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      On Sonic Speakeasies, Listening Cafés, and Vinyl Bars in Montreal

      Sound, silence, and experience: Listening in on conversations with the audiophiles driving Montreal's sonic spaces.

      ParIvy Lerner-Frank

      31 octobre 2023 · 5 min de lecture

      On sonic speakeasies, listening cafés, and vinyl bars in Montreal
      A look inside VinoDisco, bar in Montreal's Red Light District. | Photograph: Bruno Aïello-Destombes

      In the beginning, there’s the sound. And then there’s the beautiful object itself. 

      “A record is just more tactile,” says DJ Jojo Flores, owner of Little Burgundy’s Café Gotsoul that houses 15,000 records and counting in the café’s basement.

      Flores, a renowned DJ with international name recognition, has been collecting since his teenage years, when he would go with his dad, a mobile DJ, to buy records across the city.  

      “When you put on an album, you’re listening to the story of the artist, as opposed to listening to just one chapter. And each album has its own character,” says Flores. 

      That’s the feeling shared by some of the city’s most dedicated vinyl-lovers. Their self-proclaimed obsessions have led them to collecting discs, turntables, amps, and speakers — and because they want to spread the love, they’ve opened up cafés, listening rooms, and bars all over town.

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      On Sonic Speakeasies, Listening Cafés, and Vinyl Bars in Montreal

      Sound, silence, and experience: Listening in on conversations with the audiophiles driving Montreal's sonic spaces.

      ParIvy Lerner-Frank

      31 octobre 2023 · 5 min de lecture

      On sonic speakeasies, listening cafés, and vinyl bars in Montreal
      A look inside VinoDisco, bar in Montreal's Red Light District. | Photograph: Bruno Aïello-Destombes

      In the beginning, there’s the sound. And then there’s the beautiful object itself. 

      “A record is just more tactile,” says DJ Jojo Flores, owner of Little Burgundy’s Café Gotsoul that houses 15,000 records and counting in the café’s basement.

      Flores, a renowned DJ with international name recognition, has been collecting since his teenage years, when he would go with his dad, a mobile DJ, to buy records across the city.  

      “When you put on an album, you’re listening to the story of the artist, as opposed to listening to just one chapter. And each album has its own character,” says Flores. 

      That’s the feeling shared by some of the city’s most dedicated vinyl-lovers. Their self-proclaimed obsessions have led them to collecting discs, turntables, amps, and speakers — and because they want to spread the love, they’ve opened up cafés, listening rooms, and bars all over town.

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