Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy
Colleen Murphy, alias Cosmo (born August 24, 1968) is an American radio broadcaster, club DJ, music producer, remixer, record label owner and founder of Classic Album Sundays.[1]
Originally from Massachusetts, she attended New York University where she was Program Director and a DJ at the university radio station WNYU.[2] She cites her introduction to and friendship with David Mancuso of The Loft as a major influence[3] Together they produced the compilations David Mancuso presents The Loft.[4]
She co-founded the record label Bitches Brew.[5][6]
She records as Wild Rumpus with former Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas.[7] She has remixed Fat Freddy's Drop,[8] DFA's Planningtorock,[9] for the Remixes (Phenomenal Handclap Band album) and more under the moniker Cosmodelica. With Ashley Beedle as DarkStarr Diskotek she has remixed Candi Staton,[10] Beardyman, The Rapture (band)[11] and more.
In 2010 she founded Classic Album Sundays, an album listening event.[12] She is often a spokesperson about vinyl records.[13][14]
References and further reading
- ^ Tarantino, Chris (May 31, 2012). "Q&A Interview with Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy on Audiophilia, Secret People Watching and Forcing an Audience to Pay Attention". The Village Voice.
- ^ Vadukul, Alex (July 12, 2012). "At a Monthly Gathering Nothing But the Sound of Vinyl". The New York Times.
- ^ Tarantino, Chris (May 31, 2012). "Interview with Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy on Audiophilia, Secret People Watching and Forcing an Audience to Pay Attention". The Village Voice.
- ^ "David Mancuso – The Loft". Discogs. Discogs.
- ^ "Session Transcript:Cosmo". Red Bull Music Academy. 2003. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
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(help) - ^ Ben Murphy. "Where the Wild Things Are". DJ Magazine.
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(help) - ^ Murphy, Ben. "Where the Wild Things Are". No. 458. DJ Mag.
- ^ Constable, Paulette (April 20, 2015). "Fat Freddy's Drop Mother Mother Cosmodelica Remix". DMC.
- ^ Holloway, Kali. "Planningtorock - Living It Out". DFA. DFA.
- ^ Osborne, Ben (May 5, 2012). "Revolution DarkStarr Remix". No. 485. DJ Mag.
- ^ "The Rapture Children DarkStarr Diskotek REmix". Mixmag. July 12, 2012.
- ^ Sillito, David (2011-01-18). "Are record clubs the new book clubs?". BBC News.
- ^ Harris, John (January 7, 2015). "Vinyl's Difficult Comeback". The Guardian.
- ^ Nathanson, Hannah (April 26, 2013). "Vinyl Frontier". London Evening Standard.