Ochre Vinyl Dubplate
Say hello to a one-off Whispers/Dustlands 'Spectre' EP
I shared this on Twitter last week, but I thought I’d leave a note about it on the blog too (given I don’t have a ton of other news right now).
A happy Ochre, last week.
I recently got a one-off vinyl dubplate carved up for a certain designer who’s been helping me out a lot lately. Can’t say I’ve ever held or played one before, but it’s quite interesting—a bit different from your garden-variety vinyl. I don’t know how it compares to a lacquer dubplate, apart from being much more resilient, but it does resemble a slab of perspex quite a bit—certainly thicker and more transparent than any ‘clear’ vinyl I’ve seen before.
It’d be nice to be able to sell odd one-offs like this, as they really are quite unique. Maybe start a line of Ochre ‘Auratic Artefacts’…
Tags: 12", Like Dust of the Balance, vinyl
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4 Responses to “Ochre Vinyl Dubplate”:
I think you should, as long as you hold the rights to the track and the buyer dosnt mind spending the money. I think its a great idea. I remember the dubplates i got pressed years ago at music house of jungle stuff was £15 a side i think, so you could just press one side which was cool as well. I have recently had a few tracks of my releases pressed on vinyl and its just really nice. I now what to have a record player again.
Yeah, obviously this precludes selling anything off Lemodie or Like Dust, but for future tracks I might give it a shot. You're right, single sides is cheaper — I wonder if I could print a design on it, as it's basically a glorified slide transparency.
Oh, I'd like to get a deck too — yep, I couldn't even test this!
Chris – Interesting, I did something similar in a different medium and it came out fantastic. I say do it! I did a complete reverse print for the "non business" side so that text would come out correctly through the transparent plastic.
That's a brilliant idea, Mark. Yep, I'm currently looking into this as a fun way to get some more unique releases out there. I just need to stock up on new tracks and resist putting them up online!