MATRIXSYNTH: RIP Dannie Flesher, Wax Trax Cofounder


Thursday, January 14, 2010

RIP Dannie Flesher, Wax Trax Cofounder

This one in via Brandt. Anyone familiar with Wax Trax knows the influence the label has had on the world of synths.

Full obit by Greg Kot on Turn it Up in The Chicago Tribune here.

"Dannie Flesher, who oversaw the internationally acclaimed Wax Trax record store and label in Chicago during the ‘80s and ‘90s, has died at age 58."

image: Wax Trax co-founders Dannie Flesher (left) and Jim Nash
Posted by matrix at 1/14/2010 08:00:00 PM
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2 comments:

  1. Turboskin1/14/10, 8:42 PM

    Sad reminder of my long gone youth.

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  2. Computer Controlled1/14/10, 9:15 PM

    Bummer. It's sad to see what TVT did to such a great and important label. Still my favorite label, and always will be! Long live WAX TRAX! Danny and Jim!!!!

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