Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers are releasing 7″ single “Venus Shaver” in mid-October 2010. The single and b-side “Natural Selection” serve as a precursor to their forthcoming full-length Teenage and Torture, set for release January 18th, 2011 on Knitting Factory Records. As a preview of the new material they are making “Venus Shaver” available [...]

Ghariokwu Lemi designed over 30 album covers for Nigerian afrobeat star and political activist Fela Kuti.  Ghariokwu Lemi’s work is more than album art.  It matched Fela’s music in its political and social critique while expressing beauty and honesty.  Knitting Factory Records has made two very limited 2′ x 2′ prints available.  The first image [...]

?uestlove sat down to discuss the importance and influence of Fela Kuti – on both the personal level as well as Fela’s impact on music and culture. Over the next several months, Knitting Factory Records will be re-releasing Fela’s entire catalogue. The “Chop ‘N Quench” batch, containing 6 CDs (9 albums total) from 1964-1974, is [...]

Knitting Factory Records announced that the first set of Fela reissues will be released on February 16, 2010. Since the reissues are being made available in chronological order, these six CDs, that contain nine albums total, represent the earliest period of the Nigerian legend’s oeuvre. The timespan of the releases is 1969 – 1974, the [...]