I was just out in San Francisco in mid July. I went around
to Housewares, Clear, Soundworks, BPM, Tweekin and Amoeba
over in Berkeley to Primal, Amoeba, Skills JD Workshop.
There wasnt any good selection of idm, ambient or electro,
jungle or abstract in any of these stores. These places are
all about house music.
Tweekin had some good detroit releases, but in small
quantity. Most the jungle selections were small and all the
same, except for Compound (which is moving to the Haight or
just moved rather) which is all jungle (great backstocks
too.) If you are into house, progressive house, or trance,
then these are the stores for you. If you are into abstract
or idm or something out of the ordinary, then best of luck.
Now, Amoeba was the rule of except for all this though.
Amoeba for those who dont know, are really large stores
which carry EVERYTHING from country to punk to rap to jungle
to house to whatever. 95% of the money I spent on records
were at the two amoeba record shops becuase they had a
serious selection, even though I couldnt listen to it first.
Hell, I knew what I was looking for.
Dan Robitaille
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