Pressed in small runs. Played before it ships.
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A lathe-cut pressing house and a monthly club for music that never asked for a label. Each month we cut one title in a run of under 250, number every disc by hand, and mail one to you. No algorithm picks it. We do.
Cancel any time
We do not stream it. We cut a groove into a disc and let a needle drag the thing back out.
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What you get
How we work
Five rules the machine room runs on. None of them scale, which is exactly the idea.
Cut to order, not to forecast
No warehouse, no overstock. We press a title when the run sells, then the master goes in a drawer. What you hold is one of a fixed, finished number — and that number never moves.
Every disc is played and signed off
Each pressing gets dropped on a deck, checked end to end for skips and surface noise, and logged on a QC card with the operator’s initials. A reject gets melted, not shipped.
Numbered by hand, never repeated
Run number and copy number go on the inner sleeve in grease pencil — 064 / 211, and so on. When a title sells out we do not repress it. Ever. The catalogue only grows forward.
Notes from the room it was made in
A folded insert ships with each record: the artist on what it is, the engineer on how it was cut, and the raw machine settings for anyone who actually wants to read a QC sheet.
Packed to survive the post
Rigid mailer, corner board, sleeve in a poly outer. We over-pack on purpose — a warped record is a failed record, and we would rather eat the cardboard cost than your refund.
How it works
How it works
From sign-up to needle-drop, the whole loop is four steps and no fine print.
- 1
Pick a tier and we open a slot
Choose a membership and you are assigned the next available copy in each month’s run. No queue-jumping, no resale — the slot is yours for as long as you keep it.
- 2
We cut the month’s title
Around the first of the month we lock a record from the queue, cut the run, play-test every disc, and write your copy number on the sleeve.
- 3
It ships flat and tracked
Your disc goes out boxed and tracked by the second week. Inside: the record, the insert, and the QC card for that exact pressing.
- 4
Keep it, or step out
Skip a month or cancel from your account in two clicks — no email, no retention call. Whatever you were sent is yours to keep regardless.
The numbers on the sheet
- <250
- Copies per title
- 0
- Repressings, ever
- 58
- Titles cut to date
- 100%
- Discs played before they ship
Plans
Memberships
Three tiers, one promise: a real record in the post, played before it left the room.
The B-Side
One record a month. The whole point, nothing welded on.
$24 /mo
- One numbered pressing each month
- Printed insert + QC card
- Tracked shipping, packed flat
- Skip or cancel any time
The A-Side
The record, plus the stuff that usually ends up on the cutting-room floor.
$32 /mo
- Everything in The B-Side
- First pick of low copy numbers
- Digital transfer of the master
- Members-only run of overstock titles
- Locked-in price for as long as you stay
The Master
Two records a month and a foot inside the machine room.
$58 /mo
- Two numbered pressings each month
- A test-pressing pulled from the run
- Vote on one title in the quarterly queue
- Name printed on the studio wall
- Skip or cancel any time
Kind words
From the subscribers
I have bought maybe four of these blind and not regretted one. It is the only mail I open standing up.
Half the artists I now follow I first heard because a numbered disc showed up in a box. Copy 12 of 200 hits different than a playlist add.
I emailed about a skip on side B and they had already caught it on the QC card and shipped a replacement. Who does that.
Before you visit
Before you join
Do I get to choose the record?
No — that is the deal. We pick the month’s title from the queue and cut it. Master members vote on one title a quarter, but the surprise is the product. If you want to choose, the back catalogue is on Bandcamp.
What if the run sells out before I join?
Then it is gone. We do not repress sold-out titles, so members are pressed first and the public gets whatever is left, if anything. Joining a tier reserves your copy of every future run while you stay subscribed.
Lathe-cut versus pressed — what am I actually getting?
Most short runs are lathe-cut: a stylus cuts the groove into the blank in real time, one disc at a time. It is how small runs stay possible at all. The insert lists exactly how your copy was made and on which machine.
Can I really cancel without a fight?
Two clicks from your account, effective the next billing cycle, no email required. Anything already pressed and shipped to you is yours to keep. We would rather you leave clean and come back than feel trapped.
Open a slot in the next run
The current title is on the lathe now. Join before it locks and your copy number comes off this run, not the next one.