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COORDINATES

Constellation
PO Box 55012
CSP Fairmount
Montreal Québec Canada
H2T 3E2

Tel: (1) 514 279 9705

info [at] cstrecords.com

MAIL ORDER

For full details on our shipping rates and info READ THIS.

All orders made from this site (and from our Bandcamp store) are packed by us and shipped from our office/warehouse in Montréal, Canada. We love getting direct orders from you and we do the best we can on shipping rates, but we only ship by trackable Air Mail and for orders outside North America, this can be expensive especially for orders containing a single vinyl item.

Canada and USA have flat rate shipping for vinyl orders: there is a single shipping charge no matter how many LPs you order. For International orders, you can almost always order 2 single LPs for the same shipping cost as only 1, and the shipping cost increases by relatively smaller increments as you add more records to your order. The bulk of the shipping cost comes at the starting point of your order. You will get a much better per LP price if you do consider buying 2-3 (or more!) LPs at once.

We strongly support independent record stores worldwide. On our release pages you will often find links to independent shops (especially shops based the UK) where prices might be better if you live outside North America. Our webshop generally has the best prices, but once shipping is added, that can change (especially for single item orders). While you will forgo the handwritten note and possible random bonus items (postcards, posters) that come with ordering from us by mail, you will sustain your local/regional shops by requesting and buying our albums from them and we wholeheartedly support that.

If you're having any issues with our webshop or your order:

mailorder [at] cstrecords.com

OUR CATALOGUE

We have a policy of keeping our entire catalogue in print, with artwork/packaging that retains all or most of the original details and components. Over the years, first pressings of vinyl editions often included a screenprinted or offset printed poster; these do not necessarily get reprinted in subsequent editions. But for most early titles, we continue to make foil-stamped or screenprinted album jackets on specialty art papers as they were originally made. For example, and as many know, the first Godspeed You! Black Emperor album continues to be issued in an embossed jacket with hand-glued photo and hand-drawn art on the back, a screenprinted art print insert, and an envelope containing various ephemera including a penny crushed on the railroad tracks behind our office. For more recent vinyl editions, we do sometimes create an exclusive art print, art card, or poster strictly for mail-order: this is clearly noted on release pages when applicable. But just as often, the entire pressing contains art cards or an art print poster. We do not press colour vinyl.

RETAIL DISTRIBUTION

Constellation is distributed by Secretly Distribution, with exclusive indie partners in various countries. This list of companies and people is subject to change: please contact Secretly with your retail and distribution inquires.

PRESS & PUBLICITY

Your first line of contact can be directly with us and we'll be happy to help direct your inquiry depending on the artist/release.

pr [a] cstrecords.com

MUSIC USAGE & COMMISSIONS

We release lots of music well-suited to film/television, theatre, dance, and multi-media art. Some artists have third party publishers, some are fully repped by Constellation. Many of our artists also do original soundtrack work and other commissions. Email us to get the conversation started!

Constellation has a no advertisement policy. Artists releasing music on the label agree to exempt those recordings from advertising usage, including non-traditional advertising in all its evolving forms (sponsored content, etc).

usage [at] cstrecords.com

DEMOS

We primarily release music made by artists from Montréal or with a Montréal connection, and secondarily from Canada. A geographical mandate is central to the label's ethos.

If you send music links via email, we cannot promise to get back to you, but we do prioritise geography as per above. We do not accept music submissions in any other form. Do not send files as attachments.

demos [at] cstrecords.com