For a design anthropologist, records are both an expression of sound and visual. As objects, they are beautiful to hold and to listen and discover music. I’ve been fascinated with how records have been gaining back in popularity (I even went to a record factory in New Jersey to find out how a modern vinyl printer works). In New York, the record craze pinnacles in March, when thousands of music geeks and lovers congregate at MoMA P.S.1 in Long Island City for Come Together, a day-long festival of record culture.
Directory of Record Labels
- Young Turks theyoungturks.co.uk @yougturks
- Wharf Cat Records wharfcatrecords.com @wharfcatrecords
- Third man records @thirdmanrecords
- The Kitchen
- Technicolour Records technicolourrecords.bandcamp.com
- Superior Viaduct superiorviaduct.com
- Smithsonian Folkways folkways.si.edu @smithsonianfolkways
- Rough Trade roughtrade.com @RoughTradeNYC
- Paxico Records paxicoords.bandcamp.com @paxicorecords
- Strut Records strut-records.com
- Sub Pop Records subpop.com @subpop
- Sacred Bones Records @sacredbones
- RVNG Intl. igetrvng.com
- Partisan Records partisanrecords.com @partisanrecords
- Palto Flats paltoflats.com
- PTP Music ptpmusic.com
- Omnian Music Group omnianmusicgroup.com
- Not just a boys club notjustaboysclub.com @notjustaboysclub
- Northern Spy Records northernspyrecs.com @northernspyrecs
- Nonesuch Records nnatapes.com
- Ninja Tune ninjatune.net
- New World Records newworldrecords.org
- New Amsterdam Records newamrecords.com
- Never Normal Worldwide newamrecords.com @nevernormalrecords
- Mode Records moderecords.com
- Mexican Summer mexicansummer.com
- Mississippi Records littleaxerecords.com
- Matador Records matadorrecords.com
- LUAKA BOP luakabop.com @luakabop
- Kanine Records kaninerecords.com @kaninerecords
- KFR records kfrrecords.bandcamp.com
- Jass Records jassrecords.com
- Human Head Records humanheadnyc.com @humanheadnyc
- GONER RECORDS goner-records.com
- Gold Bolus Recordings goldbolus.com
- Glassnote Records glassnotemusic.com
- Ghostly International ghostly.com @ghostly
- Empty Editions emptyeditions.bandcamp.com @emptygallery_hk
- Don Giovanni Records dongiovannirecords.com @dongiovannirecords
- Dischord Records dischord.com
- Daptone Records daptonerecords.com @daptonerecords
- Discwoman discwoman.com @discwomannyc
- DFA Records store.dfarecords.com
- Counter Records counterrecords.com @counterrecords
- captured-tracks capturedtracks.com @capturedtracks
- Cantaloupe Music cantaloupemusic.com @cantaloupeny
- Bunny Jr bunnyjr.club
- Brassland brassland.org @brassland
- Brainfeeder brainfeedersite.com @flyinglotus
- Blankstairs blankstairs.bandcamp.com
- Big Dada bigdada.com
- Big Crown Records bigcrownrecords.com @bigcrownrecords
- Bar/None Records bar-none.com @barnonerecords
- Astro Nautico anthology.net
- Akashik Records & Tapes akashik-records.net @akashikrecords
- 4AD 4ad.com/ @4ad
- K7 k7.com
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