Egon
Eothen Alapatt, aka Egon, is Stones Throw’s general manager. Alongside art director Jeff Jank, he came on board in 2000 when Peanut Butter Wolf moved the label from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
At Stones Throw, he has produced anthologies such as The Funky 16 Corners and The Stark Reality’s Now. He has coordinated and/or A&Red for projects as varied as Madlib and DOOM’s Madvillainy, Chrome Children, Tortoise’s Bumps and a bunch of others.
He founded his own label, Now-Again in 2002 to focus on reissues of regional American funk and soul. Funk bands such as the L.A. Carnival, Ebony Rhythm Band, Kashmere Stage Band and Amnesty have seen their music released on Now-Again. Now-Again also represents catalogs that range from the superb Brasilian psychedelia (Lula Cortes, Marconi Notaro and Satwa) to the funk and soul that Now-Again is known for (the Soultex, Enyx, Lightin’ are only three of the vast catalogs Now-Again has at its disposal).
Recently, Egon has taken more to new artist development and signings on Now-Again, with bands such as Malcolm Catto’s Heliocentrics, production team MRR-ADM (formerly known as MHE), the Whitefield Brothers and Mr. Chop. And, drawing from its resources of clear-able samples , Now-Again also releases limited edition “library” releases of music by the likes of Oh No, Koushik and Edan.
Egon partnered with Peanut Butter Wolf to found the Soul-Cal imprint in 2003. This imprint, which currently focuses on American modern soul and disco, is set to break out as a merchandising venture.
Egon often DJs sets of funk and psychedelia from around the globe, both at his weekly residency Funky Sole in Los Angeles, and at venues from London to Tokyo and all places in between.
www.nowagainrecords.com
