"If you release vinyl, you should release it properly"
The fact that Innervisions, Dixon's excellent German house and techno label said this week that they will turn to self-distribution and only release their records to several independent outlets, came as a shame, but as no real great surprise. Upon reading Dixon's explanation of why they came to this decision, it could be referred to as another victory for the massive online stores (think Juno) against the independents. However, you could think of it in another way, your money is going in the right pockets, even if you have to pay more, giving the artists and label owners more control to distribute to the record stores who will do their records justice and for the music fans to learn to understand the ugly side of producing/distributing vinyl on an independent label.
Their first release since this news is probably their most seminal release in a few years, Ame's stunning rework of Osunlade's 'Envision'.
Surprise, surprise it's only available from the Innervisions shop 'Muting the Noise' together with a MP3 download code. Get it here.
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