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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.
Ben Steidel is a DJ, musician, and co-owner of Brooklyn Record Exchange. Originally from San Francisco, he spent nearly 10 years working at Amoeba Music before relocating to Brooklyn with his band Lemonade. He opened his first store Co-op 87 Records in Greenpoint in 2011, which was re-named Brooklyn Record Exchange upon opening their Bushwick location in 2019. He's a passionate record collector and music head spanning a wide variety of genres and has been a resident DJ at The Lot Radio since 2016.
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MUSIC MENTIONS
**Early days/Influences (:43)**
Amoeba
Hardcore
Top 40
Lemonade (his band)
Dance music
Jefferson Starship
Tears for Fears
Michael Jackson
Weird Al
Nirvana
Grunge
Pearl Jam
**Working at Amoeba (5:20)**
Free Jazz
Merzbow
African Music
Academy
Sonic Youth
The Killers
Def Jux
Cannibal Ox
El-P
**Moving to New York (11:30)**
Salsoul
West End Records
Strictly Rhythm
Nervous Records
House
Disco
Prelude Records
**Starting his own record shop (14:30)**
Mexican Summer
Co-op 87
Brooklyn Record Exchange
**Has streaming affected cratedigging for you? (17:30)**
Spotify
Bandcamp
**Three artists of note you’ve heard for the first time this year (21:30)**
Jess Williamson
Tiro!
Lo-fi house
SPF 50
**Most underappreciated artist from your favorite decade (24:00)**
80s
New Musik
(ELO)
Synth pop
**Notable music community (25:30)**
Record store scene in New York
**Desert island discs (28:25)**
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
McCoy Tyner - Extensions
Bjork - Homogenic
(Helmet)
For the Record || Ben Steidel
01 For the Record || Ben Steidel.mp3
