Something a little different for you today. Mixcloud is a new audio streaming site, currently in beta, which is hosting a nice variety of DJ mixes, podcasts and radio programmes. It says it’s ‘rethinking radio’, which is a nice line, but not quite true. However, it is a really good place to listen to interesting mixes and radio shows. It’s nice and clear to use – you can search on a variety of tags underneath each mix, by style, location, popularity and also date or DJ if you’re looking for something specific. And there’s a good playlist and comments facility, which might well lead to a good community swapping comments on each other’s output.
The quality can be variable – I’ve been checking out some really good reggae and jungle sets that are better for the content rather than the execution, while the mixes posted by Clash The Disko Kids, a Singaporean DJ team that push the button marked ‘acid’ until it breaks, are fantastically put together. On top of that there’s also death metal and punk, rock and random tracks thrown together by people who like playing and talking about music, including ThisKID, who puts up his Italian radio show, the excellently named Electric Underwear
And, although it’s in beta and is currently members only, they’ve sorted out an invite only log in for the Between Dogs & Wolves. If you point your browser here
And use the invite code ‘dogsandwolves’, you can explore the site and all it has to offer. And, if the mood takes you, post up some stuff yourself.
Tags: DJ mixes, hip hop, Independent Radio, mixcloud, Streaming
Ooh I signed up to this ages ago and promptly forgot about it. Yet to have a good poke about but immediately excited to see Chris Coco’s Melodica show up there.