Lexis
Montreal-based collector Alexis Charpentier is nothing if not eclectic. He’s equally comfortable digging for fusion jazz records in Serbia as he is vibing to Quebec hip-hop. With a voracious appetite for musical knowledge, DJ Lexis’ collection spans genre and medium to create the best collection in the world—for him, anyway.
Carlos Vera
Carlos Vera, a.k.a DJ Turmix, has always been interested in mashups. From his early days spinning breakbeats, house and acid jazz in Spanish clubs, to sharing the stage with Latin soul and boogaloo legends in New York, sonic combination has been his jam.
What’s Playing @ Dust & Grooves HQ – May/June 2017
What’s been spinning at the Dust & Grooves headquarters on May & June 2017. This is a long one! Three and a half hours of our favorite tunes. Driving from NYC to your summer house in East Hamptons? Stuck in traffic? bummer. Hope this will make your traffic jam more manageable. Keep supporting Dust & […]
What’s Playing @ Dust & Grooves HQ – April 2017
Here’s what’s been playing at the Dust & Grooves HQ in April 2016. Same deal still… If you nodded your head at least once during this playlist, or looked at the tracklist to know what’s playing at least twice, is that worth enough to be part of the Dust & Grooves group of patrons? Tell […]
Geoffrey Weiss
There is one person I’ve met about whom I feel compelled to say: Geoffrey Weiss is, to me and to many, the world’s best record collector.
Photo exhibition, Warsaw 2017
Photo exhibition, Warsaw 2017 I was honored to take part of Record Store Day 2017 celebrations with the Dust & Grooves photo exhibition in Warsaw. The exhibition took place at the Polin Museum of Jewish history, that hosted the entire RSD events. Thanks to Magda and Maciek of Winyl Market for the initiative and organization, to […]
Greg Belson
Before commercial radio, before the first 78s were pressed, if you wanted to hear music, your best bet might have been to find a church. From rural chapels to urban cathedrals, from hymns to spirituals to chants, church and music have always gone hand in hand, made common not by genre but by purpose.
Logan Melissa
Next to the music itself, is anything more beloved about a record than its cover art? From 45 picture sleeves to LPs, cover art plays a prominent role in a record’s reputation and legacy. Entire books and websites have been devoted to cover art, and in some cases—think Abbey Road or A Dark Side of the Moon—an album’s cover is possibly more recognizable than its music. We put records in frames and hang them on our walls, we print posters and t-shirts out of them, and most of us will admi
#WeeklyGroove
We’re excited to start the #WeeklyGroove, a weekly Instagram series featuring some of our favorite vinyl collectors, dedicating an entire week exclusively to one collector. By end of each week, we will give away an original signed fine-art print from the Dust & Grooves archives and some additional goodies, courtesy of the featured collectors. To […]
Dust & Grooves Photo Exhibition – Trans Musicales Festival 2016 – Rennes, France
Dust & Grooves Photo Exhibition – Trans Musicales Festival 2016 – Rennes, France We were really excited to be part of the Trans Musicales Music festival in Rennes, France, which took place on December 01-04 2016. Association BUG took care of producing this photo exhibition, and we can’t thank them enough. Music: GIANT (Instrumental) by […]
