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Independent label / South London
music with heat in the grooves.
Rook & Ember makes room for records that sound alive: close-mic'd voices, crooked drums, and the beautiful hiss between songs.
Hear the new pressings
Artist stories
The listening room
voices left human.
We work in small runs with artists who care about the whole object: the cover in your hands, the needle drop, and what stays with you after the last track.
R&E 001 / soul, brass
Marla
Venn
Meet the artist
R&E 014 / folk, static
Juniper
North
Read the notes
R&E 022 / nocturne, pop
Sol
Adebayo
Find a show
Fresh from the cutter
records to replay.
Three small-batch releases, pressed with care and sent from our listening room every Friday.
After the fire
Marla Venn · R&E 022 · 12-inch
Soft machinery
Juniper North · R&E 021 · 7-inch
Night garden
Sol Adebayo · R&E 020 · cassette
Preview buttons are a quiet demo of the listening action.
Under the needle, in the room
take it live.
Our artists travel light: a few cables, a good room, and enough space for the songs to change shape.
Ember Room Session
Stoke Newington, London · doors 19:30
Needle Drop No. 4
Brunswick Cellars, Brighton · doors 20:00
South Bank Listening Club
London SE1 · all ages afternoon set
One email, no noise
keep the needle moving.
Get the next pressing, a studio note, and one good thing to play on a Sunday morning.