Meaning of crate-dig | Babel Free

Definitions

To shop for vintage, rare, or otherwise obscure recordings, especially by looking through crates containing secondhand merchandise.

ambitransitive, slang

Examples

“Earlier this year, German crate-digging label Analog Africa released a retrospective of Mayorga’s more exploratory electronic works, while a new album of original compositions titled Cumbia Pishcodélica is slated for release in the coming months via Musicoteca Ecuador.”

“There’s definitely a nonzero chance that samples from this record might be found in ’90s releases from DJ Shadow and his fellow crate-digging beat miners.”

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