"SOFT OPENING" MERAKI RECORD STORE & ART CAFE 11.07.2025

🎨🎶"SOFT OPENING"🎨🎶

𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗞𝗜 - Record store & Art Cafe
[pronounced mA-’rak-E ]
(adv) To do something with soul, creativity or love; to put something of yourself into your work.

📍MERAKI, 16 duong so 43,
📍Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
📅 Friday, July 11 2025
🕒 3PM – 10PM

We’re opening our doors — and you’re invited to be part of the first chapter.

Join us this July 11th for the soft launch of MERAKI, a hybrid space where electronic music culture, streetwear, vinyl, art, and good energy come together. From 3PM to 10PM, we’ll be taking over the terrace with a carefully curated line-up only vinyls.

LINE-UP
🎧 Desnuages (Microclimat / Vitamin D / Meraki)
🎧 Dotadeo (The Obsertory)
🎧 Mlir (Studio Barnhus)
🎧 Mr. Eko (Metro)

Dig through records, grab a cold beer or a snack, chill on the terrace, and discover your new creative home base.

Welcome to MERAKI – Concept store, Art, Streetwear, Vinyl, Coffee, Beer, Snack & Electronic music Culture.

Come early. Stay late. Bring good vibes.

🇻🇳 Vietnamese below 🇻🇳

MERAKI RECORD STORE & ART CAFE
11.07.25 | 3:00pm–10:00pm

Chúng tôi mở cửa — và bạn được mời đến để trở thành một phần của chương đầu tiên.

Hãy cùng tham gia vào ngày 11 tháng 7 cho buổi khai trương mềm của MERAKI, một không gian kết hợp giữa văn hóa nhạc điện tử, streetwear, vinyl, nghệ thuật và nguồn năng lượng tích cực. Từ 3pm đến 10pm, chúng tôi sẽ chiếm lĩnh khu terrace với một line-up được tuyển chọn kỹ lưỡng – chỉ chơi vinyl.

LINE-UP
🎧 Desnuages (Microclimat / Vitamin D / Meraki)
🎧 Dotadeo (The Obsertory)
🎧 Mlir (Studio Barnhus)
🎧 Mr. Eko (Metro)

Lật từng bản đĩa vinyl, thưởng thức bia lạnh hoặc món ăn nhẹ, thư giãn ở terrace và khám phá ngôi nhà sáng tạo mới của bạn.

Chào mừng đến với MERAKI – Concept store: Nghệ thuật, Streetwear, Vinyl, Cà phê, Bia, Đồ ăn nhẹ & Văn hóa nhạc điện tử.

Đến sớm. Ở lại lâu. Mang theo vibes thật chill.
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Artists DJ BIOGRAPHY

DESNUAGES [FR/HCMC]
Microclimat / Vitamin D / Meraki Record Store

Music. Art. Culture.
For Nic Desnuages, music is an anchor a driving force behind his relentless dedication to DJing. A vinyl collector, he curates groovy, immersive sets that entrance audiences with fresh, unheard sounds, seamlessly blended with a fluid, water-like technique. Unbound by musical constraints, he crafts hypnotic journeys that transcend genres. With years of experience behind the decks, he has solidified his place among his peers and continues to captivate new audiences.

Beyond the dance floor, his artistic vision extends into ambient technology, weaving deep concepts and atmospheric emotions into his music. Drawn to underground electronic minimalist groovy sounds, he channels their energy into electrifying performances, always returning to the decks to push sonic boundaries. Passionate and uncompromising, Nic Desnuages seeks nothing more than open ears and minds ready to explore the groovy soundscapes he tirelessly curates.

Alongside his personal artistry, Microclimat stands as his flagship event a space where like-minded artists converge to elevate this sonic movement to its full potential, encapsulating the true love story of deep, cutting-edge electronic music.

Resident / Promoter at
"Broma Not A Bar" (Vitamin D)
"Luu Bar Saigon"
"Clay Saigon"
"The Lighthouse, in Vietnam (Saigon).
He continues to shape the deep groove and electronic music scene with his cutting-edge selections and seamless mixing.

SC: soundcloud.com/desnuages
RA: https://ra.co/dj/desnuages
𝖨𝖦: @Desnuages_fr
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DATODEO [FR] The Observatory

Originally from Paris, France, Datodeo has settled in Vietnam nearly18 years ago and
has made Saigon his home. Long-time record collector, he moved his vast collection to Vietnam in the early 2010s and has since spent most of spare time spinning viny around the Country. Datodeo is resident of the Observatory since 2015
Datodeo is a lifelong music lover, plays the piano, and is dedicated jazz-head. His
mixing influences are rooted in fusion in all its forms, from jazz-funk to left field and exotic disco. Datodeo loves exploring and blending eclectic musical landscapes during
his sets, with a predilection for percussive upbeat energy, soulful melodies, afro
rhythms, latin flavours, and house infused grooves. In his club sets Datodeo delves into deeper and intense territories.
Datodeo also digs for Vietnamese music and has collaborated with long term friend Jan Hagenkoetter (Infracom label) to release the three Saigon Supersound
compilations focused on pre-1975 Vietnamese rare grooves. He regularly
performs purely
Vietnamese sets leveraging on his 45s collection of vintage Saigonese music. He also runs the Vietnam Loves Vinyl page on Facebook.
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Mr. Eko (METRØ, VN)

Mr. Eko is resident DJ and curator for METRØ, he’s a dedicated digger with a passion for uncovering hidden gems from the early 90s and the golden era of the 2000s.

His ever-growing collection of dance records highlights forgotten treasures, rare hard-hitters, and overlooked productions from the world’s underground discographies.

Through his deep dives into obscure labels, Mr. Eko consistently delivers sets that celebrate the richness and diversity of dance music history.
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MLiR (Studio Barnhus / SE)
Marco Gegenheimer of MLiR blends organic sounds, samples, and live instruments, releasing genre-defying music on labels like Studio Barnhus. Based in Vietnam, he continues to influence the underground with his 2024 album "Pulpo Fiction.

https://soundcloud.com/m-l-i-r
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