So it’s been a busy summer. Both of these items technically happened already, but I didn’t have a chance to write about them. I also owe everybody a ton of record reviews from the last few months, that will probably drop later this week. But let’s dive into the label and ISM’s birthday… I finally…
Making A Record
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Recent Musaks
The last few months have seen me slow down on the new records front, more for lack of trying than lack of good music (I think). Tom’s last couple of posts also covered some of my recent favs so I’ll not bother repeating ourselves and instead look at some other bizness. Various – Madre Lingua…
Bandcamp: Gimme All Your Lovin’
I take a look at Bandcamp’s new crowd-sourced record pressing operation, and the implications of it and their business model on independent music. In a 12 months behest with relentless negativity, one of the few shining stars to emerge from the malaise that is Covid-19 is Bandcamp. Prior to 2020 the platform had already become…
Kris Baha Bahnsteig Mix + label feature
Bahnsteig 23 was featured over at the Ransom Note, where they have put up a great ‘flavour of the label’ mix by Kris Baha and an entertaining interview with mysterious label boss Ziggy Sternenstaub. 12″s from Kris Baha, Schmoltz, Kito Jempere, Albion and some dude called Jonny 5 are scheduled for release over then next…
New label bizness – Apartment Records
While it’s been a slack summer for updates it is because we have actually been a bit busy with some other bizness, in my case it’s been getting the latest ISM label off the ground. After much fretting, headaches and general stress, today, fully functioning tests of the debut release on my Apartment Records imprint…
Love What You Feel is Back
I know it took WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY longer than I wanted it to, but the second release on my label Love What You Feel is going to be dropping very shortly. The test presses arrived last week and are currently making their way around the world to various hot deejays to bang out! As hinted at here…
Now Available for Purchase! Plus, Another New Pittsburgh Label!
It only took about two months since it debuted on white label at DEMF, but the full release of LWYF-001 is now available for purchase in the US, the UK, Europe, and Japan! It is available from various distributors and shops, notably Rush Hour, Gramaphone, Nuloop, Juno, Clone, and Underground Gallery. Thanks to the kind…
Out In the World
The lucky people who met up with me in Detroit already know this, but as my label’s first release is on Crosstalk’s distribution list this week (link is time sensitive, by Friday it will show next week’s releases!) it is finally time to let all the info out. The release is by an artist from…
Promotion and Distribution
Last Thursday, the test presses of my label’s first release came in the mail. A listen through the whole record on my studio monitors revealed no pressing flaws or any other problems, so I tried it out at my Saturday night gig playing records with Jwan Allen and Noleian Reusse. Everything sounded good, and it…
The Pressing Plant
My label’s first release is finishing its own tour of house and techno’s birthplaces (mastering just outside Chicago at Prairie Cat, plating just outside NYC at Mastercraft) at Archer Record Pressing in Detroit. The plates were shipped to Archer, who then attatch them to the press. These plates act as stampers. A chunk of vinyl…