John Carroll Kirby is based in Los Angeles and has arranged, produced and played on records by artists as diverse as Solange, Moses Sumney, Connan Mockasin, Yellow Days and Mark Ronson. His status was cemented through co-producing Solange's seminal albums A Seat at the Table' and When I Get Home, and collaborations with Frank Ocean, Blood Orange, Moses Sumney, Sébastien Tellier. Mentored by jazz bassist John Clayton, a protege of Ray Brown and Quincy Jones, Kirby has previously released solo albums 'Travel (2017) and Meditations in Music' (2018), which prove his vision to be expansive, leaving little to wonder why well-respected artists have sought his collaboration.
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Vevor Ultrasonic Cleaner
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Ortofon 2M Blue Premounted
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Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO
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Nagaoka MP-110H Cartridge
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Pro-Ject Phono Box DC Pre-Amp
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Featured Upcoming Vinyl
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Alan Vega Alan Vega (Red)
Sacred Bones
January 23, 2026 -
The Molotovs Wasted on Youth (Blue)
Marshall Records
January 30, 2026 -
Remember Sports The Refrigerator
Get Better Records
February 13, 2026 -
Dry Cleaning Secret Love
4Ad
January 9, 2026 -
John Corabi New Day
Frontiers New Recordings Physical Only
April 24, 2026 -
TAPE TRASH EDEN (Evergreen Opaque)
Tiny Engines
January 30, 2026 -
Jenny on Holiday Quicksand Heart
Transgressive
January 9, 2026 -
Tori Amos Strange Little Girls Enjoy the Silence Version [2xLP]
Atlantic Catalog Group
February 20, 2026 -
Terror Corpse Ash Eclipses Flesh
Dark Descent
January 9, 2026 -
Nathan Fake Evaporator (Clear Eco)
Universal UK
February 20, 2026 -
Callum Beattie INDI (Coke Bottle)
Cooking Vinyl
January 23, 2026 -
Ov Sulfur Endless
Century Media
January 16, 2026 -
New Found Glory Listen Up!
Pure Noise Records
February 20, 2026 -
Vindicator Communal Decay
Nltm Records
January 9, 2026