Crate Digging - Crate Kings

$12,500 Record Cabinet by Atocha

September 18, 2008

The Record Cabinet by Atocha Design boasts 6 vinyl drawers, four CD drawers, and comes with a $12,500 price tag. With each piece being custom made to order, each drawer holds 95 LPs upright in soft-touch gliding drawers. Just throw in the $24,000 Avid Acutus reference turntable and you’re ready to roll.

Questlove’s Digital Crate Digging

September 16, 2008

You thought you were the only one having some fun with digital digging? Notable Quote: "Aiight, hit me back in a second. I gotta make a beat man, I’m hyped."

WFMU Record + CD Fair

September 10, 2008

A major digging event is going down! NYC area residents and beyond will need to mark their calendars for this event. The WFMU & CD Fair has a reputation as being an ultra serious digging event with the chance of dramatically improving your collection from a wimpy stack of records into a tasteful vinyl dream. … Read more

Bobbito Garcia Talks Serato + Rejected Organized Konfusion Demo Tape

August 29, 2008

"Pro basketball player, world renowned DJ, music journalist, Rock Steady Crew alumni, actor, magazine publisher, TV & commerical host, author, photographer…" Anyone else feeling lazy?

Jeff Staple presents us with a short piece about one of hip-hop’s favorite true-school figures, Bobbito Garcia, as he talks about the soul of music, Serato, and respect for the original architects. He even digs up a copy of an original Organized Konfusion demo tape that was passed over by Russell Simmons! I can only imagine the history that would have been made with a young Pharoahe Monch signed to Def Jam.

Vinyl Records Bring Across The Humanity

August 28, 2008

Another vid for those needing a vinyl fix… "We’re analog beings… analog creatures."

Record Rama: The Worlds Largest Record Collection (Video)

August 19, 2008August 18, 2008

Record collector, store owner, and archivist Paul Mawhinney is credited as having the largest private record collection in the world. With over 1 million albums and 1 1/2 million singles the Library of Congress estimates that only 17 percent of the music in his archive is available on CD.

DJ Amir & Marc Hype: Rare Records & Crate Digging

August 15, 2008

Don’t ask how we came this older German promo for the King of Digging compilation. Still, I could listen to Amir talk about records for days and can only imagine what his vault looks like.

J-Rocc Speaks On Keeping Time, DJ’ing, And Travel

August 14, 2008

DJ J-Rocc talks about his philosophy behind DJ’ing, his preference for performing in Europe as opposed to the U.S., and Keeping Time. He also shows off a little sample work alongside his stellar DJ skills.

National Vinyl Record Day – August 12th (Invention of Phonograph)

April 16, 2009August 11, 2008

That’s right Crate Kings family… this Tuesday August, 12th we’ll all have the chance to join in and celebrate Vinyl Record Day. Those begging for a bit of trivia will be happy to know that this also happens to be the day that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. According to the Viny Record … Read more

Eliot Lipp Causes Analog Gear & Record Lust

July 29, 2008

Producer Eliot Lipp talks about his start in music and takes us into his studio to show off his crazy collection of analog gear including: Jomox XBase-09 MFB Synth-II Plan B modular synths Atari Synthcart Sequential Circuits Six-Trak Wurlitzer Electric Piano I love his attitude about making music for yourself and completing instrumental compositions. There’s … Read more