Finding Music

I’m a nut for the “138” style of trance, and I’ve found some success with the “My Beatport” system where I follow artists and labels who CONSISTENTLY put out good tunes, rather than those who maybe put out 1-2 good tunes.

Live sets are a bigger one for me. Usually after Ultra and Luminosity, I’ll look for the live sets and tracklistings online, listening and shopping off them for the the tunes I liked. ReOrder, Darren Porter, John Askew, and Standerwick have been good sources for me lately.

I also think if you’re seeing a saturation of mediocre or cookie-cutter tunes on the web, then look into other sounds or genres. Try Psy-Trance, some harder hybrids of trance and techno, or whatever might float your boat.

The trick to finding music on Soundcloud is that it takes a while… you build up the folks you follow, then you spend an hour or so each day slogging through your stream for the new stuff that’s worth listening to

^ This

Also, the tags on Beatport et al., can be misleading and many people box things in slightly different ways, so avoid paying too much attention to them.

Shazam can be a blessing too, listen to extended mixes of DJs you like, Shazam them to death and follow the avenues they take you down (ie, different songs by same artists, suggestions based on currently listening, etc).