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UAE Independent Music Archive 2026
Last year the archive tracked 30+ independent releases from the UAE. If you’ve put out music in 2026, or are about to, add it.
Blog
News and features from Vinyl Souk, and what the press has written.
From Vinyl Souk
In the press
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(Gulf News - 2 Aug 2026)
“People don’t own music anymore”: inside UAE’s vinyl revival and the business behind it
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(Scene Noise - 18 May 2026)
How Vinyl Souk keeps Dubai’s underground spinning
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(Discogs - 25 Apr 2025)
Vinylogue: Vinyl Souk, bringing record culture to Dubai
Links for the other press pieces on the old site: Scene Noise on Volume 2 (20 Jul 2026), Mixmag (20 Jul 2026), Art in the Middle (30 Dec 2025) and Mille (24 Dec 2024).