On the surface, the good news keeps coming for vinyl. Every year, new numbers are released showing the format’s strength and resilience continues. In fact...
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Huntleys + Palmers' Clyde Built Radio will start broadcasting in January
Clyde Built Radio will launch in Glasgow in January.
The new station is the brainchild of Andrew Thomson, founder of Glaswegian label and party outfit...
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60 vinyl shops are included from across the UK capital...
A new book takes readers inside London’s independent record stores.
Logically entitled 'Vinyl London: A Guide to Independent Record Shops', the publication has been written...
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Manufacturing delays and other issues continue to put a strain on small and independent labels. Taiwanese press plant Mobineko has unveiled a new pressing machine specifically for short runs, aiming to reduce the global bottleneck for vinyl production. Declan McGlynn speaks to Josh Doherty about the problems facing vinyl today, how the new machine works and what impact it could have on the future of vinyl
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The funding of independent radio stations is always precarious, but the current cost-of-living and energy crises threaten their survival. Following the shuttering of Worldwide FM and Bristol’s SWU FM, we look at the challenges facing these beloved cultural lifelines
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'Twice' is the debut release on Foundation FM Records
Foundation FM has launched a brand new record label.
Originally founded in 2018, the Peckham independent radio station marked the news today with the announcement...
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Behind The Counter explores the vibrant culture of UK record stores
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Since its inception in 2016, Dublin Digital Radio has become a vital community outlet for many Irish DJs and producers, and has been of added...
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"I strongly believe in the power of sound as an agent of change and the idea behind this project is to make deep listening effortless"
Caterina Barbieri has launched a new label, light-years, with a Lyra Pramuk collaboration, 'Knot of Spirit'.
The track is dominated by serene ambient sounds and comes...
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Founded in 1991, Nervous Records was at the epicentre of New York’s house explosion. Three decades, and over 5,000 releases later, it’s still pumping out...
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Independently released music also made up 29.2% of UK recorded music consumption last year
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With increasing appetites for old, ‘undiscovered’ music, reissue labels have seen a boom in recent years. Running a reissue label is a tender, laborious process...
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Scuffed Recordings, Hooversound, More Time and Future Bounce aim to “incubate community and fresh talent” with events at Peckham’s Carpet Shop
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Black Science Orchestra’s Trammps-sampling, Frankie Knuckles approved 1992 cut ‘Where Were You?’ marked a key moment in UK house music, and embodied a sound that...
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The new platform is designed to offer digital collectibles for electronic music
RCRDSHP – a new marketplace for electronic music collectibles – has launched, and subsequently sold out, its first drop of NFTs from a range of artists...
Sam Divine, Dennis Ferrer, Sonny Fodera...
When Simon Dunmore left his major label A&R job with AM:PM, the dance offshoot of A&M Records, to start his own independent dance label, even...