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Notes from the crate
Digging, gear and the records algorithms won't show you.
DJ TOOLS
The Camelot wheel, explained properly
Harmonic mixing without the mysticism: what the numbers actually mean, and the three moments when ignoring them makes the better mix.
24 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
DIGGING · 18 Jul 2026 · 9 min
How to actually crate dig online
Discogs filters, wantlist tricks and the searches that surface records nobody has got round to listing yet.
VINYL · 11 Jul 2026 · 8 min
What makes a record rare (and what just makes it expensive)
Pressing counts, test pressings and why the Discogs "have" number tells you more than the asking price ever will.
DIGGING · 03 Jul 2026 · 6 min
Reading a track by feel, not by genre
Energy, groove, mood and texture — the four things that actually decide whether two records work next to each other.
GENRES · 26 Jun 2026 · 11 min
Detroit techno: a starting crate
Twelve records that explain the sound, why they still sound ahead, and where to find them without paying collector prices.
DJ TOOLS · 19 Jun 2026 · 5 min
Your BPM is lying to you
Half-time, swing, and why the number your software shows is at best half the story about how fast a record feels.
DIGGING · 12 Jun 2026 · 7 min
Building a warm-up set that isn't boring
Low energy does not mean low interest. How to hold a room before midnight without either emptying it or spending the headliner’s ammunition.
GENRES · 05 Jun 2026 · 8 min
Ethio jazz, library music and other rabbit holes
Where diggers go when techno stops surprising them — and how those detours come back into the club.