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I’ve used everything, new and old media: Spotify, Napster, CMJ, pitchfork, bandcamp, allmusic, mojo, SoundCloud, beatport, last.fm, Apple Music… Nothing beats

I’ve used everything, new and old media: Spotify, Napster, CMJ, pitchfork, bandcamp, allmusic, mojo, SoundCloud, beatport, last.fm, Apple Music… Nothing beats that one friend who used to DJ and still obsessively digs crates.

loudmax 2y ago
That is a fairly close approximation to Radio Paradise: https://radioparadise.com/home https://radioparadise.com/home Radio Paradise is very much a rock station at heart, so necessarily for everyone's liking. If you're into classic rock mixed with contemporary rock, mixed with a bit of everything else, it's worth a shot.
toofy 2y ago
i’ll echo this. that dj friend or like i said in a different comment, your local record store employees. college radio stations. and just other people. it really is that simple.
- creeble 2y ago
  Especially, college radio and other free-form community radio stations. People who feel they have a calling to be a DJ sometimes actually do. I have a reasonable list of TuneIn stations (mostly US) that provide my favorite “discovery”.
fantasybuilder 2y ago
In my experience literally anything beats that one friend who is a DJ. My friends - professional DJs in Berlin - haven't even heard of Can, to my absolute shock.
- ska 2y ago
  The “and still obsessively digs crates” was important I think. DJ’ are not even close to fungible (hell, I’ve even met a couple who don’t like music much) All music recommendation engines at this time still aspire to be mediocre, they aren’t even playing the S.A.,e game as a human who is good at it. Unfortunately, such humans are unevenly distributed.
  - fantasybuilder 2y ago
    My point is more about DJ specialization I guess. The vast majority of DJs I know personally still dig crates all the time - but they are techno/house/D&B/etc DJs, they know close to nothing about music outside of these genres. This goes so deep that some German techno DJs haven't even heard of Krautrock, the German scene that in many ways was a precursor of electronic music.
    - ska 2y ago
      Huh. Ok - that really doesn’t match my experience , but that’s path dependence for you.
- DiggyJohnson 2y ago
  Why is it weird that a DJ friend hasn't heard of a artist that you are a fan of?
  - fantasybuilder 2y ago
    German beat-oriented DJs haven't heard of one of the most influential German bands that had a critical impact on beat-oriented music? Just an odd thing for people who dedicated their life to music.

loudmax 2y ago

That is a fairly close approximation to Radio Paradise: https://radioparadise.com/home https://radioparadise.com/home Radio Paradise is very much a rock station at heart, so necessarily for everyone's liking. If you're into classic rock mixed with contemporary rock, mixed with a bit of everything else, it's worth a shot.

toofy 2y ago

i’ll echo this. that dj friend or like i said in a different comment, your local record store employees. college radio stations. and just other people. it really is that simple.

creeble 2y ago
Especially, college radio and other free-form community radio stations. People who feel they have a calling to be a DJ sometimes actually do. I have a reasonable list of TuneIn stations (mostly US) that provide my favorite “discovery”.

fantasybuilder 2y ago

In my experience literally anything beats that one friend who is a DJ. My friends - professional DJs in Berlin - haven't even heard of Can, to my absolute shock.

ska 2y ago
The “and still obsessively digs crates” was important I think. DJ’ are not even close to fungible (hell, I’ve even met a couple who don’t like music much) All music recommendation engines at this time still aspire to be mediocre, they aren’t even playing the S.A.,e game as a human who is good at it. Unfortunately, such humans are unevenly distributed.
- fantasybuilder 2y ago
  My point is more about DJ specialization I guess. The vast majority of DJs I know personally still dig crates all the time - but they are techno/house/D&B/etc DJs, they know close to nothing about music outside of these genres. This goes so deep that some German techno DJs haven't even heard of Krautrock, the German scene that in many ways was a precursor of electronic music.
  - ska 2y ago
    Huh. Ok - that really doesn’t match my experience , but that’s path dependence for you.
DiggyJohnson 2y ago
Why is it weird that a DJ friend hasn't heard of a artist that you are a fan of?
- fantasybuilder 2y ago
  German beat-oriented DJs haven't heard of one of the most influential German bands that had a critical impact on beat-oriented music? Just an odd thing for people who dedicated their life to music.