Generales ENT

About the Label

The Label.A record shop that cares.

Generales ENT is an independent label, studio, and community — built to release records we actually believe in. We work with a small roster, press thoughtful catalogues, and back every release with the time it takes to matter.

Founded
2024
Pressings
003
Signed
02
HQ
Brooklyn
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The Story

Generales started in a Brooklyn basement in 2024 with one decision: release records we'd buy ourselves. We grew out of a studio that had been working with the artists we eventually signed — the label was the formal shape of a conversation that had already been happening for years.

We care about pressing. We care about liner notes. We care about the difference a record shop makes when it picks up your catalogue. Every release is run like a pressing — not a drop, not a rollout. Small, considered, and built to stay on the shelf.

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House Rules

03 rules
Rule 01

Records, not drops.

We make objects. Vinyl, cassette, liner notes, hand-numbered sleeves. Streams are how people find us; pressings are how they keep us.

Rule 02

Small roster, long runway.

Two artists. Three pressings a year. We’d rather do the work than the volume.

Rule 03

No filler, no formulas.

A record is done when it’s done. Campaigns are shaped around the work, not the other way around.

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The Team

05 people
Gen Montes
Founder · A&R

Fifteen years in the studio, ten years booking rooms. Signs the records.

Ari Castillo
Creative Director

Visuals, sleeves, video capture. Runs the campaign from cover to press.

Kai Ortega
Head of Release

ISRC, mastering, distribution. Makes sure the records reach the shops.

Lia Park
Publishing + Sync

Catalogue admin, sync placements, writer services.

Marq Dean
Operations

Pressing plants, fulfillment, shipping, inventory. The back room runs because of him.

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Timeline

05 milestones
2024 · Q1

Basement sessions.

The studio starts recording the sessions that would become Gen-001.

2024 · Q3

The label forms.

Generales ENT incorporates. First artist signs.

2025 · Q1

Gen-001 · Midnight Pressing.

First vinyl pressing ships. 500 hand-numbered copies.

2025 · Q4

Cityline Sessions on air.

Weekly live capture on YouTube and Friday radio.

2026 · Q1

Tone Sanchez joins the roster.

Second signed artist. Gen-002 in production.