Japanese record store

Composers in Japanese record store

Japanese record stores are so perfect.

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San Diego's Consortium Holdings has opened Part Time Lover, a Tokyo-inspired listening bar & record store sited in the former Bar Pink in North Pink.

Nestled in a quiet residential backstreet of Harajuku, Big Love is quickly becoming the go-to record store in Tokyo.

Record collectors visiting Japan should make a beeline for Disk Union, an 8-floor musical mecca filled with vinyl and CDs.

12-inch singles are the draw at this shop centred on hip hop, R&B, disco and dance classics, mainly from the US and Europe. They stock around 10,000 titles at a

Working with P-Funk, J Dilla & Moodymann, Amp Fiddler is the thread that ties funky Detroit together. We stop by to talk about the records that shaped him.

Japanese-style Listening Bars are a new way to experience music. The concept of listening bars, like many things, has its origins in Japanese culture. Commonly referred to as HiFi bars in the U.S., listening bars are a “​subset of the kissaten, the small and idiosyncratic coffeehouses dotting the side streets in Tokyo​ (Ben Ratliff, New York Times),” and stem back to the 1950s.

Japanese audiophiles can get their fix at Tokyo bar and record store Studio Mule, created by Mule Musiq’s DJ Toshiya Kawasaki. Kawasaki tapped Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata – principal of studio CASE-REAL – to design the Shibuya hub, which uses an earthy colour palette and long stone bar to set the ambience. Photo: c/o Studio Mule #tokyo #japan #interiors #design #travel #bar