Intergroove Goes Bust
Just received an email from Melyss with a link to this article about the closing of London based distribution company Intergroove UK: DJmag.com Dance News: Intergroove Goes Bust “Dance music labels, vinyl lovers, and record shops are today mourning the death of one of the world’s biggest dance music distributors.” Intergroove distributed many labels, including a large lot of some very fine breakbeat labels: 10 Kilo, Audio Bug, BoomBox, Burrito, Chi, Deep Cuts, Fat, Finger Lickin’, Functional, Jalapeno, Kilowatt, Lab-Rok, Lot 49, Marine Parade, Menu Music, Mile High, Mob, Money Shot, Punk Funk, Release, Spin Out, Splank, Streetwise, Supercharged, Tagsta, TCR, Thrust, Vertical Sound. This is pretty shocking news. Yes, i understand that the world is becoming more and more digital & yes, it’s part of the evolution of things & yes, i’m sure those of us who are still die-hard vinyl junkies will eventually adapt. The sheer number of artists and labels that will be affected by this, however, is considerably large–especially for the breaks scene. A sad day, in many regards. More thoughts on this soon.
