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Interview with Dios Malos about their OC fame and new realeses

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LOS ANGELES INDEPENDENTS RECORD FAIR - April 17th
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Plug Research and Dublab called for Independents in LA to unite and represent at this Independent Music Record Fair at little Temple!

LA's Indie Labels, Record Stores, Artists, DJs and Record Collectors present and sell new and used Vinyl, CDs, rarities, shirts, and more.

Dublab DJs and surprise label guests will spin at the lounge area, Little Temple will have a bar open, everybody will browse and explore the tables and crates of exiting local independent flavor.

Adjunct
Ball of Wax
Beatlovers
Better Looking
Designforms Research
Dim Mak
Dope discs
Droid Recordings
Dublab
Eastern Developments
Exist Dance
Generate Music
Glow In The Dark Records
GSL
Heading Home Recordings
Kajmere Sound Distribution
Kanpai Records
Milan Entertainment
Mineral Music
Music For Robots
Orac
Pax Elm
Phthalo
Plastic Enigma
Plug Research
Red Cola
Simballrec
Stones Throw
Temple Of Boom
Third Eye Records
Threshold
Ubiquity Records
Upon Shop

Updated 7/19/05
Bloc Party Review
gardensof sweden.com

Updated 6/07/05
Nylon June/July 2005
Nylon Diary Volume 6
We're totally crazzzy and super raodical with awesomeness all over the place...
DIM MAK bands on tour:
1. Bloc Party 2nd US tour
2. DDM & Bloodbrothers on tour
3. Battles touring with Prefuse 73
4. Das Oath on tour with Melt Banana
5. The Peels touring with the Ravonettes
6. The Icarus Line on tour forever
7. Mahjongg on headlining US tour

Updated 2/07/05
Dim Mak named as a best of 2004 label by Kami Arnold of Impose
Updated 2/3/05

NYLON MAGAZINE for GUYS issue does a feature on STEVE AOKI and his DIM MAK MIXTAPE



Updated 12/2/04
Rockpile Magazine
Most Interesting Labels

"Cult of personality Steve Aoki (aka Kid Millionaire) and his label warrant mention for sheer quantity, if nothing else.. Though Dim Mak has been plodding around for a while, over the course of the last year or so, the label's productivity spiked so high, it's been difficult to keep track of all the releases. To recall just a few: The Gossip, Die Monitr Batss, Libretto, Bloc Party. We're impressed."

Updated 09/16/04
MetroPop

Steve Aoki on LA Music
"...LA reminds me of someone with ADD. Someone with ADD is someone that multitasks all the time- at least me. Like juggling 10 balls, 10 different fucking [things]- a chainsaw, a lemon, toilet paper and coffee. Going "Aah!" At the same time people are throwing other things in, so you're always doing all these different kinds of things. And the speed is so fast that it's hard to focus on just the chainsaw. Or, it's the idea of- you're running and you're running and you realize that you're naked, and you're running with everyone else who are fully clothed and already organized with all their fucking gear and their brand-new shoes. And you're like 'Holy shit, I don't have my fucking shoes. I'm trying to sprint with these people and I don't have my nice sneakers and my nice socks.' Everything's against you. Maybe that not LA, maybe that's just me. While you're running, people are throwing you sneakers to put on while you're running. So you don't have space to stop to organize and then go forward. It's more like you're constantly running and then you're given the stuff so you can keep up in the race. But you start off not knowing, [and] you don't really have space to stop. I don't know. Maybe it's the coffee..."


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Updated 09/01/04
Fader


Labels: The Right Touch


Magnet


Label Profile


Rockin On




Updated 08/26/04

DIW


The Fast and The Furious


Crossbeat
ARTICLE ABOUT STEVE AOKI/DIM MAK





Dim Mak Sampler Review



Dazed and Confused
The Fresh Men: 26 of the young hustlers, move makers, earth shakers and risk takers giving out the clearest, brightest signal on the international radar.


Steve Aoki
words: Milena Selkirk
photo: Jason Nocito
"'Dim Mak' means 'death touch' in Chinese, but everything that Steve Aoki of LA's Dim Mak record label touches, turns to gold. Just ask The Soledad Brothers- heirs to The White Stripes' Detroit garage throne- or red hot rock gods and godesses, The Von Bondies. Dim Mak began in Steve's apartment, while at Santa Barbara University. 'I saved up $400 from a summer job and chipped in with a few friends to pay for the first release,'- a 7-inch single by punk outfit, Six Figure Carousel. Over the next few years Steve secured material from on-the-up acts like Pretty Girls Make Graves and The Kills, both of whom he personally promoted and spent many months on the road with, doubling up as both label boss and tour manager. 'The Kills would do their sound check and I was outside in the van negotiating on the phone,' he recalls. With the label's rise in indie rock prestige, Steve has been able to branch out more. He DJs, writes for Yell magazine, and collaborates with other labels like Cold Crush and True Love. He is also writing songs with his sister, model/actress Devon Aoki for her upcoming pop record. With his fine ear for discovering new music, this is only the beginning. 'I read the 24 Hour Party People book about Factory Records and it was incredible,' he says, 'they were artists not businessmen. I can relate. There are some records that I will happily put out and even if they only sell 200 records, I don't care.'"

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