rino Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 While searching for some new techno tunes over at Beatport, I saw that they have in stock some old school favorites such as X-Dream's "Trip to tranceslyvania", "Radio", "Irritant", both of The Delta's albums, then "I.F.O." and "Family of light" by Pleiadians, plus the entire Koxbox opus on Blue Room Released (2 albums + those 4 CD Maxis)... Personally, I think it's a great move to make some of those gems available in full quality sound. Even the prices are not over blown. Honestly, I think I've already heard all the goa I ever wanted to, but hell, no one is going to stop me from purchasing the Children Of The Last Generation EP in WAV format. Imma give my 12" a well earned retirement. What do y'all think? If you actually think about these trivial aspects of human existence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piginspace Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 i think it is good that you are able to buy the records at least in this way, when the CD or the vinyl is completely sold out and you can only get it second hand (and even that with problems). if there is no re-release of a CD in sight, this is at least a way to get to the music legally (and hopefully the artists also get their money through those download-portals). for me personally, i like junodownload more, because their catalog of psy, drum and bass and (detroit) techno is more enhanced. but i hope these portals would feature more stuff from extinct labels or from 12"-only releases. some tracks are nearly impossible to get in proper quality, but are too good to be forgotten (like so much Blue Room Released stuff). maybe a specialist for psy/goa would be good, because the big ones are not too interested in this kind of music and concentrate more on minimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerg Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Digital downloads is where all the industry moves and one day it'll all go strictly digital. Vinyls so as cds deteriorate within time. Personally i'd like to listen to a quality digital version of a track than having an old and dusty vinyl and listen to cracks and noises. In the past i've had tons of cds but then i realised the non-sense of holding them and i sold some and others i just gave to my friends. I kinda managed to appreciate music as a sound only without any material equivalent. So quality wav's and mp3's FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rino Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 for me personally, i like junodownload more, because their catalog of psy, drum and bass and (detroit) techno is more enhanced. but i hope these portals would feature more stuff from extinct labels or from 12"-only releases.First time I hear that I always felt like it was the other way around. Anyways, maybe I still haven't ran into a blind alley at Beatport, to put it that way. Even though I have an account at both, I must admit I've been a happier buyer at Beatport. But Junodownload has some nice items as well. Don't know anything about any d'n'b though I kinda managed to appreciate music as a sound only without any material equivalent. So quality wav's and mp3's FTW.Word. My only goal is to hear as much music as possible in the best availabe quality, without harming the artists' credibility, hard work and so on... Collecting plastic doesn't really strike me as much as it used to. Good music doesn't need a particular medium to sound good - it only needs to sound good, be it digital format or marble colored vinyl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Digital downloads were dead before they were born imo. Streaming ad-financed/subscription music services are the wtg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerg Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 "Vinyl is the pain in the ass" Richie Hawtin (source: Slices DVD Magazine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhale Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I get all my music digitally for free...... :drama: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I get all my music digitally for free...... :drama:u cheat!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veracohr Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have some downloads, and honestly, to me it feels like I don't really "have" the music if I don't have a physical medium. Like it doesn't count. I'm not really a collector of anything, so I don't have the "collector" personality, but with music it just doesn't seem right if I don't have a CD or record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jivamukti Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have some downloads, and honestly, to me it feels like I don't really "have" the music if I don't have a physical medium. Like it doesn't count. I'm not really a collector of anything, so I don't have the "collector" personality, but with music it just doesn't seem right if I don't have a CD or record. +1 Funnily enough I don't have any problem with games as digital downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antic Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have some downloads, and honestly, to me it feels like I don't really "have" the music if I don't have a physical medium. Like it doesn't count. I'm not really a collector of anything, so I don't have the "collector" personality, but with music it just doesn't seem right if I don't have a CD or record. +1, I stayed quiet so far because Rino wrote "...to those who care" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have some downloads, and honestly, to me it feels like I don't really "have" the music if I don't have a physical medium. Like it doesn't count. I'm not really a collector of anything, so I don't have the "collector" personality, but with music it just doesn't seem right if I don't have a CD or record. +492 (my psy cds so far) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Juno > Beatport. I think most of those releases are available at Juno for less. Digital downloads were dead before they were born imo. Streaming ad-financed/subscription music services are the wtg. Do you really want to hear ads when you listen to music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Do you really want to hear ads when you listen to music? Valid point, but I don't mind ads. My money can be spent on way better things than music I can get for free (or in exchange for some ear pain). Also, monthly subscription for limitless music streaming is an awesome financial model for people who are willing to spend. Paying per-track or album just doesn't cut it. Information wants to be free, you know. Or atleast I want it to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Valid point, but I don't mind ads. My money can be spent on way better things than music I can get for free (or in exchange for some ear pain). Also, monthly subscription for limitless music streaming is an awesome financial model for people who are willing to spend. Paying per-track or album just doesn't cut it. Information wants to be free, you know. Or atleast I want it to be. Ppl shouldn't be allowed to use this moto in the wrong way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no-nonsense Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Thanks for the tip, grabbed a lossless copy of IFO from Juno. Now I feel warm and fuzzy inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Ppl shouldn't be allowed to use this moto in the wrong way. Read my post in context and quit looking for errors, you malignant penis rash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Also, monthly subscription for limitless music streaming is an awesome financial model for people who are willing to spend. Paying per-track or album just doesn't cut it. Information wants to be free, you know. Or atleast I want it to be. This could be implemented at the distributor level if they weren't so locked into turning profits from physical media sales. Still, I like the idea; imagine subscribing to Wirikuta or Arabesque for 10 or 20 bucks a month to have unlimited access to everything in their catalogues at CD quality... I'd pay that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Read my post in context and quit looking for errors, you malignant penis rash. I wasn't talking about the grammar. Anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 I wasn't talking about the grammar. Anyway. I know you weren't talking about grammar. Silly ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserflip Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Astral Projection The Astral Files Another World Hallucinogen The Lone Deranger Noosphere Radiated Doof Let's Turn On It's About Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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