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Into the Fraye

PrintFrom lp cover lover Sebastian Fraye:  “Really enjoy your site, wanted to submit my own album I designed and produced. The album artwork is composed of real record store price stickers from my own collection.”

Sebastian Fraye’s VOL. 1 showcases a selection of instrumentals that were created between 2009 and 2014. A multitude of both sampled and recorded instruments, tools and techniques were used throughout the album. The thread that ties them all together is through the use of vinyl. Sebastian felt that with his first official album, he needed to honor the traditions of the beatmaking craft and the artists that came before him—not only musically, but visually as well. His album artwork is a curated collection of record store album stickers that were acquired from his personal collection; some of which were taken from records that were sampled in this very album. As a designer, Sebastian feels that the stickers not only have a beautiful aesthetic look, but represent the experience of buying used records from dusty old stores, early Sunday morning swap meets, or local thrift stores—often searching for hours on end until something unique is found. VOL. 1 is truly a tribute to vinyl through its assortment of 24 original beats.

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Ain’t no half-steppin’

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Music for Dancing  Bert Weedon does Waltzes and Quicksteps!  Top Rank Records

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Zaide Smurf

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Vader Abraham on Philips Records (Germany)

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Alive and kickin’

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Another great “Penaranda” cover on Fuentes Records!

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The devil is in the detail

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Can you name the artist and the album by this cover detail?!  We haven’t been able to stump the experts yet!

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Soul man

HiBillCan you name the artist and the album by this cover detail?!   Answer below:

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Have you seen her?

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Can you name the album from just this (fine) fragment of the cover!

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A little bit country

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Okay, I’m going to keep trying to stump you guys.  Try this one!  (I’ll post a clue tonight if no one gets it.)

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Talk amongst yourselves

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The first two got quick correct answers.  How about this one?

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Take your time

2015-06-17 07.30.38 copy

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