Staircase to @hardwax_official , a record store on Berlin-Kreuzberg’s picturesque Paul-Lincke- Ufer – and one of the most reputable outlets globally for TECHNO, HOUSE, and DUB. Tucked away from the street in a former factory’s courtyard, #hardwax is both a site of pilgrimage and a seismograph for artists, incubating new talent and sub- genres for more than three decades. Visitors to this fortress of electronic music mostly observe silence, and photography is strongly discouraged – it is a temple, after all. But founder Mark Ernestus breaks the silence here, speaking alongside pillars of Hard Wax for an insiders’ ORAL HISTORY in the current #032c summer issue. 🎵📕 Photo: @christian_werner Characters, in order of appearance: MARK ERNESTUS founder of Hard Wax, member of Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound MAX DAX writer, curator, author of this Hard Wax history JEFF MILLS DJ, producer, founder of Underground Resistance and Axis in Detroit SASCHA KNUDSEN current Hard Wax employee BORIS DOLINSKI famed DJ, former Hard Wax employee GERNOT BRONSERT DJ, member of Modeselektor and Moderat, former Hard Wax employee DJ HELL DJ, producer, former short-term Hard Wax employee ELECTRIC INDIGO DJ, producer, former Hard Wax employee