Alpha Pup Records
Alpha Pup Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Daddy Kev and Danyell Jariel in 2004. LA Weekly placed it at number 2 on the "Top 10 Most Exciting L.A. Indie Labels of 2010" list.
Alpha Pup Records
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- Alpha Pup Records
- Founded
- 2004
- Founder
- Daddy Kev
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles
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Alpha Pup Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Daddy Kev and Danyell Jariel in 2004. LA Weekly placed it at number 2 on the "Top 10 Most Exciting L.A. Indie Labels of 2010" list.
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• Name — Alpha Pup Records • Parent — Virgin Music Group • Founded — 2004 • Founder — * Daddy Kev • Danyell Jariel • Distributor — Virgin Music Group / UMG • Genre — * Hip hop • electronic • Country — United States • Location — Los Angeles, California • Website — https: www.alphapuprecords.com/
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BBC One DJ Mary Anne Hobbs has supported Alpha Pup Records from its inception and comments that "the artists involved with Low End Theory, with the Brainfeeder label, with Alpha Pup, with Leaving Records all have close ties with the UK". In 2014, Chris Ziegler of LA Weekly described the label as "a big part of the reason why" "Los Angeles is one of the most vital cities in the world for electronic music right now". It has released music from edIT, Daedelus, Reefer, Nosaj Thing, Nocando, Free the Robots, Take, Dibiase, Jonwayne, Young Montana?, Kone, Virtual Boy, Dot, Nobody, Mike Gao, Astronautica, Elusive, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Mast, and Ryan Porter.
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- 1.Martins, Chris. L.A.'s string of indie labels succeeds with a jack-of-all-trades approach (page 1 of 2). Los Angeles Times. 22 August 2010.
- 2.Palermo, Thomas. Busy Dogs: Alpha Pup Ramps Up Releases. XLR8R. 23 August 2007.
- 3.Bell, Max. When It Comes to L.A.'s World-Renowned Beat Scene, Daddy Kev Does It All. LA Weekly. 4 May 2016.
- 4.Tewksbury, Drew. Top 10 Most Exciting L.A. Indie Labels of 2010. LA Weekly. 28 December 2010.
- 5.Church, Steve. Turning it up with Mary Anne Hobbs. The Daily Free Press. 21 April 2011.
- 6.Ziegler, Chris. The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Week. LA Weekly. 17 February 2014.
- 7.Downton, Chris. edIT – Certified Air Raid Material (Alpha Pup). Cyclic Defrost. 4 October 2007.
- 8.Orme, Mike. Daedelus: Live at Low End Theory. Pitchfork. 30 January 2008.
- 9.Buskirk, Eliot Van. Drunken Conversation Leads to Band Called Reefer. Wired. 9 October 2008.
- 10.Reeves, Mosi. Nosaj Thing, 'Drift' (Alpha Pup). Spin. 25 August 2009.
- 11.Weiss, Jeff. Locked and Loaded: Nocando. LA Weekly. 28 January 2010.
- 12.Martins, Chris. MP3 Exclusive: Free The Robots, "Jupiter," Forthcoming on Alpha Pup. LA Weekly. 25 February 2010.
- 13.Fallon, Patric. Take "Incredibright". XLR8R. 25 March 2010.
- 14.Weiss, Jeff. Man versus machine: Dibiase premieres first single from 'Machines Hate Me'. Los Angeles Times. 4 August 2010.
- 15.Weiss, Jeff. Jonwayne fires off track from Alpha Pup debut, 'Bowser,' connects Low End Theory with Super Mario Bros. Los Angeles Times. 25 April 2011.
- 16.Zadeh, Joe. Electric Selection - Young Montana?. Clash. 15 June 2011.
- 17.Hasler, Nikol. Kone: The Tractatus. L.A. Record. 18 January 2012.
- 18.Roberts, Randall. Video premiere: Virtual Boy's 'Let Go' arrives from Alpha Pup. Los Angeles Times. 30 January 2012.
- 19.Fitzmaurice, Larry. Dot "Simple Simon". Pitchfork. 21 February 2012.
- 20.Martins, Chris. DJ Nobody Teams With Cedric Bixler-Zavala for Sunny Psych-Hop 'Our Last Dance'. Spin. 21 June 2013.
- 21.Jackson, Glenn. Mike Gao "Just Do You". XLR8R. 16 January 2015.
- 22.Weiss, Layne. Astronautica Is Happy to Add a Feminine Voice to L.A.'s Beat Scene. LA Weekly. 27 January 2016.
- 23.Holbrook, Cameron. Q&A: Elusive Drops Lush, Jazz-Tinged LP on Alpha Pup Records. XLR8R. 19 July 2016.
- 24.Turco, Bucky. Premiere: The Invisibl Skratch Piklz Are "Fresh Out of Fvcks". Mass Appeal. June 2020.
- 25.Payne, John. How Low End Theory Inspired Jazz Musician Tim Conley's Mast Project. LA Weekly. 4 October 2016.
- 26.Murphy, Sarah. Ryan Porter "Itsy Bitsy Spider". Exclaim!. 14 August 2017.
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