I actually went to the hardwax store when I was in Berlin this summer. it's in
the oddest location - if you follow the street address, you find yourself
between two buildings and walk down a wide alley (there's a billboard that says
hardwax somewhere back there, but it's not 100% visible from the street),
behind a building and up six flights of graffiti-drenched stairs in an
apartment building that - coming from a suburban american background - looks
like the sort of place where you could probably buy some good heroin.
then, Bam! there's a record store!
the door is open and there's music playing. the day I went there, a woman was
playing records on the house decks while her kid ran around the place. their
music is organized almost entirely by label and they stock all sorts of great
records that are hard to find over here. I pulled out a couple stacks of
records and took them to the listening station - when I finally decided what I
wanted to buy, the clerk took my selections into the back and brought out fresh
non-shopworn copies for me to take home with me. I spent about 250 euro that
day and lugged around what must have been 50 pounds of records in my backpack
for three weeks before I got the chance to listen to them.
great store.
you might want to add forcedexposure.com to your list - though they're
historically a rock vendor, they carry a lot of hip-hop and idm that you can't
find elsewhere. also, their prices are at least $1 less than everyone else, and
shipping is a $4.50 flat fee for any size order. love em.
-Wil M.
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