Artist-and-label-first store. Lossless downloads, deep label catalogs, editorial tags.
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Workflow
Dig by Label
This label keeps being right. What else have they done?
Labels are curated crates that someone else maintains. Working a catalog end to end is the highest hit-rate dig there is.
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The path
- Track
- Label
- Catalog
- Related artists
- Related labels
Step by step
How to run it
Read the catalog in order
Chronology reveals when the label's sound turned, and which era you actually like.
Follow the label where it sells
Bandcamp for lossless and follows, stores for new-release alerts.
Jump to related artists
Recurring names across a catalog are the label's core roster.
Jump to related labels
Those artists' other homes are your next five catalogs.
Toolkit
Everything this workflow uses
The music database. Releases, credits, label catalogs, pressings and a vinyl marketplace.
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The mainstream club store. Fast releases, DJ charts, key and BPM metadata.
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House-focused store: soulful, deep, afro, jackin — plus strong DJ charts.
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Broad digital catalog across dance genres, with generous previews.
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