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Tag: Crate Digging
RecordRadar turns your e-digging into crate digging
The web app integrates your Spotify music and finds records near you to buy from Discogs.
E-Digging and Crate Digging: A Collection of Posts
Find resources and inspiration with our e-digging/crate digging article collection.
Point Blank’s Guide to Sampling: History, Development & Techniques
We have a special guest editorial from Point Blank Electronic Music School and it’s all about sampling.
Crate Capers: Nice, France
It’s been a while but our latest edition of Crate Capers comes from Nice, on the south coast of France.
Discogs Launch VinylHub, A Database For The World’s Record Stores
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 …
Forgotify, The New Tool For Sampling Inspiration
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.
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Sculpting Sound – The Art Of Vinyl Mastering
Witness the work that goes into making records with this mini documentary about the art of vinyl mastering.
VIDEO: First Word Records – Nothing Leaves The House
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’ …
VIDEO: Black Milk On Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette
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 …
Crate Capers: Birmingham
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 …
Buzzfeed’s 24 Things You Should Know Before Starting A Vinyl Collection
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 …
Leftover Links #13: Rare Grooves, White Labels And Crate Digging
Our latest edition of Leftover Links is dedicated to those rare grooves and crate digging exploits from the interwebz.
VIDEO: Jonwayne’s Exploded Drawing Weekend In Houston
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 …
Sampleface Question Time: Which Vinyl Record Is The Most Valuable In Your Collection?
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 …
The Top 26 Places For “Online Crate Digging”
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).
VIDEO: RKZ – Find You
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 …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: DJ Babu On Crate Diggers
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 …
Record Store Day UK Pushes Vinyl Album Sales Up 60%
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 …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Scratch DVD – Digging In The Crates
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 …