Me and the homies started building PRNCPLS last year because we saw a real need in the industry—for artists and brands to have a team that actually knows how to build, scale, and make impact through music. Whether you’re an artist looking to grow your audience and revenue, or a brand looking to connect with culture in a real way, we got you.
This is what we do—artist services, music strategy, cultural campaigns, and more. If you’re ready to build, let’s talk. @weareprncpls Link in bio.
Andre Torres: Wax Poetics, Art & Beat Digging Elevated – Ep 16
Andre Torres @gotbeats - Founder, Publisher, and Editor-In-Chief of Wax Poetics @wax_poetics and Editor-In-Chief of Scratch - on taking beat digging from crates to culture.
We talk about beat digging as art, fearless publishing, endless stories of music legends, and the future of music in a changing industry.
#AndreTorres #WaxPoetics #Scratchmagazine #RareGrooves #GemsWithShom #NotoriousBIG #DrDre #JDilla #Prince #CrateDiggers #HipHopLegends #DITC #Digginginthecrates #Art #musicpublishing #breaks #vinyl #records #beatdigging
Andre Torres: Wax Poetics, Art & Beat Digging Elevated – Ep 16
Andre Torres aka @gotbeats - Founder, Publisher, and Editor-In-Chief of Wax Poetics (@wax_poetics ) and Editor-In-Chief of Scratch Magazine - on taking beat digging from crates to broader culture.
We talk about beat digging elevated as art, fearless publishing, endless stories of music legends, and the future of music in a changing industry.
#AndreTorres #WaxPoetics #Scratchmagazine #RareGrooves #GemsWithShom #NotoriousBIG #DrDre #JDilla #Prince #CrateDiggers #DITC #Digginginthecrates #Art #musicpublishing #digging #breaks #vinyl #records #beatdigging
Much love to my brother @adrianyounge for the shout! It’s been incredible to watch his journey over the years and I’m honored to have played a small part. Be sure to peep his new album “Something About April III” and catch him on tour with the @jazzisdead crew.
I discovered this album over the weekend and found myself inspired. Over the last year I let my officially diagnosed OCD brain go HAM digging for music. While I’m not in record stores as often as I used to be, I’ve spent many six hour clips digging on Spotify—and found 100x as much music in that same stretch.
Some of this would have wound up in Wax Poetics during my magazine days. Now I’m putting it in a playlist titled after the above album. This first installment is 11 hours and only covers last week. So, many of these songs are new to me or back in rotation after finally stumbling on them digitally. It’s a mixed bag but I go down wormholes. Updates will be a mix of new and older discoveries over the last year.
It’s also a reflection of the evolution of my tastes. My ears weren’t ready for some of these records 20 years ago. Others, I’ve loved even longer.
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Andre Torres - Ahead of the Curve: New interview on the Dust & Grooves website.
“I was buying a lot of records; I didn’t have much money, but I was digging a lot in New York, and now I’m starting to understand, ‘Oh, there’s like real culture here.’”
This week is huge. We have Andre Torres (@gotbeats ), founder of the legendary Wax Poetics magazine (@wax_poetics ), speaking about the inspiration behind the publication, and how it came from documenting stories of music and musicians that deserve to be told.
Interview by award-winning writer, and music historian Dan Epstein (@dockfidrych )
Photos by Eilon Paz (@eilonpaz )
Read the full interview on the Dust & Grooves website. While you’re there, treat yourself with Dust & Grooves Volume 2. Pre-Sale now open!
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The countdown to 100 episodes continues with Episode 88 feat. Andre Torres! You can listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube right now just tap the link in our bio to tune in!🎙️🎧
Andre founded the highly regarded quarterly music magazine Wax Poetics in 2001, featuring an eclectic mix of artists from Public Enemy to Daft Punk. The New York Times Style Magazine named the publication, “The best and most exquisitely laid-out music bimonthly in America.” There he grew the magazine into a global movement of vinyl collectors, DJs, and music enthusiasts interested in tracing hip-hop’s DNA back through its roots. In his role at Warner Music Group, he worked closely with frontline labels and artists to strategize new catalog opportunities in A&R, content development, consumption, and marketing. He joined WMG after serving as Head of Catalog, Artist and Label Partnerships at Spotify where he led all North American catalog initiatives.
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This week’s show is a conversation with Andre Torres @gotbeats , founder of the revered and much collected Wax Poetics magazine @wax_poetics .
The fine art graduate shares his story from early influences in New York to moving to Florida, then heading back to New York where he worked at MOMA and then the World Trade Center, before leveraging all his experiences to start the magazine.
We hear from Andre about his entrepreneurial spirit, and find out about the ups and downs of running your own startup, and also what comes next.
There’s a lot of great storytelling in this one, so I know you’ll enjoy it.
