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Ridgewood-based record label steps it up
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
An ardent music scene around the Ridgewood area has long flourished, with the ascent of musicians from basement shows to Internet notoriety and world tours.
Alongside the emergence of the area’s indie musicians has been a local record label that has nourished that talent and allowed a springboard to release their music.
Underwater Peoples, the record label created by Ridgewood resident Evan Brody and three of his college friends from George Washington University, had gained already significant clout from the Internet’s music communities. Their mainstream recognition is now slowly growing, this time from Billboard, which last month named Underwater Peoples the eighth-best indie music label on a list of 50. It’s a recognition Brody says he is humbled by, if a little unsure what to do with.
