Meet The Movement #005: Kenny Fresh Of Fresh Selects (Part 1)

▶ Discover: @freshselects ▶ Listen to Part II: https://soundcloud.com/seangran/meet-the-movement-005-kenny-fresh-of-fresh-selects-part-2-interview How many record labels do you know that started out as a blog? That’s exactly the path Kenny Fresh took with his label Fresh Selects, which originally started as FreshSelects.net 7 years ago. Since then the brand’s growth has been monumental, and has seen the label release projects from the likes of Iman Omari, Mndsgn, Low Leaf and SiR, the R&B singer/songwriter that’s been making waves since he dropped his Seven Sundays project. Kenny and I ended up having a Skype call a few Saturdays ago that went on to last more 2 and a half hours. It was an in-depth interview that covered a range of topics, and while it may have gone by quickly for me, I’ve taken the liberty of splitting the audio interview into two parts to make it easier to digest. In part one we talk about Fresh Selects’ journey from a blog to a record label, it’s first release as an official label, Mndsgn’s seminal conceptual beat-tape Breatharian, the process of turning SiR’s EP into a full LP, Kenny’s radio show Tight Songs and much more. Look out for the second part of the interview next week, in which Kenny and talk about Gangster Doodles and his artwork for each of the guest-mixes Kenny features on his radio show Tight Songs, changes that Kenny would like to see in the music scene and artists that you should be looking out for. Aside from featuring my mix of Fresh Selects music, this interview also features part of DJ Harrison's Tight Songs guest mix. Design by seangran, Kenny Fresh sketch by Rob Lewis.