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64 pages full of sharp insights. Real data. Technical depth. Industry voices. And all for free!
Published 3 times a year, this magazine is built to circulate — and built to lead the conversation.
Making Vinyl Magazine is available free to anyone interested in the vinyl ecosystem — professionals, collectors, labels, artists, and listeners alike.
Making Vinyl Magazine
From presses to pages — connecting makers, listeners, and the stories behind every record.
Born out of motion, heat, and human craft, Making Vinyl Magazine is the voice of the global vinyl ecosystem.
What began as a conference guide has evolved into something far more essential: a platform that keeps the vinyl community connected between gatherings, across continents, and throughout the entire production chain.
Vinyl is more than an object of desire. It is cultural infrastructure — an industrial, logistical, and economic system that carries music through very real, physical means. Records are pressed, cut, printed, shipped, sold, and collected by people whose knowledge shapes not only sound, but value.
This magazine places the making of vinyl at the center of the conversation. From pressing plants and mastering rooms to compound suppliers, printers, distributors, labels, artists, and retailers — we explore the full ecosystem that makes music tangible. We dive into technical expertise, historical context, production insights, and the economic impact of vinyl worldwide.
Published three times per year and distributed freely through labels, record stores, and Making Vinyl events in Europe and the U.S., the magazine is designed to circulate — as a shared reference point, a connector, and a living dialogue.
At a time when surprisingly little sustained attention is given to the full scope of the vinyl industry, Making Vinyl Magazine provides clarity over nostalgia and context over hype. It documents the system, the craft, and the community that continue to shape how music is made, valued, and shared.
Vinyl is not a side story. It is a living system.
And this is its Magazine.
CONTENTS in this issue:
– Limited Edition, Apparently Not – Welcome, by Andreas Kohl and Bryan Ekus
– You can keep the mistakes – The Artwork Of Meghan and Matthew Irwin, by Andreas Kohl
– From Molecule to Master Groove: a deep dive into how PVC is made, by Ahsen Sezer
– BioVinyl or just vinyl? by Andreas Kohl
– Making Vinyl Europe Returns to Haarlem, by Bryan Ekus
– Dolby Atmos on vinyl? by Frank Wonneberg
– Music without location – on Lost Orientation, by Johann Scheerer
– Number goes up, trust goes down? by Kristoffer Cornils
– Dominique Fils-Aimé: listening between the lines, by Andreas Kohl
– Giving vinyl a second life without compromising sound, by Madeleine Smith, Miriam Lessar & Vladimír Víšek
– Haarlem spins the world: 5 things about the Haarlem Vinyl Festival, by Thomas Spronk
– Maxed for streaming, distorted on vinyl: Why the master for vinyl can’t be the same as the one you upload to Spotify, by Andreas Kohl
– Music, Nature, and the Climate Crisis: In conversation with EarthPercent, by Bridger Ryland
– Formats, fans, and the future of tangible music, by Ruben Planting
– Going back to go forward: For the love of vinyl, by Keith Jopling
