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Scion A/V Presents: BIG FREEDIA

Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, has been touring the country with DJ Rusty Lazer, burning up thighs and making every night feel like it’s the last party in the Parish. Freedia’s a magnanimous ambassador, a creator who draws on warp speed beats and hundreds of years of Creole call and response chants to make something raw and familiar. The hard work and countless gigs are paying...

Apr 5th

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Scion A/V Remix: RHONDA INTERNATIONAL

Rhonda International is the new record label outgrowth of A Club Called Rhonda, the already legendary Los Angeles club night, and now the first release from Rhonda International comes through a partnership with Scion A/V. A Club Called Rhonda helped build its reputation by booking and resurrecting legends from the house, disco and techno world, but for Rhonda International they’ve drawn from the...

Mar 22nd

Scion A/V Garage: HUMAN EYE / SEX BEET

With new songs from Human Eye and Sex Beet on the latest blast from the Garage 7” series, prepare to be transported by both vets and rookies from the world of garage rock. Led by interplanetary hero Timmy Vulgar, Human Eye returns to familiar strange territory on “Martian Queen.” The song’s a flight across the cosmos soundtracked by psychedelic guitar and other-worldly noise. Then there’s Sex...

Mar 2nd

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Feb 16th

Scion A/V Remix: JUAN ATKINS

Godfather of techno Juan Atkins continues his lifelong dedication to the genre he founded by harnessing its alien sounds and pushing his brand of futurism on the dancefloor. These three new, heavily layered tracks are abstract works of art that you can dance to. In turn, the remixers have pushed Atkins’ tracks to more experimental, more organic and more poppier places. It’s a perfect set of...

Feb 16th

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Scion A/V Remix: THE DIRTBOMBS

For their Party Store album (due this winter on In The Red), venerated garage rockers The Dirtbombs recorded covers of techno classics from their native Detroit. As if this live-band-does-electronic-music interpretation wasn’t high concept enough, this EP takes it a step further by having Detroit techno artists re-digitize the results to create their own remixes of The Dirtbombs’ versions. Phew!...

Feb 16th

Scion A/V Garage: STRANGE BOYS / NATURAL CHILD

Strange Boys and Natural Child, both leaders of modern southern garage rock, lend their off-kilter touch to two new twangy tracks for the Scion A/V Garage 7” series. Texas’ Strange Boys stretch their stylistic muscles for “American Radio,” reproducing a mish-mash of sounds from decades past. In under just five minutes, the group shuffles through subgenrical blasts including swamp rock, kooky...

Feb 16th

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Scion A/V Presents: CORINNE - DREAM A LITTLE DREAM

Representing Brooklyn’s On the Prowl label, San Jose-born Corinne brings back the neglected sound of Latin freestyle. The singer collaborates with producer Josh Anzano to pay homage to the genre in a way that is both genuine and magical. The song’s four remixers go on to expertly sniff out the other possibilities in Corinne’s masterful performance. Click Here to download the full release...

Dec 14th

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Scion A/V Presents: TELEPHONED - HOLD ME

Over two years and two mixtapes, Sammy Bananas and Maggie Horn’s dance project Telephoned has developed a reputation as a high-concept cover band that brings pop songs into the realm of cutting edge dance music. After flipping some of the biggest hits in recent history, the Fool’s Gold-signed duo has started writing originals, beginning with “Hold Me,” out now on Scion A/V. Click Here to...

Dec 1st

Scion A/V Presents: AZARI & III - INTO THE NIGHT

In the less than a year, Azari & III have become sensations in the dance music world with songs like “Reckless (With Your Love)” and “Hungry For the Power.” Now they contribute “Into The Night” to the Scion A/V: Remix series, building on their rep as both disciples and leaders of the Chicago house music tradition…even though they come from Canada. The song’s five remixers all elongate “Into...

Nov 23rd

Scion A/V Presents: MAGRUDERGRIND - CRUSHER EP

Named after the local housing project in which they used to practice, D.C. trio Magrudergrind are among the vanguard of modern grindcore. Their latest EP, Crusher, is a testament to their craftsmanship and dedication to the form first created by the likes of Repulsion, Napalm Death and Terrorizer in the 1980s. Magrudergrind carries on the torch as the emperors of fast. Click Here to...

Nov 23rd

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