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New Vinyl Pressing Plant Opening in California

A new vinyl pressing plant is opening in Southern California to keep up with rising demands for vinyl records. The new Fidelity Record Pressing aims to be the country’s “premier vinyl production facility”, Billboard reports.

The Californian reissue label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi) is behind the new pressing plant, alongside Music Direct’s Jim Davis. Both parties have collaborated with vinyl engineers Rick and Edward Hashimoto — a father and son team who have over six decades of vinyl pressing experience.

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Bristol Record Store

New Bristol Record Store ‘Disk Frisk’ Opens in Late April

A new record store is opening in Bristol. Run by local DJs Kane Orchard (AKA Kayne the Hermit) and Corey Miller (AKA Morey Cillar), Disk Frisk will open its doors in late April or early May and sell mostly second-hand records from the ’70s to the early ’00s. .

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Wehbba Returns to Drumcode with “Straight Lines & Sharp Corners” Album

Landing 10 years after his first concept album Full Circle, Wehbba announces the March release of his upcoming Straight Lines and Sharp Corners LP, marking his debut album on Drumcode.

Following a series of globally adored EPs and inclusions within the imprint’s esteemed A-Sides compilation series, the chart-dominating São Paulo native now reflects upon his life as ‘the artist’, offering an immersive montage of stories that echo a tenacious dedication to his craft. Enlisting the talents of multi-instrumentalist Thomas Gandey, Electroclash pioneer David Carretta and fellow Brazilian L-cio, with his unparalleled flute mastery, Wehbba’s synergetic cuts span the breadth of electronic music’s sonic landscape, as he challenges the notion of genres with seasoned voices.

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