The Vinyl Factory

The Vinyl Factory stands out as a leading name in the global vinyl industry. It includes a record label, a vinyl pressing facility, and an online magazine. The company partners with artists and musicians to produce impressive audio-visual performances.

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VF x Phonica: Roman Fl├╝gel and Tim Reaper (RSD 2025)

1 week ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

We're concluding our coverage of Phonica Records' Record Store Day 2025 party with a special b2b from Roman Flügel and Tim Reaper. Closing out the day's festivities, the unlikely pairing of German dance music legend Flügel and London junglist Tim Reaper brought together euphoria and breaks by the buckets, ending another year in a high-energy flurry covering all corners of the dancefloor spectrum. Check out the set above, and don't miss Phonica's full event recap here.
Listen: Poly-Ritmo's Disques Debs

1 week ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

"Disques Debs was set up by Henry Debs in the late '50s and ran to the early 2000s, and it was one of the first labels to distribute music from the Antilles to France, and also played a pivotal role in bringing music from Guadalupe and Martinique to an international audience".
VF x Phonica: Grace Sands and Seb Odyssey (RSD 2025)

1 week ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

We're back to our full-length sets from Phonica Records' Record Store Day 2025 party with an absolute treat from ADONIS residents Grace Sands and Seb Odyssey. A rabble-rousing b2b from the duo saw the Record Store Day crowd experience a set of house, acid and dancefloor anthems - a stellar set, as to be expected, from the purveyors of one of London's finest queer club nights. Check out the set above, and don't miss Phonica's full event recap here.
VF releases Hello I Love You from Eddie Peake's AHMD on vinyl

1 week ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

The Vinyl Factory and HYMN have teamed up to release Hello I Love You by Anal House Meltdown (AHMD) on vinyl. A three-track EP that marks AHMD's second release on HYMN, Hello I Love You stems from recordings of encounters with strangers in online sex video chat rooms and has been recorded over the last eight years by a team of Tim Goalen, Kurtis Lincoln, George Longly, Eddie Peake, Jack Peñate, Prem Sahib.
Our favourite vinyl releases of the week

1 week ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

This week's rundown is by VF contributors Emily Hill, David Murray and James Hammond. Annea LockwoodOn Fractured Ground/ Skin Resonance(Black Truffle) This third LP for Annea Lockwood on Black Truffle returns to Lockwood's indefatigable explorations of sound and presents two recent collaborative works.
VF x Phonica: Silverlining (RSD 2025)

2 weeks ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

Another day, another flashback to Phonica Records' Record Store Day 2025 party. Today, we bring a heads down set from Asad Rizvi aka Silverlining. Delivering a grooving mix of minimal and tech-house, Silverlining brought an intense, moving drive to RSD proceedings. Check out the set above, and don't miss Phonica's full event recap here. You can also watch a forward-thinking set from Mella Dee and DouDou MD at Record Store Day 2025 here.
VF x Phonica: Jamie 3:26 MD (RSD 2025)

2 weeks ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

Our next step back into Phonica Records' Record Store Day 2025 party comes courtesy of Chicago legend Jamie 3:26. Delivering an outrageous collection of Chicago house and disco scorchers, Jamie 3:26 had the crowd on its feet with a feel-good set. Pure grooves and euphoria from a master of his craft. Check out the set above, and don't miss Phonica's full event recap here. You can also watch a forward-thinking set from Mella Dee and DouDou MD at Record Store Day 2025 here.
VF x Phonica: Mella Dee and DouDou MD (RSD 2025)

2 weeks ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

Now that we've had time to recover from the fun of Phonica's Record Store Day 2025 celebration, VF is releasing full recordings of each DJ set from the event throughout the week-so you can relive the magic from wherever you are. Kicking our coverage off is an electrifying set from Doncaster DJ, producer, and Warehouse Music label head Mella Dee, alongside SlapFunk resident DouDou MD.
Deep Listening: Fela Kuti

4 weeks ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

Deep Listening is a new series in which The Vinyl Factory spins monumental albums and songs, both contemporary and classic, in the Devon Turnbull Listening Room at The Vinyl Factory: Reverb Exhibition in 180 Studios. A meditative listening room created by New York artist Devon Turnbull and programmed by The Vinyl Factory, the space allows visitors to listen to music on a handmade, high-fidelity sound system.
Listen: Haseeb Iqbal's Lovers Rock Special

4 weeks ago | thevinylfactory.com | Kelly Doherty

"When it got to the '70s, you suddenly had the first generation of Caribbean British kids who were born in England and felt English, but all they heard was this quite angry political music, and they felt like they just wanted a sound that they could just get down to and have a little bit of fun with. That's essentially how Lovers Rock was born.