Kangol Teams Up With Ten Underground Record Labels To Launch Radio Kangol
NEW YORK, June 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Iconic headwear brand Kangol, born in London and raised in New York, is launching a radio streaming station-featuring music exclusively curated by ten global underground record labels including Golf Channel, Rockers International, Stones Throw, Foundation, Burger, PPU Records, Soundway, Workshop, Plant Records and Minimal Wave. Available at www.radiokangol.com. Radio Kangol is a love letter to the enduring role Kangol headwear has played in the music world since it was adopted by the Beatles in the 1960s, and the legends of the hip-hop community in the 1980s, including LL Cool J, Run-DMC and Grandmaster Flash.
Radio Kangol presents an eclectic mix of genres spanning reggae, dance, Hip-Hop, house, indie rock, global dance, techno, experimental and funk and soul. The labels represent cities as afield as Tokyo, London, Washington DC and New York. Each label has produced a six-hour playlist that will be a combination of live and recorded shows. The playlists allow music fans the ability to discover and share new music on Radio Kangol microsite, or listen via a stand-alone music player housed on the Kangol website.
Each label on the New York station is matched with an iconic Kangol hat, all available to purchase on www.kangol.com. Each hat style has been chosen to reflect the Kangol headwear trends found in each musical subculture, be it the classic Kangol beret in the roots reggae scene, the Kangol bucket hat in hip-hop, or the Kangol cap in dance music.
Paula Calvert, Global Creative Director at Kangol, says, "Radio Kangol is an anthem for the extraordinary influence Kangol headwear has exerted on generations of musicians and music fans. It is a way for us to give Kangol aficionados an opportunity to listen to new sounds, as well as establish new relationships with the next generation of musicians around the globe."
The Radio Kangol microsite will begin streaming live on June 24, 2015. In addition to housing the new sounds from Radio Kangol's label partners, it will feature the hat and playlist pairings, a new look book and a limited run of vinyl available to the public.
Check out Radio Kangol at www.radiokangol.com. Visit the Kangol site at www.kangol.com. Follow Kangol @kangol_headwear and #RadioKangol.
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About Kangol
Long before Kangol was worn by hip hop legends in New York, the Kangol beret was gracing the heads of uniformed officers in the British Armed forces. Kangol traces its roots back to pre-World War II England and transformed from a military uniform to the uniform of artists and musicians from around the world. In the 1960s, Kangol obtained the sole rights to make and distribute any headwear that featured the Beatles. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Kangol casual bucket and Kangol beret became icons in the New York Hip Hop scene and was donned by talents like LL Cool J, Biggie and Samuel L Jackson. Kangol was born in London, but raised in New York.
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