quoted 4 lines while on the chicago topic, anybody know any good cd shops? i hear of>while on the chicago topic, anybody know any good cd shops? i hear of
>gramaphone, but its mostly records and no idm (they dont have any autechre
>for christs sake). so any recommendations would be great as i live in the
>suburbs
Gramaphone has an ambient/experimental section that has A-Musik, Skam,
Clear, Rephlex, Thrill Jockey, etc. stuff. They usually get in all of the
new albums/CDs that we talk about. Although if you ask about Autechre in
the store, most will say "who?" but just ask for the experimental buyer, he
seems to know his shit.
For other Chicago IDM stores, Reckless has a half-assed electronica section.
Vintage Vinyl in Evanston has alot of older experimental electronic stuff
(plus an amazing selection of old Factory/4AD/Creation stuff) and gets in
small quantities of new titles, just ask ahead of time. Lastly, the new
Virgin Megastore on Michigan Ave. has an amazing, albeit commercial,
electronica section.
Mike.