london for 2 days

Krul · Post by **Krul** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:46 pm

going as well in the beginning of may. Is phonica really that good as everybody says?

vermi · Post by **vermi** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:58 pm

Krul wrote:going as well in the beginning of may. Is phonica really that good as everybody says?

just search their site. everything in the store should be available through their online shop, and vica versa

Coog · Post by **Coog** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:01 pm

Sick party going down in London on May 2nd I believe. Ping Pong party on Cable st. Unit 7 studio. Audio Werner,Cesare, Jicael Mackson!

Krul · Post by **Krul** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:11 pm

Coog wrote:Sick party going down in London on May 2nd I believe. Ping Pong party on Cable st. Unit 7 studio. Audio Werner,Cesare, Jicael Mackson!

aaaah shut up

. I noticed ping pong on the parties section, but I'm going with my parents and I don't think they'd approve if I suddenly popped in the hotel room at 8am in the morning

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:37 pm

[quote="Krul"]going as well in the beginning of may. Is phonica really that good as everybody says?[/quote]

it's not as good as it use to be. minimal is way to popular these days. prices are normally £5 to £7 a record

Krul · Post by **Krul** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:20 pm

tone-def wrote:
Krul wrote:going as well in the beginning of may. Is phonica really that good as everybody says?
it's not as good as it use to be. minimal is way to popular these days. prices are normally £5 to £7 a record

any other record stores (hidden gems

) that I should know about then? grave mentioned that the whole area is littered with record stores

grave · Post by **grave** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:29 pm

berwick st (and thereabouts)

sounds of the universe - this is run by soul jazz records (the label)

sister ray - good all round selection + good prices

reckless records - they have 2 branches on berwick st. one specialising in funk, soul, jazz, house etc and the other for more rock stuff

vinyl junkies - good selection of house, disco, funk, soul. a bit pricey

music & video exchange - stocks all kind of 2nd records. theres also a bargain basement downstairs

black market - the place for garage, dubstep, grime, dnb...so basically british 'urban' music. youngsta of fwd (where dubstep began) works here

uptown records - similar to black market

phonica - if minimal is what youre after, youll find it here. i actually think theyve gotten better recently and have a pretty decent all-round selection. they have a big counter with lots of decks so you can just hang in there and listen to records for as long as you want

there are other record stores scattered around london. obviously rough trade in notting hill/ladbroke grove (west london) and honest jons which is good for reggae and stuff like that. rough trade also recently opened a 'superstore' just off brick lane (east london) which mainly specialises in indie. they have a cafe, lots of sofas, free internet, and instore gigs (flying lotus and billy bragg are playing there this saturday)

hope that helps...

grave · Post by **grave** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:35 pm

for clubs nights in early may...im a bit out of the loop as im not going out that much these days. i know jay haze, loco dice, andrew weatherall, hercules & love affair etc are playing fabric on the 3rd may. theo parrish has his monthly residency at plastic people that night, which is always good fun + a wicked soundsystem. i think dmz (THE big dubstep bash) is also on if you fancy a trip down to brixton. corsica studios often has some excellent nights on but not sure whats happening that weekend. theres always hundreds of smaller parties going on across the capital so youll just have to keep your eyes open for posters, flyers etc. (in phonica especially)