The owner of Bristol’s Idle Hands says he is ‘overwhelmed’ by the support he’s received since announcing the closure of the specialist dance music record shop. Chris Farrell launched Idle Hands in 2011 in the old Rooted Records on Gloucester Road before moving to City Road in St Pauls in 2017.
But Chris has decided not to renew the lease on the City Road premises and the shop is due to close later this month. He hopes to find a new site but until then the business will continue online.
DJ Chris started Idle Hands as a record label in 2009 but it gradually became a record shop specialising in dance music. Chris says the aim of the shop was always to represent the thriving dance music scene in the city by supporting local artists, labels and DJs – whilst also having an international perspective of stocking and reaching out to music producers from around the world.
