2 Bridges Music Arts is easy to miss. Occupying a tiny booth on the second floor of a mall built into the arches of the Manhattan Bridge, on the southeastern edge of Chinatown, the shop has no presence from the street; with its minimal decor and bilingual signage, it feels hidden even when you’ve reached the front door. But to discerning collectors of experimental music, electronic 12”s, anthropological field recordings and other far-out sonic ephemera, the relative newcomer to New York’s vinyl scene – it’s only been in business since November 2016 – is an instant classic. Owner Simon Gabriel Greenberg, a veteran of the crew surrounding East Village digging staple Good Records, wanted to create a place where even the most voracious and adventurous music fans will rub up against the outer reaches of their comfort zones.
