SKELVAR · Physical Music Manufacturing
SKELVAR Record Foundry is a managed physical-music production programme for artists, labels, brands and special projects — vinyl, 7-inch singles, CDs, cassettes, packaging and coordinated multi-format releases under one production brief.
Physical release example · final artwork supplied by the customerWhat are you making?
Start with the object you want to put in somebody's hands. SKELVAR then structures the manufacturing, packaging, proofing and delivery brief around it.
Build your release
Choose a starting direction. This does not create an order or lock a factory specification; it gives SKELVAR a cleaner brief to qualify against the live manufacturing route.
Start with the release, not the specification
These are starting structures rather than rigid factory bundles. Quantity, record weight, runtime, colour, print finishing, test production and freight are confirmed against the final project quote.
Illustrative exampleA focused physical release built around one song, an A/B-side or a short statement.
Singles, first vinyl projects, launch drops, merch-table releases and small collector runs.
Illustrative exampleThe classic full-length physical release, managed from final masters through finished LP production.
Albums, EPs, label releases and artists building a core vinyl edition.
Illustrative exampleA release designed as an object to keep — limited, tactile and deliberately more special than the standard run.
Direct-to-fan editions, premium merch, anniversaries, label specials and limited collector drops.
Illustrative exampleOne release coordinated across the formats that matter, with a single production brief and one visual system.
Album campaigns, established artists, labels, premium launches and releases serving different collector audiences.
Production pathway
SKELVAR coordinates the physical-production pathway from production-ready audio and artwork through format selection, proofing, test production where applicable, manufacturing, packaging and delivery.
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These guides explain the choices that most often affect format, artwork, quantity and production planning. Final templates and factory tolerances are issued only after the exact production route is selected.
How Record Foundry works
We do not present Apollo as the owner of a pressing plant. SKELVAR acts as the project and production-management interface: qualifying the release, coordinating the selected manufacturing route, managing specification and proofing, and keeping the physical formats aligned through production and delivery planning.
Record Foundry FAQ
These are the questions that most often affect the first production decision. Format-specific detail sits in the technical guides and is confirmed against the selected production route.
No. SKELVAR Record Foundry manages the production pathway through specialist manufacturing partners. SKELVAR coordinates the release brief, specification, proofing, production route and delivery planning.
Yes. Multi-format releases can be coordinated under one project brief while each format keeps its own manufacturing, audio and artwork requirements.
Minimum quantities vary by format, configuration and the selected live manufacturing route. The applicable MOQ is confirmed when the project is qualified and quoted.
Final manufacturing templates are issued after the exact format, packaging and production route are selected, because dimensions, folds, print zones and tolerances can vary between manufacturing systems.
No. A release brief starts the qualification and quotation process only. Production specifications, price, lead time and delivery are confirmed before any manufacturing commitment.
The wider SKELVAR system
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