About TurnTable Lab:

Turntable Lab (or known to costumers as "TTL" or "The Lab") was founded in 1999 by Anthony Cattarina, Jasper Goggins, and Peter Hahn. Fresh out of NYU and motivated by numerous negative experiences at stores that sold DJ equipment (both big musical instrument chains and shady Canal Street stereo stores), the trio established TTL in a college apartment with a static HTML site + a 56K modem. Considered the first online store to cater to DJs, TTL built its business and a dedicated customer base on fair pricing (starting with selling Technics 1200s and Shure M447s), informed reviews, and a well-researched selection of “Lab approved” items. TTL would go onto apply their business model to other areas, including vinyl records of all genres, hi-fi audiophile and production equipment, clothing, and books. To bring the TTL experience directly to consumers, they opened their landmark shop in New York City in 2001, which came in at #70 on The Vinyl Factory’s 2017 list, titled “The world’s best record shops.” More recently, TTL launched Line Phono, an audio furniture line designed by vinyl experts and world class architects, and made in the U.S.

Shares Complex, "As they've expanded, TTL has garnered the reputation of being an all-around tastemaker, with influence over musical, style, and design spheres of our global underground. In our age of countless hot-today-gone-tomorrow ventures, Turntable Lab deserves recognition as a truly one-of-a-kind business and a international movement with serious staying power." Adds Diplo, “Turntable Lab not only cradled the current electronic/DJ revolution, it shaped the worldwide scene: from being a tastemaker to giving access to all aspiring artists internationally. I bought my first desktop workstations and sold my first creations from their online shop. The site has always been my trusted gateway to music, art, pop culture, and snapback hats. I wouldn’t have my label [Mad Decent] if they didn’t give me a launching pad and influence for my art.”

After 20+ years, Cattarina and Hahn are still running the company (now operating out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard) with the help of a great staff of DJs, producers, and musicians that uphold the company’s high standard. Plus, TTL publishes a printed music zine (back issues here) and to sign up for their well-curated weekly newsletter, click here. For more info, visit TurntableLab.com and follow @TurntableLab on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.