The Vinyl Factory

@thevinylfactory

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Fred again..’s Tiny Desk live session pressed by The Vinyl Factory - coming soon! @fredagainagainagainagainagain @nprmusic #thevinylfactory #fredagain #tinydesk #vinylfactory #nprmusic
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Charlie Dark returns with Blacktronica Pt. 2, a journey through the records, scenes, and innovators that shaped Black electronic music. From South London house parties to Soul II Soul Sundays at the Africa Centre, pirate radio, warehouse raves, Plastic People, and broken beat, @daddydarkrdc brings his personal memories and wider cultural history together once again for an unmissable session. The Listening Room is an ongoing series in @DevonOjas ’ Listening Room at @180.Studios , in which artists, selectors and writers explore music through focused listening and archival research. Full session on @TheVinylFactory YouTube now. Link in bio. #listeningroom #180studios #charliedark #blacktronica
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NEW FILM this week at The Underground Cinema at @180.Studios 👇 𝘽𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙘𝙩 Directed by Jonathan Stiasny, 2025 Ten years on from the release of his final album, Bowie: The Final Act charts the extraordinary last creative chapter of one of music’s most iconic and inventive artists. Screening dates – May 15, 16, 17, 20, 21 Find out more and book tickets via the link in bio. #davidbowie #180studios #theundergroundcinema #soundandvisionfestival
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Gener8ion - Visions of 2034 exhibition, by @romaingavras and @surkin . Opens 12 June 2026 @180Studios .
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New release: Elyria Sound by Michael A. Muller Ojas Music, the imprint co-run by Michael A. Muller and Devon Turnbull, has partnered with The Vinyl Factory for a vinyl pressing of its second release. Elyria Sound is a solo guitar album from Muller, recorded to analogue tape during a winter storm in Brooklyn in January 2026 and available now as a limited edition vinyl pressing of 500 hand-numbered copies. Order now from the link in bio.
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NEW FILM this week at The Underground Cinema at @180.Studios 👇 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑰𝒔 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 Directed by Jennie Livingston, 1990 This Sundance-winning, iconic cult classic is a must-see movie: filmed in the mid-late 1980s, it chronicles the drag ball culture of New York: a world of fierce competition, sustenance, and survival. Screening dates: May 8, 9, 10, 13, 14 Find out more and book tickets via the link in bio. #parisisburning #ballroom #ballculture #180studios #theundergroundcinema soundandvisionfestival
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9 days ago
Manchester DJ, producer and NTS broadcaster @RufDug takes us deep into the world of Street Soul — a sound-system-rooted style of music born out of Black working-class culture in the 1980s and ‘90s Britain. From a 1990 live recording of Broadway Sound in Gooch Close, Moss Side, to North London’s TSR Records, Ruf Dug shares the records, stories and history that drew him into this scene. The Listening Room is an ongoing series in @DevonOjas ’ Listening Room at @180.Studios , in which artists, selectors and writers explore music through focused listening and archival research. Full session on @TheVinylFactory YouTube now. Link in bio. #listeningroom #180studios #rufdug #ukstreetsoul #streetsoul
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NEW FILM this week at The Underground Cinema at @180.Studios 👇 𝙆𝙚𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙁𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙨 Directed by Posy Dixon (@posyd ), 2019 Emerging from years in isolation to an enraptured crowd, transgender, septuagenarian musical genius @BeverlyGlennCopeland finally finds his place in the world. Keyboard Fantasies tells the tale of this mystical musician as he embarks on his first international tour at the age of 74. Screening dates: May 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 Find out more and book tickets via the link in bio. #keyboardfantasies #beverlyglenncopeland #180studios #theundergroundcinema #soundandvisionfestival
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17 days ago
@DareBalogun brings us through the world of Nigerian Highlife for the latest edition of The Listening Room Session. Tracing highlife’s journey from Ghana into Nigeria, Dare moves through the genre’s many strands — from Igbo high life in the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War to the Yoruba traditions of juju and its spiritual, almost transcendent qualities. Featuring selections from Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, King Sunny Adé, Orlando Owoh, Salawa Abeni and more, the session is an introduction to a body of music designed for communal listening. Full session on @TheVinylFactory YouTube now. Link in bio. #listeningroom #180studios #highlife #darebalogun #nigerianhighlife
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22 days ago
NEW FILM from tomorrow at The Underground Cinema at @180.Studios 👇 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.. – 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 Directed by @LOOSE , 2024 An intimate, ambient live set by @fredagainagainagainagainagain , performing his album ‘secret life’ for 100 fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (@lacoliseum ) on 11 June 2024. Screening dates: April 24, 25, 26, 29, 30 Find out more and book tickets via the link in bio. #fredagain #fredagaincoliseum #secretlife #180studios #theundergroundcinema soundandvisionfestival
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NEW FILM this week at The Underground Cinema at @180.Studios 👇 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐚! Directed by Alex Gibney, 2014 The story of Afrobeat pioneer, musical mastermind and restless agent for change, Fela Kuti‘s life, his music, his social and political importance. Screening dates: April 17, 18, 19, 22, 23 Find out more and book tickets via the link in bio. #FelaKuti #180studios #theundergroundcinema #soundandvisionfestival #musicfilm
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1 month ago
@phonicarecords , Waterworks & Jubel presents Record Store Day 2026 April 18th! Record Store Day is back Saturday April 18th and we couldn’t be more excited! From 9am we will be opening our doors and keeping them open til 9pm. We will have a fat stack of Record Store Day exclusive releases and as always we will be welcoming a very stacked secret special guest line-up to our shop floor as well as below in our huge basement area. We highly recommend getting down early for this one as it won’t be one to miss. This event is in association with Waterworks Festival & our good friends at Jubel who will be very kindly supplying beverages on the day! Sound supplied by the good people at Zion Audio as always! #recordstoreday2026 @waterworksldn @jubelbeer @zionaudioproductions #thevinylfactory #vinyl
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