Ep424: New Pressing Plant - ONYX Record Press, Los Angeles
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
ONYX Record Press in one of the newest record plants in the world. Opening in 2023 and based in Los Angeles, founders Moe Espinosa (aka Drumcell) and Gil Tamazyan talk to use about the vision of ONYX records and help educate us on the art of vinyl production.
- Interview start
- Why open a vinyl pressing plant in 2023?
- What does ONYX do different?
- What are common mistakes that ONYX is addressing?
- People can visit the pressing plant
- Where does the pressing waste end up?
- ONYX's approach to stampers
- Materials, black & coloured pellet talk
- Are we still seeing growth in vinyl numbers?
- Is sound compromised by various colours and variants?
- Increase in warped and scuffed records
- What's lead time for records at the moment?
- Developing new talent for pressing records
- Wild mastering jobs – locked grooves, vinyl tricks
- Making a $7,000 record out of hashish
- Pressing records with items inside
- What's in the future for vinyl records?
- Impact of record weight (180g)
- What are the recommended sleeves for vinyl?
- Sequencing music for the vinyl format
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective sleeves |
| 0:04.3 | for your vinyl collection. Ask for the groove washer from your local shop or go to groove washer.com. |
| 0:09.7 | Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. And now, on with the show. |
| 0:16.3 | Well, hello, everybody. It's Nate. Welcome to 4-24 of The Vinyl Guide. The podcast for record |
| 0:22.4 | collectors and music nerds, and this week, dear people, we are joined by Mo and Gil of Onyx Records. |
| 0:29.2 | A brand new record pressing plant just opened in Los Angeles, California this year, and they |
| 0:35.7 | specialize in high-quality vinyl record pressing. |
| 0:39.4 | Now, we talked to Gil and Moe today all about the vinyl record pressing market, the current |
| 0:44.1 | length of wait times, why we're seeing more warping and scuffing from new records these |
| 0:49.2 | days, what Onyx is doing different from other pressing plants, we also pontificate on the future of vinyl record pressing, and lots more. |
| 0:57.1 | And you gotta hear the story about the $7,000 hashish vinyl record. |
| 1:02.3 | That's a pretty incredible tale right there. |
| 1:05.7 | And hey, if you're an artist and you're thinking of getting your music pressed onto vinyl, well, |
| 1:11.4 | check out onyx recordpress.com. |
| 1:14.1 | O-N-Y-X recordpress.com. |
| 1:17.7 | They've got a lot of information there on the site. |
| 1:19.6 | You can get your quotes right there. |
| 1:21.2 | Apparently, you can get a record pressing plant tour if you can get yourself to Southern |
| 1:25.2 | California and work with experts like Gil and Mo |
| 1:28.2 | and the team to get your music pressed on vinyl. We love supporting the vinyl record community |
| 1:33.0 | from shops to stores to artists and, of course, record plants as well. So if you're interested |
| 1:37.9 | in getting your music pressed onto vinyl, check out onyx recordpress.com. |
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