beyond plastic is a mixtape in book format about artists and vinyl labels that press music on »black gold«. it does not only trace the various processes entailed in the making of a record from sound-production to the pressing plant and beyond but also seeks to depict the blood, sweat and tears that goes into it.
the book includes interviews and articles of 60hertz, smallville, liebe*detail, pingipung, acker records, decks.de, de:bug, giegling, brothers in love, dubplates & mastering, aim vinyl, fauxpas musik, oye records, ortloff, kann, rand muzik, uncanny valley, freude am tanzen and workshop.
edited and designed by alex ketzer (www.alexketzer.com)
288 pages, format a5 (210 x 148 mm)
19 extensive interviews
250+ pictures (coloured & b/w)
300+ cross references, accessible via short urls
including audio-cd with tracks by the interviewee
printed by gallery print
isbn 978-3-00-043687-1
