Home Grown: ‘Music is my life’

Because every record collection has a story.

Home Grown is our series profiling you lot and your excellent record collections. Taking our cue from the brilliant submissions to the #VFRecordCollections thread on Instagram, we want to share a little of your hard-earned love for vinyl with the world.

Each week, we’ll be profiling a different collector from around the world and finding out what makes them tick. Want in? Send us a pic and a few words about your collection to social@thevinylfactory.com

Name: Christos Exarchopoulos

Location: Thessaloniki, Greece

Instagram: @chrisexberlin

# of records (approx.): 4,000

How long have you been collecting for? Over 20 years

What part of your set-up are you most proud of?

My MK2 turntables which I’ve had for 20 years.

What record(s) are you most proud of?

I’m proud of the diversity of my collection: Bowie, Sun Ra, and Aphex Twin, Fela, Arthur Verocai, Vangelis, J Dilla, to name a few. You can find Brazilian and Afro classics, also free jazz, soul, funk, soundtracks and most of all electronic and greek composers.

What does your record collection mean to you?

It’s the only thing I still collect after all these years with the same passion. Music is my life.