{ "meta": { "city": "Berlin", "source": "yydistribution.fr B2B customers — verified active record stores", "generated": "2026-04-19", "count": 8, "notes": "Mitte Musik removed (closed). Bikini Waxx URL corrected to bikiniwax.com (singular 'wax'). 60waves, badumtish excluded (closed/label)." }, "article": { "title": "Focus On: Record Stores In Berlin", "intro": "It's a Wednesday afternoon in Kreuzberg, the kind where the light goes sideways through the S-Bahn tracks on Köpenicker, and you've got an hour before your train. You end up at Hard Wax, you flip through the new arrivals bin, you leave with two 12\"s and no cash. This is the rhythm the city runs on. Vinyl in Berlin isn't nostalgia, it's infrastructure. The shops are where taste gets made, where DJs find out what's actually moving, where labels live or die by what the buyer behind the counter decides to stock on a given Tuesday.\n\nYoyaku acquired Objects Presswerk earlier this year. Before we talk about pressing plates, dubplates, or any of the industrial stuff, it felt right to start with the shops. These are the places our records end up, the counters we want to press for, the people who've kept Berlin's scene honest for decades and the ones shaping what comes next.\n\nThe list below isn't exhaustive. It's a start.", "closing": "Objects Presswerk is a ten-minute walk from Oberbaumbrücke. We could offer factory pickup. We're choosing not to.\n\nThe shops on this map are why Berlin still presses, spins and sells records the way it does. They need the walk-in traffic more than we need the margin. If you live in Berlin and you're reading this, take the train, buy the record from a counter, talk to the person behind it. That's what keeps this infrastructure standing.\n\nIf we've missed a shop that belongs on this list, or got a detail wrong, write to {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}. We'd rather update it than leave it half-right. In parallel, Objects Presswerk is opening its doors to independent labels pressing in small and medium runs out of Berlin. If that's you, same address. We're here, the plates are warm, and the city's still buying records." }, "stores": [ { "slug": "hard-wax", "name": "Hard Wax", "legal": "Hard Wax e.K.", "address": "Köpenicker Str. 70", "postcode": "10179", "district": "Kreuzberg", "contact": "Mark Ernestus", "email": "distribution@hardwax.com", "website": "https://hardwax.com", "instagram": "@hardwaxberlin", "specialty": "Techno / Dub / Experimental", "founded": "1989", "description": "Founded 1989 by Mark Ernestus, now operating out of Köpenicker Str. 70 in Kreuzberg. The reference point for techno, dub, and experimental electronics worldwide. If a record matters to the serious end of the spectrum, it's probably on the wall here. Unbending taste, no frills, still the benchmark.", "yyd_last_order": "2026-04-07", "lat": 52.5106807, "lng": 13.419484, "logo": "assets/logos/hard-wax.png" }, { "slug": "oye-records", "name": "OYE Records", "legal": "OYE Records UG", "address": "Oderberger Str. 4", "postcode": "10435", "district": "Prenzlauer Berg", "contact": "Tinko Rohst", "email": "tinko@oye-records.com", "website": "https://oye-records.com", "instagram": "@oyerecordstore", "specialty": "House / Disco / Boogie / Jazz", "founded": "2003", "description": "Prenzlauer Berg since 2003, with a second spot in Friedrichshain. House, disco, boogie, jazz, and everything warm-blooded in between. The Oderberger shop is the one most people know, but the Friedrichshain location has quietly become its own destination. Staff picks are worth trusting.", "yyd_last_order": "2026-01-28", "lat": 52.5382869, "lng": 13.4109837, "logo": "assets/logos/oye-records.png" }, { "slug": "sound-metaphors", "name": "Sound Metaphors", "legal": "Sound Metaphors", "address": "Weichselstraße 22", "postcode": "12045", "district": "Neukölln", "contact": "Nemo Ripoll", "email": "david@soundmetaphors.com", "website": "https://soundmetaphors.com", "instagram": "@soundmetaphors", "specialty": "Rare Disco / Deep House", "founded": "2011", "description": "Neukölln. Rare disco, deep house, private press oddities, and a stack of in-house labels that have turned the shop into a small institution. More focused than diggers' paradise, more adventurous than a boutique. You go in for one thing and leave having learned about three more.", "yyd_last_order": "2026-01-21", "lat": 52.486623, "lng": 13.4362937, "logo": "assets/logos/sound-metaphors.png" }, { "slug": "hhv", "name": "HHV", "legal": "HHV Handels GmbH", "address": "Zur Alten Börse 55", "postcode": "12681", "district": "Marzahn", "contact": "David Wetzel", "email": "yannik.zander@hhv.de", "website": "https://hhv.de", "instagram": "@hhv.de", "specialty": "Hip-Hop / Electronic / Streetwear", "founded": "2002", "description": "Based in Marzahn, online-first, one of the largest independent German retailers. Hip-hop roots, now spanning electronic across the board plus streetwear. Not a walk-in destination the way the Kreuzberg shops are, but unavoidable if you're running a label and want distribution that actually moves units.", "yyd_last_order": "2026-04-14", "lat": 52.519477, "lng": 13.5256666, "logo": "assets/logos/hhv.png" }, { "slug": "elevate", "name": "Elevate Berlin", "legal": "Elevate Berlin — Cinthie Christl", "address": "Gubener Straße 24", "postcode": "10243", "district": "Friedrichshain", "contact": "Cinthie Christl", "email": "carsten@elevate.berlin", "website": "https://elevate.berlin", "instagram": "@elevate.berlin", "specialty": "House / Deep House", "founded": "2017", "description": "Friedrichshain, run by Cinthie. House and deep house, plus the output of Beste Modus, Unison Wax, and the labels she's built around them. A shop with a point of view, deeply tied to the DJ and producer community it grew out of. Stop in when Cinthie's behind the counter.", "yyd_last_order": "2026-04-16", "lat": 52.51048, "lng": 13.4493896, "logo": "assets/logos/elevate.png" }, { "slug": "black-round-twelve", "name": "Black Round Twelve", "legal": "Black Round Twelve — Josef Riedl", "address": "Nöldnerstraße 6", "postcode": "10317", "district": "Lichtenberg", "contact": "Josef Riedl", "email": "purchase@blackroundtwelve.com", "website": "https://blackroundtwelve.com", "instagram": "@blackroundtwelve", "specialty": "Techno / House / Minimal", "founded": null, "description": "Lichtenberg. Techno, house, minimal, with an attached label (BRT) and distribution arm. One of the quieter corners of the city's retail map and better for it. The kind of place where the selection rewards patience and the staff know which records are going to turn into sleepers.", "yyd_last_order": "2025-09-24", "lat": 52.5018229, "lng": 13.4771103, "logo": "assets/logos/black-round-twelve.png" }, { "slug": "seven", "name": "SEVEN", "legal": "Artysta Management GmbH", "address": "Torstraße 220", "postcode": "10115", "district": "Mitte", "contact": "Jonas Oppermann", "email": "jonny@seven.berlin", "website": "https://seven.berlin", "instagram": "@seven.berlin", "specialty": "House / Queer & FLINTA*", "founded": null, "description": "Torstrasse, Mitte. A queer and FLINTA* focused house label turning into a community shop, opening spring 2026. Too new to have a retail track record yet, but the label work and the people behind it have already earned the benefit of the doubt. One to watch closely this year.", "yyd_last_order": "2026-03-31", "lat": 52.5271047, "lng": 13.3891791, "logo": "assets/logos/seven.png" }, { "slug": "bikini-waxx", "name": "Bikini Waxx Records", "legal": "Gerd Tammist", "address": "Manteuffelstraße 48", "postcode": "10999", "district": "Kreuzberg", "contact": "Gerd Tammist", "email": "gerd@bikiniwaxxrecords.com", "website": "https://www.discogs.com/seller/Bikini-Waxx-Records/profile", "instagram": "@bikiniwaxxrecords", "specialty": "Techno / House", "founded": null, "description": "Kreuzberg, Manteuffelstr. Techno and house, tightly curated, the kind of shop where the wall selection is small enough that every record has been thought about. Walk-in friendly, no pretension, consistently surprising. Good for the hour between dinner and the club.", "yyd_last_order": "2018-11-20", "lat": 52.498376, "lng": 13.425276, "logo": "assets/logos/bikini-waxx.png" } ] }