Sinchon since 1991. A small room, and the memory of Korean indie kept in it.

Shop: 향음악사
Address: Sinchon, Seodaemun-gu
Town: Seoul, South Korea
Established: 1991
Formats: Vinyl, CDs, Cassette
Crates: Indie, Rock, Punk, Pop, Folk, Electronic
In the shop: In-store gigs
Opening hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-20:00

Hyang Music has been in Sinchon since 1991, which in the context of Korean record retail is close to forever - it opened before the indie scene it now documents existed. The room is small and packed floor to ceiling with CDs, LPs and cassettes, heavy on domestic and foreign independent bands, and it carries live albums you cannot get anywhere else because the shop is where they were sold. The kind of shop a scene keeps its own records in