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Internet radio’s first legal mixtape library
Far from the days when it was just Pandora and Last.fm competing for internet radio space, today there seem to be as many music streaming sites as there are mashups that helped drive the phenomenon. Whether you regard the remix as a modern artform or scourge of the entertainment industry, hour-plus-long club mixtapes, musical performances like Girl Talk and many other copyright-flaunting forms are here to stay. Enter Dubset, a new online venture not concerned with just promoting the art of the mix, but being the first legal site to feature the work of DJs.
Dubset uses their own digital tool, MixScan, to pick out all the songs in every DJ’s mixtape. When someone listens to a mix in the Dubset library, Dubset logs that play so that artists within the mix can be compensated. Constantly updated by DJs, the free library is available from the website or from an iPhone with an app.
Browse through Dubset’s site and you’ll find the expected DJ profiles, as well as options to follow your favorites and browse through all the mixtapes by “venue” and “genre.” If you’re the type to bootleg favorite club soundtracks on your phone or dig up the obscure file posted in the cloud the next day, you can now legally relive your favorite nights, right from your computer.
Stockholm 2011: Swedish designer Carl Hagerling presented his collection of brass objects with design collective Landet as part of the Greenhouse at Stockhom Furniture Fair earlier this month.
The series includes a free-standing radio shaped like a little dog, a kerosene lamp that can be removed from its stand and a candle holder with a wing nut and bolt to move the candle up as the wax burns down.
Also included is a wooden trivet made up of seven faces connected by magnets, which can be separated and used as coasters, and a table-cloth clip in the shape of a hand.
Stockholm Furniture Fair took place 8-12 February. See all our coverage of the event »
Captions are provided by Hagerling
Above and: Sju Vackra Flickor i en ring. Trivet designed after a Swedish summer song; “sju vackra flickor i en ring” = “seven beautiful girls in a circle”. Is connected with small magnets and could be separated and used as coasters. Made in black (MDF, wood) walchromat
Above: Sommarprataren Radio furniture inspired by my pugs. -”drink your coffee, read your favorite book listen to the radio”. Made in brass, electronics, white painted MDF
Above and below: Fotogen. Flexible kerosene lamp inspired by workshop-tools; industrial lamp, chemistry, a shaped foot, coulter and broom. The lamp is docked to the support and could easy be moved and be docked or placed for example next to the bed. Made in white painted pine, brass, glass
Below: Prästkrage Candle-holder, in Swedish “stumpljusstake”. Inspired by a leaf of a water-lily and melting stearine. Made in brass
Below: Duk hand. Cloth clip shaped as a hand. Made in brass.
Below: Landet stand in the Greenhouse at Stockholm Furniture Fair
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Timeline by Luca Nichetto for Skultuna | Point and Dot by David Taylor at Biologiska | Ceramic radio by Studio Lama |
Our video on how three friends from Brooklyn collaborate to make the most creative show in radio
In our latest video we hung out with childhood friends and DJs Chances With Wolves to learn about the musical philosophy behind their radio show. We also went with the dynamic trio that makes up the group, Kenan Juska, Kray and Mikey Palms, to see exactly how they tear up the airwaves once a week on East Village Radio.
Congrats and thanks to Anneke, the winner of our Radiosack contest.
It’s an homage to Canadian listeners of CBC 1 and 2, a radio that simply features a switch to toggle between the two. Other features are hidden on the bottom of the device, including MP3 capabilities. More from Science & Sons here.
Israeli designers Studio Lama have designed a ceramic kitchen radio. (more…)