You can try listening to mixes uploaded to SoundCloud in your favourite genre. I normally discover one or two tracks I like in a mix by a radio, DJ or producer whose tastes I already trust. A consciously selected vibe beats generated by the algo.
If you like a DJ or producer, they might have mixes online from a radio show on SoundCloud or their own profile.
My mix recs:
Soulection Radio
Huge collection. They’re my flagship for soul, rnb and afrobeat. I also recommend checking out the individual profiles of people who work for the show like Sasha Marie and Sahar Habibi.
Delta Waves by Galimatias
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I find most of my house/techno/funky tracks by following labels or label specific playlists (easy if you’re on spotify, otherwise there’s plenty of stuff on youtube)
a couple I recommend:
Miura Records
Subwax Distribution
Rhythm Section INTL Catalogue
all these playlists are like 100 hours so I just shuffle and skip till I find the heat. It‘s worth your time!
Sep 28, 2024
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NTS and Do You Radio are two of my daily listens — NTS has a tracklist function too + a huge archive of mixes.
Searching a favourite track on YouTube and then filtering by playlist is also really fun. Takes a little scrolling.
Discogs and bandcamp are both marketplaces I often dip into for some discovery. Both have user-made lists. Discogs you can go down great rabbit holes by digging into a particular artist/musician/producer’s entire body of work. Bandcamp good for new grassroots music.
Soulseek if you don’t mind a little piracy is also great. You can browse people’s entire music libraries. Some are really thoughtfully organised. There’s something oddly endearing about getting an impression for who someone is simply going off how they’ve organised their music and what they have.
Apr 29, 2024
I haven't used YouTube consistently in ages. I've randomly been getting suggested dj sets for all genres, and they're kind of everything to me.
I've linked the set I'm currently listening to.
Please suggest other DJ sets to listen to. Fuck Spotify this is where I live now.
Feb 19, 2025
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May 24, 2024
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In response to riotgrrrl and mouse dollz recs. There are a few active sites trying to revive the dollz community! Even a Discord where people are sharing resources and creating dollz for each other:
https://discord.gg/33adCApqrm
Please join for anyone reading this who misses dollz! 🧸
My friends’ sites 🩷
https://dolliepalace.com
https://dreamcloudz.net
Apr 30, 2024
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It actually regulates your body temperature and I promise nothing is going to “get you”!
Apr 28, 2024