More old school ish from Stylistik. Recorded live from Toronto college radio in December 2006. Playlist: # intelligent hoodlum - game type # finesse & synquis - i can do better # antoinette - hit ‘em with this # bizzie boys - for those who slept # double xx posse - executive class # charizma & peanut butter wolf - my world premiere # kid ‘n’ play - last night # mantronix - needle to the groove # ll cool j - rock the bells (original) # pete rock f masta killa, raekwon - the pj’s # nas - money over bullshit # nas - carry on tradition # nas - where are they now # nas f kanye west - still dreaming # nas - who killed it? # hi-tek f dion, talib kweli - let it go # tragedy khadafi f large professor, havoc - funkmode # o.c. - point o’ viewz # epmd - boon dox # grand puba - check tha resume # main source - snake eyes # x-clan - grand verbalizer # diamond d and the psychotic neurotics - best kept secret # x-clan - cosmic ark # showbiz & a.g. - hold ya head # king tee - dippin’ # ultramagnetic m.c.’s - raise it up # natural resource - they lied - Source Site:http://fm416.wordpress.com/

“THE RAKIM POWER SESSION” The R was in Toronto over the weekend when this was recorded back in 06.. and DJ Serious burns it up — two sets of nothin but Rakim. Recorded live from Toronto college radio in September 2006. Playlist: # eric b and rakim - juice (know the ledge) # eric b and rakim - i know you got soul # eric b and rakim - paid in full (seven minutes of madness mix) # dennis edwards - don’t look any further # eric b and rakim - my melody # eric b and rakim - mahogany # eric b and rakim - in the ghetto # 24 carat black - ghetto: misfortune’s wealth # eric b and rakim - eric b is president # eric b and rakim - move the crowd # chocolate milk - action speaks louder than words # rakim - living for the city # jody watley f rakim - friends # eric b and rakim - follow the leader # eric b and rakim - musical massacre # eric b and rakim - let the rhythm hit em # eric b and rakim - no omega # eric b and rakim - casualties of war # eric b and rakim - i ain’t no joke # eric b and rakim - microphone fiend # rakim - new york (ya out there?) # rakim - i get visual # rakim - it’s been a long time - Source Site:http://fm416.wordpress.com/

The random mixes that I get in my inbox are just NUTS! Some of them are done by drunken deaf mice who love recording 13 songs playing at the same time. But then at the other end of the spectrum I get these really polite introductions from really cool folks who just deeply dig their music. Case in Point: Dave Pezzner - the 2007 US Laptop DJ champion - who throws down a set that doesn't advertise that fact too heavily. He laptops all of the beats into this mix perfectly. A great Springtime mix to serve as your personal sound track. - Source Site:http://www.jacoblondon.com/main.htm

A crazy scheme in which you pay a monthly fee and get unlimited music, huh? Imagine that.

Part of what was strange about flat fee advocate Jim Griffin’s new proposal for an ISP monthly fee for music is that subscription-based music lives already, from digital radio to music services. Amidst rumors that Apple might add subscriptions, the Zune, Rhapsody, and Napster all have flat-fee subscriptions right now, thank you very much. (I’m even told there are music players aside from iPod, though I don’t know if I believe this.)

I was a big fan of YottaMusic, a friendly Web front-end that connected to Rhapsody, and mourned its passing at the beginning of this year. But here’s good news: you can restore Yotta’s best feature, which was keeping track of music played in a Web browser for the superb Last.FM music community service.

Rhobbler

Rhapsody is clever enough not only to work in Web browsers on multiple platforms (even Linux), but generates an RSS feed of music you’ve been playing. Rhobbler hooks into that RSS feed and uploads to Last.FM. It’s a kludge, certainly — I’d love to see this built into the Rhapsody interface, along with other improvements. But it works: sign up once, and you’re done.

As some commenters noted in regards to the Griffin story, there’s a lot of music out there to keep track of — and a lot of us are listening to more than ever before. But that’s why it’s so nice to have tools like Last.FM. I also find, curiously, that subscription music for me feels like on-demand radio; instead of reducing how much music I buy outright, I just buy music I’m even more excited about.

If you’re not already a member, be sure to join our CDM group on Last.FM:

CreateDigitalMusic @ Last.FM

… and yes, promoting your own music there is encouraged! (Albums at right represent albums heard last week by CDM members. And, uh, dude … the group is all guys at the moment. I know ladies reading the site, and Last.FM has plenty of women, so join in and share your listening tastes!)

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this mix is outta this world!! futuristic vibes ft. James Pants, Skymark, Samiyam, Take, Kissey Asplund, Mono/Poly, 00Genesis, 1000names and one exclusive track from Safari-FX! - Source Site:http://djsynflood.org

31st March 2008: de la Mancha has announced the release of machin, a random, probability-based, step-sequenced multi-fx device created by de la Mancha in partnership with sink. The step sequencer defines the probabi...

31st March 2008: xoxos has released Midilegato, a new, free, VST plug-in for Windows that delays NoteOff events on one channel by up to 500ms to turn generated MIDI sequences into legato sequences.

As mentioned last week, the OLPC project has provided some 8.5GB of Creative Commons-licensed sound. Unfortunately, in an all-too-familiar scenario, the servers didn’t stand up to its instant popularity. Good news — most of the content is available now via torrent, with additional content on the Internet Archive.

We need a Few Good Seeds, so grab that torrent and seed it! (I am…)

Official OLPC sound samples page

Internet Archive links

olpc-sound-samples on Mininova (should be on other trackers, as well)

And previously…

8.5 GB of Free, CC-Licensed Samples from the OLPC Project, and OLPC Music Tools

Oh, yeah, and no one need feel guilty about using the samples. That was kind of the idea. (Not to mention, this could be a good sample source for working on projects for the OLPC.)

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31st March 2008: Saltline has released Cadence and Jekyll, two new VST effect plug-ins, and Ichi, a synth VSTi. All plug-ins are available for Windows and are free. Cadence is an LFO controlled filter and pan effect...

31st March 2008: Real Sound Lab has announced the release of P1 Equaliser, a DirectX-based plug-in for its corrective loudspeaker equalization system, CONEQ. P1 allows anyone to run the CONEQ detailed loudspeaker cor...