Big Mall Houses Treasure

Singapore, a haven for huge shopping malls, has one of the world’s best kept secrets: a treasure trove for record collectors.

Singapore is a city some consider a candy store for record collectors, where lots of good selections of foreign records can be found easily. It has record shops that are part of international chains, something that you won’t find in Jakarta.

Despite famous record shops, there are always small shops that can fulfill your future needs for good records. In Singapore, only a two-hour flight from Jakarta, you also have Roxy Music. This small record shop only takes up a 25 square-meter space in a small shopping mall called the Excelsior Shopping Centre, and its hard to find, but considered heaven on earth to the devoted. Many customers are not walk-in, ordering instead from home.

In Roxy Music, you can find rare and collectable items and vinyl. Conversation with the shop’s keepers is also a highlight – apparently they know everything about music.