Zenith Records is a vinyl record pressing plant based in
Melbourne, Australia
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, established in 2005.
Overview
Zenith was founded by Australian artist
Pegz
Tirren Staaf, otherwise known as Pegz (or MC Pegasus), is an Australian hip hop artist and producer hailing from Melbourne, Victoria. He was the CEO of Obese Records—the record label responsible for artists such as Hilltop Hoods, Downsyde, a ...
, owner of
Obese Records
Obese Records was an Australian hip-hop, Australian hip hop record label based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was the largest independent hip hop label in Australia and was home to acts such as Pegz, Hilltop Hoods, Thundamentals, Reason (Australian ...
, who purchased and fixed the pressing machinery so that it was on par with international pressing plants.
The machinery at Zenith had originated at Nick Phillips'
Corduroy Records pressing plant which was sold to Zenith Records in 2005. Their pressing plants had been in Australia for decades as part of record labels like Modern and Sundown, but have since been refurbished.
Originally located in
Richmond
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, the plant relocated to
East Brunswick
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in 2013. The label is now run by co-owner Paul Rigby.
Zenith has four Alpha-Toolex
record press
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es in operation, a Neumann
record cutting lathe, as well as its own record matrix-making facilities. Plating of the record masters is done in-house, as well as the production of mothers, stampers, or converts.
See also
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List of independent record labels
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References
External links
Zenith Records2021 article on Australian record pressers, including an interview with Zenith Records' Paul Rigby
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Australian independent record labels
Record labels established in 2005
Record labels based in Melbourne
Vinyl record manufacturing companies