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The musical world is a rich tapestry, and yet the sonic homogeneity of our epoch can be deadening.

One, two, three, four.

For all the artists working in the fringes, who are making brilliant music without a mainstream platform,

how do we amplify those voices?

That's where Matt Worth comes in.

My name is Matt Worth,

and I am the proprietor of Revenge, RVNG International.

When Matt founded the Revenge label in 2003, he came in with a lot of hands-on experience.

Before running a record label, I was running a record label.

I've kind of always been running record labels.

I was a part of the punk rock scene in Little Rock, Arkansas, where I grew up.

In high school, an established record label was handed down to me in a kind of ceremonial

or maybe non-seremonial way.

The previous tenant was leaving on tour and needed someone to kind of look over mail order.

I walked into a situation with a label with international distribution and a big catalog

and learn my way around from there and never looked back.

I moved to New York City, discovered dance music, electronic music.

I still love punk rock, but was participating in that world

quite a bit more than the scene that I grew up in.

Revenge was kind of like a punk rock label and a dance music community.

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