Mo’ Wax, was a huge influence when I was growing up and attending high school, the leftfield hip-hop label that brought you artists like DJ Shadow, and originally introduced "those in the know" to fashion brands like A Bathing Ape turns 21 this
year.
To mark the occasion, the label are planning an exhibition
titled Urban Archaeology - which will then be turned into a book
documenting the Mo’ Wax discography and story (a little more on that and the
forthcoming Kickstarter campaign behind it, here). James Lavelle, who co-founded the label in 1992 and
would later form UNKLE with Shadow, has an incredible – bordering on mythical,
for fans of the label – lock-up used to store his personal collection of
records, Mo’ Wax memorabilia and more, and FACT TV, along with DJ Haus of
Unknown to the Unknown and various other ventures, went down to check it out.
So far two episodes have aired and as you’d expect, Lavelle
has stories for days. In part one James
shares some stories about personal favs in his collection, his days working at
West London record store Honest Jon’s, visual collaborations with Will Bankhead
and Massive Attack’s 3D and more.
In part two we see James dig through some of the older and rarer material in his collection – DAT tapes and all – and talks about the major influences on the label over the years.
