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De La Soul is back—but did they ever really leave? After delivering their seminal debut 3 Feet High and Rising in 1989 with the production genius of Prince Paul, the New York City-bred trio of Posdnuos (Pos), Dave and Maseo went on to further impact Hip Hop culture with five more groundbreaking albums: De La Soul Is Dead (1991), Buhloone Mindstate (1993), Stakes Is High (1996), Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) and AOI: Bionix (2001). But once the digital age exploded in the late ‘90s, De La Soul’s celebrated catalog was unavailable to stream. As the decades passed, the tight-knit group forged ahead anyway—touring the world, connecting with their adoring fanbase and making music on their own terms. Following 2004’s The Grind Date, De La Soul took a hiatus from making albums, but joined The Gorillaz on the track “Feel Good Inc” which won them a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration.  In 2015, the group raised over $600,000 on Kickstarter from fans to independently release their album and the Anonymous Nobody, which was their first #1 on the Rap Albums chart, and was also nominated for a Best Rap Album Grammy.   

However, the demand for unreleased De La Soul music was palpable and the cry for access to the first six albums grew louder. Unfortunately, De La Soul was stuck riding a roller coaster of stalled negotiations, dashed hopes and dead-end conversations with their old label, and the group nearly gave up. 

"We have lived without the music up for long, these six albums haven’t been up—ever,” Pos says. “We got used to knowing they weren’t up.” In June of 2021, Tommy Boy Music was acquired by Reservoir, giving De La Soul’s catalog a new home.  In March of 2023, the six missing albums were finally available to stream.  But sadly, right before the catalog release, Dave, the beloved member of De La Soul, passed away. Though bittersweet, De La Soul preserves his legacy and the ongoing impact of their music. 

As iconic songs such as “The Magic Number”, found new life in the film Spiderman: No Way Home in 2021, De La Soul continues to resonate with a diverse population of people. 

As Pos notes, “We’ve noticed over the past several years of tour like, ‘Wow, there’s a father here with his child who also is here with their child. ‘We’re generational. To me, there’s nothing more gratifying than that. That means something. That’s telling about a group. What we were doing wasn’t just stuck to that time.”

“We really naturally been that group for everyone,” Pos says. “It was never about we’re just here for this community, that community, this set of people or these certain fans of Hip Hop culture. We see music as music. We’ve been very resilient, even being a group that didn’t have our music up [on streaming platforms]. We still had these beautiful opportunities through young people finding out about us through a commercial or Spider-Man. Now that it can all be there for people to gravitate to, I’m really happy about that.” 

De La Soul's impact on the musical landscape is immeasurable, with 3 Feet High and Rising widely regarded as one of the most influential albums of its era. Pioneering inventive sampling, playful lyrics, and eclectic beats, the album broke new ground and set a standard for creativity in the genre. Recognizing its cultural significance, the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.

KM074 is out now
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Keinemusik is a network with the label as the pulse pumping centre. Driven particularly by the spirit that moves the collective behind the imprint. The spirit to find your own agenda and let nobody get in the way. The spirit of refining House and Techno off the beaten path. Be it within their own tracks, within productions of other sorts or DJ-sets. The spirit of recall value within record- and flyer-artworks and everything intermediate in word and image surrounding releases and parties. And the spirit of diversification – Rampa’s effect-gadget-venture TEILE being one example. Keinemusik’s own booking department ‘Worldwide Dancing Club’, established in 2018, being another.

Keinemusik has been around since 2009. It has been naming an existing friendship and linked interests of the four members – &ME, Adam Port, Rampa and Reznik. A more or less constant count of five releases per year have been released ever since, solely laid down by members of the crew. And a considerable count of label-parties went down, not only in Berlin, but around all international focal points for electronic music. And surely, there’s plenty more where those came from. So see you soon in a record store or on a dancefloor in your area!

Music producer from Norway.


Booking North/South America: 
Joel Zimmerman  JZimmerman@wmeentertainment.com

Bookings International: 
Simon Clarkson SClarkson@wmeentertainment.com 


Management/All other inquries: 
myles@goldenharegroup.com

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US Press: myles@goldenharegroup.com
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Philip Essinger (DJ DocPhil) entdeckte seine Leidenschaft für Musik ebenfalls im Jahr 1996. Ein Jahr später folgte auch gleich sein erstes kommerzielles Engagement als Resident DJ im Schwabinger Festspielhaus. Hier lockte er wöchentlich bis zu 1.500 Partyhungrige auf die Tanzfläche. Seit 1998 wird er mit Vorliebe von Privatkunden und Eventagenturen gebucht. Durch die zahlreichen Engagements konnte er seinen stimmungsgeladenen Musikstil so ausbauen, dass er heute auf jedem Fest ein Stimmungsgarant ist. Er selbst hat den Spaß am Auflegen nie verloren, an Routine ist nicht zu denken – DJ DocPhil steckt jeden mit seiner guten Laune an.

Für Sebastian Beer (DJ b.nasti) begann die DJ-Karriere 1996. Zunächst war House seine Profession. Mit seinem Programm begeisterte er große Mengen an Radiohörern live aus der Nachtkantine. Auch im Kraftwerk, im Vorprogramm von namhaften DJs wie David Knuckles oder Boy George, stellte der junge DJ b.nasti sein Können unter Beweis. Musik ist seitdem aus seinem Leben nicht mehr wegzudenken. Seine große Begeisterung für Partymusik quer durch die Jahrzehnte konnte er erstmalig 1998 als Samstags-Resident DJ im Münchener Club Titania ausleben. Mit seinem großen Erfahrungsschatz und profundem Musikwissen bringt er heute jede Party zum Kochen. Ob ausgelassene Hochzeitsfeste, gediegene Firmenfeiern oder harmonische Dinnermusik – DJ b.nasti hat immer das Passende dabei.

Defining the true meaning of ‘dance music’ in 2023, Glitterbox’s 21st century disco will move your mind your body and your soul.

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'FIRE + ICE' feat. Jake Shears 💜 Out now! ⤵️
https://PurpleDiscoMachine.lnk.to/FireandIce

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