ABOUT US

‘ONCE MORE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE’

AFTER YEARS OF BUYING AND SPINNING RECORDS, I FOUNDED KANINHAL, AN INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE WHICH SPECIALISES IN PUSHING FORWARD-THINKING ELECTRONIC MUSIC, WITH A LEANING TOWARD TECHNO AND AMBIENT GENRES.

TECHNO WAS MY FIRST GREAT MUSIC OBSESSION AND I SPENT MANY YEARS OF MY YOUTH ON DANCEFLOORS ACROSS THE GLOBE. I ALSO SPENT HOURS COLLECTING (AND ORGANISING) TECHNO RECORDS AND MIXES, READING BOOKS AND WATCHING DOCUMENTARIES. 

I LOVED THE RAW DIY SOUND OF EARLY 90S TECHNO, PIONEERED BY THOSE FROM DETROIT, GERMANY AND BELGIUM. IN THE 2010S I FOLLOWED THE RISE OF DEEPER, MORE HYPNOTIC SOUNDS FROM PRODUCERS IN SWEDEN, ITALY AND BEYOND AND MORE RECENTLY I HAVE ENJOYED THE RISE OF FASTER SOUNDS, ESPECIALLY DJS SUCH AS SETAOC MASS AND MARRON. 

AS I GREW OLDER, MY TASTES BROADENED AND I LOOKED TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT MUSICAL AVENUES. IN MY MID-TWENTIES I STARTED COLLECTING AMBIENT RECORDS AND THIS STYLE HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF MY LISTENING EVER SINCE.

I AIM TO OFFER A MIX OF GENRES HERE AT KANINHAL, FROM DANCEFLOOR READY TECHNO, HOUSE, ELECTRO AND MINIMAL, TO THOSE MORE SUITABLE FOR HOME LISTENING OR INTIMATE GATHERINGS, SUCH AS AMBIENT OR DOWNTEMPO AND BALEARIC.

I LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN ‘GOING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE’ OF FINDING NEW MUSIC AND SHARING IT WITH PEOPLE - HOPEFULLY YOU FIND SOMETHING HERE THAT HITS THAT MUSICAL SWEET SPOT.

ALWAYS KEEN TO HEAR FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY IF IT’S POINTING ME IN THE DIRECTION OF A NEW LABEL / ARTIST OR RELEASE. 

JONNY