Description
Like most labors of love, it started out decidedly DIY. Inspired by the golden age of sample-based hip-hop, Rotterdam record fiends Erwin Zimmerman and Michael Engelaan became friends while fervently scouring flea markets in their relentless quest for the vintage soul, funk, jazz and drum breaks employed by their favorite rap artists and producers. Reselling their wares as private dealers, the amateur business went full-on professional in 1998 with the launch of a proper shop, Demonfuzz Records. Demonfuzz may reside on the strip of Rotterdam’s De Nieuwe Binnenweg, affectionately known as “Record Street,” but it quickly separated itself from its peers with the breadth and depth of its ever-expanding stock. Shop regulars include not only celebrated record heads like Madlib, Kenny Dope, DJ Spinna and the Alchemist, but its customer base is really anyone in search of quality soul, funk, jazz, disco, library, Dutch breaks, Italo, techno, reggae and electro.
