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Huntington Beach Store

West Los Angeles Store


Up Close & Personal With Your Favorite Record Store!
interview with Chris Long
  • Store Name?
    Higher Source Records & Gear

  • Owner's Name?
    Chris Long

  • What is your role?
    CEO, President

  • What style of music do you carry?
    We carry all forms of Electronic dance music, House, Trance, Techno, Jungle, Breaks, Hip Hop, Experimental, as well as Reggae and Dancehall.

  • How long have you been working for the company?
    4 years

  • When was your store established?
    1997

  • How many stores?
    Two – West Los Angeles and Huntington Beach, CA

  • Website?
    www.Highersourcemusic.com

  • Where do you play?
    No time to play right now. Focusing on building more Higher Sources

  • What makes your store unique?
    Many things make HS unique, Friendly knowledgeable staff, competitive pricing, large variety of products, the ability to listen to everything in the store, a commitment to bring you the best music at the cheapest price

  • Any hot local 12" you would like to tell the rest of he world about?
    Some local labels worth mentioning , Seasons, Dufflebag, Serious Sounds , and look out for Higher Source Recordings

  • Any dj’s that we might know shop at your store?
    The Neptunes, Funk Master Flex, Strech Little Louie Vega, Dj Sneak, Charles Webster, Jason Blakemore, Drez, , John Tejada, Dan Bell, Thomas Micheal

  • What’s the wildest thing that has happened at the store while you have worked there?
    If I told you I would have to kill you.

  • Does store have turntables for costumer use?

    Both of our stores have 12 custom listening stations equipped with technique turntables and Sony V700 headphones. The listening stations are surrounded by a 500 gallon fish tanks.

  • What type of music are you into?
    House music , Hip Hop, Down Tempo and any thing funky

  • What records are hot for you right now?
    Jaffa- Sneakin, Derrick Carter-I like it funky, Gorrilaz