Moshi Moshi Records started off as a hobby in 1998. Set up by three friends who had jobs working for major record labels. It was intended as a way of working with the bands that they loved but which didn’t fit in with the agenda of the day-job taskmasters. Early single releases from Zan Lyons, Kathryn Williams & Pedro and J Xaverre earned the label some plaudits. And sold a few records. Over the next five years Moshi Moshi slowly started to build a reputation for interesting, slightly leftfield, low-key releases. Then in 2004 things changed. For a start Moshi stopped being a hobby and became a fulltime job. Very soon after, Hot Chip and Bloc Party arrived and Moshi Moshi quickly became a name known to more than a few. Chart success followed with Yeti and The Rakes and higher-profile album releases from Architecture In Helsinki and Au Revoir Simone helped lift the label onto a new level. Then from 2006 onwards came artists such as Hot Club De Paris, Tilly And The Wall, The Wave Pictures, Slow Club, James Yuill, The Drums, Summer Camp, the list goes on.

In late 2006 the two remaining Moshi Moshi founders decided they wanted to get back to their one-off 7” release roots and the Moshi Moshi Singles Club was born. The intention was to try and release one 7” each month by a new up-and-coming artist. It would be limited to 1000 and only be available in a select group of indie stores. The artwork would be restricted to one colour and be designed by the bands themselves. Now some 40+ releases later the singles club’s roster makes an impressive list – (including) Kate Nash, Late of The Pier, Friendly Fires, Lykke Li, Florence and The Machine, Kindness, Dananananayckroyd. Disclosure. In 2011 Moshi Moshi expanded its remit by partnering up with some very talented young A&R folk to set up the imprints Tender Age, Not Even, Apricot and Dream Beach. Working under the Moshi Moshi umbrella these new labels have already yielded a clutch of exciting releases by artists from as far afield as Kenya and Seattle.

At the same time as running the record label Moshi Moshi Management has been quietly guiding the career of Metronomy and Slow Club as well as producers Ash Workman and Ollie Bayston. From 2012 this side of the business started to expand dramatically and now features a sizeable roster of emerging artists.

Looking back on the Moshi Moshi roster (particularly since the label ‘went fulltime’ in 2004) it’s a collection that bears comparison with any of its peers. For a label run by two people with no financial backing, it’s nothing short of an inspiration.

Samn Johnson (b. 1991) is a composer and electronic musician based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His work juxtaposes music of different times and traditions as a vehicle to explore themes of mysticism and deep time. Samn has studied composition at The Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Michigan and is pursuing a masters in composition at NYU, where he studies with Julia Wolfe. His current projects include an album of electro-acoustic vocal and instrumental pieces and a multimedia adaptation of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy.

The RiddimJunkies, a duo consisting of Jamie & Dennis 

Jamie is originally from the seaside resort of Brighton in the UK. Jamie already had his first weekly residency at one of the local nightclubs at the age of 16. In 2005, after a short break from music, he started his musical career again with gigs in the Honey Club in Brighton UK, Zanta Beach on the Caribbean island of Curacao and a residency at Sympatique in the trendy beach club Papagayo in The Netherlands. In 2007 Jamie’s interest in music production began to grow. He wanted to learn how to make the music that he had been playing for so many years. Months were spent playing with different techniques and programs to create music. His enthusiasm grew even more and in 2010 he completed a course in Electronic Music Production at SAE in Rotterdam. 

Dennis has been Dj’ ing since the age of 17. As former resident Dj of St Tropez, he is also well known to Rotterdam, “The home of House music”. The Level, Time Out and the VIP Room have also been audience to his sounds.  His love for quality house music could be heard in all his sets and this is the reason that he was playing so many venues at such a young age. Dennis was ready to take it to the next step, producing was the way to go and thus is the RiddimJunkies the perfect step towards his musical goals and a way to put his own little twist to his live performances.

Dennis and Jamie met each other for the first time at a party they both played at. They got on well together and after continuing the contact via social media it didn’t take long before they got booked to play at a party. Thy were booked to play solo sets but boys being boys they decided to join forces and play a back to back set. The duo rocked the crowd and blew the roof off the venue. It was this moment that it happened for them, this was the moment that the “RiddimJunkies” was born, a name that sums these guys up, addicted to the beat! 

After the First successes the gents started to become restless, they wanted more! Playing sets together because they believe in what they do, that the public join the party and don’t want to leave.

In 2011 they launched their monthly free podcast “Adapt to the Beat” which is receiving huge exposure and is loved by many.

They also played their first festival gig as the RiddimJunkies, TRIX In the MIX at Den Bosch in The Netherlands. This is where their career took a big step forward. It was here that they became friends with the Tech house producer and Adapt recordings label boss Dj Jorgensen. The result is collaboration with Jorgensen himself and two releases on Adapt recordings. 

The RiddimJunkies are hitting the studio and coming up with great original material and have also been asked to remix some tracks for some great tech house producers. The energy that they have when dj’ing can also be found in the studio.

The future is starting to take shape for this duo, they are definitely one to watch out for!

Underworld are Rick Smith and Karl Hyde. Their peerless first album - dubnobasswithmyheadman - was released to universal acclaim in 1994. In the thirty years since that mould breaking debut, the band have established their reputation as one of the most groundbreaking and important electronic acts of all time, one that constantly pushes creative boundaries, twists genres and refuses to stay still. In those thirty years, their music has soundtracked approximately 100,000,000 nights out, and the mornings after. In the past year alone, Underworld have played live in front of over half a million people all across the globe.

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