Historic & Contemporary Electronic & Experimental Music. Online at http://alphastate.nyc

Bad Afro Records is an independent record label based in Copenhagen, Denmark. We love psychedelic rock and vinyl and currently we are working with bands like Baby Woodrose, Spids Nøgenhat, The Love Coffin, Telstar Sound Drone, Narcosatanicos, Bellhound Choir, The Dandelion, The Janitors, The Setting Son and Dragontears. We are looking for good tunes but are not afraid of acid.

The label was founded in 1996 with the purpose of releasing rock’n’roll, punk, surf and garage rock from the Scandinavian countries + Finland. The first half of our existence the label worked with bands such as The Hellacopters, Turbonegro, The Nomads. The Flaming Sideburns, Backyard Babies, Sweatmaster, The Defectors, The Burnouts, Ricochets, Mother Superior, 22 Pistepirkko and Silver as well as many other bands pretty much in the same vein. From 2002 and on the label slowly took a bend towards psychedelic rock.

 After 13 years of “Pushing Scandinavian Rock to the Man!”, as the original slogan goes, the label took another turn and decided that it was too boring only releasing music from Scandinavia. In came the Dolly Rocker Movement from Australia, Cosmonauts from the US and The Mojomatics from Italy.

 Bad Afro loves vinyl and all releases are released in this format. Which does not mean that we oppose digital music or, well….Bad Afro is connected to iTunes, Amazon, E-music, Klicktrack, TDC PLAY, FNAC, WIMP, Spotify, Napster, Rhapsody, Nokia and many, many other digital shops so if you want the music that way it’s fine by us. But vinyl rules!

 About coloured vinyl on Bad Afro: Since 1997 the first print has been on black vinyl, the second print on red vinyl, 3rd print on green vinyl , 4th print is on purple vinyl and recently it has been decided that 5th press is on blue vinyl. Of cource there has been some fuck ups along the way like the Baby Woodrose LP Money For Soul which has been printed 4 times but still is on black vinyl and probably some others too. But general rule is black, red, green, purple and then blue. Future reprints on Bad Afro will have a sticker indicating what colour the vinyl is. Pretty nerdy but handy when the LPs are shrinkwrapped.

From humble origins in Detroit, raised on a healthy diet of Motown, Jazz and early Hip Hop – Terrel Wallace (aka Tall Black Guy) has become a standard bearer for the current hip hop beats scene. Through a steady stream of productions filled with incredibly clever sample flips and deft production chops, he has won fans across the world, including Gilles Peterson (who included him on one of his Brownswood Bubblers albums), Lefto, Anthony Valadez, Jazzy Jeff, Questlove and countless others. With the tangible beginnings of worldwide recognition, Tall Black Guy has established himself to be one of the most influential producers working today.

2011-2020 has seen TBG's first vinyl releases with bstrd boots, First Word Records, Ubiquity Records and his own imprint Tall Black Guy Productions (TBGP). Plus projects with artists like: 80s Babies, The Primeridian, Malice & Mario Sweet, Maylee Todd, Temika Moore, Teri Tobin, Skyzoo, The Colman Brothers, Little Dragon, The Foreign Exchange, Sola Rosa, Rainy Milo, Georgia Anne Muldrow, The Black Opera, Reel People, Phonte, Zo!, Miles Bonny

***Disclaimer: NONE of my beats are free to use. If you wish to buy a beat etc. please contact : infotallblackguy@gmail.com

Funky House / dance music. Made with MPC and guitar in Boston, MA.

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