Music lovers can now be immortalised when they die by having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved ones.
A UK company called And Vinyly is offering people the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice, their favourite tunes or their last will and testament. Minimalist audiophiles might want to go for the simple option of having no tunes or voiceover, and simply pressing the ashes into the vinyl to result in pops and crackles.
The company was founded by Jason Leach, who co-founded the techno group and record label Subhead in the 1990s and has since founded a number of other labels, including House of Fix, Daftwerk and Death to Vinyl. Read more
Massimiliano Pagliara’s music is house, it’s deep, it’s disco, it’s new wave, it’s italian. There’s bittersweet, 80s inspired new wave romantic side by side with electric boogaloo dancefloor bangers and futuristic disco dreams. Old synthies, gentle drum machine sounds and pop influences forming together a dense soundtrack of the night. Read more
Diggin deep deep in the crates is one of the best activities on a holiday weekend, so if you are in Berlin don’t miss the HHV Diggin Days this weekend! Read more
In case you are in Paris at the moment you should check out Rex Club tonight. Detroit legend Jeff Mills will be on the decks, alongside Joe Claussell and DJ Deep. Highly recommended! Read more
The video below shows Mathieu Berthet, audio engineer in Paris, specialized in vinyl mastering ; he shows us quickly the successive steps to proceed to the vinyl mastering of a track, before its sending to the pressing plant:
Step 1. Premastering. Tthe goal is to enhance and improve the overall quality of the sound (equalization, compression, and spatialization)
Step 2. The track is cut on a vinyl support (laquers)
Step 3. The lacquers are put in a box and are going to the pressing plant. (Celebrate, Optimal Media, MPO, Record Industrie … ) Read more
Parisian youngster John Jastszebski’s new track La Toureille is a deep techno wonder reminiscent of the vitriolic sounds of Berlin techno. The trenchant beat and the syncopated percussion convey a heavy yet addictive atmosphere. Sounding timeless already, this pure, icy tune is definitely dance floor-bound.
