Articles Tagged "news"
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Discogs Database Hits 5m Artists and 1m Labels
A few months ago we brought you news of the Discogs database hitting the 8 million releases catalogued milestone. Today we’re super excited to announce another milestone: the Discogs database holds over 5 million artists and 1 million labels! We’re making strides with our goal to create the biggest and most comprehensive music database and marketplace – but […]
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Miniot’s Wheel Reinvents The Turntable
It’s being touted as the most minimalist take on a turntable ever, and definitely caught our attention with the original take on spinning records. Wheel is a cleverly inverted turntable, hiding all the functional components like the tonearm, needle, and amplifier to fit compactly within the platter. If you didn’t know it was a record player, you’d probably […]
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The Netherlands’ Newest Record Pressing Plant To Open In A World War II Prison
The Netherlands is getting a brand new record pressing plant! Chris Roorda, founder of Deeptrax Records in Leeuwarden is opening Deepgrooves along with co-founder, Pascal Thulin. Two pressing machines will be installed in Blokhuispoort, which previously served as a World War II prison and has been open to the public since 2007. Deepgrooves aims to alleviate some of […]
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Discogs X Mobile Mondays! with Midnight Magic & Soul Clap
Discogs is excited to once again partner with Mobile Mondays! to present a special edition of NYC’s premier all-45s weekly DJ showcase! The May 15th, 2017 event downstairs at The Bowery Electric will feature cosmic Disco ensemble Midnight Magic performing live and exclusive DJ sets from Soul Clap! Midnight Magic is a nine-person ensemble bonded by the unwavering desire to make you, the […]
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Discogs X Mobile Mondays! Live with Midnight Magic & Special Guests
Discogs is proud to once again team up with Mobile Mondays! to present a special edition of NYC’s premier all-45s weekly DJ showcase! The May 15th, 2017 event downstairs at The Bowery Electric will feature cosmic Disco ensemble Midnight Magic, as well as a special guest act to be announced! Midnight Magic is a nine-person ensemble bonded by […]
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What’s It Like To Be A Professional Record Collector? Ask Marc Janssen
While looking into Motown collections a while back, I came across a photograph of a complete collection of Motown LPs which had been exhibited at a previous edition of the Utrecht Mega Record and CD Fair. I found out that the collection was owned by Dutch record collector, Marc Janssen. It turned out that most of the images […]
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Digging Deeper: The Top 20 Albums of 2016
2016 was a terrible year for music. Then again, 2016 was a great year for music. Does that seem like some bizarre form of doublespeak? Hold up; hear me out. After all, the first thing we might ponder as we look back on the last year in popular music are the artists who’ve passed on: Bowie. Prince. […]
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8 Million Releases In The Discogs Database!
Today is a milestone for Discogs! We’re celebrating the 8 millionth release being entered into the Discogs Database! That means that as of today, you’ll be able to find comprehensive information on 8,000,000+ vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, 8-tracks, cylinders and any other audio format you can think of in the Discogs’ Database. All this data […]
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The Latest Burial Release Accidentally Got Sold On Black Friday
It’s one of those things that rarely happen: You’re in a record shop, browsing, find a new release you haven’t seen before, take it home, and find out no one has seen it before – as it actually wasn’t meant to be on the shelves yet! That’s in short what happened to Sean, last Friday. And […]
