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Technology

Build your own LEGO record cleaner

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis

Want to build a low-tech ultrasonic record cleaner? LEGO!

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Sampling

RecordRadar turns your e-digging into crate digging

May 3, 2019December 1, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
RecordRadar turns your e-digging into crate digging

The web app integrates your Spotify music and finds records near you to buy from Discogs.

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Sampling

E-Digging and Crate Digging: A Collection of Posts

October 25, 2017December 10, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
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Find resources and inspiration with our e-digging/crate digging article collection.

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Sampling

Point Blank’s Guide to Sampling: History, Development & Techniques

August 31, 2016January 19, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis

We have a special guest editorial from Point Blank Electronic Music School and it’s all about sampling.

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Music

Crate Capers: Nice, France

August 21, 2015December 10, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis

It’s been a while but our latest edition of Crate Capers comes from Nice, on the south coast of France.

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Music

Discogs Launch VinylHub, A Database For The World’s Record Stores

October 16, 2014September 26, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

Record catalogue website Discogs have created a database for record stores around the world called VinylHub. Whatever you might think about Discogs in the perspective of offline record stores, perhaps this will change your mind. The catalog site has launched VinylHub, a database of record stores from all over the globe. There are currently more …

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Sampling

Forgotify, The New Tool For Sampling Inspiration

August 10, 2014December 10, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
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Over 4 million Spotify songs have never been played. Here’s how Forgotify uses those songs and how you can use them for sampling inspiration.

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Music

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Sculpting Sound – The Art Of Vinyl Mastering

May 10, 2014April 12, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis

Witness the work that goes into making records with this mini documentary about the art of vinyl mastering.

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Video

VIDEO: First Word Records – Nothing Leaves The House

April 23, 2014November 22, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

Watch as Tall Black Guy, Eric Lau and kidkanevil rifle through Mr Thing’s vast record collection for samples to use on a special First Word Records release for Record Store Day. We all hope you enjoyed Record Store Day on Saturday. If you were one of the lucky ones to pick up First Word Records’ …

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Video

VIDEO: Black Milk On Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette

March 27, 2014November 22, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

Black Milk takes part in Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette series and makes something dope out of three (well, two) random records he picked blindfolded. I’m gonna level with you guys – I LOVE Black Milk, so when I found out he was appearing on Rhythm Roulette, I went a little crazy. Of course I wasn’t …

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Sampling

Crate Capers: Birmingham

March 24, 2014October 18, 2015 by Sampleface

Crate Capers sees dynamic crate digging duo Luke and Gemma scouring the country for the best record spots. As part of a new series for Sampleface, your intrepid editor Luke Davis and his cohort Gemma Day are making their way across the UK, dissecting a comprehensive map of crate digging hotspots and rooting out the …

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Music

Buzzfeed’s 24 Things You Should Know Before Starting A Vinyl Collection

December 28, 2013September 26, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

Everyone’s favourite website Buzzfeed give their selection of 24 things you should know before starting a vinyl collection. We’ve discussed the resurgence of vinyl records on a number of occasions and it seemed fitting that Buzzfeed, one of the biggest sites on the internet right now, would jump on the vinyl steam train and give …

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Music

Leftover Links #13: Rare Grooves, White Labels And Crate Digging

December 2, 2013December 1, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis
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Our latest edition of Leftover Links is dedicated to those rare grooves and crate digging exploits from the interwebz.

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Video

VIDEO: Jonwayne’s Exploded Drawing Weekend In Houston

August 14, 2013November 22, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

This is what happens when Jonwayne spends a weekend in Houston crate digging and playing Smash Bros on the N64. We’d love to spend our weekends gaming and jamming with other producers but alas we’re stuck doing other things. Jonwayne joined soundfounder and others as part of a weekend organised by Exploded Drawing, a Texas-based …

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Music

Sampleface Question Time: Which Vinyl Record Is The Most Valuable In Your Collection?

July 24, 2013September 26, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

Sampleface Question Time returns with a question involving our most valuable vinyl records. A few weeks ago, we opened an Ask.fm account for you to send us some questions. Today, we’ve continued with our second question for Sampleface Question Time but our first from Ask.fm. We managed to gather up some answers from the team …

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Sampling

The Top 26 Places For “Online Crate Digging”

July 19, 2013January 10, 2021 by Luke Alex Davis

While we always head to the record store to go crate digging, you can always find some gems digging online. Here are 26 great “spots” courtesy of Hip Hop Rally (RIP).

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Video

VIDEO: RKZ – Find You

June 18, 2013November 24, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

Sampleface’s RKZ drops the visuals for new track “Find You”, off his upcoming SOULar EP. Summer is only a few days away (officially), so what better way to celebrate the solstice than dip into a new summery video by RKZ? The UK singer-songwriter and new contributor to the site dropped the visuals last night along …

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Hip Hop

SATURDAY MATINÉE: DJ Babu On Crate Diggers

April 27, 2013November 8, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis

DJ Babu talks about his record collection for this week’s Saturday Matinée. Dilated Peoples‘ DJ Babu joins the illustrious crew of vinyl collectors in the latest edition of Fuse TV’s Crate Diggers. Part of the World Famous Beat Junkies, the Filipino-American DJ/producer gave an insight into his chaotic collection as well as some stories attached …

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Music

Record Store Day UK Pushes Vinyl Album Sales Up 60%

April 24, 2013November 18, 2020 by Luke Alex Davis

Record Store Day 2013 in the UK broke the album sales record previously set last year. For those of you who bought new albums for Record Store Day last weekend, you’ve just helped break a record. The guys behind RSD announced today the final results from this year’s event held on 20th April, with indie …

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Music

SATURDAY MATINÉE: Scratch DVD – Digging In The Crates

April 6, 2013November 8, 2019 by Luke Alex Davis
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Check out this clip from Scratch featuring Jazzy Jay, Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow, amongst others, going through their crate digging exploits. This is only 9 minutes long, but it should entice you to get the whole documentary. In 2002, a documentary called Scratch was released all about DJing, vinyl and digging, some of the …

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