Raph Rashid - Back to the Lab Book, Hardcover Madlib

Raph Rashid - Back to the Lab Book, Hardcover MadlibIndependent producers and DJs have been busy creating world class music in bedrooms, kitchens and garages for years. Meanwhile, photographer Raph Rashid has traveled the globe, gaining access to these inner sanctums, one by one. The tremendous variety of set ups and layouts used by in home producers is artfully documented in the pages of Back to the Lab. Intimate photos of the creators amongst their instruments, gear, record collections and ephemera

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Term has spent the better part of the last two-years pounding the pavement from Boston to New York collaborating with artists such as DJ Premier

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