Rückblick 2017

2017, a fast and perceptively year. The ongoing medial coverage, about an assumed renaissance of vinyl culture is the big misunderstanding between apparenty interest and the daily hard life of a store owner. The growth rate concerns online sales, less the analog existence without web store, discogs business, …

The new enthusiasm about vinyl or vinyl culture is simply an appearance and less a reliable movement. A simple example on not reliable rapture showed the Berlin based RadioEins on a video, produced for the “vinyl day“ on their channel. Be stunned here

Therefore, here a few notes about our daily business, light spots and alienations.

main challenge of the year:
the new quality on perception that means the dislike to spot something. Curiosity is slowly dying, spontaneity already disappered. In other words decorators versus music lovers.

realization of the year:

tons of releases. Mean is the new spearhead

positive surprise of the year:

King Krule, The Ooz

reissue label of the year: Habibi Funk

wrong stock of the year:
customer: do you have bird sounds on vinyl?
we: yes, have a look ( 9 records with 324 bird samples from three continents).
after 8 minutes – no business. He missed the bird, he was looking for.

maybe you missed or looked for list variable here

anticipation of the year, means release january 2018:

Berlin classic of the year:

ambition of the year:

2018 we start our 7Inch Label. Right of ownership already save.

question of the year: …. do you have normal records?

poem of the year = Peace, wherever !

the earth is my altar,

the sky is my dome

the mind is my garden

the heart is my home

and i’m always at home

Eden Ahbez

 

 

 

 

Record Store Day 2017

Record Store Day 2017, the 10th anniversary

potentially products you can find –  here

consequently no champagne, no schnittchen – but extremely positive vibes and an excellent atmosphere

 

Eleven Cheer

This year starts laid back with new releases. So, eleven upcoming month, for !! hopefully !! new & old musical pearls

this month poppy tune…..time to leave the past behind, we can do better……

– The Aquarians, 1969 from the album

everyone, who has a sensibility for style, attraction, unreality or simple magic moments will love this one

a real far away place. We missed last year –  Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra, definitely our sound !!

– A Real Far Away Place, 2014 from the album

we post this years ago, but for this grey & shivery january we approve warm feelings. Thanks to Mr. Jo-Akeem for remembering.

Remembered For A While

today with a few meanings. First,  this years christmas wish list schmankerl

– Saturday Sun, 1970 from the album

Second wish list aspirant –  the fantastic book release from the

Soul Jazz Label

Disco: An Encyclopedic guide to the cover art of disco. 400-page 12″x12″ featuring more than 2,000 album cover designs (including hundreds of full-size covers) as well as over 350 12-inch sleeves

phantasmagorial !!! examples…

– Skyy, Here’s To You 1980

 

Remembered, because already released in october, the new Tony Allen album – gooood !!

Floating Points will be remembered for this late 14s tune

– Nuits Sonores

this year will be sadly remembered for too much war and political insanity. Next year will be definitely time for some changes

– Time For Some Changes, 1976 from the album

 

Listen People

– Listen People, 1966

going forward to the next tune ? pick up the crossfader

– Pick Up The Crossfader, 1994 by the Alps Cru

in bumpy times we need it nice and slow – favourite tune of last month

– Nice And Slow, RI2014

they describe themselve as jazz experimental soulful Germany – we say simply gorgeous

– Maybe Beautiful

– Winter in Rio, both 2014 from Wun Two

and finally for technical interested folks wherever – a really fantastic documentary about the legendary Focusrite Studio console – enjoy !!