Techno

From file cabinets to typewriters, spreadsheets and word processing the tools we use for work change not only what we do, but the culture of our workplace. Steven Sinofsky, a veteran of building software tools for productivity, discusses the latest revolution in technology-enabled tools with Benedict Evans. Why today’s cloud-based tools change the role of managers, and why the perfect tool will never exist (nor would you want it to). 

a16z Podcast: Engineering a Revolution at Work

Can technology companies show up and disrupt television with an onslaught of new gizmos and services, or is content still the controlling factor? What will it take in terms of money, business model and time to upend the TV model that has stubbornly persisted for decades? Will the old platforms and players dominate, or is now the time for new players to take charge? Andreessen Horowitz’s Benedict Evans and Zal Bilimoria discuss the future of television.

a16z Podcast: The Future Of Television

If your income can flow from any place on the globe, and you can earn your money on the Internet, the question for individuals and startup teams alike increasingly is: where do I go? In the tech industry the answer more often than not has been Silicon Valley. For many people and companies that is still true, says Sten Tamkivi, CEO and co-founder of Teleport.org, but it’s not a simple binary answer any more. “It’s more a question of when, and how often do you spend time in Silicon Valley?” he says. And of course, why?

Quality, cost, and opportunity, those are the key elements to consider when deciding where in the world you want to be when you are starting a career -- and starting a company. In this segment of the pod, Tamkivi relates his own experience as an executive at Skype, and how he thought about its global workforce and what made it work so well. He also describes what he’s learned from starting his own far-flung company Teleport.org, which is in the business of helping people decide where in the world the best place for their career and company is. 

a16z Podcast: Software and Overcoming the Randomness of Birthplace

✨ CS23 - @vadanella_music ✨

Notre podcast mensuel est de retour cette fois-ci avec Vadanella ! DJ et Productrice techno basée à Paris et que l’on suit depuis un petit moment, on la retrouve régulièrement sur les line-up des mythiques Phantom et T7 Club aux côtés des plus grands noms.

Reconnue pour ses sets puissants et immersifs, fusionnant entre rythmes percutants et textures variées, Vadanella aime amener ses auditeurs dans un voyage peu commun naviguant entre différents styles afin de procurer diverses émotions. Son but ultime.

✨ Pour la suivre sur les réseaux ✨
SoundCloud : @vadanella_music
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Club Sauvage 23 | Vadanella

This is the CLR Podcast 433 with a set by Hollen. Enjoy!

Support the artist:
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Tracklist - CLR Podcast 433 I Hollen

Michel Lauriola - Hollow (Intro) - [Mord]
Planetary Assault Systems - Give It Up (Len Faki Reassembly 2) - [Mote Evolver]
Bak - Duality (Original Mix) - [JAM]
Burden - Atlantis (Original Mix) - [K S R]
Drumsauw & Unknown Code - Here & Now (Original Mix) - [DCLTD]
Hollen - Rushing Flow (Original Mix) - [CLR]
Hollen - Adapter (Original Mix) - [CLR]
Kuss, Sicion - Ego Death (Original Mix) - [Molekül]
Hollen - Pulsating Heartbeat (Original Mix) - [Unreleased]
Hollen - Trademark (Original Mix) - [CLR]
Hollen - Microscope (Original Mix) - [Unreleased]
Petter B - Before The After (Arjun Vagale Remix) - [BOND]
Xqte - You Gotta Have The Feelin (Original Mix) - [Be As One]
Sean Cunningham - Lock 909 (Original Mix) - [SWAY]
Franco Rossi - Vae Soli (Original Mix) - [BLUR XP]
PUSHMANN - Stress (Original Mix) - [Truncate]


CLR Podcast 433 I Hollen

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Our very special 2 hour progressive warm up set recorded live at Club Panama Amsterdam for the Luminosity Trance Gathering. 

BT - Fibbonaci Sequence
Choice (With Laurent Garnier) - Acid Eiffel
Pete Heller - Sabotage (Pete Heller's Phelacid Mix)
Giorgos Gatzigristos - Pencils For The Weak
Michael & Levan with Stiven Rivic - Sounds are Deeply on Surface (Airwave Remix)
Max Graham - Does She Know Yet
Steiger - Postcards From The Edge
Sold Out vs Nova - Maybe Tomorrow (Nova Remix)
Chris Walsh & Jeremy Coutre Feat. Holly - Burn
Salt Tank - The Energy (Evolution Mix)
BT - Remember (Sasha Mix)
Phi Phi & Airwave - A Breeze On The Nile (Relaunch Remix)
Planisphere - Symphotek
Midtone - Pearl
Stoneproof - Everything's Not You (Quivver's Space Mix)
Remy & Roland Klinkenberg - Fearless
Pete Lazonby - Sacred Cycles (Quivver Remix)
Nic Chagall - What You Need (NC's In Love With Prog Mix)
Humate - Love Stimulation (Oliver Lieb Softmix)
Purple Mood - One Night in Tokyo (DJ Shah's Savannah Mix)
Jan Johnston - Flesh (Tilt's Coming Home Remix)
Airwave vs Vangelis - Bladerunner Blues Shining (Neptune Project Mashup)

Neptune Project Progressive Set Luminosity Trance Gathering 2017 Panama Amsterdam

This is PART 1 of the Recording for Dwell Sneak-Peak Try-Out Party!  
This 7 hour set is 100% improvised in the moment by Witch Princess, and recorded in one beautiful and crazy night. 
It is a taste of what is coming…. soon we open…. Dwell in your heart… 

The set is a transformative journey starting with Downtempo PsyChill with Indian and Arabic flawours, gradually building into more Midtempo Psytrance. Then transforming into beautiful and uplifting Deep House/Tech, before growing into hypnotic Techno, and from there entering into the magical realm of Psychedelic Trance Music. And here we stay for many hours, experiencing a wast specter of this musical genre, disappearing more and more into a meditative trance…..culminating in a full-on explosion. Then in the late morning hours the journey will take you down and back with beautiful and heart-full Downtempo PsyChill and slowly going deeper into more and more Meditative Music before ending with a Meditation and a Blessing. 
I hope you enjoy… <3 

A BIG THANK YOU to all the incredible talented artists for creating all this amazing music. I love what you do, and I love you! Thank you. <3

Thank you to all you beautiful souls that went on this 7 hours journey with me. It was magical….
 I love you. <3

Witch Princess is co-owner and event/booking manager at Dwell, in Bergen, Norway. 
She has been a vital part of the underground techno and psy trance scene in Norway for over 12 years, and she also work as a yoga & meditation teacher.

PART 1 - Dwell Sneak - Peak Party Recording

Jerome Hill is the dictionary definition of “the DJ’s DJ”. In terms of pure technique he’s one of the very best out there - cutting and scratching like a hip hop pro, but blending like the deepest techno maestros - but none of that ever comes at the expense of delivering pure pleasure to the dancefloor. Whether he's playing techno, rave, hip hop, funk and soul or anything else he turns his hand to, his first priority is always the atmosphere and crowd vibe he's creating. And his dedication to all that's best about rave culture extends to running his clubs and labels with the emphasis firmly on honouring the music, and doing right by both punters and artists.

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https://soundcloud.com/jeromehill


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#SlamRadio - 252 - Jerome Hill

When it comes to B2B2C business models -- which combine both business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) -- who really "owns" the customer? That question might not matter as much in more symbiotic, mutually beneficial marketplaces and other platform contexts, but can be a problem in other contexts or if not done right. For example, if it gives entrepreneurs the illusion that they don't have to work to acquire customers, invest in direct sales, or provides a (false) sense of optionality for a second product/ business that "will work later someday".

General partners Alex Rampell (who among other things co-founded TrialPay and Affirm) and Martin Casado (who was formerly CTO and cofounder of Nicira, and then SVP and GM of VMWare's networking and security business unit) draw on their backgrounds on both the consumer and enterprise side of B2B2C to share lessons learned in this episode of the 16z Podcast (in conversation with Sonal Chokshi). In enterprise settings, expanding the sale is one of the biggest drivers of growth, and there are broader ecosystem partners and considerations at play. But more broadly, we discuss how one could think about "channel" -- a.k.a. the route to market for distributing product to customers -- as well as if, when, and how to build more than one product in a startup.

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a16z Podcast: B2B2C

Song for an album expected to come out some time from December to February.

Two Year Summer

Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision Blizzard (a merger he engineered); it's one of only two video gaming companies in the Fortune 500, and the largest game network in the world. The company is responsible for some of the most iconic entertainment franchises, including Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft -- as well as its own professional esports league.

So in this episode of the a16z Podcast, Marc Andreessen interviews Kotick on everything from the evolution of video games in the 1980s to gaming trends more broadly. What changes as gaming goes from "just for nerds" to "just for kids" and spreads more broadly into entertainment and cultural phenomena (esports, Fortnite, Pokemon Go, etc.)... both online and offline?

The conversation originally took place at our annual innovation a16z Summit in November 2018 -- which features a16z speakers and invited experts from various organizations discussing innovation at companies small and large. You can also see other podcasts and videos from this event here: https://a16z.com/tag/summit-2018/

a16z Podcast: Gaming Goes Mainstream

with @kevinchou @cdixon and @smc90

The combination of cloud, social, and mobile took gaming beyond a small base of just console- and PC-gamers to a massive player base. But the underlying business model -- the concept of "free-to-play", built on top of games-as-a-service -- may have been the real innovation that led us to the global gaming phenomenons we have today.

Unfortunately, observes gaming veteran Kevin Chou -- who's seen it all when it comes to tech platform shifts and gaming as a longtime gamer, founding CEO of Kabam, and now founder and CEO of Forte -- there is "a dark side" to free-to-play: Game developers have to balance the gamers who aren't paying with those who are, and especially those who are paying a helluva lot more (the whales) in order to make money and keep the game going. This balance becomes incredibly challenging over time; it is, quite frankly, a lopsided economy. The players will leave: The incentives between game publishers and players are simply not aligned.

Yet what if we could re-align those incentives -- really, the economic relationships -- between game publishers/developers; players and guilds and clans; those who create on top of games (like on Roblox and Minecraft); those who trade and otherwise transact both inside and outside games (it's already happening in secondary markets and gold farms). We could do this in a more balanced way, thanks to blockchain technology and cryptoeconomic business models -- leading to thriving gaming economies with better monetization and deeper engagement, as well as new forms of collaboration, community, and creativity.

But smart contracts, cryptoeconomies, security, etc. is hard for gamers who just want to focus on designing the best game, so how do we get here? Chou shares his thoughts in this episode of the a16z Podcast with Sonal Chokshi and general partner Chris Dixon. In gaming (and in fact, with other tech trends too), innovation happens when there's a combination of new devices, new technology platforms, and new delivery mechanisms... but it's the business-model innovations, argues Dixon, that tend to create the most startup opportunities.

image: battle scene from Eve Online

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The views expressed here are those of the individual a16z personnel quoted and are not the views of a16z or its affiliates. While taken from sources believed to be reliable, a16z has not independently verified such information and makes no representations about the enduring accuracy of the information or its appropriateness for a given situation.

This content is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. References to any securities or digital assets are for illustrative purposes only, and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investors or prospective investors, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by a16z. (An offering to invest in an a16z fund will be made only by the private placement memorandum, subscription agreement, and other relevant documentation of any such fund and should be read in their entirety.) Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z, and there can be no assurance that the investments will be profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar characteristics or results.

Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects, and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others. Please see https://a16z.com/disclosures for additional important information.

a16z Podcast: New Business Models for Gaming

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Othervibe's foray into electronic music began in 1998, with the advent of mp3.com. There, he was exposed to artists like Trance][Control and Astral Projection.

In 2004, Othervibe learned how to DJ as part of his high school senior project.

His chance encounter with Pulsar founder, Kahn,  in a college class in 2010, inspired his drive to play more frequently, at professional events.

This turn of events pushed Othervibe to explore psytrance, and to, over time, learn about the full range of emotion in psytrance. 

Othervibe carried his love for melodic trance to his early exploration of psytrance and his melodically-oriented progressive psytrance and full on sets from 2011 to 2013. 

Not one to shy away from pushing the boundaries, Othervibe has developed a soft spot for groovy, bouncy, night psytrance, and this interest in night time music continues to this day.

In the last year or so, Othervibe has developed a taste for techno, progressive house, and house. He will continue to explore these genres, and perform them, alongside psytrance, at events throughout Southern California.

Always one to pay meticulous attention to track selection, Othervibe seeks to guide listeners and dancers through vast sonic landscapes which encompass a wide range of moods and emotions.

Known for crafting strong arcs in his sets, Othervibe is pleased to perform various styles of music and to capture some of these aural voyages for posterity on Soundcloud.  

December 27, 2015

The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future -- especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This podcast is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!

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