About
No Phone Sounds is a record label and entertainment company for music that deserves your full attention. We sign a small roster, make records you play front to back, and run The Room, a members club where the phones stay at the door.
Everything runs under one roof: records, artist development, live, film and publishing. One team per artist, from the first demo to the last date of the tour.
We started it because the music we love was being made for a scroll. We would rather make it for a room.
The Founder
Founder & Label Head
Started No Phone Sounds after years on the business side of music, watching great records get one week of attention and then disappear into a feed.
Runs the label like a small publishing house: fewer releases, longer plans, and a catalogue number that has to be earned. Signs off every master, every sleeve and every deal before it goes out.
Still plays every new record from track one, on a bad speaker first, because that is how most people will hear it.
The Host
Head of The Room & Live
Came up running doors, guest lists and sound for nights that people still talk about, in rooms that held a few hundred at most.
Built The Room around one idea: the best night out is the one you were fully present for. Decides who plays, who gets in, and how loud the corner tables are.
Has never once been photographed at their own party, and intends to keep it that way.
The Ear
Head of A&R & Artist Development
Listens to every demo that comes in, all the way through the first song at least, and replies to every one of them.
Spent a decade in studios before moving to A&R, so the first conversation with an artist is usually about the songs, not the numbers. Plans careers in albums, not quarters.
Believes the right artist in year four is worth more than the loudest one in month four, and has the calendar to prove it.
A record label and entertainment company. We sign artists, release records, run The Room, our phone-free members club, and make film and content around the music.
No. We use them all day. We are against music being made only for them, and we think songs and shows deserve some time with your full attention.
We do not sign by genre. We sign artists whose records hold up when you sit down and play them start to finish.
We keep our home base quiet for now. We work with artists wherever they are, and The Room opens in more than one city.
Small on purpose. Every artist gets one team that stays with them, from the first demo to the last date of the tour.
Every release gets a number, in order, forever. It is our promise that each one went through the same care. The journal has the full story.
Use the Submit music page. It takes two minutes and asks for a private streaming link and a few lines about you. No attachments please.
We aim to reply to every demo within a few weeks. If it is a no for now, we will tell you that too.
Yes. Every submission is heard by a person on the A&R team, all the way through the first song at least.
Send what best shows who you are. Rough demos are fine if the songs are there. We would rather hear a great song badly recorded than a polished one with nothing to say.
Not to send us music. If we get to the point of a deal, we will always encourage you to have your own advice, and we will give you the time to get it.
Yes. Up to five songs in one link is perfect. Put the one you are proudest of first.
Two. Single.DEAL is for one song or EP that is ready to go out properly. Label.DEAL is a full partnership for artists we want to build with over several records.
Each deal sets out ownership clearly before you sign, and we walk through it with you line by line. Nothing is hidden in an appendix.
Yes. Single.DEAL covers one song or EP. Plenty of our long-term artists started that way.
It depends on the deal, and it is always written on the first page in plain English, along with how either side can end it.
On Label.DEAL, yes, sized to the plan for the record. On Single.DEAL we put the money into the release itself: mixing, artwork, film and promotion.
You do, with us. We bring a visual team and a point of view, but nothing goes out with your name on it unless you are happy with it.
Our phone-free members club. A small, intimate space built around great sound: corner tables, a stair up to the mezzanine, a stage and a door that takes your phone.
You are searched at the door and your phone is traded for a numbered card. You get it back when you leave. Inside, it is music, people and nothing to post.
Members and their named guests. Membership is by application or invitation, and we keep it small so the room never feels crowded.
Leave the door number with whoever might need you. Staff are on hand all night and will come and find you.
Vinyl Wednesdays, live sets from our roster and friends, and a few masquerade nights a year. Members get the calendar first.
Yes. We film every set properly and share it after, with the artist's approval, so nobody in the crowd has to.
Dress like you made an effort. No sportswear, no logos the size of a record sleeve, and no sunglasses after dark unless you are on stage.
Yes. For private events, festivals and brand partnerships, send a short brief with dates and budget to hello@nophonesounds.com.
Occasionally, for members and close partners. Tell us what you have in mind and we will tell you honestly if it fits.
Yes. We pitch our catalogue to film, TV, games and brands, and we take briefs directly. Every placement is approved by the artist.
Rarely, and carefully. If a partnership helps an artist make something they could not make otherwise, we are interested.
Press and documentary requests go to hello@nophonesounds.com. Inside The Room, filming is ours alone, so please ask before you plan anything.