Melting Point Records

STB's wax professor Dave Tinning pays a visit to Kastanienallee's Melting Point records, a legendary Mecca for house, soul, funk and boogie vinyl... When Melting Point opened on Mitte’s Neue Schönhauser Straße in 1994, it was the only store - of any type, really - in Hackesche Höfe, an area which is now jam-packed with designer boutiques and chain stores. By 2005 the store was feeling the squeeze of increasing rents and decided to move to the (then) more affordable [...]