With over 40 musicians across 28 tracks, Essentials Spring 2023 might be our most treasured one yet. Featuring a who's who of some of our favorite musicians in the community, we present a 2xLP to keep everyone vibrant and alive as the seasons change and days start to warm. Essentials Spring 2023 features recent Chillhop beat tape alumni like El Train, Evil Needle, illiterate, and Mr. Slipz, while also showcasing songs from familiars like Oatmello, SwuM, Toonorth, Blue Wednesday, HM Surf, The Doppelgangaz, and dozens of others. This album features over 70 minutes of chillhop, jazzhop, lofi hip-hop, downtempo R&B, lounge jazz, soulful beats, boom bap, old school. However you might like to classify this. Study beats? Sure. Beats to go on a road trip to? Absolutely. Gaming beats, coding beats, beats to daydream to? You betcha. The essentials return for 2023, adding to the ever growing collection of limited edition seasonal releases on vinyl!
Release date:
November 17, 2023
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Recommended equipment and accessories
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Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO
Featuring a one-piece carbon fiber tonearm, precision-tuned motor, and a heavy steel platter with TPE damping, it ensures superior stability and sound quality.
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Cartridges - Top Picks
A selection of turnatble cartridges that provide great performance and sound quality
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Pro-Ject Phono Box DC Pre-Amp
Compact, high-performance phono preamplifier for both MM and MC cartridges, delivering a clean, detailed signal with minimal noise.
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Denon DP-400
Featuring a high-precision, belt-driven mechanism and an adjustable tonearm that ensures optimal tracking and minimal resonance
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Ortofon 2M Blue Premounted
Mounted on the SH-4 Black Headshell, this setup delivers exceptional clarity, dynamic range, and accurate sound reproduction.
Featured Upcoming Vinyl
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White Lies Night Light
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Frank Sinatra In The Wee Small Hours (Blue Note Tone Poet Edition)
Capitol
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Kostnateni Prilisnost Excess
Willowtip
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Smug Llc New Exciting Doom
Anxious and Angry
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Tortoise Touch
Rings
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Helado Negro The Last Sound On Earth
Big Dada
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New Found Glory Listen Up!
Pure Noise Records
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The Rions Everything Every Single Day
Unfd
November 14, 2025 -
Ugly Kid Joe Menace To Sobriety
Deko Music
December 5, 2025 -
Insecure Men A Man For All Seasons
Fat Possum
November 7, 2025 -
Charlotte De Witte Charlotte De Witte [2xLP]
Kntxt
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Fat Possum
November 28, 2025 -
Glyders Forever
Drag City
November 21, 2025 -
Panic Shack Panic Shack
Brace Yourself
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