Slow Life’s Paul Kahanovitz answers 10 questions Owner Paul’s story might have started with stealing records…
Slow Life’s Paul Kahanovitz answers 10 questions
Owner Paul’s story might have started with stealing records…
Last updated: Friday, 25 July 2025
If you don’t know Slow Life Records, you’d be forgiven, as the record store is easy to miss. Long, narrow, and packed with vinyls, it's tucked into a tiny nook between Jane Valken and Big Blue on Kalk Bay Main Road. The store is almost as charming as its owner Paul Kahanovitz.
Paul Kahanovitz (left), the founder of Slow Life Records, with Jonathan Butler popping by. Image: Slow Life Records
1. What’s something no one knows about you?
I was arrested and spent a night in jail in 1982 for stealing a record, Ghost in the Machine by The Police, from OK Bazaars in Sandton City. I thought I was slick with it. I put the record inside my trench coat. I wasn’t. A night behind bars really does something to a person.
2. Where did your love for music
