Spotify Techno Refugee Outpost
For those of you who have Spotify, I’m wondering if you’ve found any good house and techno on it. Despite it being an amazing resource for all sorts of other stuff I can’t say I’ve found it to be overflowing with dance music.
For those of you who don’t know what Spotify is, it’s basically a gigantic library of music which you can stream for free, with occasional ads. As far as I know you still can’t use it in Ireland, possibly due to the Catholic Church intervening, but here’s a tip: if Irish people reading are in Britain, get someone to invite and you and install Spotify while you’re here. Then it’ll work when you go home! Magic. At least mine does anyway.
As for my Spotify picks, I really like the below Music for Dreams compilations. We sold a lot of these comps when I worked in Carbon Music in Dublin, and although they veer into coffee table territory at times there are some real gems there. If you only check one track (this summer), make it Djosos Krost-Better Place (Def Jaguar Mix), one of THE great lost house records of the last few years in my opinion.
An Introduction to Music for Dreams
In the meantime if anyone has great Spotify suggestions then please use the comments here to share them with your fellow man/woman.
Don Simon wrote:
I’ve started to add all techno 12′’s and compilations here:
http://open.spotify.com/user/donsimon/playlist/3Fz95Q8hOpppJrOkvtZBfp
Enjoy, there’s definitely some good stuff. And please add to it whatever you find poiting in the same direction!
Posted 30 Apr 2009 at 8:18 am ¶