The Red Bull Music Academy and Brooklyn’s m ss ng p eces are producing a series of stories about the music industry and the characters of the business. The first episode is about DFA.
The DFA label was founded in 2001 by Mo Wax co-founder Tim Goldworthy, musician James Murphy and manager Jonathan Galkin.
The label has so far released 141 12 inch singles, 34 albums and six compilations from Murphy’s LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Holy Ghost, The Rapture and Yacht.
DFA is known for merging disco rhythm with punk energy to create its own sound.
The Red Bull Music Academy has produced the 13 minute documentary ‘Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic’ with appearances from LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Holy Ghost!, The Juan MacLean, Shit Robot, Sinkane, YACHT and many more.
Watch the documentary here: