Every Record Has a Story.
AI-powered music research for DJs, producers, and crate diggers. 19 sources. One agent. Zero tabs.
SEE IT IN ACTION
Researching Ezra Collective's influence chain — 23 tracks, 5 sections, one query.
THREE
STEPS
From question to deep knowledge in under a minute.
ASK ANYTHING
Type a question about any artist, track, genre, or scene. Use slash commands like /influence or /show-prep for specialized research.
CRATE DIGS
The agent queries 19+ sources simultaneously — Discogs, Genius, Last.fm, Spotify, Wikipedia, and more. Cross-references. Verifies. Cites everything.
GET THE GOODS
Results render as interactive cards — influence maps, playlists, show prep packages. Hear any track with the built-in player. Save, share, and build on your research.
WHAT'S IN
THE CRATE
Everything you need to go from curious to knowledgeable.
INFLUENCE MAPPING
Trace artistic lineage through review co-mentions. Visualize connections with interactive chains, path traces, and network graphs.
SHOW PREP
Generate complete radio show packages — track context, talk breaks, social copy, interview prep. Tailored to your station's voice.
SMART PLAYLISTS
AI-curated playlists that understand context, not just genre tags. Every track includes play buttons and saves to your library.
BUILT-IN PLAYER
Hear any track without leaving Crate. YouTube playback, live radio streaming from 30,000+ stations, and ICY metadata for real-time artist and song display — all in one persistent player.
COLLECTIONS & CRATES
Organize your research into crates, playlists, and starred items. Your music knowledge builds over time, never lost.
ARTIFACTS
Influence maps, playlists, show prep rendered as interactive cards you can save, revisit, and share with anyone.
SOURCE CITATIONS
Every claim backed by a source — Pitchfork reviews, Discogs credits, Genius annotations, Wikipedia entries. Verify anything.
YOUR AI, YOUR MODEL
Bring your own Anthropic or OpenRouter key. Pick your model. All 20+ music data sources work out of the box with embedded keys.
PUBLISH ANYWHERE
Push your research to Telegraph or Tumblr with one command. Share influence maps, playlists, and show prep.
WHY NOT JUST
GOOGLE IT?
Or ask ChatGPT. Or Claude. Here's why Crate is different.
GOOGLE + TABS
- Open 10+ tabs across Discogs, Wikipedia, Genius
- Manually cross-reference credits and dates
- Copy-paste into a doc, lose half the links
- No connections between artists
- 30-60 minutes per session
- Results die in browser history
CHATGPT / CLAUDE
- Answers questions about music (but generic)
- Can't query Discogs, MusicBrainz, or Last.fm
- No real-time data — training cutoff limits
- No audio player, playlists, or interactive cards
- Hallucinates credits, dates, and samples
- No collections, deep cuts, or persistent workspace
- No influence mapping or show prep tools
WITH CRATE
- One question, 19+ real sources queried live
- Every fact cited — Discogs, Genius, MusicBrainz
- Real-time data from APIs, not training data
- Built-in audio player, playable playlists, influence maps
- Verifiable credits, dates, and sample chains
- Collections, deep cuts, and a sidebar that remembers everything
- Show prep, publishing, and playlist export built in
20+ SOURCES
ONE AGENT
Every query taps into the world's best music databases.
DISCOGS
Releases & Credits
MUSICBRAINZ
Metadata & IDs
LAST.FM
Tags & Similarity
GENIUS
Lyrics & Annotations
BANDCAMP
Independent Music
SPOTIFY
Artwork & Audio
WIKIPEDIA
Artist Bios
TICKETMASTER
Live Events
YOUTUBE
Video & Audio
SETLIST.FM
Concert Setlists
PITCHFORK
Reviews
ALLMUSIC
Guides & Reviews
RATE YOUR MUSIC
Community Reviews
FANART.TV
HD Artist Images
ITUNES
Album Artwork
RADIO BROWSER
30K+ Live Stations
26 PUBLICATIONS
Review Co-Mentions
ON THE
AIR
Built for real stations, real DJs, real shows. Three voices, one tool.
HYFIN
URBAN ALTERNATIVE • MILWAUKEE
Bold, culturally sharp programming. Crate generates show prep that speaks the language of hip-hop lineage, neo-soul roots, and Afrobeats connections.
“Crate traces the thread from Gil Scott-Heron to Noname in 30 seconds.”
88NINE
ECLECTIC • COMMUNITY-FORWARD
Warm, discovery-oriented music. Crate surfaces the unexpected connections — how a Milwaukee band links to Malian blues, or why this B-side matters now.
“It found a local angle on Khruangbin I never would have Googled.”
RHYTHM LAB
GLOBAL BEATS • CRATE DIGGERS
Deep crates, global perspective. Crate speaks the language of influence chains, producer credits, and sample archaeology — the stuff diggers live for.
“Like having a musicologist in the booth with you.”
626 NPR Tiny Desk concerts. Every influence traced. Crate maps the musical DNA behind each performance — cited sources, pull quotes, sonic analysis.
WHAT NPR GIVES YOU
Beth Gibbons
A YouTube video and a paragraph. That's it.
WHAT CRATE REVEALS
Portishead
Co-founding vocalist of the trip-hop movement
Billie Holiday
'Billie Holiday fronting Siouxsie and the Banshees'
Nina Simone
Raw emotional exposure, torch song tradition
PICK YOUR
PLAN
Start free. Upgrade when your research outgrows it.
FREE
Get started with music research. No credit card required.
- 10Agent research queries / month
- 3Custom skills
- 5Saved sessions
- Publishing (/publish, /published)
- Cross-session memory (Mem0)
- Influence cache (write access)
- Spotify connect (library, playlists)
- Google Docs export
- Admin dashboard
- Shared org keys
PRO
For DJs, music journalists, and serious crate diggers who need full access.
- 50Agent research queries / month
- 20Custom skills
- UnlimitedSaved sessions
- Publishing (/publish, /published)
- Cross-session memory (Mem0)
- Influence cache (write access)
- Spotify connect (library, playlists)
- Google Docs export
- Admin dashboard
- Shared org keys
TEAM
For radio stations, labels, and organizations sharing one workspace.
- 200 (pooled)Agent research queries / month
- 50Custom skills
- UnlimitedSaved sessions
- Publishing (/publish, /published)
- Cross-session memory (Mem0)
- Influence cache (write access)
- Spotify connect (library, playlists)
- Google Docs export
- Admin dashboard
- Shared org keys
BYOK: Bring your own Anthropic or OpenRouter API key for unlimited research queries on any plan.
START
DIGGING.
Add your AI key, pick your model, and start digging. All music data sources are built in.
GET STARTED — IT'S FREECRATE VOL. 1 — WEB EDITION — MILWAUKEE, WI