Thrain Arni Baldvinsson, born and raised in the Northern Iceland is a guitar player for Icelandic viking metal band Skálmöld. Thrainn is also a music teacher and a passionate vinyl record collector. RPM Records Team had a pleasure to chat about music on vinyl, his record collection, a little bit
313 Vinyl Collective is a second hand record store specializing in Detroit and Chicago musical heritage. The high degree of expertise in electronic music and years of experience with vinyl records reflects the handpicked and carefully selected catalog of quality electronic music. The selection
The mixing and mastering engineer Nicklas Sonne of Defecto shares in-depth insights about drum, bass and vocal mixing, side chain and parallel compression and the importance of making space for better sounding mixing
For the 3rd episode in the Record Collector Series we spoke with Sakena Ali. A member of Future Female Sounds and a manager of Bjørn Svin. Furthermore, a vinyl enthusiast and an active member of Copenhagen's music scene for over 20
The sole cutting engineer in Denmark shares his vinyl passion and in-depth insights about lacquer cutting, mastering for vinyl and preparation of audio files for the best possible results at Kommunal Dubplate Service in
Nordic Music Guide kickstarts with reviewing Uhrlaut Records. A team of Copenhagen based technology nerds specialized in releasing challenging music and video from Scandinavia. Uhrlaut is an interesting record label for various reasons. Firstly, its because of the musical content, that stretches
“I’ve always been into music but I felt so vulnerable or even shy when I was playing concerts and performing my own tracks, while when I play records I feel like I am in my safe zone where everything is allowed as long as you go with the flow.” For the second episode in the
As far as quality concerns, there have been a lot of different opinions about colour vinyl compared to standard black. Most of the arguments, however, expose a lack of understanding of technicalities and multiple variables that are involved in pressing vinyl records of any
To fire up the series of articles about record collectors we present Jesper Mygind, the resident DJ at Ved Siden Af and a member of Another Name Booking Agency. We asked Jesper to name the 5 best sounding, the 5 best visually designed vinyl records from his personal collection and tell his story
In this article we will explain a crucial step in the vinyl manufacturing process, where efficient collaboration between clients and pressing plants may improve the quality of production, reduce waste, save time and money for all