How to Find New Music

Re:How to Find New Music by siquick on Thursday January 30, 2020 @06:01PM (#22196911)

I've been a DJ/record collector for two decades, run a vinyl marketplace[0], have subscriptions to several streaming sites, and I still get so bored of my own taste and what the algorithms give me. The radio has again become a bit part of my listening in the last few years.

Personal favourites are UK's BBC 6 Music, and a small Lisbon-based station called Oxygenio[1]

[0]https://www.soundshelter.net

[1]https://www.radio.net/s/oxigenio

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Re:How to Find New Music by thirdsun on Friday February 07, 2020 @05:15AM (#22264634)

As a music enthusiast and collector myself I'm familiar with that feeling as well as the disappointing state of recommendation engines.

However I think it's easy to fall into a habit/routine of constantly looking for and acquiring new (to me) releases when it actually may be a good idea to take a step back, rediscover the collection you already have and go back to passively stumbling upon hidden gems rather than actively seeking them out in a Discogs dive with a few dozen open tabs.

Radio, like NTS[0] as well as the mixes of other curators/DJs have indeed been a great source of inspiration for a more relaxed approach to discovery.

[0] https://www.nts.live/

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