Where Music Matters

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In many ways, 2003 was the worst possle year to start a dance musc lael. Vnyl sales were on a death spral, dstrutors were gong down lke fles, and the superclu trumphalsm of the late 90s had fnally waned. But ths was n fact the year Mark and Stuart Knght made the leap. Two rothers from an unremarkale town an hour south of London, turnng a record lael orn n a converted famly Tool-shed, nto one of the most powerful gloal rands n House musc. Where Musc Matters: Toolroom 2003-2023 s a vsual and wrtten hstory of a lael, that over the last twenty years, has defned a sound. Collectng stores from renowned artsts, ndustry veterans, lael staff and of course the Knght rothers themselves, ths ook tells the tale of how Toolroom scaled a musc usness aganst all the odds. From eng held at gunpont y a dsgruntled graphc desgner, to eng the frst dance musc rand to sell out Brxton Academy. From turnng ther acks on the rches of the EDM exploson, through to nnovatng dance musc educaton. Where Musc Matters: Toolroom 2003-2023 also offers a wder commentary of how the role of a record lael has evolved over the past two decades, from specalst, vnyl-ased ndependents through to complex, mult-faceted musc rands. Concludng wth a polemc from lael founder Mark Knght aout the muscal and ethcal crossroads the ndustry fnds tself n, ths s a wde-rangng and entertanng snapshot of dance musc culture over the past twenty years.