Dexter Colt opens Lifted Trax record store in Singapore

There's a new record store in Singapore, and it ships across Asia. Lifted Trax has set up on the third floor of a shophouse at 25 Lorong Telok, #03-01, right in the middle of the city's music and nightlife district.

The store pairs a curated secondhand collection spanning dance and electronic, ambient and new age, reggae and dancehall, jazz, soul, disco and rare groove.

Its new-release wall focuses on artists and labels from across Asia alongside independent dance music from North America and Europe.

There's also vinyl care gear, turntable accessories, incense and zines on the shelves.

With shipping across the region, the store's full catalogue, secondhand and new, is now reachable from Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta or Hong Kong as easily as from Lorong Telok.

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Lifted Trax is founded by Jordan Glick, better known as Dexter Colt, who runs the labels Darker Than Wax and Super Enjoy. He left a corporate music industry career to open the store; an idea that took shape during a trip to Japan in May 2025.

"The idea had been kicking around in my head for a while. Then I was in Japan for some gigs, and all my free time between shows was spent digging — Revelation Time, Rare Groove and Compufunk in Osaka, Mole Music in Nara, Rana Musica and Ella Records in Tokyo. Something about talking to the owners and spending hours in those rooms made me realise record shops are my favourite spaces in the world. I came home extremely inspired and started working on Lifted Trax straight away," he shares.

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A good chunk of the secondhand stock comes straight from Singapore's own dance music history. "I get most excited when records sourced from an older DJ's collection get picked up by a younger DJ," he says.

“This physical object that was moving dancefloors in Singapore twenty, thirty years ago is getting a new life, and will continue to be part of the city’s dance music culture. That perpetuation of musical heritage, in such a tangible way, is one of the main reasons I love records,” he adds.

The plans don't stop at the shop floor; Lifted Trax is set to run in-store events, club nights around the city, and its own record labels down the line.

Amira Waworuntu is Mixmag Asia’s Managing Editor, follow her on Instagram.

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