Kemuri Hi-Fi is tucked beneath 1 Queen Street in Commercial Bay, Auckland: a basement lounge built around vinyl, whisky, cocktails and Champagne. It draws from Japanese jazz kissa culture without turning into a museum piece. The room is intimate, low-lit, and designed for seated listening.
The official story names a bespoke high-fidelity sound system by Tub’s Audio, acoustic treatment, and records curated from Vee’s personal collection. That is enough to treat the sound as part of the architecture, not just part of the branding.
Local coverage also points to vinyl-led programming and a room that has become a serious late-night music address in Auckland. Kemuri is for people who want a proper cocktail bar with serious playback: rare whisky, records on the wall, a tuned room, and enough social energy to keep it from becoming too reverent.