Brooklyn record store Halcyon to reopen inside Output nightclub: Since shuttering its DUMBO space last year, Brooklyn record store Halcyon has been searching for a new location while hosting a pop-up locale in South Williamsburg. The shop has now found a permanent place to set up on the north side of the neighborhood, nightclub Output. Not only will they sell 5000 titles, it will also feature a two-floor café, bar and event space.
8 great turntables for beginners and audiophiles alike: While many in the music world have been panicking in recent years about low sales due to the rise of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, one segment of the industry is still setting record highs: vinyl. Driven largely by millennials, vinyl is in the middle of a Renaissance; in 2015 vinyl record sales increased for the tenth straight year, and climbed 30% from their 2014 total with almost 12 million records sold. Despite the downward spiral of CD sales, there is still a desire from the listening public to have a physical copy of their favourite music, and their medium of choice is vinyl.
30,902,000 Records Pressed in 2015—And That’s With A Fraction of “Precincts Reporting”: We’ve heard back from most of the European factories and one American pressing plant and the total number of long playing records pressed in 2015 so far reported comes to (drum roll) 30,902,000. That’s THIRTY MILLION PLUS.
Clarity Alliance partners with Google to offer free training, launches Styl:us vinyl show:Clarity has also announced a new consumer show aimed at vinyl enthusiasts. Called Styl:us, it will run April 23-24 at the Park Inn Heathrow. The new show, organised with Chester group, will cover all aspects of the new vinyl boom, from record collecting, Hi-Fi systems and even fashion. “This isn’t a traditional Hi-Fi show…”
