Guest-set on Chunk-FM, Wednesday the 3rd of October

Here's what you might call an advance notice:

Not-easy-to-impress, hard-ass Hugh Mcmahon from The Machinists has now cast his verdict -
I've made an one-hour guest-set for Chunk-FM, which is now slated to be heard next month on:

http://fnoob.com/radios/fnoob-techno-radio

Wednesday the 3rd of October 9:00pm until 10:00pm in UTC+01

Be there...!

Further details regarding, will follow shortly!

Thanks for reading this...!
d.

 P.S. Just kidding 'bout Hugh being a hard-ass! :-D

Re-uploaded on mixcloud.com (two radio sets...)

Hey-hey reader!

Due to vacationing etc. this blog hasn't been receiving the love and attention from me that it properly deserves!

And that will soon change - HONEST...!

But in the meantime - here are two radio sets that I've made the past year or so (and have both been previously mentioned in this blog), and which I've decided to make available again via mixcloud.com for your listening pleasure (hopefully)!

Enjoy - and thanks for reading this...
 d.

Compiling a Network app (Android) out now...!

(Sorry - but beforehand I'd like to warn you that this post might be - in the beginning - running somewhat down a runway before getting to the point and start taking off, but there is some explanation needed ...)

Although it's been over 5 years since it's start, and over three years ago since the latest installment, the "Compiling a Network"-series ten sets are still seeing more than a fair number of downloads happening out there on the web (written in all modesty, mind)!

Some of the conceptual keywords behind this series were (and still are) "availability" and "accessibility", thus resulting in a promo mix series that not only offered it's listeners all of the sets to be downloaded either in lossless- or lossy-formats, but go even further in meeting the listeners "on their terms" by making these sets available "where the users are at"!
Meaning not only having the sets being available at all of the (appropriate) major services (i.e.: archive.org, Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Official.fm, SonicSquirrel, last.fm etc.) as direct downloads or streams, but also by having the sets readily available for the listeners via podcasts (iTMS, PodcastAlley, podcastblaster, PodNova etc.), RSS-feeds and various torrent-sharing services, too!

As an end-result, the combined number of downloads the series' ten sets have been subject to, have a while ago exceeded more than one million downloads - and are still downloaded by the scores on a daily basis...(again - written in all modesty, mind)!

Since this podsafe, promo mix series went online, the internet-landscape has undeniably changed, and apparently within the next (now) three years "...more users will connect to the internet over mobile devices than desktops pc" (sic.).

Acknowledging the fact that the listeners out there (probably) are turning more and more "mobile" and since I still want the "Compiling a Network"-series to be "available" and "accessible", on the users' own terms and where they might (also) to be at, I've decided to create and now (finally) release the "Compiling a Network App ver. 1.0 BETA"-app ("Android-only" for now - due to hardware-reasons at my end)!

The free "Compiling a Network"-app - containing all of the series' ten sets - can now be downloaded from here: http://compilinganetwork.freehostia.com/app/

If this app turns out to be a success AND/OR there is a massive demand for an iOS-equivalent of this app, I'll see what I can do to get a iPhone-version of this app put together, as soon as it's technically possible...!

On an end-note, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank Carina M. Boese, Bill Causer, Enda Rochford and last but not least Hasan H. Samanci for helping out with the alpha-, beta- and UX-testing of this app - and for going beyond the call of duty, in general...!

Thanks for reading this...
d.

We are now 5 - Thank you! (The Compiling a Network promo mix series)

And with a weeks delay ("Boooooo...!"), the "Compiling a Network" promo mix series has just celebrated it's 5-year anniversary of being online!

YAY....!

Conceived as being a pod-safe promo mix series with the submitting artists' and (net-) labels' permission and blessing to use the tracks involved - and with a budget of 0 (insert whatever currency) plus little - or no - support from the established blogs and sites out there (except from some of the submitting artists and labels) - the ten sets of this series have currently racked up way over 1 million downloads combined, and to this day all of the sets from this series are still being downloaded on a daily-basis!

TBH, this series as exceeded my wildest hopes and expectations regarding the interest shown - as for numbers of downloads, too; furthermore, I'm still grateful for the continuing interest there is out there for this series!

And although this series hasn't seen much love from my side - and has virtually been dormant for the past three years (due to various reasons) - this just might soon change...

But in the meantime, if you haven't checked out any of the sets from this series, then either visit the official "Compiling a Network"-site here: http://compilinganetwork.blogspot.com/

...or just subscribe to this mix series by one of the following ways:

Podcast | iTunes Music Store

Podcast | "On-Click"-subscription

Podcast | Google Reader

Podcast | RSS 2.0 XML-feed

Once again, I'd like to thank all of the contributing artists and net-labels for their initial and continuing support - and to all of you, whom have taken the interest and time to download and check out theses sets during the past five years!

Thanks for reading this...!
d.

Hero still going strong: Gary Numan's mix for The Quietus...

This might be old news, but it has first come to my attention that one of my still-active music heroes since my teens has just recently made a set (along with Ade Fenton) for The Quietus!

And when it's as good and eclectic as this (IMHO), then I'd gladly like to give it some blog-acreage!

Thanks for reading (and listening to) this...

d.

Apparently now occasionally appearing on against-silence.com

Based on the intel from Google Analytics, it looks like that my sets from the
dee3 | datamixes are occasionally getting aired on: http://against-silence.com/!

If so and in that case, I would like to hereby extend my gratitude to the nice people
at against-silence.com apparently including my sets on their stream-playlist...!

Nice one - once again, thanks! :-D

Thanks for reading this...
d.

CaN: "...from various sources" [RE-COMPILED] - visual

This visual-presentation of the "CaN: "...from various sources" [RE.COMPILED]"-set
has put online as part of some experiments that I'm carrying out at the moment!

'hope that I can reveal some more 'bout these experiments in a foreseeable future,
but until then: ENJOY!

Thanks for reading/watching this...!
d.

Hardfloor: "20" - Two decades of Hardfloor

There is no substitute, IMHO; congrats with the two decades of awesome 303-mayhem...!

Thanks for reading - and viewing - this...
d.

DJ-mix: Atle - The Danish Connection - Mixtape Oct 2011

Occasionally, I come across mixes that are more than just interesting,
and here's one that's just come to my attention!

DK-artist, Atle Thorberg, has just put together a set with tracks which
he considers: " ...comprise a selection of what I consider to be some
the best music Denmark has to offer right now."



I tend to agree, but check the set out yourself - you probably won't
be disappointed with Atle's smooth-running offering!

Enjoy - and thanks for reading this...
d.

Guest-mix on Remote Signal: now online...!

For those of you that weren't able to listen in on my guest-set aired on Remote Signal,
8-FX has been kind enough to put the set online, and is now available from the
Remote Signal website:

http://remotesignal.net/2011/10/remote-signal-radio-021/



And for all of you i-Users out there, the set's also available from iTMS, too:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/remote-signal-radio/id432540843

Enjoy - and thanks for reading this...
d.

Guest-mix on Remote Signal the 19th of October, from 8:00 p.m. (GMT)...!

As the title says, this coming Wednesday (the 19th) between 8:00-10:00 p.m. (GMT),
remember to tune in to Remote Signal Radio, where I'm slated to have a guest-mix aired
on 8-FX's show!

You can tune in to the show this coming Wednesday-evening by clicking on the following link:
http://remotesignal.net/broadcast/

...and choose the link, which is most appropriate for your preferred media-player!

'hope y'all will listen in this coming Wednesday - and thanks for reading this...!
d.

P.S. FYI, 8-FX will post the respective tracklists from the show shortly after it's been aired...

"Compiling a Network" - officially a meta-label...(?)

After a couple of years of on-and-off external suggestions (and pressure) -
"Compiling a Network" is now officially a meta-label on sonicsquirrel.net...!

Link: http://sonicsquirrel.net/detail/label/Compiling_a_Network/1554/

That's right, all of the sets from both the "Compiling a Network"- and the
"dee3 | datamixes"-series are all gathered together and are now available
from here (too)!

So does this mean that I'll henceforth be ditching my previous hosting-service
at archive.org?

No (and yes), as all previous and future sets will also (still) be available from
archive.org, but TBH I'm sort of fed up with some the apparently recurring technical-
issues that archive.org subject themselves to, which at the end of the day will give you,
the user, a less than positive experience - sluggish/slow transfer-rates and occasional
broken links come to mind...

Anyways, and from now on, all file-formats from both the "Compiling a Network"-
and the "dee3 | datamixes"-series will still be available from archive.org,
but as for the mp3-files, which appear as enclosures on these two mix-series'
podcast- and RSS-feeds, all of these will from now on be hosted at - and delivered
from - sonicsquirrel.net.

Another major, noticeable change is that both mix-series' podcast-and RSS-feeds have
not only been updated and slimmed down, they are now both powered by delicious'
RSS-feed capabilties and "dressed up" with the services provided by Google's Feedburner
(something which I earlier have written about); there are many reasons behind this somewhat
radical move, but at the end of the day, all of this is for the better for all parties involved - and especially for you (the user), too.

It's now very late - so I'll be signing off for now, thanks for reading this...
d.