Journal
Field notes from the plant, interviews with the roster, and the odd catalogue story.
All articles
How a lacquer becomes a record
A day at the plant, from master to stamper to the first test pressing that actually sounds like the mix.
Halyard on recording at low tide
Tape hiss, harbour bells, and why the whole record was tracked before 7am.
Repressing the early 12″s
Four sold-out sleeves are back on the shelf. What we changed, and what we kept.
A short defence of the liner note
Credits are not clutter. Who played what, and where it was cut, is the record too.
Marla Quist keeps a paper radio
On writing to a dead frequency, and the second shift that became a record.
The year in pressings
Sixteen records, four repressings, one plant fire narrowly avoided. A look back.