Welcome To VINYLISM
DEFEND THE FAITH! What started as a record shop, is growing into a community ...it represents one off glory in a river island, mass produced, sweat shop life....
What We Do
We Dont sell out but we do sell a tune or two...
Gigs and promo's
Graphic Design
Photography
Production and clothing label on the immediate horizon and many more ideas just waiting to be released on the world.
Get Involved
We want to build the scene with you and your input. Contact us to showcase your talent and be apart of it.
News:
Merry Crimbo!
The Shop will be closed over the christmas period, open again on wednesday, thursday & Saturday
Ramage
Big up everyone who's been down to allsorts over the passed few weeks.. last wednesday was one of our busiest yet! And so.. we're going to be having ourselves a Friday night in january (8th)... expect some big names at a very generous price... Dont forget to pop down next week for a new yrs warm up!...
Blame
As a big thank you to all you Allsorts regulars we've got an end of term boom ting worth shoutin about
BLAME - 720 records / blame music / metalheadz / charge / moving shodow
Get ready for the massively anticipated return of Blame- the man behind Because of You- Zane Lowe's 'hottest record in the world' plus tons of remixes including; Show Me Love When Love Takes Over and recently Jackson 5s I Want You Back.
This is going to be a huge night and what an end to the term! Check out myspace/blame720 for some serious DNB
Support From:
Airayd (3 Deck Mix)
RhyPa
Jonny English
Red Vendetta
Human Contact
B.Rose
+ More TBC
Dean + Hot Property playin the Smoking Terrace
Hosted By:
MC LUNATIK
On top of all this weve got; Live Graffiti, Beatboxers, Dancers and a serious amount of freebies, including Tees, CDs, Records, Munchies, and Allsorts goodies...
Movember Moostash Mash-Up
Awsome night, it was packed out right to the end with more Mos than a Hitler Convention As well as having a wicked night we also raised over a hundred quid for Movember! Thanks to everyone that donated and rocked a MO!
Well done to Simon Wall for his mighty Handel Bars wining Best Mo baggin himself loads of Mo Merchandise
Big thanks to all the regular Ravers & Djs for making it happen once again
Tees
All Sorted
Due to the success of Allsorts midweek mash ups were going to be launching a monthly Friday night in Monkey called All Sorted the first one will be on the 8th of January! More info soon... watch this space
New Site
Apologies for being so slack recently but the new site will be ready soon, fully equipped with live feeds so we can keep the news up-to-date!
Vinylists
To add to the other Celebs that are backing vinyl Jamie Cullum recently said one of his favorite things was collecting vinyl, Dizzie Rascal said one of his favorite pass times was raving up in Matter to DNB & Jungle!
Freeeesh
It seems a new wave of talent has come with the new students, shouts to anyone starting out!
Delights 4 Vinylism
Check out http://postbocks.com/uploads/airayd_delights_4_vinylism for an exclusive FOUR DECK MIX!
05/11/09
Well its been a long and lonely month for you vinylism surfers....many apologies we have been up to allorts and so havent had the time to explain what we have been doing...
Allsorts of madness :
First off we have been amazed with the response and popularity of a midweek event, big thanks to all the people who have become our allsorts regulars... see you in week 7 :)
So far we have had; Halloween Parties, BonFire bashes, Urban Camo, Paintballers with 10 free tickets given out, Urban art and live graffiti shows, We have hosted allsorts of music from house to hip hop....from scratch dj's to dnb and dubstep.... We have had 3 deck mixes.... + 2 deck and a 3rd for scratching... all with Mc Lunatik hyping the crowd....
We have given away heaps of Liquorice Allsorts, cd's, glow sticks, One off tee shirts, Grenades, Bones, Vampire teeth, War paint, Condoms, Shots, Toffee Apples, Hotdogs and pleanty of other shizz... as well as selling a bit of Art
Special mention to Pace, Teknical, Kb Yabs, and General Brent who have all popped their 'Playing-out' cherry staying true to our be a punter get a gig philosophy... And we pay to!!
Look out for us next week and every week...
01/10/09
Allsorts Massive!
Shouts to everyone who came last night and made it happen.. especially the Djs/Promoters/Artists/Ravers.. you know who you are...
The night went really well, and it can only get better! Look out for our shinanigans next week...
We hope that you enjoyed your freebies!.. There was plenty to go around.. Jonnies/glowsticks/CDs/stickers/ and some of you was even lucky enough to your hands on one off Vinylism Tees as well as Idol joe and Applied Tees!!... not forgetting 2 tons of Allsorts.. Nice one Berttie!
For those of you who was enjoyin' the graff there will be regular shows from week to week depending on whats going on.. you may even bag yourself a bargain and take a piece home!!
All the flicks will be up this afternoon so look out for your warfaces!!
If you didn't make it last night you missed a great night but fear not we're there weekly..
If you did make it... it should have warmed you up for tomorrows blinder in Sigma... Click here for more info..
28/09/09
Get up to Allsorts this Wednesday!!
This Wednesday is the launch of Vinylisms brand new night Allsorts- you need to be involved! What ever music your into weve got you covered, Swanseas finest Vinyl DJs will get you dancing all night, from Rare Groove to filthy Dub Step The infamous Bird 272 is going to be down to show us all how its done; painting live for your artistic pleasure... And on top of that as the most generous night in town; weve got a tons of swag to giveaway
Chip off the block
As seen on Wednesdays BBC2s Blue Peter Chipmunk performed with his DJ Playing on Vinyl the upcoming star also discussed his love of vinyl good darts!
Shes still at it...
Despite the download culture even Madonnas current single Celebration is on limited edition picture disc vinyl! Keep the faith!!
Last Night a Dj Saved My Life...
Most of you will of heard of Guitar Hero but this Christmas sees the release of DJ Hero the game goes on the same lines as the initial game, but you play the role of a superstar DJ Lets hope this leads to a younger generation of Vinylist and not a bunch of pretenders
In other news...
Good to see the Sunday mail supplement highlighting four new Vinyl Decks in their current edition be warned they aint cheap! Look out for more info next week
24/09/09
Filthy Sexy Funky Music: All sorted
No longer will those of you who dont dig the generic have to endeavor the same old scene in Oceana. If you fancy something a bit different, a bit funkier and defiantly more fun, you neeeed to get down to Allsorts, Every Wednesday
Before we kick off the nighttime shenanigans, we thought wed get a bit political and throw a peaceful protest; against the evil Mp3 downloads thats killing our beloved scene... If you think DJs should play on vinyl, or you want to show your support for us locals, come take part grab a picket and fight the power!! 30th of Sept.. Time TBC
For the Launch we have the hugely talented Bird 272 (Graffiti Maverick!) coming down to show you lucky people a live paint show!
Look out for the Sweetest promo crew in town, and what they have to offer
Weve got a wicked selection of choones to keep you dancing, from easy soul-straight through to dirty dub step All of which are naturally playing on only the finest wax available curtsey of you know who!
Drink Deals: Vodka + Mixer £1.00
Carlsberg £1.00
Flyers available in the shop today for those of you who are down for the promo!
Photosynthesis launch..
If you was there you will know that it went down a treat, the Vinylism DJs tore it up, as did Mr. Benny Page... big night.. look out for the flicks ocming soon, and Vinylism hosting the urban room in Octobre...
Brookes Brothers//Hatcha//Cyantific//Mc Texas tickets now available only £8.00 for all that badness!!! -2nd Oct!
14/09/09
The only news you need to hear this week
Vinylism's brand new Mixed Genre night " ALLSORTS " every wednesday in Monkey bar.
Launch night: 30th sept.
For all of the details check out/join the facebook group.
Click Here For Group
Sorted
09/09/09
No news is good news
Apologies for the recent slackness in terms of news but weve been real busy :-O
The British Empire was built on tee
For all of those who stopped one of us in the street, you can reserve your Break Beats Not Hearts & The Rollup tee for only five squid (Total £15.00) Email us your size at vinylism_live.co.uk or get your self down to the shop.
Lead by Xample
180 & Vinylism showing once again why we are the people to watch in 2009/10 Pulling out a summer special to keep all you heds happy whilst all else was quiet.
Big shouts to all who came, especially the hardcore wobble lovers raving it up till the small hours, hope your Monday wasnt too rough, lucky it was a bank holiday.
Check out the flicks in the gallery. If you missed this - you fool! But fear not, you can make up for it at the Next 180 gig - Dan Marshall
Speaking of Dan Marshall
This rising star has caught Vinylisms attention with his smooth liquid beats, check out http://www.myspace.com/danmarshalldnb
Thanks to the foresight of 180 you have the chance to see him play up close and personal in Sigma. Dan Marshall - We like!
Little Black Book
Secret addresses from stylish people In last Sundays Telegraph there was an article by the acclaimed designer responsible for Red or Dead; Wayne Hemingway, The article featured a record shop in Barcelona, called Discos Edisons. Maybe someone should recommend Vinylism to the Secret addresses.."Get on it...
The Post That Hurts The Most
Received some interesting post the yesterday.. something to do with the Musicians Union... They was offering all kinds of advice about your rights as musicians... more info when one of us gets around to reading it all...
30/08/09
XAMPLE. TONIGHT. SIGMA. BE THERE.
Big TV News..
Independent television production company spotters (Itv) will be present at Xample Tonight at Sigma, for the upcoming urban music show, currently in production. So be there for a chance of some TV action
The wait is over
For those of you who would like to get your hands on a seriously limited edition Vinylism/Pace Tee-Shirt Come into the shop and let us know what size and style you would like, and set it in stone with a £5.00 deposit.
Hear No Evil
Were in the final stages of securing our new night and venue! Keep your ear to the ground as this is going to be a mash-up of genres, every week.
Hear Me Know
It seems that the big names are starting to pay us independents attention; new releases are being pressed on vinyl, and we have a lot more promo records from the larger record labels such as Little Boots ; Remedy (Rusko Remix) [available instore]. This does a lot for the scene keep em comin we say
Stick-Up
Look out for a free party in Brecon on the Sept 5th unfortunately we cant disclose where exactly it is for obvious reasons... Expect Trance-Jungle-Drum & Bass, Oldschool-Hiphop Follow your ears as they have 3 huge rigs!!
Branching Out
We are now spreading the faith as far as Uxbridge (Brunel university), Cheltenham and Kings road London. With a couple of big nights, in the early stages of planning, so watch this space
On the Grape Vine...
We heard the other day that Swanseas newest signing Lee Trundell has a set of decks? Maybe we could get him to do us a set
25/08/09
Urban Outfitters go vinyl..
Londons trendiest clothing store Urban Outfitters recently ditched the CDJs they had in the shop, and replaced them with a set of lovely Vinyl Decks right in the window!
So it seems that Londons trendies are rockin wax; I guess that makes us pretty trendy! Support vinyl in Swanseas only real record shop - you knowwwww
Mix it up!!
New Mixes from Airayd.. Get your dirty mitts on these for a taste of what to expect this Sunday at XAMPLE.. Click for link...
Three Deck Mix!! Bass Kitchen
Immoral Fibres
New mix from Human Contact coming very soon.. Watch this space..
Lead By Xample
This Sunday at Sigma, check the events page for more details.. Tickets, Poster, Flyers and the like all available in store.
Tickets are £6.00 on the door or only £4.00 from one of Vinylism's representatives!
Still too much beef in Vinylism..
As before mentioned, there isnt enough female Djs on the scene, if your interested in any aspect of Djin or Vinylism drop in for a chat and well sort you a deal!!
11/08/09
Vinylism Teams up with Photosynthesis
The guys who got you bouncin in Seven are back this year in Escape, and Vinylism is set for hosting the "urban room" - Expect a load of Drum n Bass and filthy Dubstep!! More info coming soon!!..
06/08/09
New Venue/Night
Come in the shop between the 07-15th of august and buy a record to register to Dj at our new Mixed Genre night at our bangin new venue (to be revealed shorty)
Guerilla Campaign
All appoligies to BIRD, but we had to paint over your shizz.. We hope to have him onboard soon though, watch this space!
Check out the pics in the GRAFF section...
04/08/2009
Vinyl is Dead!! Long Live Vinyl!!
The Arctic Monkeys are set to release their new single "Crying Lightning" on Vinyl! The single will be sold exclusively in 700 Oxfam stores at £2.99 each from the 17/08/2009 - So much for Vinyl dying out... Long Live Vinyl!!
Although it's against our nature, we do have a load of Official Record Company Dance Promo CD's. Should you be a CDJ or just like you music shinny come in and have a butchers...
Producers: We want new and exciting producers for the our Record label launch team, get in touch _ vinylism_live.co.uk
There's too much beef in Vinylism.. We are looking for more female Djs, if your female and you mix, or want to start mixing, come see us instore or email us, and we can hook you up!!
24/07/2009
Big News!!! Big News!!! Big News!!! Big News!!!
Grime Rapper needed for immediate consideration. For the Re-Recording of the dance classic "Adronicus" with Red Jerry- Hooj Recordings. Get in touch _ vinylism_live.co.uk
Limited copies of "SUB FOCUS" - ROCK IT
And "DANNY BYRD"- RED MIST VIP
22/072009
We Want Your Pics!!
Send us photos of you at our events and we will put up the best ones in the gallery! Send them to vinylism_live.co.uk
More photos have been uploaded to the Gallery section to..
Design mini page now up- have a browse!
15/07/2009
Vinylism.co.uk is born!!!
New six day week opening times;
Mon - 9.30-3.00
Tue - 11.00-3.00
Wed- 11.00-3.00
Thur- 11.00-3.00
Fri - 9.30-3.00
Sat - 9.30-3.00
New DJ mixes comin soon!
EVENTS
ALLSORTS PRESENTS; BLAME
THE END OF TERM PARTY
Wednesday 12 of December
MONKEY BAR
>MORE INFO<
PAST EVENTS:
Check Out These Bad-Boys!
www.monkeycafe.co.uk - Home to Allsorts, Great food and Good times
www.bird272.com - Swansea's finest graffiti artist
www.graff-city.com - Paint suppliers!
www.peacefulprogress.co.uk - Cardiff Based - Art/Dance/Festivals/Paint/Tees...etc
www.cafe-ole.com - Munchies
Meet Your Dealers
Vinylism is proud to have on sale for you the finest Black Crack AKA Vinyl, on the market. Come see us instore for a fix..
Friday/Saturday/Monday - Tony
Owner and veteran Vinylist, Tony's dedication to the faith brings him from London to Swansea (in the early hours of the morning) with a fresh delivery of vinyl rarities. Every week, without fail.
The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
A True OV (Original Vinylist).
Tuesday/Wednsday/Thursday - The Vinylism Boys!
Feel free to contact us ... email vinylism_live.co.uk
The Djs:
AIRAYD
Vinylism's Bristol based prodigy, a technical DJ bringin' filthy double and Triple drop delights to please all you heads! Aswell as a catalogue of floor fillers for the masses! http://airayd.postbocks.com/
Vinylism's very own mascot, a recovering Dub-step fiend, and serious "black crack" addict- known for getting his hands on the latest Tunes!
HUMAN CONTACT
Vinylism's Jump Up DJ 2009! He's been with us from the start, started off as a regular and is now turning heads as a 180 resident- a true Vinylist; You bring the crowd and he'll make 'em Wobble!
Another Vinylism Veteran; In the Scene since '96! Plays more genre's than we can list, and loves anything with a broken beat!
AKA Jonny Facebosh AKA Jonny Mustard AKA The Dylan Thomas of Drum & Bass AKA Jonny Savage AKA...
B·Rose
AKA B·L·A- South Wales' finest Female DnB DJ...
The Mistress of Mash-Ups!!
The Femme Fetal Of Filth!!
MC Lunatik
Vinylisms newest recruite Mc Lunatik... spent his first night out in Swasea mcing for Benny Page!!! This MC never fails to get the crowd hyped and has more bars than Wind St.
PACE DESIGN
If there is any design work you need doing, we can handle it! We cover all aspects of design, and offer
Innovative and afordable solutions, for more infomation or examples of work please feel free to email
pace.design_live.com
Tee shirt designs for upcoming clothing line
Where to Find Us...
We are located above Arcade Carpets in Picton Arcade Swansea (bottom end of
oxford st.) come up the stairs in the carpet shop and you'll find us there Monday-Saturday.
The address is
16 Picton Arcade,
Swansea.
SA1 3BE
If in doubt, check out the Map.
Pace & RhyPa go paintin...
As sorry as we were to paint over Birds graff we did inform him first so don't panic! Was a bit of a mission but worth it in the end.. (shout to nicky for givin us a lift to get paint!!)
Visit the Facebook page if you want to comment ..
Watch this space for more Vinylism graffiti and productions..
PACE
DESIGN