J-Zed, post: 25515, member: 1486 wrote: What’s so bad with beatport?
There is tons of music on there both very popular and almost unheard of. It just takes some time and some digging but it’s all there. Listen to sets by djs you enjoy, get a tracklist and then most of what you can find is on BP. Other than that, if you wanna get more into local scenes with producers who aren’t on BP you might have to contact their label or the producers themselves.
There’s always a way!
I think the problem is that Beatport, for me, seems to have a growing bias towards certain genres (not always correct IMHO) and labels/producers which are often pushed nearer the front. I agree that with some digging there are good tracks to be found but my experience of trying to do this is a frustrating one – navigating brand new releases in Deep House for example.
Traxsource on the other hand is a joy to use if you’re in to Souful/Deep/Jackin House music. I also use iTunes as well as the pricing is very good for deep/soulful house tunes on general release.
Back on topic regarding D&B. Junodownload and iTunes are certainly places to look but I would personally recommend to check out the labels sites directly, Hospital Records for example has a superb online shop. I think that it’s still the case that a lot of D&B tracks are passed around between the scene well before any promos or even full releases are available so it’s definitely keeping tabs on labels for any early exclusives.
http://download.breakbeat.co.uk/Default.aspx
http://www.hospitalrecords.com/
http://www.shogunaudio.co.uk/shop/
https://shop.ramrecords.com/
http://www.surus.co.uk/Critical-Music/
http://www.metalheadz.co.uk/headzStore/
These are probably the big guns but all are underground D&B labels with superb reputations.
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