the best store for new techno is simply dopejams. its in brooklyn. it is a place vinyl lovers can feel at home. if you like trendy perhaps wanky minimal there is also halcyon. but for 313 and related stuff, dopejams rules.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:06 AM, <bluegreeng...@hushmail.com> wrote: > I don't know if If I agree with the brooklyn hipster rock comment. > The Manhattan stores' greatest strength is in their used > collections that come out of circulation from the people in the > neighborhoods. Diversity and rare cool records is more the style, > and the in/out flow is strong. > > It's true that there aren't many Detroit focused vinyl stores in > Manhattan, but there are tons of generally great record stores, > there is especially a high density of them in the East Village/LES > > The best bet for new techno, is Vinyl Market at 10th St just west > of 1st Ave on the uptown side. It was closed for a while, but had > reopened last I checked (a few months ago). > > Academy on E 12th is just a few blocks away and is excellent for > it's all around selection. Maybe they don't carry much from > detroit producers, but they do have a great disco selection, and > even an italo section. > > There is another vinyl shop a few blocks east on 12th, I can't > remember the name. I think maybe between A and B. It is smaller > and caters towards rare breaks records/funk etc. It's smaller but > a cool selection. Again unlikely to find much detroit records, but > I did get a Sadistic Mika Band album there the other day which is > cool no matter what. > > Gimme Gimme Records in 5th street east of 1st Ave has a good > general selection. > > Sound Library (I thought it was on Orchard below Houston) is also > cool for old disco/electro/80s dance. It may have moved to Ave A > like discogs says, but I doubt it. I haven't been in a while. > > Also check out A-1 on e 6th between 1st and A. ... .... .- .-. . > -.-. .- ... ... . - - . ... > bluegreengold cassettes > ]3 |_ |_| [- (_, /? [- [- |\| (_, () |_ |).|\| [- ~|~ > > now available: the real perfections C60 kanovanik C60, acoustical > cave band C60, hanayo "Frog Garden" C30, > > upcoming releases with cj kool mu aka sendust, firehorse, robert > burton... > > www.bluegreengold.net > >
