Local first · globally networked · launching 22.10.2026
saving music.
By putting it back in your hands.
Amsterdam · London · Lagos · New York · Tokyo · Jakarta · Rio · Mexico City
we are saving music.
physically · digitally · culturally
Not the idea of music. The actual thing. The grooves, the sleeve, the shop, the room it gets played in, not at the expense of the sacrificing the artist.
Not the idea of music. The actual thing. The grooves, the sleeve, the shop, the room it gets played in, not at the expense of the sacrificing the artist.
streaming changed our relationship with music. wax. is how we restore it again.
three pillars.
community · conscious consumption · preservation
Community
A culture is not built. It is gathered. People show up bringing the records they grew up with and the food they grew up eating, and a room becomes a culture for the night.
Conscious consumption
Living as a listener is a practice. The analog argument is not really about format, it is about attention. A record is a song you do, not a song that happens to you.
Preservation
Kintsugi. The crackle is not damage, it is the gold seam. The skip is a record of love. We are saving music the way a librarian saves a book. Quietly. On purpose.
“When i is replaced by we, even illness becomes wellness.”
Malcolm X
The streaming era is the architecture of I. wax. is the architecture of we.
have we lost touch with music?
touch, as in contact. touch, as in being moved. touch, as in the feeling that a song arrived at the right moment and changed the temperature of your inner life.
we are saving music by putting it back in your hands. not the idea of music, the actual thing: the grooves, the sleeve, the shop, the room it gets played in, and the artist on the other end of it who needs to eat.
we are saving music by putting it back in your hands. not the idea of music, the actual thing: the grooves, the sleeve, the shop, the room it gets played in, and the artist on the other end of it who needs to eat.
more access. less contact. more sound. less signal. more convenience. less ceremony.
vinyl by stop.
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local first. globally networked.
2026 amsterdam, london · launch 22 october
2027 lagos, new york, tokyo
2028 jakarta, rio, mexico city
2027 lagos, new york, tokyo
2028 jakarta, rio, mexico city
the app lands with the launch: scan, collect, stream-to-own, rent and sell, with live inventory from independent record shops. anchored to kendrick lamar's the heart pt. 3 and the line that reaches back to lauryn hill's miseducation. a lineage we step into.
linktr.ee/wax.earth
linktr.ee/wax.earth
born from the community.
that is the funding story. we exhaust the cheapest, most aligned sources of capital first, and only consider equity from outsiders if the runway demands it.
for partnerships, introductions and investment:
partners@wax.earth
for partnerships, introductions and investment:
partners@wax.earth
[01] warm introductions
record stores, venues, labels and aligned artists.
[02] partnerships
conscious companies, cultural institutions, circular economy, music industry.
[03] founding team & capital
engineer, community, content, ops. grants, credits, a community round and aligned angels.
[04] elsewhere
elsewhere
where to find us.
the rooms, the tickets, the writing, and the places that have listed us.
Indonesian Embassy, The Haguemerdeka listed on info diaspora. the ambassador joined us at hotel jakarta for the evening.Humanitixour ticketed events, and the profile behind them. booking fees go to children's education.Lumathe sunday vinyl service calendar. every volume, past and upcoming.press on waxthe substack. long-form on the records, the shops and the people.@wax.irlthe rooms as they happen, on film.
the reads · press on wax
we write it down, too.
press on wax is where the long version goes. the records, the shops, the people, and the arguments we keep having about all three. free, and it lands when there is something worth saying.
join the movement.
sign up as a listener, a collector, a shop or a partner. we will tell you when the app opens and when the room is near you.
sign up as a listener, a collector, a shop or a partner. we will tell you when the app opens and when the room is near you.
We choose the future. Listen on wax.
