Andres Santo Domingo and Tom Clapp with Kemado Records

Kemado records was founded in 2002 by Andrés Santo Domingo and Tom Clapp and includes a sister label, Mexican Summer. Based out of New York City, the label is a small independent one that embraces the idea of vinyl as a medium.  

Andres Santo Domingo and Keith Abrahamsson at their vinyl co-op store

When Kemado records opened up their new location in Brooklyn they looked particularly for a location that would allow them to include a small vinyl co-op store and commerical recording studio.


"We just needed more space. We looked all over Manhattan and found a couple of spaces -- we looked everywhere," Andres Santo Domingo explained to Black Book Mag. "But when we came out to Brooklyn and saw the spaces out here in Greenpoint, we knew we could do a commercial recording studio."

One of their biggest successes was as part of Mexican Summer, which was the 2009 release of Crazy for You by Best Coast.  The release sold around 57,000 copies, including 10,000 of which were LPs.  

For more information about Andrés Santo Domingo, Tom Clapp, Keith Abrahamsson, and Kemado Records check out our feature on them.