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quoted 2 lines i'm going to montreal this weekend and am wondering whether anyone can give

> i'm going to montreal this weekend and am wondering whether anyone can give > me some tips regarding idm-oriented record shops there.

maybe this should be copy-pasted into idmfaq.org... the montreal record shop stroll ------------------------------- begin your journey at the sherbrooke metro & walk west on prince-arthur towards st-laurent street. on st-laurent, you will find noize, who have lots of nice vinyl in the hip-hop, techno, idm & fucked up music categories, as well as zines, discount vinyl, & whatnot. plus the shop looks very very nice. as a side note, they also lend 'dj rooms' where you can spin to your own leisure on an actual setup with 2 turntables & a mixer. they're pretty cheap from what i can recall. then walk south on st-laurent until you find disquivel ~ here again, lots, & i mean LOTS of vinyl & cd in all genres, plus a nifty electronic section usually containing a decent amount of idm (it depends on the week). the problem with this store is that they take off the vinyl protecting sheet when you buy them, which is the singlemost absurd &/or stupid thing a serious record store can do. however, with some luck, you may see david kristian working at the cash register. your journey will not be complete without a trip to cheap thrills, which is really the only place you should go if you don't have too much time to spend. it's a bit further west, on metcalfe street. you may want to take the st-laurent metro (just next to disquivel) to peel metro (take the metcalfe exit). i cannot recommend cheap thrills enough: it's mostly cds (vinyl sections are quite limited) but they carry every experimental music genre known to man, from lo-fi roots blues to digital glitch madness ~ & of course idm is well represented there, & feel free to peruse their jazz & experimental sections as well, as they are probably some of the best in the entire country. (side note: cheap thrills is also the home of the alien8 label, so all their releases are available from there, even some that are long deleted.) (alternate intro: if you're at all into indie/post rock, you may want to begin this journey on mont-royal metro, then walk to the corner of rivard & marie-anne for l'oblique. lots of new vinyl, & a 'uk' section containing a little idm (mostly rephlex, for some reason.) from there walk west to st-laurent & follow the instructions.) hope this helps! ~ david