People's Potential Unlimited (PPU) is a very special record label in DC known for discovering and reissuing some of the weirdest and best ultra-rare boogie, funk, and other dance music from the 70s, 80s, 90s as well as a new generation of beat-makers who draw inspiration from these strange worlds of sound.

Started by music fiend Andrew Morgan and operated out of his basement, PPU’s is a world that re-imagines funk as outsider art and cosmic-boogie as a modern variant of folk music. What would it be like if your school janitor made rap music in the broom closet or if someone in middle management still nursed a dream of being the next El Debarge? The label’s roster includes Robbie M., Dwight Sykes, Evans Pyramid, George Franklin Smallwood, Uku Kuut—names found on demo tapes abandoned to time, or else unearthed online. But PPU also pushes the present into the future. Newest members of the PPU family include DC favorite sons Beautiful Swimmers,  Dreamcastmoe, King Pari, PPU VHS Video mulcher Luke Wyatt, LA beathead Benedek, Vancouver space cadets Pender Street Steppers and Miami sound machine Mickey de Grand IV. There's a palpable scent of both mustiness and freshness to be found in all of PPU's grooves though, the smell of funk from a parallel dimension.

Staalplaat is a physical and online record and book store located in Berlin Neukölln (Germany) and focused on experimental, unusual and extreme music, underground tape culture and DIY art and graphic design.

Staalplaat also hosts an in-house label, publisher and itinerant gallery called Le Petit Mignon.

Feel free to visit both our Berlin store and mailorder page to get an overview of our offer, projects and activities.

We speak English, feel free to contact us!
Wir sprechen Deutsch, wenden Sie sich an uns!
Nous parlons français, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter!

Staalplaat store, mailorder and distribution
Elbestr.28-29
Hinterhof
12045 Berlin, Neukölln, Germany
email: mailorder(at)staalplaat.com

RM47 “CYBER” OUT NOW  
https://codeswitch.lnk.to/CYBER

ARTIST, DJ, CURATOR & 1/2 of @RM47

Live instrumental collective from Hanover & Berlin, focusing on the correlation between Hip Hop and Jazz.

pretty raw sp beatz

夏色 Summer Colours
https://mkii.bandcamp.com/album/summer-colours

Sunday 日曜日
https://mkii.bandcamp.com/album/sunday

「 kimi no machi 」君の街
https://inserttapes.bandcamp.com/album/kimi-no-machi

君と僕 - Kimi to Boku
https://inserttapes.bandcamp.com/album/kimi-to-boku

Itterasshai Cassette 
https://inserttapes.bandcamp.com/album/itterasshai

雨 Ame Cassette 
https://inserttapes.bandcamp.com/album/ame

Omoide Cassette
https://inserttapes.bandcamp.com/album/omoide

Keep Bouncing.

Drawing inspiration from decades of Funk, Latin, Jazz and Hip-Hop music, Altered Tapes remixes / re-edits / reworks the classics. Extracting their basic elements and then reconstructing into dance floor bangers.

The production / DJ duo consists of Maker & DJ Trew. Fueled by a passion for crate digging, original breaks, and timeless music, the overall concept of the project is to elevate the art of the remix to unexplored levels. Their creations remain true to the original artists & songs, while at the same time becoming completely new compositions.

Live and direct from the Windy City...

Booking/Remix/Press inquiries --> info@alteredtapes.com

Voice with rich texture in high registers and minimum but full sound image, Nenashi is a Singer/Rapper/Producer that has been influenced by Prince, D'Angelo, Bilal, Earth Wind & Fire, Michael Jackson, A Tribe Called Quest & Pharrell to name a few and is an artist that gets inspired by various cultures, religions, and values.

"Nenashi" is a Japanese term for "Rootless wanderer" or "Vagabond" and has drifted/stayed in many countries/regions such as United States, Canada, Bahamas, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Kazakhstan, France, England, Germany, and Switzerland.

In 2017, the song “Countless Luv” by Shingo Suzuki feat. Nenashi was used on the hit Japanese TV drama [Yarimashita by Bokutachi] along side origami PRODUCTIONS (Tokyo) artists and Ed Sheeran, which brought up many inquiries. Flowing eloquently on Shingo Suzuki’ s laidback Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beat, the mysterious artist that suddenly arouse to the scene has caught attention.

Nick Wisdom & AstroLogical collabo project

@mysteryboxrecords

www.potatoheadpeople.com

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