Viryl Technologies – From Medical to Musical
I’ve written a number of posts about Viryl Technologies and vinyl pressing companies that are installing the new WarmTone press (Microforum and Kaneshii), but it was this past week that …
Its a Vinyl Prison – and I want to be Locked Up There.
The Blokhuispoort prison in Leeuwarden The Netherlands. It dates back to 1580, but is more famously known as a WWII prison where German occupation forces held prisoners of war. An interesting Canadian …
Sony Getting Back Into Vinyl
Sony has announced that it will start pressing vinyl albums again after being out of that business for three decades. Sony last pressed a piece of vinyl in 1989. Its …
Australia – A Down Under Love of Vinyl
Theres been lots of talk and plenty of media coverage about vinyl resurgence and the reasons why. Well here’s three short interviews with musicians from Australia who all pretty much say …
New Vinyl Plant Now Pressing in Burlington Ontario – UPDATED
As the lust for vinyl continues to swell, so do the new pressing facilities. One of the latest to open is Precision Record Pressing in Burlington Ontario. When this new …
Lacquer Mastering
A May 18, 2017 article in The Economist (Hunger For Vinyl Means A Chronic Shortage of Pressing Machines) states that “only two firms are left that make the lacquer discs …
Let’s Give Credit to Viryl Technologies
In a CBS interview with Jack White, the founder of Third Man Records, much credit is given to this label for putting into production the first new vinyl presses in …
Kaneshii Vinyl Receives Some Dragon Money
Ghislain Cormier, the lead for Strategic Partnerships for Kaneshii Vinyl of PEI and co-owner, made a successful pitch to the provincial Francophone economic development council of P.E.I., a partner of the Acadian Chamber of …
First Pressing – Harrow Fair – Call To Arms
Another one of those exciting moments when that flat square box arrives containing a new piece of vinyl. Today’s delivery was Harrow Fair’s Call To Arms. This is from the …
Microforum Vinyl Pressing – Helping Us Uncompress Our Lives One Record At A Time: An Interview with Noble Musa.
Vinyl Cubes had the pleasure of discussing the new vinyl pressing services being offered by Toronto’s Microforum (http://microforum.ca/) with Noble Mussa. While interest in and sales of vinyl records has …