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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JKriv is a Brooklyn-based producer, DJ, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and label owner. Widely known as a co-founder of the stalwart label Razor-N-Tape, J is also a highly respected producer, prolific remixer, and incendiary DJ.

As co-founder of Brooklyn label Razor-N-Tape, JKriv has had a sizable impact on both the local NY and global dance music scenes. The label’s prolific and consistent quality output across 150+ releases over 12 years of operation has earned them eminent respect and support from club DJs, radio selectors and listeners around the world.

MUSIC MENTIONS

• Sly & the Family Stone
• Parliament
• Funkadelic
• Red Hot Chili Peppers 
• Rage Against The Machine
• Tortured Soul
• Shelter (NYC)
• Sound Factory (NYC)
• Tunnel (NYC)
• Limelight (NYC)
• Escort
• Razor-N-Tape
• Metallica
• Napster
• Limewire
• The Grateful Dead
• Led Zeppelin

Jazz as a career alternative (12:20):

• Smalls (NYC)
• Topaz
• Izzy Bar (NYC)
• Baby Jupiter (NYC)
• Knitting Factory (NYC)

Defining Razor-N-Tape (15:46):

• SoundCloud
• Guinu
• BaianaSystem
• Jimpster
• Diogo Strausz
• Prince
• Marcos Valle
• Stevie Wonder
• Asha Puthli

Q&A

• Far Out Records
• “Merida” by Prince of Queens
• Combo Chimbita

Discovering music today (26:15):

• Other DJ’s
• Bandcamp
• Shazam
• Discogs

First album ever purchased (32:18):

• “Pyromania” by Def Leppard

Most recent album purchased (33:01):

• “No Reino Dos Afetos 2” by Bruno Berle

Artists discovered in the past year (34:13):

• Retromigration
• Little Simz
• Inflow
• Daniel Villarreal

Desert island discs (37:15):

• “Portrait in Jazz” by Bill Evans
• “Masterjam” by Rufus & Chaka Khan
• “Chill Out” by Black Uhuru

Guest recs for future episodes (51:59):

• Megatronic
• Kim Anh
• Prince of Queens
• Phenomenal Handclap Band
• Midnight Magic