01 / Our Brands Four brands · one group

The portfolio, at this point in time.

Catalog · Updated quarterly Last revised 04.2026
No. 01 · Editorial Publication

Strait Journal

Strait Journal is the group's editorial publication: long-form reporting, essays, and profiles from Detroit and the people making it. The Journal publishes on its own rhythm — weekly features, occasional print editions, a year-end review — and stays deliberately narrow in scope. We don't chase the news cycle. We commission work that earns a second reading, work built by writers and editors who know the city and give it the patience it deserves.

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No. 02 · Record Label

Strait Sounds

Strait Sounds is the group's record label. We release original records from Detroit and Michigan artists, and we reissue catalog we think deserves another pressing. The label runs on a small number of releases per year — fewer than most — so each one gets the attention it needs. House, jazz, soul, electronic, and whatever else belongs on the shelf next to it. We master and package everything with the same care we'd want for our own records.

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No. 03 · Cinematic DJ Platform

Strait Sessions

Strait Sessions is the group's cinematic DJ platform: recorded sets filmed with intent, in rooms built for listening. Each session is a single artist, a single room, and a visual treatment that belongs to the record — not the algorithm. The goal is a library that holds up, ten sessions in or a hundred. We release new sessions on an unhurried cadence and archive everything on YouTube so the work stays findable.

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No. 04 · Creative · Coming soon

Strait House

Strait House is the creative and house arm of the group, launching later this year. It's where the group's original creative work lives — studio projects, collaborations, and the occasional product. Some of it will support the other brands. Some of it will stand on its own. In the meantime, we're building the team, picking the first projects, and writing the things we want to make. If it sounds like your kind of thing, we'd like to hear from you.

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