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Priya Anand
Priya reviews film, music and the internet’s strangest corners. She has opinions and will share them.
The presses run day and night, stamping out records at a rhythm that has barely changed in fifty years. Yet the queue for a slot keeps growing.
Independent artists now plan their releases around vinyl production, announcing albums more than a year in advance and building anticipation along the way.
Slowness as a feature
For many musicians, the long wait has changed how they think about releases. A record is no longer a drop; it is an event.
“Streaming is for discovery. Vinyl is for commitment.”
New plants, old machines
Several new pressing plants have opened, many using refurbished machinery. Engineers who know how to repair them are now among the most sought-after workers in music.
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