About us

The Vinyl Factory Ltd was established in 2001 as a music and arts enterprise. The company now provides a range of services to the music and creative industries: These include studio facilities (TV and audio), design, manufacturing, distribution (physical and digital), retail (physical shop and on-line), marketing, publishing, workspace and professional services.

The company curates and promotes exhibitions, provides and manages event spaces, publishes FACT magazine both bimonthly and on-line (www.factmagazine.co.uk), owns Phonica Records, London’s leading record shop in Soho London (www.phonicarecords.co.uk) and Portalspace Records (www.portalspacerecords.com) & Vinyl Factory Australia (www.vinylfactoryaustralia.com.au) which provides vinyl record manufacturing, distribution and fulfilment). In addition the company acts as a record label (both independently as Vinyl Factory and in joint ventures) and provides funding through various vehicles for independent bands and labels.

Recent joint ventures include Damon Albarn (of Gorillaz and Blur), Primal Scream and the Pet Shop Boys. The resulting art/music products are sold through galleries, events and directly through the Vinyl Factory Editions Shop (www.thevinylfactory.com/shop).

Vinyl Factory will operate 3 galleries and commercial event spaces in London, Berlin (due to open in Q4 2009) with a New York gallery scheduled for 2010. Exhibitions and event concepts developed and provided by the Vinyl Factory gallery to date in London include those for Adidas, Agnes b, Diesel, MTV, Nike, Nokia, O2, Orange, Reiss, Sony Music, Smirnoff, T Mobile, Universal Pictures, Versace, Warner Music, Yves Saint Laurent and XL recordings. In May 2009 the London gallery will host the Island Records 50th anniversary and will include a month of performances, exhibitions and events (www.vinylfactorygallery.co.uk).
Revenue is derived from the sale of art and music products and from the organisation of events and exhibitions and its on-line web sites, events and activities.

The Vinyl Factory Ecosystem

Vinyl Factory Manufacturing is a landmark of British manufacturing and is unrivaled in the world at pressing quality Vinyl. It lies at the core of our enterprise of services.

Vinyl Factory Editions specializes in creating, manufacturing and distributing Special Editions.
Already delivered exclusively for Damon Albarn, Primal Scream and the Pet Shop Boys.

Vinyl Factory Label is the label arm of the group.
Providing a new and differentiating way of funding  artists’ projects by engaging with a collective of professional investors.

VF Marketing and Distribution specializes in promoting and distributing music products to the music lover. It does so through a network of both physical and digital retail touch points across the world.

Fact Magazine promotes the space between music and art. Vinyl and special editions. The artists and art behind the music. Fact provides a platform for new talent in music, art and design.

Phonica Records is a very unique music shop specialized in vinyl and exclusive digital. Its flagship store in London is a meeting point for all those who feel music is indeed very tangible.

Vinyl Factory Galleries and Event Space…