Posts Tagged ‘Vinyl’
The Musik Department
Thought vinyl was a dying format? Dave Tinning profiles a brand new Berlin store that underlines its continuing vitality... Photo by Dave Tinning What’s immediately alluring about Musik Department, located on Mitte’s Invalidenstrasse, is its welcoming, well-lit interior, tastefully decorated with original posters from the 60s and 70s, and littered with album sleeves and music-related curios. There’s plenty of space in the shop to browse the vinyl, CDs and books, and plenty of [...]
Melting Point Records
STB's wax professor Dave Tinning pays a visit to Kastanienallee's Melting Point records 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 Kastanienallee. Photo by Lisa Kortenhorst The new location had, and still [...]
Oye Como Va
Dave Tinning profiles one of Prenzlauer Berg’s premier vinyl outlets…. Oye Records, nestled in a basement just off Prenzlauer Berg’s main drag Kastanienallee, has carved a unique little niche for itself in the capital. Originally catering for collectors of Latin, soul and funk records, Oye has since diversified to cover an impressive range of styles, from afrobeat to blip-hop to UK funky, and on to those Berlin club staples - house and techno. Record stores are not always known [...]
