The vinyl has been back for a long time to be a very appreciated thing. It is not only about those who seek first introvable prints or those who discuss dots and amplifiers, but also those who have started buying records because they want a less distracted relationship with music. At a time when most of the listening passes from playlists and digital platforms, the disc remains an object that forces you to choose, stop, look at a cover, turn one side. Also for this reason he arrives in New York VinylCon!, a fair dedicated to discs and culture of musical collecting.
The event will be held on June 13th and 14th in Industry City, the great complex of Brooklyn that in recent years has become one of the most used places for markets, cultural events and appointments related to food, design and music. It will be the first New York edition of VinylCon!, which in the previous stages has already passed thousands of people from Los Angeles, Denver, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Atlanta. The fair promises not only tables full of vinyl, but also DJ sets, food, drinks and different activities related to music.
In the two days there will be more than 50 sellers from different parts of the United States. For those who collect records, this means above all spending a lot of time browsing through the speakers, looking for reprints, rare editions, albums out of catalog or simply something that was not on the list but still ends up under arm. This also tells us that vinyl still works a lot on casual discovery, unlike streaming, where almost everything is reachable in a few seconds: here research is physical, slow, often disordered. And, therefore, interesting.
VinylCon! does not only focus on the most experienced collectors. The idea is to intercept even those who are now beginning to buy records, maybe after receiving a turntable or after discovering that some albums, listened to in that format, become a different experience. During the weekend there will be DJ sets for the whole day curated by Skeme Richards, DJ and collector known in the musical scene and in the culture of the crow digging, that is the practice of looking for discs between boxes and archives, often looking for samples, rarities or special versions.
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