Listening Bars / Thailand
Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Thailand
12 rooms across 3 cities — combo shops where buying and listening share a space.
Bangkok
- Baa Records
Songkhla-rooted crew excavating overlooked Thai disco, funk and synth-pop from the 70s-90s, active in leading legal vinyl reissues of vintage Thai recordings; now also at Entertainment Project.
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- FORMAT BKK
Ari-neighbourhood music and lifestyle hub grown from turntable label Gadhouse's DNA, curating off-mainstream Thai and international releases plus immaculate 60s-90s secondhand finds.
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- HAVE YOU HEARD? Records
Listening bar and record shop opened 2021 by the promoters behind Maha Rasop festival, indie and alternative anchoring the racks alongside soul, funk, hip-hop, house and techno.
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- Recordoffee
Two Charoen Krung shophouses of espresso and analogue crackle in Talat Noi, an authorised Technics and Gadhouse dealer where staff will spin any record you buy on the in-house system.
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- Recoroom Vinyl & Vintage Audio
Small record shop doubled as a cafe near Ekkamai, born from owner Khun O's overflowing personal collection of soul, funk, blues and rock; every record gets play-tested before you buy.
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- Vinyl & Toys
24-hour Lat Phrao cafe-slash-toy-museum with 500+ vinyl records lining the walls, vintage action figures, Sega consoles and a rare-record corner tucked among the collectibles.
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Chiang Mai
- Anglo Siam Records
Coffee shop and record store in one on Loi Kroh Road, a strong selection of classic Thai records and Thai funk alongside good coffee.
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- Deaf Shop
Chiang Mai's first vinyl listening bar and record shop, in the Old Town, run by DJ Laurens and artist Mum; eclectic sets running hip-hop, funk, indie, punk, afro-jazz and reggae by night. OSM lead.
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- Noomtaofire Record
Second-floor outlet inside boutique Lonewanderer near the Ping River, secondhand and new releases across all genres plus an in-house cafe for a drip coffee while you dig.
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- Record Room by Hifi.day
Nimman basement shop tucked under Think Park, thrift-store aesthetic mixing secondhand sneakers, clothes and a small well-curated stack of records; formerly known as HiFi.Day at Back2nd.CNX.
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- The Toys Club
Retro Japanese-toy cafe by day, cocktail bar by night, with owner DJ Bird's jazz, funk and city pop vinyl for browsing (and a few select records for sale) plus nightly guest DJs.
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Phuket
- AMP Listening Bar (Analogue Me Phuket)
Japanese-listening-bar-inspired vinyl bar in Bang Tao: a large curated vinyl collection played by owner Rob on a dedicated analogue sound system, alongside cocktails and wine. Reopened at this Landmark address after a within-Bang Tao relocation.
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