Been buyin a few tracks lately from www.beatport.com, which is an absolute gem of a site if your into electronic music.

I love the fact that once you find a decent track you can then follow the trail of whoever remixed it, produced it or what record label it is to find even more awesome unknown tracks. They are always in chronological order too if your preference is for fresh beats which is also useful.

http://rs40.rapidshare.com/files/92739105/080217_-_Sloppyjoesampler_.mp3

Made a little mix the other night with some fresh beats straight from the port, all 320kbit and all totally legit.

www.beatport.com = da bomb

Edit:- Cheers for the host josh - http://josh.net.au/gaz/ <-- this one works a treat.

beatport are aight but the way they sneakily hide thier 'wav handling fee' s***s me. :/ 320kbps mp3s be damned... i wants the wavs!

i'm pretty happy with the quality of the mp3's, sounds pretty solid on a decent system. Not as good as vinyl though.. mmm vinyl.

listening to your mix now gaz and I like =)

little bit sloppy, but its all about track selection right!?

(thats like saying its not the size that matters, its how you use it :p)

holy phuck gaz,

I JUST GOT DOWN and im at work

good way to start the week off then! 8)

Little mix! It's 91mb

Well I would if I could get more then 10kbps from rapidshare.

well its only 39 mins, needed to get it under 100 meg!

i like to have em around the 75 - 80 minute mark so they fit on audio cd's, from that point of view, its half a set!

I dont wanna distribute s***e quality sound either though, most people here have broadband so alls should be dandy.

ozspeedtest says I'm getting 350kbps from TPG, but Rapidshare is only 10kbps.

Sounds like you did a great job though so I'll just leave the PC on.
Awaiting final verdict...

Try this for speed kids

http://josh.net.au/gaz/

that's ten times better, thanks man.

tracklist pls?

ps. i also <3 beatport.

gaz, soulseek is like the free beatport ;)

its pretty much only for electronic/trance/dance etc

1) Roland Klinkenberg - On My Mind - Sinteks Mix
2) S.K.A.M. - Electro Brain - Original Mix
3) Bastards Of Funk - I Live For The Weekend – Original Mix
4) f*** - i'll find it later.. older s*** though.
5) DJ Flash, Freza - Happy MDMA - Breaks Mix
6) Meat Katie, D.Ramirez - Stop The Revolution - 30Hz Remix
7) Splitloop - Here On Buisness - Original Mix
8) Freestylers - Electrified - Deepcut Remix
9) Marco Hanna - Infinite Possibilities – Original Mix
10) Krafty Kuts - Freakshow - VIP Remix
11) Jaytech, Mark Dynamix - Identify Me feat. Andy Love - Daniel Taylor Remix


Whats the quality like scoobs ? free music is better than payin american for the suckers!

quality is all over the shop with soulseek

theres no better resource though for electronica

soulseek blows imo. users are often dorks that stop sharing as soon as they see you leeching. half teh time the tracks are named incorrectly. quality is mostly s***house... some tracks i dl'ed were 320kbps but the quality made it obvious they were s***ty re-encodes.

the best resource for electronica is irc distro chans & ftps plz.

you must be doing it wrong demon old chum

yes. when i was using soulseek to try & get quality choonage, i was doing it wrong. but then i went back to efnet & did it right :D

fight fight fight fight

what spook said
got down at work lol
especially loved the use of freakshow by krafty kuts around the 28:00-33:** mark
that was like the climax

i must say, listning to it on a decent system (all alpine type R mit sub etc.) makes a massive difference as compared to my lappy speakers.

Do people know stuff and things about mastering tracks ? Quebase?

^^ dont know why the f*** that would be

/end brag about sound system.

if you're using music to dj sifn't buy it... it's a couple of dollars a track.

most dance music producers aren't rolling in it - pretty selfish not to buy them imo. i never pirate tracks for my decks unless it's impossible to buy it.

if it's just for general listening then i don't really care though.

yeah i have a few tracks i'm after but cant actually buy off beatport, might try soulseek to try nab em. Unless you know a place to buy inspiration - krafty kuts remix, that track is rockin progressive breaks.

Do you record any of your stuff taggs? Should whack a mix up for us office sluggers to listen to at work.

yeah hangin out to do one soon, just waiting for my next pay to buy a decent soundcard >< then i'll be churning out my prog mixes like a fiend hopefully.

if you can't get it off beatport due to territory restrictions there's a site around which can proxy for you so you can nab em. sometimes you have to check other sites too which is annoying cause you go from beatport's simple and shiney interface to crappy clutserf*** websites. wouldn't know about that particular track though i do love a good dose of tasty breaks i'll grab that mix and listen to it on the way to work tomoz.

ps. 8th of march, LTJ Bukem is playing with no cover charge at uber. be thar if you're a mad c***.

he tore it up at FMF last year and i also caught him at Whistler in winter 06/07 which was f***ing rad.

fark man, if you've been buyin propper trax i have about 2 gig of fairly fresh stuff i'd be happy to swap. Mainly prog house, electro, breaks and a little tech house.

U heard of Shilo before? I have a fair bit of his stuff, its more on the trancy end of house though but really quite unique.

edit:- also i dont go out much anymore man, unless its some kind of festival or summit. think i'm goin grey too.

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take a listen to this strex, lemme know what ya think man.

wicked song selection dude
youve nailed my taste in dance music almost perfectly

that rapidshare file service is f***ing balls.

get some web space already.

http://josh.net.au/gaz/ <-- use this one instead, its quicker than flash gordon after 6 months at sea

more please

just bought some new trax, so gimme a week and i'll pump out a new progressive / break beat formular of awesomeness :P dont want to fall into the skitzmix trap though!

dont want to fall into the skitzmix trap though!

:(

dare you to go dark styles and some dnb with your breaks

dnb might be a little out of reach at this point.. Gimme a good while to build up a decent track base to work with. maybe if someone had a truck load of tracks they could bucket over my way :P u goin future spook ?

nah, s*** venue
was way too quiet last year

spook if you like dnb come to ltj bukem imo

ps gaz check your pm

ahh shame, i get roped in either way now.. twisting that rubber arm :P

edit:- done taggs, gis a tingle when ur in the valley next.

last few gigs i've been to @ uber were pretty crap coz of thier sound restrictions. tis a pity coz they are about the only 'big' club doing international dnb acts... but more of a pity when you lobb up for some phat dnb & get phat drums with piddly bass :/

i'm kinda over ltj as well... that glr sound is too old imo. i saw him n conrade @ family when 33&1/3 crew put 'em on & i doubt it's ever gonna be phatter than that was :D

ifs yas wanna hear some phaaat dnb i recommend the rudebwoyz at the stepinn this sat night! :D

heh, last time i was at rude boys it was after a solid drinking session and me n my mate were dancin around like d*******s. Anyways this dude about 4ft nothing wearin train hat came storming in, ran straight into my mates beer which tipped all over his head and proceeded to pick us!

hahah, i was scared man.. angry little dude. I think we were a little too drunk to be in there :D

p.s. we fled away from the littleman.