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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Born in Detroit, raised in London and now based in Kraków, Alex Roth is a composer, guitarist, producer and interdisciplinary collaborator. His diverse body of work encompasses improvised performances; a wide range of concert music from solo to orchestral compositions; scores for dance, theatre and film; leading numerous bands; and producing electronic music. He has worked with some of Europe’s leading experimental musicians, such as John Butcher, Arve Henriksen, Savina Yannatou, Kit Downes, Mikolaj Trzaska and Olga Szwajgier. Alex leads the acclaimed improvising trio Cut The Sky (with Wacław Zimpel and Hubert Zemler); produces experimental electronic music as Supersigil; co-directs Sephardic music group Sefiroth; and founded the networked ensemble MultiTraction Orchestra, whose critically lauded debut album was hailed by The Guardian as "a remarkable sonic collage by an A-list of international improvisers.” Alex’s compositions have been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Sinfonietta, and the 20+ releases in his discography also include collaborations with singer/songwriter Alice Zawadzki, Mercury Prize nominee Laura Jurd's Human Spirit, and Orcadian fiddler/singer/songwriter Catriona Price, among other recordings on labels such as Superpang, Edition, Diatribe and NMC. Alex is also the founder of multidisciplinary label Zyla, whose inaugural season of releases was curated around his Inpouring EP—a collaboration with experimental cellist Alice Purton—and included poetry, drawing, animation, choreography and videography. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr027-alex-roth

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Born and raised in the greater Bay Area, Pranav has spent the majority of his career working in San Francisco as a non-profit impact consultant specializing in behavioral design. In his spare time, he moonlights as a freelance music journalist, with regular bylines at Stereogum; Vinyl Me, Please; and Passion of the Weiss, among other publications. The through-line spanning the various dimensions of his career is to create greater space and opportunities in our communities and media for underrepresented voices. Explore more of this conversation (and others): https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr026-pranav-trewn

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 High-school singer-songwriter turned furniture designer, turned product designer, turned tech founder. As co-founder and CEO of Sona, Laura is driven to redesign the systems of value & discovery so that more artists can own what they do and do what they love. Prior to founding Sona, Laura worked in product and design at some of the leading projects at the vanguard of online community. She remains an active advisor and investor at the intersection of music, technology and the creator economy. Explore more of this conversation (and others): https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr025-laura-jaramillo

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Professionally Sean’s racked up knowledge in major label A&R, artist management, and data science. But that is all second to being a music fan, collecting records, going to shows, and jamming. Explore more of this conversation (and others): https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr024-sean-mishra

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 David Moses’ music explores territories such as euphoria, yearning, and deep listening through electronic driven improvisation, field recordings, and granular synthesis. His debut solo album "Carrier" is available on cassette and all listening platforms. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr023-david-moses

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Native Angeleno Jacqueline Racquel Vaca wears many hats. She’s a magical milliner, a wardrobe wizard, a passionate dancer, a classically trained singer, and a careful curator. Blending experiences & techniques, she draws inspiration from nature, travel, classic cinema, history and people’s rights movements, emerging science and technology, and of course her stylish friends. She works with Leaving Records, LA beloved all-genre record label on community initiatives, and leads as the director of community for blockchain Polygon. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr022-jacq-vaca

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 A core contributor to The LexDAO Legal Engineering Guild, Kyle heads the business development and founded LexClinic, the apprenticeship DAO within the Lex+ family training the next generation of legal engineers and crypto-lawyers with on-the-job experience. He is also one of the co-founders of LexBlock, which is a consultation and project management solution for legal engineering, spun out of LexDAO to meet critical but unaddressed demand. Kyle has a background in enterprise music rights management, and is an avid polymath, focusing on scaling the legal engineering profession via scientific & mathematical rigor, automation & disintermediation, and code-is-law. He enjoys rock climbing and running as well as singing, playing guitar and picking mandolin. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr021-kyle-smith

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Ben Frigeri is a highly regarded voice in the evolving relationship between music, technology and the internet. Based in New York, and with notable contributions across A&R, management and discovery, his work explores the inherent nuances of digital expression and the broader impact technology has had on our relationship to music today. Check out more of this conversation (and others): https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr020-ben-frigeri

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. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 In 2010, Eric started DJing and producing electronic music, shortly before co-founding a bass music collective in his hometown of Tampa, FL. Since then he's produced and done marketing for shows and festivals around central Florida, in Boulder, CO, and Dayton, OH (where he lives now). He’s also a core Grey Matter contributor. Explore more of this conversation and others: https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr019-eric-almeida

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. Sarah is a multidisciplinary creative professional with a long history in independent music scenes. Her background includes creative direction, marketing strategy, digital consulting, music industry research and writing, live music photography, and dabbling in online music zines and DIY record labels. Originally from Portland, she currently resides in DFW, TX by way of Memphis, TN, with many stops in between. She's particularly drawn to projects focusing on underground counterculture and socioeconomic matters for the creative working class. Explore this conversation and others: www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr018-sarah-lareau