Kismet Creative Center

Kismet Creative Center Record shop

We are located inside The Wink incubator in Dutchtown. After 4 years it became apparent we could no longer afford to keep the space open.

Kismet Creative Center started as a record store and art gallery best known for its use as a venue for small acts touring the country. Together, my partner and I provided a space to foster creative pursuits and support local artists. Approximately 2 years later, I came across a small record store not far from where Kismet used to be and found the owner in need of more stock. From there, I built a

friendship with the owners and began my consignment. Although it was a downsize from what Kismet used to be, it felt good to reconnect with my passion for music and be able to share that with the public, particularly on Cherokee Street. Kismet ran in that location from 2019-2023. In April, 2023, Kismet once again moved it's operation from Cherokee to Dutchtown, where our business currently resides. We are located inside of The Wink incubator space at 3302 Meramec. Some of what you will find in our store will be new or reissued shoegaze, psych-rock, library music and soundtracks, slowcore, strange or experimental releases, and indie albums. We pride ourselves on being more focused on what inspires us at any given moment rather than on a certain genre, and we hope you can get a taste of that passion when you come and shop our store. Now, we have access to a venue around the corner to our shop where we've begun the process of booking shows again. If you have records you're ready to part with, please come see us for cash or trade.

Booze on the radar.Come sip and shop.While supplies last, just ask.
06/06/2026

Booze on the radar.

Come sip and shop.

While supplies last, just ask.

Another day of soundtracking stillness. Yesterday we went down the city pop rabbit hole. Today, we're going to blast som...
06/06/2026

Another day of soundtracking stillness.

Yesterday we went down the city pop rabbit hole.

Today, we're going to blast some Hammock, trip out to some Discovery Zone, and lay low with Cassie Ramone.

If you need to soundtrack your stillness we have the supplies.

Here 11 to 5

all the way at the back inside of The Wink...

Drop in.

Ted Lucas to start the day off in a psych / yacht way. I have my first cig. Huge dopamine dump. A little something ambi...
06/05/2026

Ted Lucas to start the day off in a psych / yacht way.

I have my first cig. Huge dopamine dump.

A little something ambient from Eluvium after that.

No big announcement. No sale. No event.

Just another Friday at Kismet Records.

Find us in The Wink, all the way at the back.

Open till 5.

Brave the Cave.We're way in the back. Open Thurs-Sun.
06/04/2026

Brave the Cave.

We're way in the back.

Open Thurs-Sun.

Went down memory lane about the heyday of hardcore punk with Mike today before he left with our last copy of Gigi Masin'...
05/31/2026

Went down memory lane about the heyday of hardcore punk with Mike today before he left with our last copy of Gigi Masin's Movement.

It's nice to geek out over shared history and still stay open enough to find new things.

Halfway through Sunday. Rain coming down.  Traffic's gone quiet. One thing I don't talk about much is how strange the st...
05/31/2026

Halfway through Sunday.

Rain coming down.  Traffic's gone quiet.

One thing I don't talk about much is how strange the street can get. There's always a rotating cast of characters wandering through Dutchtown, so most days I just hunker down in the shop and let the neighborhood do its thing outside.

Meanwhile, we've got The Album Leaf drifting through the speakers. Good soundtrack for a gray afternoon.

Plenty of records to dig through if you're looking for somewhere dry to disappear for a while. Here till 5.

It's the last day of the last weekend of the month. As far as good days to come check us out go, today is one of them. T...
05/31/2026

It's the last day of the last weekend of the month. As far as good days to come check us out go, today is one of them.

The new arrivals are taking up space. The used section is stacked. Something good is probably waiting for you in here.

Open till 5. Come dig.

Another Saturday at hand. Currently the new Lovlesliescrushing reissue is cued up and filling the shop with a shimmery ...
05/30/2026

Another Saturday at hand. Currently the new Lovlesliescrushing reissue is cued up and filling the shop with a shimmery haze.

Out front I try to play more accessible stuff than inside. From outside, we might appear to be a new-wave or a yacht rock shop. Inside is a totally different vibe.

Tons of new stuff taking up space. The used is stacked, to boot. Come get your hands on some of it.

Here till 5.

New Arrivals 5/29/26 Hammock — sweeping, shimmering psychedelic awe inspired by a youthful trip. David Torn — ECM experi...
05/28/2026

New Arrivals 5/29/26

Hammock — sweeping, shimmering psychedelic awe inspired by a youthful trip.

David Torn — ECM experimentalism meets visceral ambient drift.

Cathy Hamer — gentle country with a slight yacht-rock bent. Private pressing via Numero.

Lovesliescrushing — hissy 4-track ambient shoegaze for interdimensional travel.

The Album Leaf — 20th anniversary ambient post-rock meditation on time.

Discovery Zone — Berlin planetarium soundtrack energy; abandoned arcade nostalgia.

Gigi Masin — melancholic MIDI, liminal grooves, deep ambient aquatics. Only two copies.

Ted Lucas — psychedelic folk / near-yacht retrospective from an overlooked Detroit genius.

Eluvium — post-classical reflections on tiny ecosystems amid modern collapse.

DIIV — Oshin back in stock for the shoegaze heads.

Whoa. Meramec right now.One of those strange suspended Sundays.Not a single car parked along the stretch.Still blasting ...
05/24/2026

Whoa. Meramec right now.

One of those strange suspended Sundays.

Not a single car parked along the stretch.

Still blasting psych reissues into the vacuum anyway.

Got to.

At least you won’t have any trouble finding parking today.

Address

3302 Meramec Street
St. Louis, MO
63118

Opening Hours

Thursday 2pm - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+13035245729

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