Gil Tamazyan's Dirty Driving EP is our first release on Capsule Labs Music

Grab your 180g limited edition vinyl from our friends at Downtown 304, we'll be releasing more EPs from the full album in the near future.

Digital version of the full album are on Amazon or iTunes.

Earl Cole and Kirk Whalum pose in front of our lathe while we're mastering Kirk's new album.

We took advantage of a little break during the holidays to make some good progress on the build of our Fairchild clone. The new chassis has been milled to perfection by J.C. Engraving and we've started doing the final wiring.

We've come across quite a few articles about the resurgence of vinyl in the last week.

Black Friday Releases @recordstoreday

20 record stores weigh in on vinyl's return @pastemagazine

In an iTunes age, do we need the record store? @salon

Vinyl records are back @sunsentinel

Vinyl's back in the groove @telegraph.uk

The third Direct-To-Disc session we produced for Stones Throw's 15th anniversary with Dam Funk and Master Blazter is now on sale at the Stones Throw website.

Stones Throw records just released a new video about the second direct-to-disc recording we did with Gary Wilson and the Stepkids as we prepare for session #3 with Dam Funk and Steve Arrington.

Vinyl LPs also continue to show a strong resurgence, even though the total portion of music sales is small -- 1.9 million out of 221.5 million total albums sold to date this year -- but the percentage jumped 41% over 2010.

Read the full article @latimes.

The Stepkids Direct to Disc LP. The record was recorded live, directly to vinyl at Stones Throw's Direct to Disc #2 event back in May at Capsule Labs. These are limited edition records which will not be released on digital or CD formats and can be purchased at StonesThrow.com.

The video was shot at the event. "Sweet Salvation" is a new, unreleased song which will not be on their upcoming album. Director: Alex Pelly; editors: Adi Putra and Brian Lam; cameramen: Ariana Natale, Jon Casey, Kevin Klauber.

Stones Throw Records Direct to Disk Event with Mayer Hawthorne from Naturally Spirited on Vimeo.

Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf, and Capsule Labs founders Gil Tamazyan and Sebastien Chevrel talk about the Direct-To-Disc Series they have been collaborating on for the label's 15th anniversary.

Pacifico came to Los Angeles on their Adventures on Tap tour to throw a keg party at the pressing plant while we were pressing a promotional record for them. An artist decorated the Los Angeles keg all afternoon in our backyard along the LA river, and in the evening we spinned some records, busted some piņatas, and hung around the fire with a steady supply of cold beer.

Thanks to everyone at Creature, Pacifico, and the road crew, we had a great time meeting you all.