛顿的观点简洁地定义了 Brainfeeder 的魅力。最初,Flying Lotus、其他鼓点场景制作者 Teebs 和 Samiyam,以及密友 Adam Stover 共同创建 Brainfeeder,旨在展示洛杉矶最优秀的热爱爵士的电子艺术家的音乐——尤其是那些更专注于嘻哈音乐而非其歌词的艺术家——如今这个记录标签已成为全球有影响力的音乐品牌。Brainfeeder 是一个艺术家强大的集合,他们的音乐尽管偶尔会偏向不稳定、摇摇欲坠的合成形式,但却闪耀着爵士乐器、音调和和弦进行,已与未来的器乐嘻哈及其相关流派紧密相连,至今已有十年。
\n看一眼 Brainfeeder X 的曲目列表,作为为庆祝成立十周年而发行的包含未发布作品和经典曲目的 4XLP 盒装套件,其所展示的无序、挑战性、令人印象深刻的电子音乐的巨大广度,证明了这个标签自诞生以来所提倡的音乐特色。为了庆祝 Brainfeeder 在音乐贡献方面道路的艰辛和非凡,以下是该标签发行的十张最值得收藏的黑胶唱片,按时间顺序排列。
Max Freedman is a music writer with bylines in FACT, Paste, Bandcamp, Under the Radar, FLOOD and more. Outside music, he really likes trying any chocolate-based desserts he's offered, telling people that Six Feet Under is worth making the time for five seasons of 12-13 hour-long episodes, and riding public transit routes he hasn’t previously taken.