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Today we’re rocking out to the new Gucci Mayne mixtape in the studio…

BRAND NEW ( track 2) #itsBURRRRrrrTISH!
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THE MUSIC
CAN SAVE YOU

To your grandparents rock n’ roll may have been the devil’s music,
but for Contributing Editor it’s always been the contrary.
CMJ week is here, which means hot new bands are here to spark
the fire and brimstone. Drew Van Diest curates his essential hymnals,
so you can get down with the good sound, righteous style.

Photo by Atisha Paulson

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A SHARK
STAYS SWIMMING

CE Creative Director Ryan Schmidt interviews rap artist and label owner Mike Tumbarello
on what’s good. Lizzy Sullivan shoots the pictures and video.

Name:
Michael Angelo Tumbarello AKA: Baje One

Age: 30

Ryan Schmidt: Occupation?
Michael Angelo Tumbarello: I run an independent record label called Modern Shark.
I also rap in a group called Junk Science.

RS: You’re Brooklyn born and bred as I understand it.
Give me a few of your favorite venues in Brooklyn:
MT:Court Street Bakery in Carroll Gardens. Di Fara Pizza on Avenue J.
Happy End (Polish lunch counter in Greenpoint).

RS: Your record label Modern Shark is fairly new, tell us how you got the idea
for the name, and why you wanted to start your own label:
MT: It was either going to be Modern Shark or Shark Deco, and I liked the idea
of the label not being tied to any particular time. They all sounded good though…
Shark Nouveau sounds cool too. Renaissance Shark.
Originally I wasn’t going to start a label at all.
The previous Junk Science record had been released on Definitive Jux
(through a license from Embedded Music) and I would’ve been happy to stay there.
But when both of those labels announced that they were shutting down,
something just clicked. I was never fully happy with just making and putting out
my own records; I always wanted to be in a position to present music to the world.
So now Modern Shark is my platform to do it,
all I have to do is figure out how to build a bigger audience.

SAY HELLO TO:
RORY GUINNESS

Photographer Hanuk tracks, quizzes and shoots his favorite
stylish New Yorkers for Contributing Editor.

What’s your name?
Rory

What were you wearing when you woke up this morning?
yeah definitely