Grayhound Recordings was launched in 1998 by Garth as an avenue for the bass-heavy dance tracks long-pioneered by his Wicked Sound System in San Francisco. Since then Grayhound has consistently set the standard, securing its place as one of the west coast's most influential underground labels. In 2005 they celebrated their 50th single.
To get a better picture of Grayhound's roots rewind to 1991, when Garth and fellow seekers from London's persecuted acid house scene, made the move out west to San Francisco. By March of that year Wicked was born, kick-starting the west coast house scene into high gear with their legendary full moon parties, spontaneous events that over a six year run took thousands of adventurous party people to beaches and parks all over Northern California.
This coupled with their afterhours club night that would give the crew it's Wicked name gave San Francisco a uniquely psychedelic, funky & often soulful sound that set it apart.
Keen to nail this elusive sound to vinyl, Garth hooked up with E.T.I. to score their breakout hit 'Twenty Minutes of Disco Glory'. Running with the momentum that gave them, Garth was driven to create a label that could do justice to the wealth of new talent coming up in the Bay Area. Taking as icon the restored '47 Greyhound bus that Wicked used for touring, he launched Grayhound.
The label has gone on to achieve cult status in its relentless support of leftfield local producers that other labels have ignored at their peril... Wicked, Rocket, Mirror Boys, Nectar, Stranger, Michoacan and many others have debuted on the Hound.
Two of Garth's songs on Grayhound have been featured in movies (Sony Pictures' Groove & Gus Van Sant's Speedway Junky) and much of the catalogue has been licensed to high profile DJ mix CDs the world over including these...
