We press records the old way — 180g heavyweight vinyl, lacquer-cut masters, hand-numbered sleeves. Each release is a finite run. Once they're gone, they're gone.
Explore Releases →Midnight Protocol
A deeply meditative dive into late-night electronic jazz. Recorded live in a single session at Systems Lab, Brooklyn. Pressed on transparent pink vinyl with hand-stamped labels. Edition of 300.
Copper Vein
Raw, stripped-back soul recorded to 8-track. Dara's voice carries the weight of gospel, the ease of Sunday morning, and the grit of a Detroit basement. Pressed on copper vinyl. Edition of 250.
Tessellate
Eight-piece funk collective from Oakland. Interlocking rhythms, afrobeat-influenced horn lines, locked grooves. A double LP that demands to be played loud. Pressed on split yellow/blue vinyl. Edition of 400.
Meridian Records started in aconverted garage in Greenpoint where two friends — one a mastering engineer, the other a jazz pianist — decided the music they loved deserved better than a digital-only afterlife. We press records because we believe sound has weight. The needle dropping, the crackle before the first note, the ritual of side A to side B — that's the experience we exist to protect.
Every release is treated as a small-edition art object: lacquer-cut from the original masters, pressed on 180g audiophile-grade vinyl, packaged in letterpress-printed sleeves with liner notes you'll actually want to read. We work with living musicians making vital music right now — not reissues, not nostalgia acts — artists pushing jazz, soul, funk, and experimental electronics into new territory.
We're not a factory. We're a workshop. Runs top out at 500. No represses. If you own a Meridian record, you're one of a small group of people who does.
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