One exception is certainly Detroit Threads. I know that folks like Huckaby,
Theo, Kyle Hall, BMG and Juan Atkins personally walk their new releases into
the store. These are some of the names the owner of Threads has mentioned to me
and I am sure there are many others. They usually get about $5 cash for each
12" before it is sold for a few bucks more on the floor. If you are there at
the right time you will see definitely see new Detroit records before they pop
up on places like Juno.
Then there are the records that are released by Detroit labels for the
festival. Many labels have historically timed their new releases to coincide
with the festival. You get those in Detroit first. Some of these are also
exclusive to Detroit, such as Theo's spray painted Skteches, Deepchord DEMF
editions, etc. And then on top of that you have people like KDJ who pull out a
box full of mint copies of Shades of Jae and JAN to sell at the festival. When
it comes to this time of year, I agree with Darnistle's comment that Detroit is
the best place to shop for Detroit techno (and house for me). There is a bunch
of new stuff I have been holding out on because I know it can be had there.
Cheers,John> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:27:55 -0500
> From: cybo...@gmail.com
> To: gwrenc...@sbcglobal.net
> CC: 313@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: (313) Movement, Music and Detroit
>
> Sadly, due to rising costs, poor US market, and poor US distributors,
> the brutal truth is that most of the best new Detroit records are now
> ONLY available in Europe; basically, although I live in Chicago, when
> I want new Detroit music, I order from Juno, Boomkat and Hardwax. I
> don't even bother checking US stores anymore if I am looking for
> specific records, though of course I do shop at Gramaphone here in
> Chicago from time to time as well.
>
> It seems that the whole "EDM" popularity over here has not helped with
> the US vinyl market for underground house and techno at all. I had
> hoped that increasing vinyl sales would help things, but I can only
> assume that the rising popularity of vinyl is limited more to indie
> rock type music, here in the US...
>
> ~David
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Richard Hester <gwrenc...@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > Unless you happen to be in Berlin, sad to say...
> >
