A-Trak, Dam-Funk, Kid Koala Share Vinyl Collections for New Book

Vinyl heads from all over the world will share and discuss their record collections in the new book, Dust & Grooves Volume 2: Further Adventures in Record Collecting, set to arrive Oct. 15. 

The new tome comes from photographer and publisher Eilon Pez, who released the first Dust & Grooves volume back in 2014. That book paired Paz’s photographic essays with in-depth interviews with individual collectors, artists, DJs, and producers.

Further Adventures in Record Collecting, as its title suggests, expands upon the original’s premise. Where the first volume focused largely on the collections themselves, the new one will highlight the people who amassed these libraries, the stories behind the discs, and various vinyl communities around the world.

Storied DJ and produce Prince Paul penned the foreword for the book, while over 150 record collectors are featured in it, including artists like A-Trak, Mayer Hawthorne, Dam-Funk, Kid Koala, and Eric Andre. The book also includes a slew of female artists and collectors — Paola Puente, Jen Remasters, and Coco María, to name a few — who are changing a world long dominated by men.

Other chapters will highlight the collections of luminaries like late BBC Radio DJ John Peel and the filmmaker/DJ/musician/punk pioneer Don Letts. And there will be a vast array of vinyl stories from around the world, such as: The collector trying to secure a copy of every single album featuring Ron Carter, the world record holder for “The Most Recorded Jazz Bassist in History”; the collectors tracking down exceptionally rare discs released by small labels in the 1970s purely as a way to exploit tax loopholes; and a journey through jazz kissa, Japan’s unique culture of jazz café’s devoted to listening.

Further Adventures in Record Collecting will be available in a limited edition of 4,000 copies in select book and record stores. Full details are available on the Dust & Grooves website.