Friday, September 4, 2009

Nothing Good to Listen to?

Today, as I was driving downtown in my beat up black '04 Hyundi Accent. A perfect car if all you are looking to do is get from point A to B without having to take out a second mortgage to pay for the car/gas/up keep. I had the windows rolled down and the music was blasting. Now since it is a fairly old car I have no way to hook my iPod in without some extensive knowledge of electronics or paying an outrageous fee to a mechanic because as we all know I'm no genius and I am cheep. So like everyone I am forced to listen to the radio. This isn't something that I mind but I would rather listen to music I prefer like Drum and Bass (DnB) , House, Techno, and Trance over the new Black Eyed Pea's or Miley Cyrus album. (Not that there is anything wrong with the Black Eyed Pea's.) As we all know most major hip hop and R&B artists just slow their beats down from DnB, House, Techno, and Trance songs.
For all of you out there who are in the same boat or car as I am listen up!
There is a new radio station, the first of its kind, starting up here in the states where we can listen to DnB, House, Techno, and Trance all day all the time. Commercial free, listen free, and as always Enjoyment is... that's right you guessed it... The cost of a radio. This will be the first radio station of its kind to hit the states. DnB is huge across the world and no one knows why it isn't big here in the US. From The Drum and Bass Show with Fabio and Grooverider in the UK on BBC Radio 1 to DJ Hype on Kiss 100 in London Radio 195 is going to be just as big. No more Z100's same 30 songs every hour or head talk radio on NPR. The underground DnB listeners will finally be able to enjoy their music above ground and others will be able to listen in to check out the truly best music of our generation.
As you drive around town spin that dial all the way down to 19.5 FM to hear your favorite bass lines being dropped. Make sure that your subs are on and bass is maxed out because you are about to make heads turn as you cruse down the street with the latest and best music genre coming out of your speakers.

1 comment:

  1. After some four decades I can get behind the comment that most (if not all) radio stations her in the U.S. play the same 10 songs by the same 30 artists. While I’m not quite up to “nB, House, Techno, and Trance” I will admit that I stopped listening to Classic Rock nearly 20 years ago, and have chosen to listen to Modern Rock.

    Sure, sure I know that I’m essentially trading one subroutine for another, but at least this one has music that I (mostly) haven’t ever heard before, so for me, that is something of an improvement.

    I’m sure that if I continue to listen to this genre of music long enough, I’ll have to trade to a new form eventually. Meanwhile I am enjoying new paradigm.

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