Andy Maddocks
{{Short description|Musician and founder of Skam records}}
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Andy Maddocks is an English entrepreneur and musician. He was instrumental in the foundation of Skam Records,[https://books.google.com/books?id=pN84AQAAIAAJ&q=Skam+%22andy+maddocks%22 The Wire]. 1998. Volumes 173-178. pg. 20 a Manchester-based independent electronic label, in the early 1990s.Bedroom Beats & B-sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century. (2020). United Kingdom: Velocity Press.{{cite web |last1=Mathieu |first1=Christopher |title=Interview with Andy Maddocks of Skam Records |url=https://igloomag.com/profiles/andy-maddocks-skam-22rpm |website=Igloo Magazine |access-date=7 March 2023 |date=25 October 2017}} He is also a member of the collaborative, electronic music project Gescom together with Darrell Fitton, Russell Haswell, and Rob Hall.
Skam records
Maddocks founded Skam records (naming it as an acronym for Some Knowledge About Music) in 1990 or 1991. Skam's first 12-inch single was a self-titled debut from Lego Feet (a predecessor to British electronic music duo Autechre).{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-14|title=Autechre's "lost" debut reissued|url=https://www.factmag.com/2011/11/29/autechres-lost-debut-reissued/|date=29 November 2011}} The label followed with two 12" records from Gescom. Skam entered the full-length album market in 1998 with the releases of Soup by Bola, a stage name used by Darrell Fitton{{cite news|first1=David|last1=Peschek|accessdate=2019-08-14|title=CD: Bola, Gnayse|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/nov/26/popandrock.shopping4|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 November 2004|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-14|title=Bola: Soup|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1071-soup/|website=Pitchfork}} and Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada, the latter being jointly released with Warp Records.
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External links
- {{discogs label|label=Skam|name=Skam Records}}
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Andy+Maddocks Maddocks at Discogs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100503062132/http://www.epm-musiconline.com/component/k2/item/21-andy-maddocks-/-skam.html epm-musiconline]
- [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/46bbe2a8-ffe6-4b5a-add4-4d67676144a0.html musicbrainz]
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Category:British electronic musicians
Category:British businesspeople
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