Anika is not your everyday singer songwriter. Raised in the UK, she studied journalism and became an UK correspondent in Berlin. Alongside that she has been working in the music industry as a promoter and eventually manager of her own label. Last year Anika recorded her selftitled debut for Stones Throw Records. One of her partners in crime is Portishead member Goeff Barrow. Challenging the conformity of today – Valentin Menedetter had the pleasure of talking to her.

M.E.D. is a veteran of the Stones Throw collective. After his celebrated but late debut Push Comes To Shove in 2005, his probably long awaited album Classic hits the stores these days. So the Medaphoar is talking about the early Oxnard days, about Stones Throw and Madlib, as well as about his collaborations with young and talented Hodgy Beats.

Exactly 15 years ago, at a time when Hip-hop was predictable than never before and DJ Shadow proclaimed »Why Hip Hop Sucks in ’96?«, Chris Manak (aka Peanut Butter Wolf) founded Stones Throw Records. One and a half decade later Stones Throw has become a quality brand, with a schedule that still breathes Hip-hop, but which is not confined onto Hip-hop only. We met Peanut Butter Wolf for interview.