Duppy Gun
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Duppy Gun is a dancehall record label run by Cameron Stallones of Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras, based in Los Angeles, California. The label began in Portmore, Jamaica in 2011 after a collaboration between Stallones, Gengras and Jamaican vocal group The Congos on the album Icon Give Thank for RVNG Intl.{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=26796|title=Duppy Gun Productions plans compilation|date=14 October 2014|access-date=7 March 2016|last=Ryce|first=Andrew}} Duppy Gun releases feature collaborations from American experimental electronic artists and Jamaican singers. Past albums have included production from Peaking Lights, Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, Matthewdavid and vocals by I Jahbar, Lukani, Fyah Flames, G sudden, and Dayone.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/342155-Duppy-Gun-Productions|title=Duppy Gun Productions discography|website=Discogs |access-date=7 March 2016}} Since their second release, the 12" vinyl Spy / Up Wit You, the label has been distributed by Los Angeles' Stones Throw Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.stonesthrow.com/store/12-inch/duppygun/spy|title=Spy/Up Wit You catalogue information|access-date=7 March 2016}} The 2014 double LP Duppy Gun Productions Vol 1 featured all of their previous released tracks as well as new music and featured vocalists "from more established roots singers to fisherman to very young neighborhood kids."{{cite web|url=http://www.dummymag.com/mixes/dummy-mix-232-duppy-gun-sun-araw-genesis-hull-interview|title=Dummy Mix 232 Duppy Gun by Dummy Mag|date=19 November 2014|access-date=7 March 2016}}
Discography
Updated 7 March 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/342155-Duppy-Gun-Productions|title=Duppy Gun Productions discography|website=Discogs |access-date=7 March 2016}}
- Dayone / Early One Multiply / Earth (12") DPY001 2011
- Duppy Gun, I Jahbar, Lukani Spy/Up Wit You (12") DPPY002 2013
- Fyah Flames, I Jahbar What Would You Say (12") DPPY003 2013
- Bookfa / G Sudden Press Bookfa Press / Girls Dem Need Mi (12") DPPY004 2013
- Various Multiply: Duppy Gun Productions, Vol. 1 (2xLP, Comp, Gat) DPY005 2014
- Various Multiply: Duppy Gun Productions, Vol. 1 (CD, Comp, Promo) DPY005 2014
- Genesis Hull Who Feels It, Knows It (12xFile, MP3, Mixed, 320) 2014
References
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External links
- Duppy Gun website [http://duppygun.com/]
- Duppy Gun on Stones Throw Records [http://stonesthrow.com/duppygun]
- Duppy Gun mix for Dummy Mag [http://www.dummymag.com/mixes/dummy-mix-232-duppy-gun-sun-araw-genesis-hull-interview]
- Duppy Gun Productions on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/duppygun]
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Category:American record labels
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