Published
Thu, Feb 22, 2024, 00:01
- Specialising in old Indian music and rare groove, the store plans to host listening sessions and workshops.
Indian music archivist Nishant Mittal, who DJs as Digging In India, has opened a record shop in New Delhi.
Named after his alias, the one-room store opened its doors on February 18th and is primarily stocked with Mittal's vast personal collection. It includes Indian music of various genres and languages, including Bollywood, Tamil film soundtracks, disco, ghazals, qawwali, Hindustani classical, Carnatic and Bengali folk. A section of Indian spoken word, comedy and film dialogues is specially curated for sample heads and beatmakers.
Rare groove records from Japan, the Middle East, Africa and Singapore are also available, plus rock, disco and pop. The store eventually plans to host intimate listening sessions and workshops, as well as artist meet and greets.
"We want to promote vinyl culture and make vinyl more accessible and less intimidating for newcomers," Mittal told Resident Advisor. The shop is meant to be an open space for "seasoned collectors, occasional buyers and starter-level crate diggers or someone who's only curious about the world of vinyl."
As a collector, radio host and selector, Mittal has long focused on overlooked Indian music. His radio shows have been broadcasted on boxout.fm, NTS Radio and others.
Digging In India - Vinyl Records & Collectibles is open every day from 12 through 7 PM. For updates, check out the store's Instagram.
Here are some more pictures of the shop.
