"[Gabriel] Roth is a 34-year-old songwriter, bassist and sound
engineer, as well as the somewhat-reluctant co-owner of Daptone
Records, a small record label in Brooklyn. He is still a
musical outsider: he says he strongly dislikes almost every pop
song recorded since 1974, including one or two that bear his own
imprint. What appeals to him -- what consumes him -- are dusty soul
and funk records from the 1960s and early '70s. By studiously
emulating these recordings, he has gained a reputation as a
devoted, even obsessive, musical purist."
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