Record distributor, MonoStereo
Distribution, forms strategic partnership with SunPress, Grammy Award-winning
mastering engineer, Vlado Meller, Truphonic Recording Studios, and music
marketing agency, Fanatic Promotion, to offer robust line of artist and label
services.
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Billboard has
announced the formation of Miami-based record pressing facility, SunPress Vinyl, housed in the former Final Vinyl factory, founded in the
1970s by reggae pioneer Joe Gibbs,
and later home to his world-renowned reggae label, Studio One. The Final Vinyl
plant issued classic works by Bob Marley,
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Toots and The Maytals, and Miami’s
notorious 2 Live Crew.
Principals at SunPress
Vinyl, include Dan Yashiv, a recording engineer who has worked acts from Pet Shop Boys to Britney Spears, and film producer Stephen Hays, along with Dan
Pelson, former Executive Vice President of Sony Music.
Benji Rogers of direct-to-fan music platform PledgeMusic is also on board as an advisor, and long-time vinyl
pressing veteran, Chris Moss, will
oversee the demanding quality control standards of these legacy machines. To
that end, Headley Haslam, the man
who pressed every record during the Gibbs
and Studio One years on this
equipment, is now back at his post.
SunPress is also proud to announce, in an added nod to its
historic roots, that it has entered into a partnership with Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong International, which will press its own catalog and third
party releases at SunPress.
And before the gears even begin to turn on new product
at SunPress, legendary Grammy Award-winning mastering
engineer, Vlado Meller will have
done his part to bring superior vinyl masters through the door.
Long Island, NY and Charleston, SC-based record
distributor MonoStereo Distribution,
via its relationship with Meller’s Vlado Meller Mastering, which operates
out of Charleston’s world-class Truphonic
Recording studio, will offer Meller’s
services as the go-to vinyl mastering option for all SunPress Vinyl clients.
Meller’s career has spanned 40-plus years, and includes work
with diverse A-list artists such as Prince, Johnny Cash,
Celine Dion, Harry Connick Jr., Andrea
Bocelli, Metallica, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, and many more.
Monostereo, an independent one-stop and distributor co-owned and
managed by New York-native, and current Charleston resident, Mike Gomez, specializes in the
wholesale distribution of vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray, Turntables, and music
accessories. Family-owned and operated since 1974, MonoStereo began as a small chain of record stores on Long Island,
New York, and as an additional part of Monostereo’s
2017 plans, Gomez, along with his
brother in-law and business partner, Jeffrey
Berg, will renovate
and re-open the flagship store, Record
Stop in 2017.
Gomez comments, “By partnering with Vlado Meller, we’re working with someone who truly understands how
to prepare albums for vinyl, a nearly lost art. He is an undisputed ‘master of
mastering’ and we’re thrilled to have him as an extended member of our team.”
In addition to SunPress
Vinyl and Vlado Meller Mastering’s
services, MonoStereo will provide
Label Services options for its group of distributed artists and labels via
strategic partnerships with independent marketing agencies. The first of these
relationships is with New York-based, Fanatic
Promotion.
Fanatic was established by Josh Bloom in 1997 to build fan-to-fan connections between artists
and the media. For over 20 years, Fanatic
has continued to help launch careers through the strategic advocacy of creative
talent. Artists represented during Fanatic’s
history include The Avett Brothers, The Decemberists, Steve Earle, My Morning
Jacket, and Sufjan Stevens.
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Participating Company Links
SUNPRESS VINYL : VLADO MELLER MASTERING : MONOSTEREO DISTRIBUTION : TRUPHONIC RECORDING STUDIOS : FANATIC
PROMOTION
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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