Seth Troxler buys Dave Haslam's vinyl collection
The 4,500-strong vinyl record collection of former Haçienda resident Dave Haslam has been purchased by fellow DJ Seth Troxler.
Haslam will hand over the collection, which includes every record played during his Haçienda residency, to Troxler next month. Troxler, who was voted Resident Advisor’s #1 DJ in the world in 2012, has said of the purchase: "As a 30 year old there is only so much you can read about or hear through friends to imagine what it was like during the heyday of acid house and the Haçienda.
"I think my great joy will be finding new music, hearing things I never knew existed from people forgotten through time. I think it's very important not only to preserve the music but to preserve this collection intact for future generations to enjoy."
Haslam, resident DJ at the legendary Manchester club between 1986 and 1990, said: "When Seth got in touch I was really pleased. The records were bought by me to be played – it's a working DJ's (collection) – and Seth's commitment to music and to vinyl is fabulous.
"There's stuff in there he'll know and love but stuff he'll discover too, and through him, and thanks to him taking them on and playing them out, new audiences will discover them too, and enjoy them."
Speaking to The Skinny earlier this year, at the launch of his British clubbing history Life After Dark, Haslam stated that "the notion that (the past) has the monopoly on good ideas is just totally wrong," saying: "The thing with popular culture, all kinds of culture, is that it doesn’t work unless the young people are allowed their dreams and the tools."