Mixcloud

Another cloud floats across the horizon. Will it drift on by or cause a thunderstorm?

Internet-radio isn’t new, but Mixcloud tries another approach by giving you, the user, the power to choose who or what you want to hear. DJ-mixes, radio-shows, podcasts, it’s all possible and very easy for both user and producer. “Re-think radio”, as the tagline states.

The adventure starts by typing keywords in the search-bar or taking a pick from a selection on the front-page. Techno, Hip-Hop, Podcast, showcase and even talk-show, it’s all possible. A lot of well known artists are already strutting their stuff on the website along with new deejaying talent and radio hosts. Everything is linkable to your Twitter or Facebook page to keep friend, fiend and followers up-to-date with what you are listening to. But, you can also embed your favorite show or mix anywhere by means of copy/pasting some HTML code.

From the producer side of things: When uploading a ’show’ you get to set a slider (in percentage) how much music and talk is used in your episode. During the upload you can fill out some extra details like tags, the tracklist (or chapters, whatever applies to you), album-art and some extra information like a background story or a short description. when done it’s just a matter of embedding HTML code to share your latest show/mix. The only limitation is the file size as shows are not allowed to be bigger than a hundred megabyte, no matter how long it’s total playtime. This could still change as Mixcloud is still in beta-stage and my guess is that they’ll offer a paid subscription to suite your digital footprint.

Soundcloud might have become the standard for sharing music in “the cloud” but Mixcloud is the perfect solution for DJ mixes, podcasts and radio-shows. Mixcloud is totally free and in that perspective beats Soundcloud which is only free up to two hours of sound, which is Soundcloud’s biggest drawback in my opinion. (I don’t intend to pay $30 a year for a little server-space.) But then again, Mixcloud and Soundcloud are two different websites. Mixcloud is NOT intended for uploading single tracks and Soundcloud was intended to host single tracks only, even though many DJ’s upload their mixes there.

Below you’ll find my promotional mix KIX Arrivals. If you like what you hear you can also download it for free over at Prowess Records.

Bonsjoerd – 8-Bits of loneliness

The end of the year is coming, and all over the place you’ll notice “top 1000″’s, “best this” and “best that’s of the year” appear on the web, TV and radio. In this post I’ll tell you who my favorite DJ of the year 2009 is.

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His name is Sjoerd and goes by the moniker “BonSjoerd“. He lives in Groningen, like me he mixes techno, tech-house, minimal and deep-house, but he uses completely different tracks and mixes ever so subtle. I listened one of his demo mixes many times while taking walks in Japan. A few weeks ago, when I told him I was missing Japan and wanted to go back, he made a mix for me! Luckily he uploaded the whole thing to soundcloud so everyone can enjoy.

So, here’s to my favorite DJ of 2009!

Bonsjoerd – 8 Bits Of Loneliness by Bonsjoerd

JordyVision – KIX Arrivals

To celebrate the upcoming first release of Prowess Records and because it’s been a while since I last uploaded a new DJ-mix, JordyVision released a new DJ demo. It’s called “KIX Arrivals” and you can download it here, for free!

The DJ-set consists of the following tracks:

01 : Estado Avanzado – Compressor Coma (mix 2)
02 : Zigarettenpause – Tuesday Arrivals
03 : Paper Details – Voyage Electrique
04 : Doppelclick – Kleng
05 : Toni Latenz – The Hype
06 : Bertech – The Sun
07 : Roderick K. Fox – Splendid (Nidecker Remix)
08 : Thompson Kuhl – Makro
09 : Karla Van Goa (A.K.A. Kill Minimal) – Star Track
10 : Suspect Delivery – Daisy (Soundbalance Trio Minus Remix)
11 : Kill Minimal – Martes De Matanza
12 : Nahfeld – Subworm
13 : Berteck – Blocked
14 : Pable Akaros – Reisepass
15 : Tec Overflow – Deseos
16 : Naifloop – Revenge Of The Casiotones

Download it here, clickety click!

All of these tracks are Net-label releases released under a Creative Commons license. Hench, I release this mix using the same license.

JordyVision – KIX Arrivals by http://prowessrecords.com/ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.1 Japan License.

New DJ set on DI.FM

A few weeks ago i made a three deck DJ set on Ableton Live, as one might remember from reading my blog. I send this mix to DI.FM for exclusive airplay on their magnificent radio station. And it has been accepted!

Next Monday, September the 8th at 19:00 CET (that’s 02:00 for Japan, and 12:00 US/Central time) on DI.FM’s minimal channel.

It features some of the best minimal-Techno available at the moment, and from the past year. I called it ‘Silver Lining’, for the funky suprise waiting at the end..

Tune in, rock out!