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Saturday 31 May 2025 • 11am
Trade School Sound Swap
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Trade School Sound Swap is the first in a recurring series of Record Swaps / Fairs curated by George Chen (Zum) in collaboration with Trade School. Join us to celebrate media and publishing efforts from our community. Our first Sound Swap installment features LPs and other wares from Anxiety Blanket, Chondritic Sound, Mausoleum, Small World, Zum, and a wave press, with more TBA! Come support local publishers, enjoy coffee / snacks, and mingle with fellow record lovers while basking in jams spun by Lorraine Petel (NTS resident DJ).

Additionally we will be joined by our friends from Bernie's Coffee / Community Solidarity Projects, who will be collecting donation items (list below), and identifying new volunteers, in support of their work around Eaton fire relief efforts.

In-demand Donation Items

  • baby/body wipes

  • diapers and pull-ups

  • non-perishable foods

George Chen is a writer and performer from the San Francisco Bay Area now based in Los Angeles. He has worked in independent music since the '90s, runs the label ZUM, and hosts the variety comedy show Talkies.
Zum is a record label and mail-order that releases audio from an international group of artists - recent releases by Body Double, My Heart, an Inverted Flame, Driftloss, Somnambulists. Also sells shirts, zines, books, and prints.

zumonline.com

https://www.instagram.com/zumaudio

Founded by LeRoy Stevens, the Los Angeles-based Small World label is focused on sound works by artists: field recordings (a waterway, an aquarium, a textile factory), performance documentation, and the legacy of musique concrète, often playfully blurring the distinctions between those categories. Exquisitely designed objects, these records are also frequently hypnotic, sometimes jarring, and always intensely present. -Michael Ned Holte

https://smallworldmfg.info/

smallworldmfg (instagram)
Anxiety Blanket Records is an artist run Los Angeles-based record label established in 2018. Our catalog mostly consists of releases from our local DIY community in Los Angeles and the greater California DIY community. In physical catalog includes 12" and 7" vinyl, cassettes, cds, and even a VHS.

https://anxietyblanketrecords.com/

https://www.instagram.com/anxietyblanketrecords/?hl=en

a wave press is a private press, owned and operated by Casey Anderson, with an emphasis on experimental work in and around music and sound. Releases are available exclusively on bandcamp or in person.

Experimental/electronic/noise/synth/wave record label releasing cassettes, CDs and vinyl for over a decade with a focus on art and artistry. The drive to develop an exciting and diverse roster of artists is an integral part of the label. Owned and operated by Greh Holger.

https://store.chondriticsound.com/