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Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 15:30
- Onyx Record Press is the brainchild of LA techno artist Drumcell.
Los Angeles DJ and producer Drumcell is starting a vinyl pressing plant.
Located in the city of Arcadia, Los Angeles County, Onyx Record Press is expected to begin pressing in August and is already taking pre-orders.
"We believe in investing in our music communities by prioritising non-major labels and artists, creating access for customers that are faced with unrealistic timelines or flat out denied, and having new state-of-the-art pressing machines for a quicker turnaround," Drumcell said in a statement yesterday, July 17th.
He continued: "Our team has over 25 years of experience in the vinyl manufacturing industry. We uphold the notion that getting records pressed is a distinguished compliment for an artist. We believe that the sum of feeling the weight of vinyl in your hands, listening to the needle translate the grooves into music and admiring the large artwork is the ultimate form to experience recorded music."
Speaking to Resident Advisor, Drumcell explained that he is opening the plant with business partner Gil Tamazyan. "I met Gill nearly 20 years ago when I first started my label Droid," he said. "He was an engineer who found an old pressing machine and taught himself how to rebuild the whole machine from scrap. This led to him getting into the pressing industry and refining some remarkable skills. We're excited to give you the best format music has to offer at the highest quality."
A US techno staple, Drumcell is founder of Droid Recordings and has released on labels such as Detroit Underground, Timefog and Dystopian.
Read the full post, and find out more about Onyx Record Press.