Smash Hit Music Co.

Out now in very limited quantity, the 4th installment in the Private Release series by SF’s Public Release. 40 Thieves Presents is a collection of 3 edits and 1 original, compiled by 40 Thieves. Chiming in on the action is none other than close friend and SF DJ extraordinaire, Conor, with his brilliant extension of [...]

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Coming soon…our 5th album installment brought to you by good friends EO and Kenneth, aka MONIKER. They make chunky analog house music using drum machines, vintage synths, the occasional vocal bit, and an old fashioned mixer. It’s the kinda stuff you’d likely hear out on the back patio at the club 5 hours after last [...]

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Moniker is choreographed insanity. Moniker is from San Francisco. Moniker is feisty improvisation. Moniker is original. Moniker will remind you of Mr. Fingers, Two Lone Swordsman and Reflective Records. Moniker is the sound of substance. Moniker is the name of the group. Moniker was recorded through outboard hardware at Anthracite Studios. Moniker is friendly. Moniker [...]

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“Who the f$%k is this guy?” is a comment we often hear about Tad Wily, sometimes known as Matt Kuderski. And the answer is always the same.. we don’t know and does it matter? When his music hits our inbox it makes the sound of a Bootsy plunk. We’ve never heard his voice without a [...]

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To the untrained eye the name Marbeya Sound may slip right by. For those paying close attention to the progression of oddball dance and the evolution of oversexed disco, over the past year Marbeya has come to embody the latest crop of talented and hungry producers referencing the past but nonetheless ushering in new and [...]

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It is with profound pleasure that we announce the release of our latest long player, James Curd Presents Ziggy Franklin- No Need To Fight About It.
If the name Ziggy rings a bell, it’s because the two met years ago on the set of a movie that lead to Ziggy grabbing a “hosted-by” roll on [...]

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Coming November 9, 2010 to fine retailers everywhere, the next installment from the mighty Mr. James Curd of Greenskeepers. “Though All This Stuff” feat JDUB on the mic, sets the time machine to the very early eighties… when hip hop was just a twinkle in mama disco’s eye… before you had a pager and before [...]

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A few weeks ago, we checked our mailbox and to our delight was a demo from James of the new material recently completed with his long time friend and collaborator, Ziggy Franklin. When we popped the cassette in it was love at first listen, and it wasn’t long after that we were on the phone [...]

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photo by Chris Savas / 1983 / Danceteria / “Jam Hot”
When Nina Hagen sang “AM/PM, Pyramid, Roxy, Mudd Club, Danceteria” in her 1983 classic “New York New York” she could have been describing Johnny Dynell’s work week, as he played at them all, beginning at the seminal Mudd Club in 1980. Throughout the 80s he [...]

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You may never have heard of Return To Sender if it wasn’t for the art of the remix. We originally discovered this cool little song on a garage rock album by these youngsters from Utah, and were blown away when we found the wacky dialect was made up on the spot when they recorded the [...]

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