Comments on: Versatile Electronic Music

Versatile Electronic Music

dydecker — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:02:10 -0800

is the real deal: a netlabel that doesn't suck. Ambient/dub/minimal house/drone/experimental sounds that'll turn your home into the chillout room of a Finnish club at 5 am. Or at least pleasantly buzz in the background while you read. Sixty-five releases, high-quality bit rates, zipped files, creative commons licence -- the site itself is very nicely done. But more importantly, the music is just freakin' good, for fans of this sort of thing of course. For a taster, try the excellent ambient dub mix (125MB) or the more beat-oriented house standard mix (95MB). The label chief explains the rationale behind giving the music away in an interview here.

By: adamgreenfield

adamgreenfield — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:14:35 -0800

Mmmm, yes. Thanks(giving)!

By: lazy-ville

lazy-ville — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:28:21 -0800

By law, Finnish clubs close by 4am.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:17:36 -0800

Hehe. In Los Angeles, by law, you're not allowed to sell alcohol (or even allow people to consume alcohol) in a club after 2am. That's why there are afterhours. Downloading, mmm. Thanks dydecker.

By: borkingchikapa

borkingchikapa — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:28:58 -0800

Not to get off topic, but what are the laws in various countries regarding that? I know in DC my roommate regularly stays out until 6am, and I seem to remember Berlin still being rather lively at about the same time.

By: bwilliams

bwilliams — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:31:16 -0800

I love Thinner - I've been downloading their releases since #1 hit the net. My favorite is still rktic's northern lights - gorgeous, ethereal minimalist stuff that makes you feel like you're sitting in the cocoon-like softness of a midnight snowfall. The Internet Archive hosts a massive amount of netlabel music - all of it free and legal to download. And if you have some phat bandwidth, let's not forget Legal Torrents, which has a lot of prominent netlabel music torrents - including Thinner. The fact that so much great music is available free of charge - available simply for the sake of enjoying - is something I have genuinely been thankful for, many years now. :-)

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:03:22 -0800

Beautiful. Lacking in bandwidth, grabbing this stuff will be a six month project for me, but I'm sure it's worth the wait.

By: clubfoote

clubfoote — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:29:48 -0800

I downloaded the early thinner releases and then forgot about them completely. Thank you for reminding me. This is good. :-)

By: xmutex

xmutex — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:30:51 -0800

Mono211 is another great net label.

By: allaboutgeorge

allaboutgeorge — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:35:34 -0800

It didn't occur to me to look for Holger Flinsch music outside the Internet Archive. All hail dydecker!

By: tcp

tcp — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:01:15 -0800

Great! Thanks dydecker.

By: Jerub

Jerub — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:05:43 -0800

oooh, netlabel == 'Internet Record Label'.

By: klausness

klausness — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:47:06 -0800

Thanks. Is there any kind of list of what's in the mixes you linked to (in case I want more)? I didn't see anything on the Thinner site, though maybe I haven't looked around enough yet...

By: Gyan

Gyan — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:36:26 -0800

klausness: here and here.

By: runkelfinker

runkelfinker — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:43:16 -0800

London clubs at the weekend: buying booze stops at 2am, serious clubs wrap up at 6am. Normally there's half an hour of milling around before the Tube starts up again. Guy goes up to the bar in The ***, London and asks, "What's the cheapest way of getting fucked around here?" Barwoman laughs and replies "Pills, obviously..."

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:42:48 -0800

A 125Mb MP3? Ouch.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:42:58 -0800

Huge mp3s rule. You must have a tiny drive.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:43:40 -0800

Oh, and it's like a DJ set or something. It's not a 3 minute engineered for radio pop choon. ;)

By: denpo

denpo — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:21:32 -0800

Compared to previous Mefis' posts, Paris is a sweet spot. No rules, club like Rex Club can close late in the morning (already left it a 7am), and booze can flow endlessly (if you can afford thro).

By: jaksoul

jaksoul — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:18:54 -0800

Another beautiful internet label is firemusic It has dj mixes and some original electronic space jazz /hiphop.

By: carter

carter — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:41:19 -0800

Belated thanks - this is great!