( Velvet Records · independent label · Lisbon )
Slow music, pressed in red — for rooms that listen.
We are a small label that makes records you can hold: 180 g, red all the way through, cut from tape and pressed in batches of five hundred. No algorithm — just a needle, a side, and twenty minutes of your attention.
- 01Scarlet Hours3:48
- 02Tram No. 283:12
- 03Kettle Song2:56
- 04Red Room4:21
- 05Paper Lanterns3:34
- 06Hum2:10
- 07The Hall Light4:02
- 08Nothing at All5:16
( New LP · out 21.11 )
Album:
Scarlet Hours
Eight songs recorded in one week in a flat above Rua da Rosa, mostly at night, with the window open. You can hear a tram on track two. We left it in.
- Weight
- 180 g
- Colour
- Scarlet
- Speed
- 33⅓ rpm
- Edition
- 500
( Why we do it )
A record is twenty minutes of your attention. No skip button, no playlist, no feed — just a needle, a side, and a room that goes quiet. We make every one of those twenty minutes worth getting up for.
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( Words, printed on every sleeve )
Scarlet Hours
Album: Scarlet Hours · Words & music: Mara Vey
The kettle's on, the city's still asleep,
I count the trams like other people count sheep.
You left a record turning on the floor —
the needle's at the end, it hums, and nothing more.
I tried to lift it, but I let it play:
that little crackle sounds like you would stay.
So I'll keep the scarlet hours,
I'll keep the light on in the hall,
and if you never call —
the record turns, and that's not nothing at all.
( On the cover · Scarlet Hours )
Shot in one take, in a red room.
We hung red felt on every wall of a Lisbon flat, switched off everything but one lamp, and let Mara listen to the finished record with her eyes closed. Point at the picture — it bends towards you.
The album( Velvet One · our turntable · €690 )
A turntable with a soft spot.
Belt drive, two speeds, a carbon arm — and a plush red nest the record sits in. Scroll down: the record lands on it by itself.
( What people say )
“The most beautiful object on my record shelf, and it sounds even better.”
“Velvet make you want to sit down and listen to a whole side again.”
“Scarlet Hours is a late-night record in the best sense.”
“Their records look like sweets and sound like a warm room.”
“Small label, enormous care. Every sleeve feels hand-made.”
“The most beautiful object on my record shelf, and it sounds even better.”
“Velvet make you want to sit down and listen to a whole side again.”
“Scarlet Hours is a late-night record in the best sense.”
“Their records look like sweets and sound like a warm room.”
“Small label, enormous care. Every sleeve feels hand-made.”