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  • Groove Armada’s New Mini-Album… For Free!

    Groove Armadas new EP... for free!Groove Armada, the famous big beat, electronica and trip-hop producers, are sharing their newest EP freely with their fans through a nifty downloading scheme. One of the guys from Groove Armada recently stated about filesharing that “it’s utterly futile to try and stop people, just like it was stopping people creating mix tapes once they had two decks and a tape recorder”.

    You can download Groove Armada’s newest mini-album by clicking here or on the picture (provided by aeter). All you need to do is enter your age, since the deal is sponsored by Bacardi rum and you have to be above the legal drinking age in your country, and your email address to receive the first song of the album immediately and to acquire the rest later.

    This is very interesting to me, since I’ll be doing my final thesis of my bachelor degree very soon and it will be about the future of music distribution. It is very obvious that labels need to adopt new business models and that the old models simply don’t work anymore, since music is going back to being a service, instead of a product, so access is the most important thing. Groove Armada have realized this very well and have started this music distribution campaign which is bound to go viral (it already is).

    Apparently Groove Armada spoke about this deal with Bacardi at the MIDEM Conference  in Cannes, France where the music business meets every year. Below is an example of one of their chillout songs, for two more famous songs, check out Superstylin (big beat) or My Friend (lounge/electronica) on YouTube.


    Groove Armada – Fly Me To The Moon from Giul Viera & Fabia Oliveira on Vimeo.

    For Groove Armada’s new mini-EP, click here. If you’re a music lover like me, also have a look at The MiX-Files where I post my DJ sets as Spartz (for drum ‘n bass), spacescape (experimental & psychedelic), and EvilAngle (house/eclectro/breakbeat).

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  • Politics 2.0

    The influence of new media on current day politics

    An essay by Bas Grasmayer

    The 20th century was the age of mass media. The impact of radio during the first half of the century and that of television during the second brought politics closer to home. Starting from people grouping around the one radio in their neighbourhood, to the radio in their street, until the point that everyone had a radio in their home. The same happened for television and through these media politics entered the living room. Through sound at first, but later through moving images which became more detailed and more accurately coloured over the course of the last century.

    We’re now close to ten years into the new century. Television and radio are still important, but there is a new player in the field of mass media: the internet. This essay will look at how the internet has already influenced politics and hopes to answer, in part, the following question:

    How is the World Wide Web as a medium influencing
    politics and the government right now?

    New Media

    In the 2008 US Presidential elections, politicians were seen embracing new media. Barack Obama became microblogging service Twitter’s most followed user and YouTube set up a site called You Choose ’08 dedicated to the elections. On the latter, campaign teams posted videos hoping they would go ‘viral’, a term used to describe the phenomenon of certain content on the internet being spread out through huge networks of users, which is often initially an exponential process. Ron Paul, who was running to become the Republican presidential candidate, had so much support on the internet that TIME magazine at one point commented that due to “his  success  recruiting  supporters  through  new  social  media  channels” he was “the  new  2.0  candidate”.

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  • spacescape – NoComment (Speeches & Eclectic Music Mix)

    I present to you the most recent mix I produced, called NoComment. It was commissioned by Andy Bailey, creator of the famous CommentLuv weblog plugin and concept. Via Twitter he gave me some feedback on previous mixes and based on his desires and the feedback I created a customized mix, adjusted to his wishes. He told me it’s fine to share this, so there you go! Enjoy this experimental DJ set! If you’re interested in a similar deal, email me at . I can do many styles and you can set the price yourself.

    Only for the open-minded!

    Artwork by earnest70six

    This mix is a blend of speeches set to eclectic electronic music. Go on a 80 minute trip through history and let the music and speeches play with your moods, thoughts and ponderings. Great for passive as well as active listening. Get ready to get your mind blown right open!
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    Tracklist

    The Bug – Freak Freak (00:00 – 04:51)
    >> Nelson Mandela – Freedom for All
    Emancipator – Wolf Drawn (04:17 – 07:26)
    >> William H. Taft – The Republican Party Stands By Mr. Roosevelt
    Braincell – Daybreak (06:53 – 13:02)
    >> Dr. Timothy Leary – Think For Yourself
    Ott – Neon Tetra (12:49 – 19:41)
    Timothy Leary – Any Reality is an Opinion (19:23 – 25:35)
    Spoonbill – Bouncing Stones (25:07 – 29:46)
    Nitin Sawnhey – Streets (29:33 – 33:14)
    Celtic Cross – Stargate Avalon (33:01 – 34:29)
    Celtic Cross – Darshannon (34:17 – 40:22)
    Pryda – Muranyi (40:05 – 47:46)
    >> NLP – Skill of Conversation 05
    DJ Scotch Egg – Scotch Goat’s Skull (47:43 – 49:15)
    Nagual Sound Experiment – Black Lodge Dub (49:15 – 53-33)
    >> Terence McKenna – Tree of Knowledge [8/8]
    Venetian Snares – Második Galamb (53:25 – 54:04)
    Venetian Snares – Szerencsétlen (54:04 – 58:36)
    Entheogenic – Earth Song (58:23 – 65:53)
    >> Barack Obama – Berlin Speech
    >> Malcolm X – World Wide Revolution
    Shpongle – Around the World in a Tea Daze (65:37 – 77:02)
    >> Albert Einstein – Non-Violence
    >> Albert Einstein – E=MC^2
    >> Adolf Hitler – Appeal to the Nation 1932
    >> Neil Armstrong – The Eagle Has Landed
    >> Mahatma Gandhi – Soldier of Peace
    >> Roswell Incident Announcement
    >> George H.W. Bush – Death of Communism
    >> Death of John F. Kennedy Announcement
    >> Hitler Is Dead Radio Broadcast

    Download:
    http://rapidshare.com/files/168105625/spacescape_-_NoComment.mp3

    This mix was commissioned by Andy Bailey. Thank you Andy!!

    As always, support the artists and buy their work or go to their live shows!

    Presented by The MiX-Files (subscribe to email updates or follow the RSS feed to get the newest mixes first!). Opinions very welcome!

  • EvilAngle – BreakSauce (Breakbeat Mix Download)

    A dirty breakbeat mix to get your groove on, wherever you are! Mixed by yours truly. 🙂


    Tracklist
    The Aut0b0ts & Timmy Schumacher – Attitude (feat. MC Kyla & Bex Riley)
    Bobina – Kylie Minogue’s Slow (Cosmonaut Remix)
    General Midi – The Westerner
    Unbalanced Jack – Flaming Tongues (feat. Crown Jewelz & Killa Benz)
    Farace – Guys Girls Dance (Farace Breaks Mix)
    Bassnectar – Everybody (Freq Nasty vs Bassnectar Remix)
    Chase and Status – Running
    Tayo – March of the Soundbwoyz
    Tambour Battant – Atomik Cirkus RMX
    Entity – Coming On Deep (feat. MC S.A.S.)
    ILS – Burn Again
    Noisia – Groundhog
    Overdub – Killing The Psyche Rock (RATM vs Pierre Henry vs FatBoy Slim)
    Prime Suspect – Megalomanic
    Specimen A – Nightmare
    Freestylers – Push Up (Plump DJ’s Remix)
    Freestylers – Push Up Word Up (Stanton Warriors Remix)
    Duel Calibre – Devil in Flight
    Grievous Angel – Lickle Friction

    Download here: http://uploaded.to/?id=idhaf3

    Presented by The MiX-Files. Photo by Miss Loisy.

  • EvilAngle – TheSummerFiles (Free House/Dance Mix)

    For those of you that know me, also know I mix music every now and then and post the mixes on my site called The MiX-Files. One and a half month ago I made a summer mix to get ready for the summer and to entertain me while travelling. Summer’s half way over, but it’s not too late to get into the right vibe if you haven’t already!

    It’s summer! Sun, beaches, swimming, relaxing outside, reading, partying, holidays, seeing friends, picknicks… and here is the soundtrack! Here’s 3 hours of the best summer house music to get into the holiday mood!

    Featuring artists like David Guetta, Bob Sinclar, Laidback Luke, Alex Gaudino, Axwell, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Dave Spoon, Tocadisco and Ferry Corsten. For the complete tracklist, read below the download links.

    All files as MP3 at VBR (Variable BitRate). You can choose from any one of the free file hosting sites listed behind the file.

    Download first hour – MegaUpload | uploaded.to | rapidshare.de
    Download second hour – MegaUpload | rapidshare.de
    Download third hour – MegaUpload | rapidshare.de

    Download whole 3 hour set in one file – MegaUpload | vipfile

    Enjoy the music, enjoy the artists, enjoy the summer. Support the scene, support the artists, support the magic.

    Tracklist below.

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  • spacescape – MacroScope (Progressive Psy Mix!)

    Free Download!

    spacescape – MacroScope

    Open up your eyes and zoom into the infinity of existence and non-existence. Open up your ears and let the universe collide as this mix takes you on a progressively intensifying journey through the galaxies of ambient, progressive psychedelic trance and world fusion! If you’re listening to the mix and like a particular artist, please feel free to check out their work through clicking on their names in the list right here. Support the scene! Enjoy! (download below the tracklist)

    Tracklist
    Biosphere – Sphere of No-Form (00:00 – 05:40)
    Bitstream – Trumbull (04:41 – 11:04)
    Bigwigs – Córki Lota II (10:08 – 17:00)
    System 7 – Strange Beings (16:07 – 21:40)
    Cyberbabas – The Second Revelation (20:10 – 29:41)
    Prometheus – Arcadia Magik (28:03 – 36:36)
    Tripswitch – Viscous [Eat Static’s Jumbled Noise RMX] (35:30 – 42:33)
    Space Tribe – Sonic Mandala [Crop Circle Mix] (42:17 – 50:47)
    Benga – Go Tell Them (50:32 – 54:18)
    Soundaholix – Technofari [3rd Ear RMX] (52:34 – 60:15)
    Alien Project – Aztechno Dream [RMX] (59:23 – 67:00)
    System 7 – Wolf Head (66:05 – 74:00)
    MIDIval Punditz – Dark Age [Audialize Super Psy-Remix] (73:13 – 82:41)

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    🙂 Enjoy! 🙂 Enjoy! 🙂

    click >> Download the whole mix in MP3 here
    or, alternatively, here << click

    🙂 Enjoy! 🙂 Enjoy! 🙂

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    Remember, a lot of hard work has gone into producing the tracks used in the mix. Please support the scene by seeing these artists live whenever you get the chance or by buying their CDs through the links provided in the tracklist.

    Artwork by spacescape.

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    A polite disclaimer: some of the links provided in the tracklist are affiliate links with Amazon.com. It is not my intent to make money. I exchange whatever profit I make at Amazon for vouchers and purchase work from deserving authors or artists like the ones above to help out the scene. These works will be reviewed on this blog. Being a student, I have very little money, so I try to help in every way I can. I could also just download.

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