"the go to label for bangin' disco house" – ttlab staff
Last Saturday’s Goldsweat party was awesome because I was finally able to play with a lot of talented DJs I usually don’t play with… like the homie Mike 2600 & B-Cause. Now I am rocking with Ken Vulsion from HONEYSOUNDSYSTEM.
I stopped by their party last night @ Paradise Lounge and it was awesome music.
Studio SF @ Triple Crown on Thursday 9/3
This is like VH1 “Behind the Music” for 30 year olds who grew up on Rap City. Who else would care about how “Ain’t No Half Steppin’” was made except old hip hop nerds?
Glad no one at Solid Bump is one of those guys…
Things have been CRAZY since we finished the video for Back & Forth. So much so that we forgot to post this feature on SF Station for WGL. A lot of good back ground on where the label came from and what is going to shape up from it.
SF Station (SFS): How did you guys meet and decide to become a duo?
WGL (White Girl Lust): We have been best friends since we were 2-years old! We met through our parents who used to do music gigs together. We have been collaborating since playing Star Wars toys. It’s just a good thing we both like music instead of Dungeons and Dragons.
SFS: Where did White Girl Lust come from?
Eric Kozak (EK): I had been putting out drum ‘n bass records under D.Ecco & Sabotage for Andy C’s Frequency label in the UK. I had started making some pretty far out d’nb tracks like covering Iggy Pop’s “Wanna Be Your Dog”. Clay had just moved in our house/studio after graduating college and he helped out in some of these sessions. Regardless, these tracks were too far out for such a “traditional” record label. HA!
Clay Meador (CM): The name came from one of these drum ‘n bass tracks that had electroclash-style vocals from a stripper Eric knew. It was supposed to sound slutty but instead sounded like a valley girl. We wrote “White Girl” on the demo CD. The name caught on for the new project.
CM: I think it is a real challenge to DJ a party and have people recognize you as an original “artist” so us developing the live element of WGL is key. We will definitely be doing it again soon. Check out youtube for a video from the last show – I think it shows how fun it was.
SFS: How did you guys get up with Solid Bump Records?
EK: We started it from the ground up ourselves. We were starting to produce our first original tracks based off the idea of fusing classic funk & disco in with a modern club styles. We didn’t see it fitting with any other label’s sound. Clayton straight peer pressured me into the idea of starting the label – ha! My former drum ‘n bass partner is marketing manager at Beatport, so we had a way to start it immediately.
CM: Cobra Krames recommended us to Seed Distribution who handles Fools Gold and Trouble & Bass. They liked the concept and really got behind the label. That made us figure out how to step the concept up to something bigger. It has taken a year to get our footing but each release sells better and gets more attention.
New 2000 frame animated video from Clayton of WGL for our new release!
