Radio LBB: Crate Digging

Five years ago was a weird time. We were all trying to adjust to a new way of living staying at home and communicating through Zoom. Everything went digital.

During those lockdown years, we had no artists on tour and no way to share music other than impersonal hyperlinks. The real connection to music wasn’t there and ultimately that’s why we do this job isn’t it? So in 2021 we at Concord Label Group devised Crate Digging, a platform for our clients to pick two records from past and present that we’d send to them for their listening pleasure.

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​Over four years later and with 45 episodes on LBB and counting, we felt it was time to make Crate Digging a live and in-person night for one-night only where you could all take your picks from Concord’s family of labels. Held at the brilliant Next Door Records Two in Stoke Newington and in partnership with the UK and EU Guild of Music Supervisors, this was a night for all music supervisors, clients, labels, and publishers to come together for drinks, food, and to ultimately dig through our catalogue, discover some hidden gems, and take home your favourites.

Top 10 stats of your musical (and alcoholic) orders from the night:

- 105 x We’ve-Got-No-Budget-But-It’s-Really-Good-Exposure Margaritas*

- 64 x Mother F*ckin Negronis

- 43 x One-Stop Spritzes

- Nine x Robert Glasper - Black Radio III (Loma Vista Recordings)

- Eight x Idris Muhammad - Black Rhythm Revolution (Craft Recordings)

- Eight x Hermanos Gutiérrez - Sonido Cosmico (Easy Eye Sound)

- Seven x Tinariwen – Aman Iman / Idiwan: Companions (Craft Recordings)

- Six x Nubya Garcia – Source / Odyssey (Concord Jazz)

- Five x DIIV - Frog In Boiling Water (Fantasy Records)

- Five x Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (Craft Recordings)

*The people have spoken; no more cuts to music budgets!

Massive appreciation to Jeremy Newton, Dhamirah Coombes, Will Quiney, and Zoë Bryant for DJing for everyone and spending time putting together some huge sets comprising of only the best from Concord Label Group.

Big shout out to Tireoluwa Ajayi and Luke Steward for being a fantastic team and all their work in bringing this night to you. Literally would not have happened without these two.

And finally thank you to all that joined us and picking out some great f*cking records.

Here’s a playlist of some of the highlights from the DJs sets and the top ordered albums by you: