{{Short description|Independent recording studio}} '''Gearbox Records Ltd.''' is an independent music studio and record label founded in 2009 and based in London and Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Story |url=https://www.gearboxrecords.com/our-story |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=www.gearboxrecords.com}}</ref> Gearbox emphasizes vinyl records. They started out by releasing previously unreleased archival jazz recordings from their reel-to-reel tape library,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gearbox Records: The Story So Far |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/09/gearbox-records-feature |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=daily.redbullmusicacademy.com |language=en}}</ref> and now publish mostly alternative jazz, folk, and electronic music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gearbox Records |url=https://soundcloud.com/gearbox-records |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=SoundCloud |language=en}}</ref> Many of their releases are all-analog.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ireland |first=David |title=Gearbox Records - Redefines What It Means To Be A Vinyl Junkie |url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2021/01/gearbox-records-redefines-what-it-means-to-be-a-vinyl-junkie/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Magnetic Magazine |date=24 January 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>
== History == Gearbox was founded by ex trader, serial entrepreneur {{cite web|title=Pole Star Global|url=https://www.polestarglobal.com/}}{{cite web|title=Earendel Associates|url=https://www.earendelassociates.com/}}{{cite web|title=Eyelab|url=https://www.eyelab.co.uk/}} drummer & audiophile Darrel Sheinman;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darrel Sheinman |url=https://makingvinyl.com/speaker/darrel-sheinman/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Making Vinyl |language=en-US}}</ref> British producer Hugh Padgham is one of its shareholders. Adam Sieff was head of sales and marketing and is now a non-executive director.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kalia |first=Ammar |date=August 1, 2019 |title=Gearbox Records Runs on the Adoration of Music |url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/gearbox-runs-on-the-adoration-of-music |journal=Downbeat}}</ref>
== Work == They have released music by Sarathy Korwar, Kae Tempest, Rick Laird and Yusef Lateef, Charles Tolliver, Amber Rubarth, Mark Murphy, Simon Spillett, Chihei Hatakeyama, Dwight Trible, Butcher Brown, Theon Cross, Thelonious Monk, Don Cherry, Nico, Binker and Moses, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Buddy Rich (posthumously).<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 3, 2019 |title=Premiere: Hear a Track from Buddy Rich's Final Recording |url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/premiere-buddy-rich-final-recording |journal=Downbeat}}</ref> Their recording of Ana Silvera's ''Oracles'' with Bill Laurance, Jasper Høiby, Josephine Stephenson was listed by The Guardian as a Critic's Pick.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saturday Review: Apostasy, Exit The King, Olivia Laing, Memory Palace, Pride and Prejudice box set - Alex Preston's comments on extended podcast edition |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbn78p |access-date=2011-07-20 |website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
They have re-released recordings from the defunct PRT Records/Rak Records.
They also market the Gearbox Automatic Mkii turntable.<ref name=":0" />
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== External links ==
* [https://www.gearboxrecords.com/our-story Official web site] * [https://gearboxrecords.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp] * [https://www.resistormag.com/features/tour-of-gearbox-records/ Tour of Gearbox Records]
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