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Maja S.K. Ratkje “Cyborgic” front cover
The Last Record Company is a new project from Norwegian record label Rune Grammofon. As if Rune Kristofferson wasn’t uncompromising enough with the high standards he set with Rune Grammofon, TLRC definitely takes it a step further. Each TLRC release is vinyl only limited to 500 hand-numbered copies housed in a thick gatefold sleeve with a 16-page art booklet. Like Rune Grammofon’s relationship with Kim Hiorthøy TLRC only works with one designer, former Grandpeople member Magnus Voll Mathiassen new studio MVM*. The design guidelines for TLRC are even more strict—there is no information anywhere on the sleeve or vinyl and the art has no direct correlation to the music. Ultimately it is about a sound object co-habitating with an art object. The first three releases have all come from the RG family and though it is a record label “designed to die” so far its future looks bright.
Ultralyd “Rendition” front cover
Stian Westerhus “Galore” interior spread
*Yes, I agree that an MVM/MVA collaboration should probably happen. Possible titles: AMMMVV; MMVVMA; MVMMVA.
