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The Headpiece trio returns after more than two years to bring you their sophomore album “Out of the Loop” on Extra Lovely Records. The Headpiece trio consists of Garfunkle on keys, DJ Image on turntables and Brian “Stainless” Steele on production and arrangement (MPC2000 and Ableton Live).

All three Headpiece members grew up in the same small town in south eastern Pennsylvania. 18 year old Saxophone prodigy Sanji Diaz, who is also a PA local, was recruited to play on more than half the album.

The process for creating this project typically begins with Steele building a structural foundation on the MPC2000 and sending it away to Garfunkle to play whatever he’s feeling over the first layer. Once the keys from Garfunkle come back, Steele will pick it apart and put it back together as needed. The process repeats for scratches from DJ Image and the saxophone from Sanji Diaz.

The album also features Organic Pulse Ensemble (track 9) A multi-instrumentalist who is creating quite a buzz for himself in the indie jazz scene.

In 2011 Stainless Steele did two live sets on @RWDFM Web radio from @FLOTEbeats crib in Philly. It’s some of his fav material from that time so he pressed 25 copies on tape.

Limited edition of 25, professionally dubbed fluorescent pink cassette with orange and pink case. Buy here

Includes two bonus tracks (cassette only):

  1. Reinvented Time feat. MK Ultra Lord produced by Ghost McGrady
  2. Pictures of the Impossible feat. Maf Maddix produced by Zenios

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On 1.18.2020 Stainless Steele played an all vinyl DJ set for Smart Bomb in Oakland. The latest episode of Extra Lovely Radio is Steele’s set from that night. Originally aired on Pinata Radio out of Montpellier, France.

 

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Extra Lovely Radio Ep.7Keystone Collector’s Mix hosted by Stainless One. A collection of rare jazz, funk, psych and exotica cuts many of which were sampled by Madlib. Courtesy of Piñata Radio.

 

MedlineWild Sour feat. Stainless Steele ///

House ShoesMagic (Dublab radio show 4.27.17) w/ Swarvy ///

FuzzoscopeEarwax Shelf Life (Vinyl/Cassette compilation) ///

Suzi AnalogueZONEZ V.3 ///

Kamasi WashingtonTruth ///

Citizen TenWoosah Mix (for Smart Bomb) ///

Various Artists – Spiritual Jazz 7: Islam (Jazzman records) ///

Stainless SteeleKaleidoscope Sniper & Turquoise Eagle ///


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Can’t Poison the Sunlight (Inspired by a poem from e.e. cummings) is a collaborative album between Ben Gray (aka Garfunkle) and Brian Steele (aka Stainless Steele).

Instruments Used: Sampled drums from Billy Martin & J-Zone, vintage keyboards, effects pedal, MPC2000, turntables & vinyl records.

Artwork by Jon Barwick
jonbarwick.com

Ghost McGradyIron Cloud ///

Dexter StoryWondem Remixed (featuring Ras G, Kutmah & more) ///

Josh Hey21 (Acorn Tapes release) ///

MndsgnTight Songs featuring Swarvy & Alima (Fresh Selects radio) ///

KI BOHITI Cash Money (Amerikiiin Gunn album) ///

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Flat Spot Flat Spot (Hot Record Societe release) ///

Jeremiah Jae A Cold Night ///

MedlineOld Souls Carnival (My Bags release) ///

My BagsCentre Electronique Muusa – Hijacked Tracks ///

Centre Electronique MuusaMy Bags cassette release ///


House ShoesMagic (6.22.16 Dublab Radio) ///


SadiscoHiyakashi Radio #2 for My Bags ///


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Extra Lovely Records is very excited to announce the release of our new project EL006 Cropsy – “Love Weather Dinner Party”. An experimental, lo-fi, electronic scratch/turntablism project. The project is available digitally and on limited-edition, one of a kind color-splattered cassettes with light blue shells and also includes an illustrated insert with credits and tracklisting. Less than 20 tapes (from the original 50) are available online after most of them were sold during our release party on 6/26/16.  

Cropsy – “Love Weather Dinner Party” (promo video) ///

Borealismso far away (Promo video/Nekubi Tapes cassette) ///

Peace ChantRaw, Deep and Spiritual Jazz Vol.1&2 ///

BADBADNOTGOODIV ///

Smoking TreesThe Archer and the Bull ///

 

Ghost McGradyFalling in a Dream (feat. Stainless Steele & MK Ultra Lord) ///

Ghetto Galactic – The Mothership Collective ///

ChiefA Tribute to Jneiro Jarel ///

Rhetoric WallaceUrbnoutwttrz (produced by Jameson) ///

10th LetterTemporal Paradox ///

 
Это ПаранойяПустота (early 90s jeep-beat/boom-bap tape) ///


[TTR007​]​: selfish. x sxmgdyTimberland Spacesuits ///

 

MadlibGuest Mix For Gilles Peterson 02/14/2002 (spiritual jazz) ///

Master DavidBook of David (upcoming Nekubi Tapes cassette) ///

EveryDejaVuVolume 2 (Featuring Blu, Ivan Ave & more) ///

DIDAFLO (Sir Froderick) – DOODOOLOOPS (Urban Waves vinyl) ///

Makaya McCravenIn the Moment ///