Established in the late 70s as an independent marketing company, Thirsty Ear pioneered the concept of specialized marketing to the yet-unnamed alternative music world in the U.S. As such, Thirsty Ear was hired to implement campaigns in this new area for virtually every major label, working with such now-legendary artists as David Bowie, The Talking Heads and The Police, among many others.

In the mid 80s, Thirsty Ear partnered with English labels 4AD and Beggars Banquet and established their US operations out of Thirsty Ear's offices. The Beggars Banquet alliance proved fruitful and continued for ten years, firmly establishing them as one of the premier English independent labels in America. In 1990, Thirsty Ear made its emergence as a record label of its own, quickly accelerating its position and becoming one of the top alternative independent labels within the U.S. music industry.

A unique partnership with 2.13.61 Records, the label founded by punk legend Henry Rollins, led unexpectedly to Thirsty Ear's relationship with jazz iconoclast Matthew Shipp. Shipp would go on to become the Artistic Director of a new line of recordings named the Blue Series. The concept of the Blue Series was born from Thirsty Ear's desire to marry jazz's many languages into a cogent new one and perhaps shake up what was, and to a certain extent still is, a stagnant musical climate.

Since its beginning in 2000, the story of the Blue Series has been one of focused, organic evolution. From free jazz masters, legends in their own time, to some of the most innovative producers working in the world of modern hip-hop and electronic music, the Blue Series has come to encompass some of the most exciting developments in creative music since the turn of the new millennium. Featuring such present-day jazz legends as William Parker, Tim Berne, David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp, and augmented by DJ Spooky, U.K. electronica titans Spring Heel Jack, and hip-hop innovators El-P and Antipop Consortium (to name just a few,) the Blue Series acknowledges jazz's luminescent past without allowing it to smother its artists' desires to pave new ground. 

Sound designer, electronic composer, found sound manipulator and audio collage artists based in Toronto, Ontario.

STARTED THE FIRST BEAT NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES IN 2004
HAS RELEASED BEATS ON NINJA TUNE, BIG DADA, STONES THROW, ALL CITY DUBLIN, TECHNICOLOR, CLONE RECORDS, HIT + RUN L.A AND POOBAH RECORDS 
STARTED THE LABEL IZWID AND HAS RELEASED RECORDS BY AL DOBSON JR, ESGAR, 2 TALL AKA OM UNIT AND SEVEN DAVIS JR AND TRACKS BY FLYING LOTUS, SAMIYAM, MONO/POLY, JON WAYNE, LAPTI AMONG OTHERS 

HAS PERFORMED ALONGSIDE: YOKO ONO, MF DOOM, SONIC YOUTH, THE RESIDENTS, DABRYE, MADLIB, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, J-ROCC (BEAT JUNKIES) , ERYKAH BADU, SAMIYAM, FLYING LOTUS, JAH SHAKA, DJ KRUSH AND MANY OTHERRRRRZ

Record Label run by Jonwayne.
Everything is produced and engineered by Jon.
Everything is mixed and mastered by Daddy Kev.
Everything is recorded at Cosmic Zoo.

Inquires: authorsrecordingco@gmail.com

Electronic Experimental Music and Sound
Modular synthesis and programming by IBDK.

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