Over the past several months, I (through my day job, IAMSOUND Records) have been working together with quite a few LA bands to quietly put together what is now coming together as The LA Collection. A lot of hard work has been put into this and I'm very excited to finally be able to tell everyone about it! The LA Collection is a series of limited edition 7-inch split singles to be released this year, starting from February to August, in collaboration with one of our favorite UK record stores, Pure Groove Records.
All artists are LA acts hand-picked by IAMSOUND that represent the true talent and diversity that we believe LA has to offer. LA is one of the world's largest and most vibrant cities and yet our music scene is wholly underrated whenever compared to other artistic hotbeds such as NYC and London. We wanted this series of releases to help bring together an LA scene and showcase the depth of talent that exists in this city. All of the artwork is done by local artists Ingrid Allen and Elisa Saether, with typesetting by designer Aaron Rose.
We are also partnering up with our favorite radio station, KCRW. Be sure to listen to Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley to exclusively hear some of the tracks, starting the first week of March, as well as visit KCRW's music blog for exclusive streams, downloads, and other info on future events tied into The LA Collection.
We kick off the LA Collection with a 7" from LA eclectic dance purveyors We Are The World, out February 16th (this one is not a split though).
Artists include:
We Are The World
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
Fool's Gold
Local Natives
Dead Man's Bones
Rainbow Arabia
Nosaj Thing
IO Echo
Pocahaunted
Signals
Actually
Moonrats
Imaad Wasif
