Gagan Palrecha
Encyclopedia
Gagan Palrecha is an Indian-born American entrepreneur, record producer
and the founder of The First Time Records and Monsoon Recordings.
in Rajasthan
, India
, and grew up in Michigan
, United States
.
Palrecha attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
. In high school, Palrecha started producing do-it-yourself records and booking concerts at VFW halls, basements of friends houses, and coffee shops. By his late teens, he had his own record company, The First Time Records - named after a lyric from The Smiths
- "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want", an influential band in his teen years.
By 2003, Palrecha had expanded his record company to include a second record label, a boutique music promotion firm, and a regular monthly club night in San Francisco, where he was also a regular DJ.
. The label has worked with such artists as Ride
, Brett Anderson
of Suede
, Kent
, and many others.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and the founder of The First Time Records and Monsoon Recordings.
Biography
Palrecha was born in the city of JodhpurJodhpur
Jodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and grew up in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Palrecha attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. In high school, Palrecha started producing do-it-yourself records and booking concerts at VFW halls, basements of friends houses, and coffee shops. By his late teens, he had his own record company, The First Time Records - named after a lyric from The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
- "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want", an influential band in his teen years.
By 2003, Palrecha had expanded his record company to include a second record label, a boutique music promotion firm, and a regular monthly club night in San Francisco, where he was also a regular DJ.
Career
Palrecha runs The First Time Records, a small indie label that works primarily with British and British influened indie rockIndie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
. The label has worked with such artists as Ride
Ride (band)
Ride were a British alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the "shoegazing" scene. Following the break-up of the band in 1996, members moved on to various other...
, Brett Anderson
Brett Anderson
Brett Lewis Anderson is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he briefly fronted The Tears, and has released four solo albums...
of Suede
Suede (band)
Suede are an English alternative rock band from London, formed in 1989. The group's most prominent early line-up featured singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Bernard Butler, bass player Mat Osman and drummer Simon Gilbert. By 1992, Suede were hailed as "The Best New Band in Britain", and attracted...
, Kent
Kent (band)
Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar...
, and many others.