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This episode, Tom interviews Aaron Hamel, Label Director at Materia Music, a video game record label, music publisher and rights administrator.
Aaron is perhaps best known as the co-founder of the video game record label Ship to Shore Phonograph Co., which built an enviable reputation for its historical and contemporary soundtrack releases, including Mother 2 (AKA Earthbound) and Celeste.
They chat about the absolutely monstrous vinyl box set announced by Materia — a 46LP collection covering every game in the Castlevania series up to 2010 — by far the biggest video game vinyl release to date and it might be one of the biggest soundtrack (or just general vinyl) releases ever.
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We're GXM (Games X Music), a fortnightly podcast exploring video game music and the intersection of video games and the music industry. Your hosts are Tom Quillfeldt (Laced Records community manager + A&R) and Mat Ombler (Laced Head of Music and Game Partnerships.)
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Produced by Tom Quillfeldt and Mat Ombler
Edited by Tom Quillfeldt
Music by Zak Foster
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