subscribeGarth Trinidad Interview with Quantic and B+
by Nancy Cantwell
Garth Trinidad spins for west coast’s supremo radio station KCRW. West Coast is just my local pride showing through…KCRW can now be found streaming anywhere in the world via their website and they even have their own app available as an iTunes download.
But back to Trinidad. From his bio:
“Through his work as a DJ and radio personality, event producer, music supervisor, and journalist, he’s helped jump start the careers of Jill Scott, Kelis, Dwele, Van Hunt, and Gnarls Barkley, while artfully exploring the concept of soul music in a multitude of genres, roots, and movements worldwide. Whatever the style, Garth speaks of viewing all music through the eyes of a child of classic hip hop, when the movement was nebulous. He hunts for pure sounds – dirty, sexy, raw, rhythmic, and dynamic, from classic rock, roots reggae, and samba, to jazz, electronica, hip hop, and house.”
That being said so well I will now just gush and tell you he is my absolute favorite DJ…ever. My husband teases me endless about ‘My Man Garth”.
In 1996 Garth Trinidad launched his show Chocolate City which aired Saturday nights from 6-9. With ten solid years of CC behind him in 2006 GT moved on to the Week Night spot at KCRW from 8-10 Mondays through Fridays. Tuesday are a real treat devoted to solely vinyl records. Specifically my collection would be light two of the great LA acts if not for GT; the master J Dilla and monster J. Davey. More about that later. But if you’ve never experienced Donuts from J. Dilla …is just crazy good.
Garth is not a shy guy. Here is his own site complete with blog and profession contact info Garth Trinidad Sound, but he can also be found just splashing around his facebook page with his fans.
When GT’s in the house all is right with the world. Below are two clips. The first is just a quick look ar Garth Trinidad and the other is a complete excerpt of his interview with Will Holland’s Quantic and B+. Listen up.
