The coolest concept to hit the world of music in decades has arrived as Dave Sitek presents Federal Prism, a vinyl record enthusiast and collector’s wet dream come to reality. Federal Prism is a one of a kind Pop Up Record Store that will have selections of vinyl that cross over so many genres it would take too long to list here. If you’re into vinyl, you will have the opportunity to get some very limited edition records as well as some new releases. Check out all the info below and get ready to be stoked. \u2013 WORDS BY DAN LEVY<\/p>\n
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Store Features Exclusive Limited Addition Vinyl and More from Wide Range of Artists, Including TV on the Radio, Thelonius Monk, The Germs, Johnny Cash, Chuck Inglish, Mike G (OFWGKTA), Sly & The Family Stone, The Julie Ruin and more.<\/b><\/p>\n
Dave Sitek\u2019s FEDERAL PRISM is pleased to announce the launch of a unique pop-up record store<\/span><\/a> designed to serve music collectors and serious music fans. The store features exclusive and limited edition vinyl, downloads, apparel and creative works from a wide variety of artists and genres, including TV on the Radio, Oh Land ft. Sia, Thelonius Monk, The Germs, Johnny Cash, Chuck Inglish, Sly & The Family Stone, Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag), Mike Watt, The Julie Ruin, Chance the Rapper, and much more.<\/p>\n Sitek explains, \u201cSomewhere along the line music became \u2018content.\u2019 It\u2019s my full intention to bring it back to music again! With such potency, music should be treated with care. The sound, the feel, the presentation\u2026 everything! It is a medicine. It is a teacher!\u201d<\/p>\n Feeding a growing appetite for vinyl and \u201cspecialty products\u201d among passionate music fans, Federal Prism has partnered with Girlie Action, Acme Creative Group and Pledge Music<\/span><\/a> to create a unique pop up Record Shop with an exciting mix of exclusive and limited addition titles. The store will operate for 60 days starting today.<\/p>\n Federal Prism\u2019s managing partner, Jeff Bowers, discusses how the idea was conceived.\u00a0\u201cWe are at a moment in music when some of the most well received artists and releases in recent memory have little to nothing in the retail space. It is my hope that we can take the lessons of Record Store Day and the resurgent popularity of vinyl, and pull these consumer models together and make a compelling experience for the fan. I am asking talented kids, the next generation, who have never sold anything in a record store to make something unique that interests them and their fan base, and we are placing that next to traditional music configurations by established artists. That doesn\u2019t happen anywhere with any consistency. It doesn\u2019t happen at iTunes and it certainly doesn\u2019t happen at Best Buy.\u201c<\/p>\n Promising a steady flow of new titles popping up over the next two months, Sitek launches with dozens of titles including:<\/p>\n Bowers, who started DIY label Soul Force Records in his native Tempe, AZ at the age of 15, worked for a decade as a creative marketing consultant for Warner Bros. Records and Atlantic, where he worked on classic vinyl reissues by Led Zeppelin<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Metallica<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Neil Young<\/span><\/a>, as well as\u00a0Nirvana<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sonic Youth<\/span><\/a> and more contemporary Record Store Day releases by\u00a0Skrillex<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Fun.<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Portugal. The Man<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Grouplove<\/span><\/a>. While at Warner between 2007-2014, Bowers helped the label secure the number one marketshare in the vinyl format, moving from mid-six figures when he started to eight figures by the time he left as well as founding three record labels signed to the group.<\/p>\n He is also credited by the people responsible for \u201cRecord Store Day\u201d for taking the annual event to a whole new level. \u201cWithout Jeff Bower\u2019s enthusiasm and passion for music in general, and vinyl in specific, we would not have been able to launch Record Store Day,\u201d RSD co-founder\u00a0Michael Kurtz has said. \u201cIn doing so, Jeff helped the indie record store community take vinyl sales from a few thousand dollars the first year to millions by the seventh year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n