A Beat Happening: Sweatson Klank - Part 1

A Beat Happening

For the first episode of A Beat Happening we welcome Tom Wilson FKA Take and now known as Sweatson Klank. A part of the L.A. beat scene since the early 2000s, Tom first met Kutmah at Aron's Records and the pair eventually became the DJ duo at the heart of Sketchbook, a club night Kutmah started in Hollywood that set the ground for what would come next with Low End Theory. Tom is also responsible for introducing Laurent to Kutmah and schooling him on the historical importance of Aron's and Sketchbook. In part one of this episode, the three of them reminisce about these early days and their formative importance to both Tom's and Kutmah's careers.

In this episode we discuss...

• Tom's early career in the Seattle area
• L.A.'s early 2000s record store culture and how Tom and Kutmah first met
• The pair's DJing approach and philosophy and how they focused on the weird records no one else played
• The first incarnation of Sketchbook at The Room in Hollywood
• How Tom discovered Dimlite while working at Aron's

Tracklist:

• Take One - Emergency Breaks [snippet]
• Sacred - Grow Your Own
• Dimlite - Generic Lo

Links:

• Aron's Records and the Development of the L.A. Beat Scene
• Take Discography
• Kutmah & Take - A Sketchbook Scribble
• Dimlite Discogs

This episode was edited and produced by Laurent Fintoni and Will Horrocks. Intro and outro music by Duke Westlake. Artwork by Kutmah. Design assistance by Paper Resistance and Brandy Flower.

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