Event Organisers · London

Sonum Records

Carpe Sonum Records is a London-based label that started as a direct response to Pete Namlook's passing. If you know the FAX label, you already know the vibe. If you don't, think ambient music with real care put into the physical product. This isn't a venue in the traditional sense. There's no dancefloor or cocktail menu. What you get instead is a label built around carrying on a tradition: releasing music from artists around the world, with the CD (and hopefully vinyl) treated as something worth owning, not just streaming. They call it "the Carpe Sonum treatment," which basically means every release gets the attention you'd want from people who actually collect this stuff. The whole thing is fan-first. They're open about being ambient fans themselves, and it shows in how they talk about the music and the packaging. It's for people who still want something physical on their shelf, who care about the artist behind the release, and who appreciate a label that thinks about legacy without…