Vinyl and Web3: The Possibilities are Endless

Vinyl and NFTs are much more similar than you might think. Both are direct-to-fan tools allowing artists to express themselves to their fanbase. And interestingly, NFTs offer the same sort of opportunities for artistic expression that used to be what record sleeves were for.

The Magic of Capturing Sounds: Delving into the Culture and History of Vinyl by Paul Rutten

Vinyl changed the way we experience music, share it, and make money from it. Looking back at the 'glorious' era of vinyl and amid its resurgence, we see its significance as a as cultural form and not as mere technology, more than ever before. “Doesn't it always seem like you don't know what you have until it's gone?” It didn't get that far.

Emerging Solutions for Sustainable Vinyl: Uniting Ancient Technology and Environmental Responsibility A Key Production Group Panel Discussion

With so many questions about about ecological sustainability being raised, Key figures from the manufacturing industry will come together to explore various aspects related to making vinyl production more environmentally friendly. The panelists will focus on discussing innovative technologies and practices that can reduce energy consumption, carbon footprint, and waste associated with vinyl manufacturing. They will delve into the latest research advancements in developing new materials for vinyl production, with a specific emphasis on exploring options that are not derived from crude oil and can be biologically produced. They will also explore ways to avoid greenwashing within the vinyl industry and promote genuine sustainable solutions. By uniting ancient technology with environmental responsibility, the panel aims to foster a dialogue that drives the vinyl industry towards a more sustainable future. 

What is Your One LP?

What is your One LP? An accompanying talk about The One LP Project: Re-imagining the music based photographic portrait

It's the Mix! Stupid! - Q&A with Danton Supple

Maybe it's the bass riff at the beginning of White Lines, the intro to Crazy in Love, Tom Verlaine's sinuous, awkward guitar solos, the crunching throb of Red Hot Chili Peppers or the irresistible synths of Kraftwerk, but what's certain is that certain sonic sensations trigger us as much as any melody or riff ever could.

Making Vinyl: "Where Did This Vinyl Comeback Come From Anyway?" with Larry Jaffee

Twenty years ago, vinyl records were thought to be dead. Now it's the most popular physical music format. Find out how from one of the world's leading experts on the vinyl comeback how such a retro phenomenon happened, defying all technological, economic and ecological logic in the digital age.

My Collection Is Better Than Yours!

A true battle of taste will take place during Haarlem Vinyl Festival, almost a form of musical ping-pong, so to say. Two prominent people from the world of politics, sport, or entertainment, choose 10 of their favourite records, with one of them then kicking off the session with a short snippet of a track.

The Secret Life of a Record

Obsessive Beatles fans in the 1960s began to listen to their songs backward and hear things that might or might not have been put there deliberately, with Revolution 9 supposed to contain the message "Turn me on, dead man".

Since then, numerous groups have supposedly added hidden messages to tracks, including Judas Priest, whose track 'Better by You, Better than Me', contains the backward message: “Do it", and ELO's Fire on High contains the advice, “The music is reversible. Time is not. Turn back, turn back.”
How true is this enduring folk tale, and were they just coincidences that were enabled by the fact that vinyl can be played backward, and nothing more? And how do you engineer a voice to make sense when listened to backward as well as forwards? All this, and much more will be revealed in The Secret Life of a Record.

The Golden Hour X Haarlem Vinyl Festival: Coco Maria

What is your first memory of being moved by music? Which tracks have you been carrying in your path through life?

Classic Album Sundays with Colleen Murphy and Ken Scott

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy is the founder of Classic Album Sundays, a global event series and a multi-media content platform that tells the stories behind the albums that have shaped our culture and our lives. It is the world's most popular and respected audiophile classic album listening events and it is coming to the Haarlem Vinyl Festival.

Vinyl Myths Busted

With the ongoing challenges especially for the independent music industry in terms of long lead times, quality uncertainties and increasing costs easy explanations and recriminations celebrate public attention.