Watch two full sessions from Ableton and CDR’s events at James Lavelle’s Meltdown Festival. Deep Mo’Wax insight from DJ Shadow, Kirk Degiorgio, Andrea Parker and Attica Blues.
James Lavelle’s Mo’Wax label was a colossus of the mid-90s music scene. The label’s musical policy was famously eclectic, from the sample-based instrumental hip-hop of DJ Shadow to the lounge stylings of Money Mark; from reissues of post-punkers Liquid Liquid to the jazz fusion of David Axelrod. At the Lavelle-curated Meltdown Festival in London this June, friend of Attack Tony Nwachukwu hosted a series of Meltdown Sessions in conjunction with Ableton, looking back at the label’s impact and discussing the work of some of its most innovative and influential artists.
The first video to emerge from the sessions is a panel discussion focusing on the heyday of Mo’Wax circa 1995 with Andrea Parker, Nwachukwu’s fellow Attica Blues member Charlie Dark and Kirk Degiorgio (who released on Mo’Wax under his As One alias):
The second video is an in-depth conversation with DJ Shadow, discussing his creative process, production techniques and approach to live performance: