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Planetary Alignment Music

Planetary Alignment Music / Independent label

Planetary Alignment Music: Get Aligned.

Our purpose is to help independent artists attain recognition and income doing dope music while retaining complete creative control.

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Planetary Alignment Music logo: three red vinyl discs under a red banner reading Planetary Alignment Music, Get Aligned Get Aligned.
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In the label's words

  • In the label's words

    “Our purpose is to help independent artists attain recognition and income doing dope music while retaining complete creative control.”
    Planetary Alignment Music
  • “Incredible chemistry and amazing skills in both lyrics and production.”
    On Mallz x Thess
  • “A Tribe Called Thess: The work ethic speaks for itself.”
    Thesselonious bio

About

Artists first.
Control stays with them.

Planetary Alignment Music is an independent label. The goal is simple: recognition and income for independent artists making dope music, with complete creative control kept by the artist.

The catalog runs from Thesselonious (in hip hop since 1984) and Mallz x Thess to Cool D, Jura Shaheed, RC Walker and The Munkeys Are Conspiring.

6Artists on the roster
22Releases, 2014 to 2022
Cover art for The Afterlife EP by Jura Shaheed

Featured on the label site

The Afterlife EP

“What you NEED to close out this year properly!!”

Jura Shaheed / the label's own line

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Selected works.

Year, position, title, artist. Every Listen button opens the label's existing discography page. Faders are visual only; nothing plays here.

Bank A / Releases

12 titles

Bank B / EPs and singles

10 titles

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Find it on.

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Apple MusicLink coming
SoundCloudLink coming
YouTubeLink coming

Input list.

The roster, one channel each.

  • 01Cool D

    Has been contributing to the art of hip-hop since age 10. At 14 he began making beats with two Casio SK-10 keyboards. Dedicated to dropping music every chance he gets, he is a "free agent" with a large number of releases, including with the label. Latest: My Sincere Appreciation Volume 16 and Funny Bone, Vol. 1.

  • 02Jura Shaheed

    Emcee, producer, songwriter and composer. Loves traditional jazz, soul and hip hop, and has produced and written since his youth. His music blends soul and experimental sounds, with the goal of being recognized as a renaissance emcee. Latest: The Search Pt. 2 and The Afterlife EP.

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  • 03Mallz X Thess

    "Incredible chemistry and amazing skills in both lyrics and production." KILLSHIT is "a musically aesthetic body of work that reminds us that hip hop is alive and well." Latest: KILLSHIT and Culture Re-Hustled.

    Mallz on Twitter (opens in new tab)
  • 04RC Walker

    Writes, plays several instruments, sometimes sings. Started in the 90s as a guitarist with a live instrumental crew, and has worked with house legends Terry Hunter and Ron Maney, jazz artists Kafele and Khari Lemuel, and hip-hop masters Jura Shaheed and Drunken Monkeee. Latest: Let Go Be Free b/w Let's Make The Room Stank and Let Me In b/w Queen of Grace.

  • 05The Munkeys Are Conspiring

    "Evolution meeting revolution. The banana in your proverbial tailpipe." A group featuring Audio (Voodoo) Forensicks and Thess. Latest: The Re-Release.

    ConspiringMunkeys.com (opens in new tab)
  • 06Thesselonious

    Emcee, producer, reggae collector and DJ. Latest: The Death of Saturn and Meditations in Mahogany.

    “A Tribe Called Thess: The work ethic speaks for itself.”Thesselonious bio

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On air

Thess, live.

Man in glasses and a floral shirt holding a drink beside a turntable, with shelves of records behind him
From the archive
  • Adapted from the label bioThesselonious has been involved with hip hop since 1984 in some form, whether rapping, DJing, or making beats. He's an emcee. Producer. Reggae collector. Chicago's Very Own Marathon DJ. NACROBATS founding member. #ShrugLifer #OBCT Team Founder. #DrumSnob. Twitter addict. Talk show cohost. #UsualSuspect
  • Co-hosts the talk show on VisulLive and DJs live on air there. DJs live shows on WVLM, a radio station.
  • His Sunday show has been running for over a decade.

Broadcast schedule / station per show not listed

  • Wednesday Show8-10 PM CT
  • Sunday Show6-9 PM CT

Central time. Full calendar: link coming

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Shop

“It's ALL art, and all art should be supported.”

Everything is made to order. Shipping begins 7-10 business days after you order. Orders happen on the label's existing shop page.

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  • P.A. Music Tee
  • Legacy Labelmates Tee
  • Sincere Appreciation 24 Tee
  • Return of the Trill Tee
  • Goodbye To Grunge Tee
  • OBCT Tee
  • Maytag Tee
  • Tubman Dub Tee
  • Tomorrow's Here Tee

Session notes.

Only what the label's pages state. Full per-release credits coming.

Label

Planetary Alignment Music

Get Aligned.

Featured

  • Max Ptah, on Funny Bone, Vol. 1
  • Crystal LaJuene, on Maytag
  • Riyah B., on The Search pt. 2

Production

Thesselonious: emcee, producer, reggae collector, DJ.

Mallz x Thess: lyrics and production.

Per-release credits: coming

Booking and management

Book, press, hello.

Artists, fans, press, promoters. Leave a note for the label.

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Press kit downloadComing soon
Label contactpa.music.chicago@gmail.com

Find us

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