Not the Final Vinyl

24/07/2025

Check out Notthefinalvinyl.net to stream something meaningful today!

06/07/2025

Not the Final Vinyl exists because music is medicine, and everyone deserves to be heard.

We’re a grassroots Welsh label championing the voices that commercial systems overlook - disabled artists, neurodivergent creators, working-class musicians who make magic outside industry channels. We believe Wales’ underground music scene holds treasures that need preserving, celebrating, and sharing.

This vision came to me through my father Reinold, a toymaker and wandering musician who lived by the principle that business should serve joy, not extract profit. He and my mother Dianne ran Rhinoceros Productions, filling toy cupboards across Wales and beyond with handcrafted wonders while taking only what they needed. Before he passed, he entrusted me with this path: create a platform where authentic voices can flourish.

Our first release was “Longwinded Soundbites” - recordings of my father and me making music together, the seed from which everything grows. Every release since carries that same spirit: music as connection, creativity as service, sound as sanctuary.

We operate on love, not commercial logic. Artists receive honorarium payments because we believe creativity has value. We’re working toward full accessibility including screen-reader compatibility because inclusion isn’t optional. We document Wales’ musical underground because these stories matter, these sounds deserve preservation.

This is karma yoga in action - using our skills and passion to serve something larger than ourselves. Every release is an offering, every artist we support is part of building a more inclusive, creative Wales.

The vinyl may not be final, but the commitment is eternal: to honor the music that moves us, the artists who create it, and the community that makes it all possible.

Sound is sacred. Voices matter. Wales’ underground music scene deserves its due.

That’s why we’re here. That’s why this matters. That’s why we’ll keep going.

05/07/2025

Thanks to everyone who snuck in to our website while we weren’t looking and got their ears around some quality non-conforming music. If you haven’t heard, we, a bunch of lovely sensitive souls who weren’t getting anywhere with the *Industry* (cue meatgrinder sounds and general boos) decided to join together to create this hub where we can share and promote each other… plans afoot to actually press some vinyl this year! Check out Notthefinalvinyl.net and have a deep long listen, over a dozen titles to choose from, free to listen, buy it now option for those so inclined! Thank you!!

05/07/2025

NottheFinalVinyl.net , Our lovely bespoke website, welcomes you!

05/07/2025

Here we go!

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24/06/2025

Not the Final Vinyl is now officially a Limited Company! Huzzah!

18/06/2025

Not the Final Vinyl is now a Limited Company! Big plans behind the scenes to start pressing limited edition 10 inch coloured vinyls of Welsh electronic music… Watch this space!
In the meantime check out our catalog here:

An Independent Record Label Based in Wales

11/06/2025

A myriad of bangers to jiggle your soul, from Procrastinatrix, Taran Burns, Sad Cypress and more. Check out our bespoke website www.Notthefinalvinyl.net ! You won’t regret it.

14/05/2025

Gorgeous new single from Sad Cypress drops today! Evocative, emotionally resonant music that rewards a listen.

06/02/2025

Alchemist Ash : wise raps to live by.
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13/12/2024

We're thrilled to announce the release of "Beta Rave - Made in Dubai" by Chris McCabe, dropping today on Not the Final Vinyl.

This debut album showcases McCabe's masterful production skills, weaving acerbic breakbeats with haunting vocal samples into a genre-defying sonic tapestry. From start to finish, the record delivers an intoxicating blend of melodic hooks and dramatic tension that refuses to be boxed into any single category.

"Beta Rave - Made in Dubai" represents a bold new voice in electronic music. Don't miss this stunning debut - available now on Bandcamp

9 track album

22/11/2024