James Murphy addresses ousting of DFA Records co-founder Jonathan Galkin
LCD Soundsystem frontman co-founded the label with Galkin and Tim Goldsworthy in 2001, with Galkin running DFA “whole hog” in recent years, according to Murphy.In a recent interview with writer Shawn Reynaldo for his weekly First Floor newsletter, Galkin revealed that he was dismissed by Murphy last summer.“One day I came to work and the [DFA building’s] locks were changed,” Galkin recalled. “It was a really sad day, and the only information I got was that the partnership – of which I was part as a minority owner – had made the decision to cut off the label.