A Minidisc, a Pioneer 200 and One Email. I never planned to become a DJ. I didn’t have the money for it, the connections, or the right surname.

Today I got the urge to remind myself what's hiding in my vinyl archive. No plan, no tracklist prepared in advance — just a random dig through boxes of records I haven't touched in a while.

I didn’t grow up wealthy. My story with vinyl is rooted in secondhand crates, patience, and a love for records that no algorithm can replicate.

From the beginning, it’s been a curatorial project where every record must first pass through ears, hands, and eyes before appearing on the web. The selection isn’t based on algorithms, trends, or what’s currently selling best.

Gen Z’s enthusiasm for vinyl has pushed the format from its longtime “revival” status into the successfully “revived” category, according to a new survey by the Vinyl Alliance calling the generation the “driving force” in vinyl’s popularity.

For collectors, DJs, and electronic music enthusiasts, the book “Kraftwerk” by Uwe Schütte is an ideal resource – it combines a thorough biography of the band, analysis of their musical style and visual identity.

The latest statistics from the IMS Business Report 2025 showed how the global electronic music industry is currently valued at $12.9bn (£10.2bn), a six percent year-on-year increase from the previous year.

Moonchild by Peter Kir was first released as a digital version and now is coming out as an EP in a limited edition of 10 copies only.

It seems unlikely, but it works through straightforward engineering that, even 77 years after Columbia Records launched the first 12-inch LP at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in June 1948, still feels worth understanding properly.

Small preview of the vinyl recordings that will soon be online at www.divertrecords.sk