054 For the Record || Daniel Collás

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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Daniel Collás is the founder and producer of the Phenomenal Handclap Band, whose works have attracted critical acclaim as well as praise from such luminaries as Paul McCartney, Bryan Ferry, Gilles Peterson, Elton John and Simon LeBon, to name but a few. Aside from his work with the Phenomenal Handclap Band, Daniel has carved out a unique and enviable career producing records for some of his musical heroes: Joe Bataan, Marcos Valle, Ned Doheny, and most recently Gil Scott-Heron’s longtime collaborator and co-writer, Brian Jackson. As a DJ, Daniel Collás has provided the soundtrack for countless parties and festivals in his home city of New York and around the world, including the legendary PS1 Warm Up, Croatia's Garden Festival, Munich’s Charlie and Lisbon's Lux Frágil, as well as many fine nightclubs from London to Ibiza, Stockholm to Tokyo.

MUSIC MENTIONS

• Daptone Records
• Joe Bataan
• “Chick-A-Boom/Cycles of You” by Joe Bataan
• Vampisoul
• Amy Winehouse
• Lily Allen
• Subtonic
• Bee Gees
• ABBA
• Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas
• JKriv
• Idris Muhammad
• Bernard Purdie
• Lou Donaldson
• Lonnie Smith
• Jack McDuff
• Booker T. & the M.G.’s
• Zigaboo Modeliste
• The Meters
• Horace Silver
• Art Blakey

Balancing different musical identies (15:23):

• Yes
• Rush
• Gunyun
• Elston Gunn
• Mitch Mitchell
• Paul McCartney
• BBC Radio 1
• Zane Lowe
• Triple J
• Zan Rowe
• Brian Jackson
• Marcos Valle
• Ned Doheny
• Suzanne Ciani
• Booker T

Q&A

• Zoë Kravitz
• Chaka Khan
• “Ain’t Nobody” by Chaka Khan
• Numero Group
• David Holmes
• Dynastie Crisis
• The Specials
• The Selecter
• English Beat
• Madness
• “On My Radio” by The Selecter
• Hansson & Karlsson
• Talking Heads
• David Byrne
• “Stop Making Sense” by Talking Heads
• “Do The Strand” by Roxy Music
• Brian Ferry
• Top of the Pops
• The Old Grey Whistle Test
• AC/DC
• The Grateful Dead
• The Warlocks
• “Shakedown Street” by The Grateful Dead
• “Meditation” by Booker T. & the M.G.’s
• Lone Limited Recordings

Discovering music today (25:20):

• Shows & movies

First album ever purchased (29:21):

• “This Are Two Tone” by Various Artists

Most recent album purchased (30:20):

• “Attic Thoughts” by Bo Hansson

Artists discovered in the past year (31:12):

• Roxy Music

Desert island discs (37:05):

• “The Greatest Hits of Shocking Blue” by Shocking Blue
• “Soul Limbo” by Booker T. & the M.G.’s
• “Freedom Suite” by The Rascals