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Best websites for DJs to snag new music from?
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:33 pm
by Spikee
Well, I was offered an opportunity to take up a monthly residence at a well-equipped coffeeshop that my friend does booking for and now I have to go out and acquire from fresh stuff that will keep people interested. Only thing is, I don't know where to begin so I thought I'd appeal to the masses here.
The range of stuff I'd be dropping is downtempo, tech/funky/deep house, techno and maybe some hip-hop (the cerebral stuff, not the "Muthafucka-ho-nigga-40-blunt-bitch" fare). Where should an aspiring Ableton DJ be looking to get stuff like that?
To start I'll drop a good discovery I've made --
www.dancetracksdigital.com. Good listening system, prices are a little "M'eh" but I'm actually pretty familiar with one of the labels they host (OM Records) and they have what I can tell to be a good selection.
What are your favorite sites?
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:35 pm
by rajcoont
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:09 pm
by evidentside
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:37 pm
by Tarekith
addictech.com
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:22 am
by missjade
i think beatport definitely has the best interface around.... but try these as well:
audiojelly.com
junodownload.com
djdownload.com
i've also found some decent downtempo on itunes....
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:25 am
by metapathik
beatport is quite good. another nice one that started up more recently is
http://groovegate.com
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:32 am
by lowmax
Beatport would be my first choice and juno my second. Although the new beatport 3.0 beta is sorta buggy with the previewing of tracks....but i'm sure they're working on it.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:12 am
by nuperspective
just taking this a step further:
i was reading this months futuremusic and there a write up on
www.garageband.com. which is all unsigned artists. so we all know the decent pay sites for established artists.
are there any good sites that you can get shit hot fresh unsigned electronic music from? free or other wise?
yes - i know theres some shit hot fresh unsigned music on the 'link your music forum' anywhere esle worth checking?
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:58 am
by inis
ya, beatport is always king. juno is great too, i find alot of there i cant get on beatport.
Im also really into djdownload.com again, now that they have a built in previewing window.
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:18 am
by D DAS
beatport rips you off for wav's. imho.
here are three suggestions for most of what you are looking for. at least all of your house needs
http://www.stompy.com
http://www.stompy.com
http://www.stompy.com
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:24 pm
by dm_hawk
STOMPY ROCKS! it would be nice if they had more labels/styles, though
thanks for the suggestion, D DAS, i had never heard of them before.
beatport definitely has it beat for seletion, but you can't knock stompy's 1.99 per .wav, vs. beatport's 1.49-1.99 base plus lameass 1.00 per track .wav "handling fee." That starts to hurt if you're wanting to buy tracks by the dozen.
also, if scrapey noisy minimal techno ear candy is your thing, unfoundsoundrecords.com is releasing some of the best stuff out there (IMHO).
their releases are FREE and UNCOMPRESSED
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:05 am
by nuperspective
dm_hawk wrote:
also, if scrapey noisy minimal techno ear candy is your thing, unfoundsoundrecords.com is releasing some of the best stuff out there (IMHO).
their releases are FREE and UNCOMPRESSED
man you are a star. what a find. im not a minimal kind of guy but still some awesome tracks on there. thats exactly what im talking about. cool as, free, unsigned, original.
anybody know any more net labels worth checking out?
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:19 pm
by dm_hawk
check out the links page on unfound