CrateScience scores underground, independent, and forgotten artists daily — tracking scarcity, demand acceleration, and market catalysts so record stores, collectors, and labels act before prices move.
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Every artist gets scored daily across three dimensions — like a stock rating for vinyl. No opinions. No hype. Just numbers.
Measures scarcity — want/have ratio, price divergence, pressing count, and reissue gap. High Vault = undervalued vinyl in a supply vacuum.
7-day vs 30-day moving average across Discogs, Spotify, Last.fm, Reddit, and Wikipedia. When the short-term crosses above the long — something is happening.
Tracks upcoming tours, sample usages, press mentions, film syncs, and anniversaries. Each event scored by historical impact and time proximity.
Momentum spiking + catalyst incoming. Act now.
Rare AND rising. Price hasn't caught up.
Rare but dormant. The sleeper buy.
Strong across all three. Safest bet.
Real scores from today's pipeline. Updated daily at 6 AM. No mainstream. No celebrities. Underground only.
| # | Artist | Vault | Mom | Cat | Profile | Wants | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patsy Hamel | 43 | — | — | ⬜ Dormant | 1 | 2.0x |
| 2 | Pearly Pride | 43 | — | — | ⬜ Dormant | 1 | 2.0x |
| 3 | The Greyboy Allstars | 41 | — | — | ⬜ Dormant | 430 | 0.7x |
| 4 | Sky Rompiendo | 41 | — | 100 | 🟠 Catalyst | 14 | 0.3x |
| 5 | Moodymann / Theo Parrish | 40 | — | — | ⬜ Dormant | 6 | 1.0x |
| 6 | Mdou Moctar | 39 | — | — | ⬜ Dormant | 731 | 0.5x |
| 7 | Florian Dalinger | 39 | — | — | ⬜ Dormant | 78 | 0.5x |
| 8 | Nuclear Simphony | 39 | — | — | ⬜ Dormant | 219 | 0.5x |
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Only two genres post demand ratios above 1.0x — meaning collectors want more copies than exist.
| Genre | Demand Ratio | Total Wants | Records | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔥 Funk | 1.18x | 2,051 | 24 | Demand exceeds supply |
| 🔥 Electronic | 1.12x | 627 | 75 | Above parity |
| ⚠️ Hip Hop | 0.64x | 2,217 | 66 | High volume, supply catching up |
| ⚠️ Soul | 0.50x | 7,781 | 90 | Largest want base in system |
| ⬇️ Rock | 0.38x | 1,845 | 72 | Supply dominant |
"What should I order this week?"
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"What's undervalued right now?"
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"Where's demand with no product?"
→ High Vault, zero Catalyst. No one else has acted yet.
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