Andy Maddocks

{{Short description|Musician and founder of Skam records}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} '''Andy Maddocks''' is an English entrepreneur and musician. He was instrumental in the foundation of Skam Records,<ref name = robhall/><ref name = wire>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pN84AQAAIAAJ&q=Skam+%22andy+maddocks%22 The Wire]. 1998. Volumes 173-178. pg. 20</ref> a Manchester-based independent electronic label, in the early 1990s.<ref name = fintoni>Bedroom Beats & B-sides: Instrumental Hip Hop & Electronic Music at the Turn of the Century. (2020). United Kingdom: Velocity Press.</ref><ref name = interview>{{cite web |last1=Mathieu |first1=Christopher |title=Interview with Andy Maddocks of Skam Records |url=https://igloomag.com/profiles/andy-maddocks-skam-22rpm |website=Igloo Magazine |access-date=7 March 2023 |date=25 October 2017}}</ref> He is also a member of the collaborative, electronic music project Gescom together with Darrell Fitton, Russell Haswell, and Rob Hall.<ref name = robhall/>

==Skam records== Maddocks founded Skam records (naming it as an acronym for Some Knowledge About Music) in 1990 or 1991, though the label did not become especially active until 1994.<ref name = interview/><ref name = fintoni/> Skam's first twelve-inch single was a self-titled debut from Lego Feet (a predecessor to British electronic music duo Autechre).<ref name="fact-2011">{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-14|title=Autechre's "lost" debut reissued|url=https://www.factmag.com/2011/11/29/autechres-lost-debut-reissued/|date=29 November 2011}}</ref> The label followed with two 12" EP records from Gescom. <ref name = interview/> Skam entered the full-length album market in 1998 with the releases of ''Soup'' by Bola, a stage name used by Darrell Fitton<ref name="guardian-pescheck">{{cite news|first1=David|last1=Peschek|accessdate=2019-08-14|title=CD: Bola, Gnayse|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/nov/26/popandrock.shopping4|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 November 2004|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-08-14|title=Bola: Soup|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1071-soup/|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> and the album ''Music Has the Right to Children'' by Boards of Canada,<ref name="guardian-pescheck"/> the latter being jointly released with Warp Records.

As a solo act, Maddocks performed live on the second day of the first Coachella music festival in October of 1999. <ref name = coachella>[http://www.coachella.com/ "Coachella Festival official website"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218064903/https://www.coachella.com/ |date=2020-12-18 }}.</ref> Other artists affiliated with Skam records also performed that day, including Autechre, Jega and Push Button Objects.<ref name = coachella/>

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<ref name=robhall>{{cite web |url=http://www.dynamix-djs.com/bio/robhall.pdf |title=Biography of Gescom's Rob Hall |work=Dynamix-djs.com |accessdate=11 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710160702/http://www.dynamix-djs.com/bio/robhall.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{discogs label|label=Skam|name=Skam Records}} *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Andy+Maddocks Maddocks at Discogs] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100503062132/http://www.epm-musiconline.com/component/k2/item/21-andy-maddocks-/-skam.html epm-musiconline] *[http://musicbrainz.org/artist/46bbe2a8-ffe6-4b5a-add4-4d67676144a0.html musicbrainz]

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