I Love Vinyl

This is our first New Year's Eve party! Yup. Pretty special. It's at our old digs, TBA Brooklyn (395 Wythe Ave. on the corner of South 6th St. in Williamsburg). We're gonna convert TBA back into a real deal nightclub, the way it used to be, with a full-on dancefloor, music as loud as we wanna, and partying 'til the cops come knocking (which they won't, because we've taken care of that too, but it just sounded good). We also decided to buck the trend of overinflated (we might blow up, but we won't go pop...) NYE party prices and make this a nice price for everyone. So it's only $20 to buy tickets in advance, $25 if you prefer to just RSVP , or just $30 at the door. Complimentary midnight champagne toast included. Can't wait to ring it in with you!

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest Dana Vlcek of KONK , Abstract Truth, and more. Topics discussed include: what a real musical experience is, being a lounge lizard (twice), opening for king crimson, batman, polyrhythms, getting the most bass ever on a record, magical experiences at the loft and the garage, and all the music that was never a record and other metaphysical thoughts. Listen above and follow along below.  You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our  Radio  page, or on  Mixcloud .

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest  Carol C of Si*Sé .  Brand new to you, at least.  We recorded this one back in November of 2013, so some of the stuff we are talking about makes no sense.  Cut us a little slack while we catch up to present.  We're sure you'll figure it all out.  In this show, topics discussed include (not surprisingly, perhaps): upcoming events that took place in the past, how ladies are made, Oran "Juice" Jones monologues, the303 at Louie & Chan (which is open, which you should already know if you have been paying attention... see Cousin Cousin post ), Detroit royalty, the Giant Step party in the 90s, playing the spoons, and of course, line dancing to Kraftwerk. Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below.  You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our  Radio  page, or on  Mixcloud . Big Daddy Kane, Stop Shammin' (Instrumental) Ofra Haza, Im Nin'Alu (Play...

More pictures from our weekend at Oberlin. Here you can catch a glimpse of The Twilite Tone and Ge-ology's Music Production Workshop, OP!'s Vinyl DJ Workshop, and our radio show at WOBC. These were taken by our own Jon Oliver.

We had an amazing time at Oberlin College in Ohio, where we delivered a series of workshops and guest lectures over the course of a weekend, culminating in a signature all-vinyl dance party featuring special guest DJ Spinna. The talented photographer and videographer Nabil Rahman came along for the ride to document the adventure. A video is forthcoming. In between shooting our every move, he managed to snap these beauties (the pictures, of course!).

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guests Shred One and Andrew Brearley aka Meaty Ogre of Cherries Records . They are not only djs and record label owners, they are longtime record collectors and dealers, and they came through with some shit you aren't likely to hear anywhere else. Topics discussed include rarified funk, moving, Pee-wee Herman, loner boogie, Molly Ringwald, and parenthood. Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below. You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our  Radio  page, or on  Mixcloud . Records Played: Roger Parrish - (You Know) Who Loves You The Most Kool And The Gang - North, East, South, West Billy Snow - Get Away  Thundercat - Oh Shiet It's X  Zalmac - What's In It For Me East Liberty Quarters - Holiday Motion Lab - Anywhere Tony Ozier - Back To The Mitten Morris Lewis - The Enchzatress Bobby Demo - More Ounce (Rap) Nicolay - I Can't Wait Damon Bell - Heru...

Check out our very own The Twilite Tone and I Love Vinyl: On the B-Side as featured in this great video tribute to the borough of Brooklyn by Francesco Paciocco .

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest Steve "Steinski" Stein . It was an honor and a lot of fun. Some really incredible tunes got played (many of which had Arabic names in their titles, coincidentally) and we touched on such equally poignant topics as the Mummers, George Clinton dis records, meeting Afrika Bambaataa, Flying Saucer records, collecting phonebooks, lending records to Cut Chemist, uncredited Sun Ra appearances, and the birth of sample clearance. Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below. You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our Radio page, or on Mixcloud . Records Played: Alice Coltrane, Ptah The El Daoud Alice Coltrane, Turiya & Ramakrishna Wild Tchoupitoulas, Meet De Boys On The Battlefront Blue Rhythm Combo, B.R.C.'s Groove Doug Carn, Power and Glory Francis Lai, Number One... Inez Brooks, Chillin' Out (Instrumental) The Billy Cobham - George Duke Band, Almustafa The Beloved Jur...

More amazing pictures from LP48 at the Brooklyn Museum to share. Two sets from our great photographer, Seher Sikandar . And one from longtime I Love Vinyl extended family member (he may have been the very first photographer to shoot our party back in 2009) Clay Williams aka Utraclay!

Brand new ILV Radio show up with special guest Duane Harriot ( WMFU / Bim Marx ). The music and the conversation were far reaching, to say the least. Topics discussed include family car trips, al goldstein and public access, the reggae breakdown, eastern spirituality, george michael plagiarism, explosions at the end of songs, inflatable babies, and cleaning toilets as a career move. We had a ball. Hope you do too... Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below. You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our Radio page, or on Mixcloud . Records Played: JMB, Jamal Beats #60 JMB, Jamal Beats #119 Junior, The Snake The Floaters, Levitation Jon Lucien, Creole Lady Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio, Otherworldly DJ Rels, Song For My Lady Gateway, Can't Accept The Fact David Byrne, Gypsy Woman (Live) GE-OLOGY Featuring Mos Def, Superstar Blu & Exile, A Man The Yancey Boys, The Throwaway Heatwave, Mind What You Find Fatbac...

Apologies for not posting this sooner. The last episode of I Love Vinyl Radio, featuring special guest Meghan Stabile ( Revive Music /Blue Note) has been up and cooking for almost two weeks. Also in the studio with us that day was The New York Times, who was following Meghan to shoot and write this huge piece on the cover of the Metro section (congrats Meghan!). See a picture of her in our studio, with OP!, Jon Oliver, and Shawn Dub, on the NYT site (and in the print), here ! Listen above and follow along in words and pictures below. Subjects discussed include the future of Jazz, and other light chit chat. You can always listen to all the latest and past episodes on our Radio page, or on Mixcloud. Records played: Kenny Cox - Lost In Love Madlib - Stepping Into Tomorrow Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tomorrow Gene Page - Jungle Eyes Madlib - Song For My Father Horace Silvers - Song For My Father Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana Robert Glasper Feat. Erykah Badu - Afro Blue Robert Gl...

This is a picture of the cover of what is considered to be the very first "LP" (long playing) record, as they came to be known, introduced in June of 1948. To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the format, the Brooklyn Museum , in conjunction with I Love Vinyl, is throwing a massive all-vinyl dance party on Thursday June 20 from 7-10pm in the Glass Pavilion. We call it LP48. Sound Liberation Front will provide their incredible "Tower Of Sound" custom-built high-fidelity sound system. The event is all-ages, and FREE (suggested donation). Get there early if you want to get in. As the flyer says, there will also be a Mini Record Fair, with vendors curated by I Love Vinyl, including Turntable Lab , Brooklyn Bowl 's Collect-I-Bowl , and Natasha Diggs ( Mobile Mondays ) representing Brooklyn Flea . Promotional support generously provided by our friends and vinyl community leaders old and new,  Wax Poetics , Dust & Grooves , Vnylst , and Vinylfy .

Another beautiful set of photos, from our last party at the Gallery at LPR, courtesy of our six-sensed photographer Seher Sikandar . It was so dark in the party that she couldn't see anything through the camera. But she pulled it off swimmingly, as you can see. Brings new meaning to shot in the dark...

This Saturday marks four years since the very first I Love Vinyl party at the Gallery at LPR back in 2009, so we are throwing ourselves a Birthday Party, and you are all invited! To make things more festive, we have invited a few talented friends to join us. Natasha Diggs of Mobile Mondays will be joining us on the decks. And Dee Phunk of Rare Form/Donuts Are Forever  joins us as special guest Master of Ceremonies. Four years is a long time in club land these days, so we feel very lucky to still be here. That wouldn't be possible without you, so, THANK YOU! We look forward to showing you our appreciation the best way we know how... See you Saturday!

Another beautiful set of photos of beautiful people by our beautiful photographer, Seher . This was her first time shooting at the 70 N. 6th Street location, and it was a challenge, since the air conditioning wasn't working, and the place was like a sauna! (Sorry about that, by the way. The ac is 100% fixed and ready to go for this Saturday) But Seher and the crowd were great and we had a great sweaty time. Looking forward to another great one this Saturday, with a little less sweat (just the right amount).

Episode 7 of I Love Vinyl Radio is now up! This time around it was our distinct pleasure to have Alex From Tokyo in the studio with us. He was joined by Scribe, Amir, The Twilite Tone, OP!, Jon Oliver and Shawn Dub. We shared some great music with each other and had a lot of fun. Humor level: adolescent. Intimate knowledge of geography, demographics, and cultural sensitivity was displayed. We practiced our Japanese as well as our French (some of which we begged your pardon for). And Tone praised Swedish pornography in a way that only he could. We laughed, we cried, and at the end of it all, we realized that we are all Japanese.

I Love Vinyl Radio is back with another legendary guest, dj/producer (and all around super nice person) Justin Strauss! He stopped by to play a few records with us and chat about nepotism, bribery, the unlikelihood of bedroom producers getting surprise visits from Luther Vandross, David Bowie's glam rock defection, how NYC club luminaries Francois K. and Larry Levan changed his life, and releasing over 200 remixes, among other not-at-all impressive details. We mainly listened with our mouths hanging open, and sometimes we made sounds that we thought were questions. All in all, we learned a lot and had a great time.