Emily Breeze

Calling all musicians and music lovers. Do not work with Byron Mitchell formerly of Unit 8 Studios now trading as The Vinyl Lab. He Promised to deliver our single in time for our launch, confirmed verbally and via email and invoice that he could do so, since then he has been unreachable other than sending a few sent scant dismissive emails stating "I did not promise any dates" and "there is no contract" even though I have email proof to the contrary. He has now dissolved Unit 8 claiming that "Unit 8 Studios is no longer trading and has no assets" and that I would be "wasting my time and money" taking him to court. Seven months (and a few strongly worded legal letters) after placing the order he is now claiming to have pressed the vinyl and asking for my address (which he already has) with no offer of the test pressings which were detailed in the invoice. I do not believe for one second that he has actually pressed the vinyl. We have missed our single launch and all the publicity and tour dates surrounding the single therefore I have asked for a full refund of the £832 we payed up front. so we can pay back all those beautiful people who have pre ordered the single and put some money into the next project. It is very clear that he has dissolved unit 8 and immediately started trading as The Vinyl Lab London and a quick google search shows he has done the same thing to other bands. This man has damaged our reputation and credibility, cost me an enormous amount of time and stress and lost us the profit we could have made from the single which we would have been putting into our debut album. Until now I have refrained from sharing his details as damaging someone's business is the last thing I want to do. At this point I feel I have no other choice.

Hi I have had a terrible experience with Byron Mitchell of Unit 8/The Vinyl Lab. He owes us over 800 quid and is refusing to answer my calls or emails. Did you get this situation resolved? I notice that you requested for this comment to be deleted. Please get in touch if you have any advice. Thanks