The last analog generation is mounting a comeback, and they’re spreading the word. Vinyl is cool. As digital fatigue sets in and people tire of being perpetually tethered to screens for both work and leisure, events like Record Store Day 2025 Winter Edition offer a welcome reprieve from AI slop overload and algorithmic monotony.
On Sunday, November 30, On The Jungle Floor partnered with Courtyard in Shanti Nagar, Bengaluru, to host RSD Winter Edition, a day-long celebration of vinyl and all things analog.
The event was organized by On The Jungle Floor, Bangalore’s vinyl record store and music discovery platform that launched as an online shop in 2019 before evolving into a brick-and-mortar destination in Indiranagar. Joining forces was Courtyard’s Middle Room, an intimate analog listening bar distinguished by its carefully curated vinyl archive and high-fidelity sound system designed for immersive, seated listening experiences.
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Lay of the land
The event was divided into two spaces: The Yard housed the analog market and the OTJF vinyl crates, where records spun continuously by OTJF selectors alongside F&B. Upstairs, the Middle Room featured a lineup of DJs through the day.
The front half of the space was a browsing zone with multiple crates of records laid out across genres and eras where you could do some “crate digging”. You could move methodically through sections of records across genres, pleased to find full-sized LPs of you favourite records in their splendid beautiful sleeves. Whether it be Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon or Black Sabbath’s self-titled record, Jeff Buckley’s Grace, or hip-hop blockbusters like Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly. There were OTJF selectors playing selections of records as well.
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Analog Market
The analog market featured some distinctive brands. Kevin from Maachis spoke about their attempt to revive the striking, often overlooked visual art created by workers on matchbox labels, framing the stall as part of a broader resurgence of analog culture. They have collaborated with artist like Sakré and made art featuring artist like Hanunmankind, Vasu Dixit Collective, Zakir Hussain, and Peter Cat Recording Co.
Keda Music showcased its line of electronic tablas, designed in the UK with base models manufactured in India, aimed at bridging traditional percussion and being instruments in their own rights. For analog enthusiasts, there was The Panchrome Project, the analog photography initiative and film store that aims to support and grow the film photography community in India, operating as a supplier of film, chemistry, and analog gear and as a community platform offering workshops, exhibitions, and collaborations.
Editions JOJO, an independent artist-led photobook publisher based in Mumbai, added a strong visual counterpoint with its table of titles. General Items, the design gallery had a stall with their diverse range of items. Present in both their stalls, stood out a bright red tome: Anurag Banerjee’s The Songs of Our People, a Meghalayan music photobook documenting 19 musicians across the state and funded by The Meghalayan Age.
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DJs at the Middle Room
On the first floor was the Middle Room, a vinyl bar and listening room designed for deep, vinyl-led listening, with a tuned analogue sound system, wall-to-wall records and low, wood-and-red interiors that prioritise sonic clarity. Here, the DJ lineup for the day featured Sindhi Curry, Maddwax and Rishi Sippy, who played across a spectrum of groove-led sounds from house, funk and disco to jazz-funk, boogie, and everything in between. Maddwax worked a version and remix of MJ’s “Rock With You” flipping the classic into a dancefloor-focused rework that sat neatly. For F&B, you had brilliant options from Courtyard’s various food venues, alongside stalls by Tokyo Sweets and Nari & Kāge.
The Analog Tax
Vinyl collecting isn’t for the faint of wallet. By the time records navigate global supply chains, import duties, and local markups to reach India, collectors here pay a premium for the privilege.
But cost hasn’t dampened enthusiasm. Krithika from On The Jungle Floor has attended Record Store Day for years as a customer and now finds herself behind the counter. “All these years I’ve been attending RSD as a customer. I love that I get to work with a brand I love,” she said, though she admits she can’t experience the day as a pure fan anymore. On vinyl’s resurgence in India, she observes that “analog is more conscious and curated.” People are becoming more deliberate about how they consume music. That deliberateness was visible through the day. Vinyl is picking up pace perhaps because of what it represents: a choice to opt out of the machine, into something tangible. Music that you can actually hold.
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