lcaise wrote:

Are any dj shops in this city? Please help me - I'm looking for cheap 2nd hand stuph with lot of house, deep house and progressive records ;)

Finn wrote:

Hard Wax
(Still going strong with new stuff in all fields of electronic music, a fine backstock of all things Detroit and Chicago plus a good selection of Disco reissues. Highly knowledgeable and friendly staff)

paul-lincke-ufer 44a
2nd backyard, door A, 3rd floor
10999 berlin-kreuzberg

open: mon - sat 12-20 h.
phone: +49 (0)30 611 301 11.
public transport: U1 / U8 kottbuser tor

Soultrade
(Shop linked to Sonar Kollektiv. Specializing in new Hip Hop, Disco, Soul/Funk and House of the deeper or jazzy variety. They know what their second hand stuff is worth.)

Sanderstr.29
12047 Berlin
public transport: U8 Schönleinstraße

Space Hall
(A must for the technoheads, very big selection of news and classics. They stock House too, but not very organized, so bring time to flick through. Staff is notoriously impolite. Have two branches located in the neighbourhood for other styles, Space Honda (Drum And Bass/Breaks/Hip Hop) and Industrial Garden (everything else). Second hand stuff of all styles.

zossener str. 33
10961 berlin-kreuzberg

phone: +49 (0)30 694 76 64.
public transport: U7 gneisenaustr.

Oye Records
(Fine basement shop with a wide selection between Soul, Funk, Disco, Electro, Drum and Bass, House, Techno, Minimal, Jazz, Brasil and lots of other stuff. New and used, and reissues.)

Oderberger Str. 4
10435 Berlin

open: mon-fri 13-20h | sat 12-18h
phone: +49 (0)30 66647821.
public transport: U2 eberswalder str.

Das Drehmoment
(A favourite of the C-B-S regulars)

lychener str. 23
10437 berlin-prenzlauer berg

phone: +49 (0)30 4737 4707.
public transport: U2 eberswalder str.

Dense
(Good for buying the things you read about in De:Bug magazine)

Oderberger Strasse 34, 10435 Berlin, Tel. 030-44340292

It Rocks
(This shop specializes mainly in new and used Hip Hop and R&B, but it has also some crates with old school electro and dance classics, so worth checking.)

Schönhauser allee 49
10437 berlin

open: mon-fri 13.30-19.30 / sa 12-16
phone: (0049) 030 - 48 49 28 49
public transport: U2 Eberswalder Straße

Tricky Tunes
(Specialist for Drum and Bass and all others things Breakbeat)

Mainzer Str. 8
10247 Berlin

open: Mo-Fr: 13-20 / Sat: 12-16
public transport: U Samariterstr.
phone: 030 29770964

HipHopVinyl
(As the name says, this is Hip Hop in all its variations past and present, also including some Reggae, Soul/Funk breeaks, R&B and other clubsounds plus lots of cheapo crates for diggings. And I mean lots.

Grünberger Str. 54
second yard left, 4th floor
10245 Berlin

open: Mo-Fr 14:00 - 19:30 / Sat 12:00 - 16:00
phone: +49 30 42012516
public transport: U5 (Frankfurter Tor)

Neurotitan
(Shop with all kinds of media, ranging from CDs, records to books and art. Specializes in Electronica)

rosenthaler str. 39
haus schwarzenberg, 2nd backyard, 1st floor
10178 berlin-mitte

open: mon - sat 14-22 h, sun 14-20 h.
phone: +49 (0)30 30872576.
public transport: U8 weinmeisterstr., S hackescher markt.

Staalplaat
(the formerly dutch Industrial Music legend)

torstr. 72
10119 berlin-mitte

phone: +49 (0)30 20054697.
open: tue - sat 14:00 - 19:00 h.
public transport: U8 rosenthaler platz, U2 rosa-luxemburg-platz.

Rotation
(Fine store with a tasty selection of House and Techno, plus a good department with classics and label backstock)

weinbergsweg 3
10119 berlin-mitte

phone: +49 (0)30 2532 9116.
public transport: U8 rosenthaler platz.


Dig A Little Deeper
(Very knowledgeable in terms of House, Drum and Bass, Rare Groove, Brazil, Disco, Funk and Soul. New and second hand.)

Torstraße 102
10119 berlin germany
phone (0049) 30 97005106
public transport: U8 rosenthaler platz.

Mr Dead and Mrs Free
(A shop mainly for Indie stuff, but in their field renowned. Leftfield dance finds possible.)

Bülowstr. 5
Subway: Nollendorfplatz

DNS
(Club soundtrack back and forth, plus good label backstock for filling gaps.)

Eberswalder Straße 30
public transport: U2 Eberswalder Straße

Da Capo
(Second hand store for diggers)

Kastanienallee 96
10435 Berlin
open: tue-fri 11-19, sa 11-16
public transport: U2 Eberswalder Straße

Angry Plastic

liberda str. 10
12047 berlin-neukölln

open: fri 16-20 h.
phone: +49 (0)30 60690393
public transport: U8 schönleinstr.

Melting Point
Kastanienallee 55
berlin-mitte
Phone: 030 44047131
public transport: U2 Eberswalder Str. or U8 Rosenthaler Platz
(One of the finest stores for deep and techy House, old and new. Very good second hand House and Disco classics. Highly recommended)

Ghosttown Records
Gabriel-Max-Str. 10
Berlin Friedrichshain
public transport: U5 frankfurter tor, U1 warschauer str.
(Fine second hand House, Techno and Disco records, worth checking. Also a good choice for digging other styles, like Dub, Jazz for example.)

Alberto's Schallplatten
Gneisenaustraße 86
10961 Berlin
Tel.: 030 6933517
Fax.: 0170 5877478
open: mo - sa 12:00 - 19:00

Gneisenaustraße
(Don't know the exact new adress, it's near Südstern subway station, good for Disco and Synth Pop digging)

Franz & Josef Scheiben
Kastanienallee 48, Prenzlauer Berg
(Good selection of used dance 12"s. Knowledgeable variety of other styles too.)

Scratch Records
zossener str. 31
berlin-kreuzberg

open: mon - wed 11-19 h, thu + fri 11-20 h, sat 10-16 h.
phone: +49 (0)30 69817591.
public transport: U7 gneisenaustr.
(Good selection of various styles, shop is linked to Soul Trade)

Cover Music
Kurfürstendamm 11
(0 30) 88550130
10-20, Sa 10-18
U1 Kurfürstendamm
(Stock all styles, but have plenty of crates with used dance music 12"s, if you have the time to dig)

Comeback Records
Hasenheide 9
10967 Berlin
Neukölln
(some crates with used Synth Pop and Disco stuff)
Subway: Hermannplatz

Some route planning tips. These shops are located very near each other:

- Dig A Little Deeper, Staalplaat, Rotation

- Melting Point, Franz & Josef, Da Capo, Oye

- It Rocks, Drehmoment, Dense

- Hard Wax, Soul Trade

- Ghosttown, Tricky Tunes, Hip Hop Vinyl

- Space Hall, Scratch

(If you use a car for record shopping trips, be aware that parking lots in some Berlin districts don't come easy. I recommend using public transport. Stick to trains, it's easier to understand than the buses. Don't worry about food or shopping for other things than music. Berlin has a ridiculous amount of cheap and good food joints from all over the globe. If your accompanying girl/boyfriends or just friends get bored there should also something be there shoppingwise in most of the areas of the listed shops, be it clothing, books, arts, DVDs or whatever)

Useful links for logistics:

Public Transport

Online City Map


Bonus Tip: If you like to dig, check the flea markets on Boxhagener Platz and Mauerpark on weekends. There are plenty other markets, but these are the best in my book. Check the city mags Tip or Zitty for details.

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Friedrichshain

YaYa23.net
(store+mailorder run by YaYa23 & Cyberrise Soundsystem)

Laskerstraße 9
10245 Berlin

public transport: S Ostkreuz

opening hours: thursday, friday 16.00 - 21.00
(be sure to check their website if actually open!)

styles: techno, hardcore, breakcore, drumnbass, breakbeats, experimental,... + 2nd hand

every friday: vernissage / special event


Klanggold Mini Store

Simplonstraße 14
10245 Berlin
fon 030 - 29 35 11 89
Mo-Fr 12-18

styles: exp/electronic, avantgarde, neue musik



go to Rigaer Str. / Samariterstr. to find a punk-shop and straight across the street in Samariterstraße another record shop with mostly 2nd hand stuff (pop, rock, electronic, etc).
the punk store is a bit filthy, but may be good for pop/rock finds aswell; the other shop is never open it seems.
(public transport: U5 Samariterstraße or S Frankfurter Allee)

FREIZEITGLAUBEN: you'll also find a techno/house/experimental/idm-shop at Bersarinplatz. not worth visting unless you're into, well..., techno, house and idm. :(
(public transport: U5 Frankfurter Tor)



there's also a house / hip-hop record shop in the smaller part of Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße, near Alexanderplatz.
AVOID at all cost! VERY expensive and "new" records might turn out to be 2nd hand copies in bad condition (grrrr). salesman in the shop might treat you like a beginner and try to fuck you over too...
yes, this is first hand experience. fuckers.

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norimaki wrote:

I´m kind of surprised nobody´s mentioned this place yet:

clubsondrecords

Club Sound Records
Eberswalderstr. 32
10437 Berlin

Tel.: 030 - 449 27 03
Fax: 030 - 449 27 03

They specialize in garbage (trance that is), but the guy keeps ordering lots of good techno, house and electro records, which nobody buys and quite often end up in the bargain bin. Found some nice dutch electro records there which nobody else had at the time, not even Drehmoment (In fact I´m wondering if I should really tell everybody about this ?).

Also, please boycott Space Hall. The people running the place are complete wankers and unless you´re a wellknown DJ, you´ll probably be treated like shit. Even if they sold every KMS record for 1$, I will never ever buy anything from these bastards again.

guyverIII wrote:

does Tonhalle on Eberswalder have a site? That was a great store, real gems.

As for the above I recall after attempting to put back a decal record after having a listen i was told:

"That's my job. I don't know where you come from but here we put the records back!"

God love being Irish abroad, everyone thinks your English.

Speciman wrote:

Also some "Floh Markt" are worth being checked. I'm talking about those public markets that take place on sundays usually. Personally, I already found some really interesting stuff there and of course the price is usually very interesting...here are 2 examples of records I bought there for a very cheap price:

Jeff Mills - The Extremist
The Pump Panel - Confusion / Re-Mover -> bought this crazy original 2x12" for only 5 €!!!!

There are surely a lot of different "Floh Markts" but the one I had been to was on the Boxhagener Platz.

Hope you'll be as lucky as I had been...;-))

jape wrote:

That Club Sound Records store sounds interesting. After all I DO play trance (well, and techno etc). I will visit Berlin at the end of a trip through Central Europe. I don't think I will want to carry around records all the time, but since it's my last stop I may visit a couple of stores there :)

DJPC wrote:

You should also check these stores in Berlin:

Apollo Disc

Kantstr. 130
10625 Berlin

for HipHop, Electronic Dance (House, Techno, Electro), Rock and Indie Vinyl Albums, great back catalogue stock on all styles, too!!
and a reasonable cd selection.

next is

Musicland

in
13581 Berlin (Spandau), Klosterstrasse 12 - Fon:030/332 20 72

basically comparable to Apollo, but still different enough and worthwhile visiting as it's close to the old part of Spandau.

Also of interest:

near Mr. Dead and Mrs. Free there's a fantastic second hand store with lots of vinyl albums covering all areas and a nice slice of 7" vinyl thrown in:

Rock Steady Records

Motzstr. 9; Schöneberg; (0)30-2172721
Nollendorfplatz Tube

finally for the moment:

Shubashi in Steglitz

hubertusstraße 7,
berlin-steglitz,
fon: (0)30 - 79 74 13 50
close to Tube Schloßstr.

CDs, DVDs, VHS and Vinyls galore! additionally posters + stuff
ranges from pop, rock, metal, black, jazz to german music.

lcaise wrote:

And where is dj shop in Berlin with lot of used and 2nd hand records from disco house, to minimal and techno ??

lcaise wrote:

???

simcut wrote:

I've been to both DNS and to Clubsounds.

Clubsounds is great if your into trance but the guy didnt seem very polite when I spoke to him...maybe I caught him at a bad time?

I also popped in DNS Records which is 6 or 7 shops down the street and the guy in there was really nice....really helpful but their trance selection is non existant, they specialise in other genres instead....they have lots of records in there. House & Techno in particular :)

chava wrote:

Audio-In, for 2nd hand.
libauerstr. 19 F-Hain

Audio-In ´

haven't been there yet, though...

stffn wrote:

Dense has moved around the corner.

tom wrote:

Great news, since i'm there in 5 weeks :)

legumes-SALES wrote:

Core-Tex

Oranienstrasse 3
Berlin - Kreuzberg.

public transport: U1 Görlitzer Bahnhof

New + 2nd hand + merchandising

punk, hardcore-punk, grindcore, ....

relatively big store.

pong9 wrote:

Mitte Musik
Alte Schönhauser Strasse 33-34
Berlin - Mitte

House, Tech, Minimal and much more.

junglizt wrote:

Downbeat Recordstore Oranienstraße 44, 10969 Berlin
specialized in Reagge, Drum & Bass, some HipHop and Raregrooves
and sometimes you are serveded by some of most popular underground dj's and producers...

tricky23 wrote:

Downbeat Recordstore closed down since 5/9/2005

Finn wrote:

Some updates:

Mitte Musik has moved to Libauer Str., which is actually not in Mitte but in Friedrichshain, same as Audio/In, which is a very recommendable store.

While there, check:

o-ton
Krossener Str. 18, D-10245/ B Berlin
+49-030-6249192

Good for Disco digging, and lots of other weird stuff. Good Jazz selection, too.


Dense has moved to the old location of Freizeitglauben, which is no more.

Soultrade fused with Scratch, and moved in to their shop at Zossener Str.

There is also Leila M, and they have an affiliated Second Hand Store around the corner on Torstr., which is the storefront of this, so worth checking.

Dig A Little Deeper has moved:

linienstr.13
10178 berlin
tel:030-97005106
opened: /wed 12-19 uhr, sat 12-18

As far as I know, DNS and It Rocks are no more.

housebreakers wrote:

Hi, i search a RECORDS STORE in BERLIN specialized in TECHNO - TRANCE - RAVE MUSIC of 90"/98" years !!! You have an idea? Tchiuss :-)

mrformic wrote:

Hardwax might have some

Rillo wrote:

I am a US DJ based in Orlando, FL. this will be my first travel overseas to Germany. I have seen many record shops listed, but are there any recommendations on two or three shops that specialize in, or have a great selection, of House, Progressive House, Progressive Trance, and Progressive Breaks?

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

eskoner wrote:

Das Drehmoment is closed since last year, unfortunetly i missed that Dense has just moved around the corner, damn!.

Scrap_Iron wrote:

Hello, going to Berlin in the week end, what's a good record store for Industrial, Experimental, EBM, New Wave and 80s'?
Apart from Staalplaat that I already know.
Thanks!

wows wrote:

WOWSVILLE Record Store
Skalitzer Str. 80 10997 Berlin
Kreuzberg U1 Schlessisches Tor
jazz, soul, 50´s, 60´s,70´s Punk, New Waveplus modern indi garage lo-fi stuff like Norton, Crypt, SFTRI, Get Hip, etc....

beogram8002 wrote:

Hello, I'm going to Berlin in Friday.
What's a good record store with french music (e.g. Polnareff, Higelin, Gainsbourg, Mama Bea Tekielski)?

Thanks