Sync Primitive · The Crate96 records keyed

THECRATE

Hundreds of records, catalogued out loud by whoever comes round to dig through them.

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The crate · and counting

96 records keyed

Added to every time someone comes to dig. Check back; it grows.

154read aloud
96key + BPM matched
68labels
19832006pressings

How the crate fills

01

You come over and dig.

The crates are open. Pull anything that catches your eye; that's the whole invitation.

02

You read each one out loud.

Artist and title, as you go. A voice note runs in the background. Set the ones you've read to one side.

03

AI files it properly.

Your voice becomes a real catalogue: pressing, label, year, key and BPM. It lands here, searchable.

One rule: don't key the same record twice. If you do, it gets filtered out anyway. The rule just keeps your head in the game.

The idea

A record collection, twenty-odd years in the making. Rather than file it at a keyboard, the filing happens out loud. You dig through the crates, read what you pull, and the recording becomes the catalogue. The dull part turns social.

The diggers

1
RB
Richard Boggon
Did the first proper dig session. Top of the board.
51read · 27 live
2
GR
Grace
Read the trance stack on the 21st — Marco V, Energy 52, the Café Del Mar remixes.
25read · 14 live
3
SH
Shara
Read 24 records; 23 were uniquely new to the master crate.
23read · 23 live
4
TB
T-Bone
Newest in the booth — read a classic trance stack on the 23rd: Gouryella, Energy 52, the Picotto BXR cuts.
19read · 9 live
5
KU
Kumar
Second digger in. Read a stack on the 19th.
15read · 7 live
6
AK
Ankit
Read a hard-trance and Italo-BXR stack on the 29th — Yoji Biomehanika, Bismark, Vincent de Moor, the Oxygen 12s.
15read · 8 live
7
RL
Raul Leeowner · retired
Keyed six to prove it works, then handed over the clipboard.
6read · 8 live

Yes, I'm losing to my own friends. That's the idea. The only way onto this board is to show up and dig.

Latest into the crate

Agnelli & Nelson Hudson Street
11B · Shara · 15 Jul
Chicane feat. Bryan Adams Don't Give Up
5A · Shara · 15 Jul
Agnelli & Nelson Everyday 2002
9B · Shara · 15 Jul
Afterburn North Pole
9A · Shara · 15 Jul
Kamaya Painters Wasteland
4A · Shara · 15 Jul
Ralphie B Massive
6A · Shara · 15 Jul
Tranquility Base Surrender
8B · Shara · 15 Jul

Open to read · invite-only to dig

Keyed by the friends who've dug the crates.

Anyone can read what's in here. Adding to it happens in the room, over a recorder and a coffee. If you've never been round to dig, that's the part you're missing.

Open the records →Next time you're over, you're on recording duty