Andy Maddocks

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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]

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Skam records

Maddocks 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 12-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" 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 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

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ The Wire. 1998. Volumes 173-178. pg. 20
  3. 1 2 Bedroom Beats & B-sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century. (2020). United Kingdom: Velocity Press.
  4. 1 2 3 Mathieu, Christopher (25 October 2017). "Interview with Andy Maddocks of Skam Records". Igloo Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Autechre's "lost" debut reissued". 29 November 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. 1 2 Peschek, David (26 November 2004). "CD: Bola, Gnayse". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 14 August 2019– via www.theguardian.com.
  7. ↑ "Bola: Soup". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Coachella Festival official website" Archived 2020-12-18 at the Wayback Machine .


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