Biography
Los Angeles native Delroy Edwards crafts gritty, lo-fi house alongside trippy, abstract mixtapes, issuing most of his output through the L.A. Club Resource imprint he founded. Drawn to regional dance and hip-hop sounds from places like New Orleans and Chicago, he also co-operates Gene's Liquor, a store that stocks obscure rap cassettes and house 12"s while handling releases from his own label. During his upbringing he absorbed post-punk, industrial, funk, and R&B in equal measure. After relocating to New York City in 2010 he took a job at A1 Records alongside Ron Morelli, founder of the L.I.E.S. label. His own dance productions aligned closely with the outsider house approach favored by that imprint, leading to the appearance of his first 12", 4 Club Use Only, in 2012; the record earned strong notice and helped intensify attention around the label. He kept issuing further 12"s on L.I.E.S. until returning to his hometown, where he launched L.A. Club Resource in 2013. That same period saw him team up with FunkinEven for a 12" put out by Apron Records.
The Death of Rave, an imprint of distributor Boomkat, issued Edwards' LP Teenage Tapes in 2014, a collection of more experimental pieces recorded while he attended art school. On his own label he began putting out multiple volumes of the DJ Screw-inspired Slowed Down Funk series, featuring his hazy, lo-fi reworkings of laid-back Southern rap and '80s R&B tracks. After the club-focused EPs Can U Get With and Kickin Butts!! he delivered his first proper full-length, the 30-track Hangin' at the Beach, in 2016. That ambitious set stayed closer in spirit to the Slowed Down Funk beat tapes than to his earlier 12"s, though it still contained compact examples of his hissy, blown-out dance style and several cuts that referenced his post-punk and new wave roots. Two years later came the equally expansive Rio Grande, a 22-track album of bright yet murky dance tracks, followed by Aftershock, a 14-track collection marking his first L.I.E.S. release in five years.
The Death of Rave, an imprint of distributor Boomkat, issued Edwards' LP Teenage Tapes in 2014, a collection of more experimental pieces recorded while he attended art school. On his own label he began putting out multiple volumes of the DJ Screw-inspired Slowed Down Funk series, featuring his hazy, lo-fi reworkings of laid-back Southern rap and '80s R&B tracks. After the club-focused EPs Can U Get With and Kickin Butts!! he delivered his first proper full-length, the 30-track Hangin' at the Beach, in 2016. That ambitious set stayed closer in spirit to the Slowed Down Funk beat tapes than to his earlier 12"s, though it still contained compact examples of his hissy, blown-out dance style and several cuts that referenced his post-punk and new wave roots. Two years later came the equally expansive Rio Grande, a 22-track album of bright yet murky dance tracks, followed by Aftershock, a 14-track collection marking his first L.I.E.S. release in five years.
Albums
Singles
