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Wintertanz - Uwe Thoma in the Mix (2022 - 12 - 11)

Good bye 2022

Tracklist
1. Intro
2. Luix Spectrum & Whisperer - The kids want techno
3. Hanubis - Disco light
4. Uto Karem - I Wanna go back
5. Hanubis - Balrog
6. Shlomi Aber - That's the way I speak
7. NANCY live - Holy Grail
8. Kaiser - Eternal Truth
9. Edit Select & Teste (Amotik Remix) - Ascend
10. York (Eli brown Remix) - on the beach
11. Manni Dee (Perc Trax) - You puked in the alley we kissed
12. Paula Temple - Raging earth
13. Rudy Ripani - Aware
14. Oscar Escapa - Groove Enemy
15. Alessandro Grops - Expansion
16. Deep Dimension - Planet E
17. Stef Mendesidis - Cyber Document
18. Axel Karakasis - Another Box In the Wall
19. Drumsauw - Lost
20. Marco Bailey - RED
21. Furfriend (Perc Remix) - Fist Fuck
22. Miss Djax - Red Rider
23. Marco Leckbert (David Temessi Remix) - Alteration
24. SNTS - judged by uncertainty
25. Manni Dee (Perc Trax) - London in my system
26. Rian Wood & Flour - Down in the underground
27. C.J. Bolland - The prophet
28. AnGy KoRe & Gabriel Padrevita - La bulgara
29. Ascion - Body Party shop
30. Sam Paganini - Exit

GUNHO @RaveCave 2023

A Darker Wave, the best in underground techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to play in the show, presented by Jacki-E and P-Mac.

The guest mix in the second hour is by Bastian Heerhorst aka Heerhorst who’s from Hamburg, Germany, He began making music in 1995 and toured the world for more than ten years using a different alias. In 2017 he began DJ-ing and producing techno under his own name. His music is a blend of styles from pure Techno to Melodic & Industrial. With plenty of releases on major labels including Stil vor Talent, Tronic, & Set About, he’s received active support from artists such as Wehbba, Julian Jeweil, Ramon Tapia and many others.

Links for Heerhorst :- 
Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/heerhorst 
Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/heerhorst/ 
Spotify:- https://open.spotify.com/artist/4C3vrP3HDWOph3a6XSAVWR?si=zCtyXteMQLCq2Crs_3OkHA 
Beatport:- https://www.beatport.com/artist/heerhorst/34297 
Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/BastianHeerhorst/ 

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Wehbba, Sam Wolfe & Anadi, Jesika Jane, Alys, Frank Deka and lots more. 

If you like the tracks we play, please support the artists by buying their music.

For all things A Darker Wave:- https://darkerwave.com

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   Cosmic Kingsnake – Anarchy (original mix) Digital Diamonds.
2.   Phoenix Movement – Timecode (original mix) Trippy Cat Music.
3.   Nakadia, Irregular Synth – Same Minds (original mix) Analytic Trail.
4.   Tony Romanello – Burnin’ (original mix) Red Channel Records.
5.   Projex – Fall of Troy (original mix) https://soundcloud.com/projexross/fall-of-troy
6.   Eli Brown – Make You Freak (original mix) Drumcode.
7.   Lavostrox – Odissey (original mix) Booster Music.
8.   Jesika Jane – Demons (original mix) Onhcet Repunlik.
9.   San Wolfe – Out of Phase ft Anadi 1605.
10. Wehbba – The Message (original mix) Drumcode.
11. Gerard H – Destruction (original mix) Exetra Records promo ro be released 6th February 2023.
12. Frank Deka – Moments (original mix) Pure Black Records.
13. Horas Labachuk – Daemons (original mix) Maskerade+
14. Jay Norris - I Can Give You Air (original mix) Autektone Records.
15. Nurmanov (UA) – Trip (original mix) Red Channel Records.
16. Mad Maex – Possessed Bells (original mix) NewKids Records.
17. Alys – Retry (original mix) After O'Clock Records.
18. Ferdinger – Orthodox (original mix) Skryptom promo to be released 17th February 2023.

2nd hour.
Heerhorst – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave 
1.   Das Pharao, Heerhorst – Leaving Earth (original mix)
2.   Marc Romboy – Hanends (original mix)
3.   Karla Blum – Something Unreal (Heerhorst remix) Say What?
4.   Das Pharao, Bryn Leidl – Luminesence (Heerhorst remix) UV Noir.
5.   Soundfile – Hypnotixe (Heerhorst remix) Mirror Records.
6.   Heerhorst – XTC V2
7.   Heerhorst – Harpoon (original mix) Alaula Music.
8.   Danny Avita – Notre Dame (original mix) 1605.
9.   UMEK – Once Again (original mix) 1605.
10. Dok & Martin, Matteo Vitanza – Strange Things (original mix) Codex Recordings promo to be released 17th February 2023.
11. ID – ID (Heerhorst edit)
12. Wehbba – Premonition (original mix) Drumcode

A Darker Wave is produced for radio by Sergio Erridge and is A Darker Wave production.

A Darker Wave

#416 A Darker Wave 04-02-2023 with guest mix 2nd hr by Heerhorst

A Darker Wave, the best in underground techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to play in the show, presented by Jacki-E and P-Mac.

The guest mix in the second hour is by Shane Hewitt, a DJ / Producer from London. For the past 8 years he’s been part of the duo Esee Free who’ve DJ’d at some of London's most iconic venues. He’s also held a weekly slot as a Resident DJ on Brighton's Trickstar Radio. With previous releases on Apache, Trippy Code & Klexos Records there’ll be more to come in 2023. 

Links for Shane Hewitt:- 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanehewittdj/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/shanehewittdj
Mixcloud:  https://m.mixcloud.com/ShaneHewittDJ/
Resident advisor:  http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/shanehewitt

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Tony Romanello & Gerard H, Pablo Say, Uto Karem, Annie Hill, 4Saken & Nik Kastel and lots more. 

If you like the tracks we play, please support the artists by buying their music.

For all things A Darker Wave:- https://darkerwave.com

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   Deneem – Tunnel (original mix) Sounds of Meow promo to be released soon.
2.   Kenshi Kamaro – Leena (original mix) DeepDownDirty Acid Vol 4 Compilation to be released 17th March 2023.
3.   Katoff – Into the Light (original mix) Sounds of Meow promo to be released soon.
4.   Stateline – Let Her Out (original mix) DeepDownDirty Acid Vol 4 Compilation to be released 17th March 2023.
5.   Horisone – New Hope (original mix) Extima.
6.   Redge – Narcotic (original mix) Music4Clubbers.
7.   Jacki-E, P-Mac – Acid Chaos (original mix) DeepDownDirty Acid Vol 4 Compilation to be released 17th March 2023.
8.   Daryl Johnson – Send the Signal (original mix)
9,   Diatonic, Optikz – The Dirty Rabbit (original mix) Set About.
10. Layton Giordani – Life Moves Fast (original mix) Drumcode.
11. Pao Calderon – Relax (original mix) Exetra Records promo to be released 13th March 2023.
12. Humberto Plaza – Humano (original mix) Booster Music.
13. Heerhorst – In Space (Diego Straube & Rachel Raw remix) Jannowitz.
14. Gerard H, Tony Romanello – Astral Projection (original mix) Airborne Black.
15. Uto Karem – Essence (original mix) Agile.
16. Pablo Say – The Club is on Fire (original mix) Ei8ht.
17. D Manic – Cyanide (original mix) DeepDownDirty Acid Vol 4 Compilation to be released 17th March 2023.
18. Annie Hill – Creation (original mix)
19. 4Saken (AUS), Nik Kastel – In Your Own Mind (original mix) Exetra Records.
20. Crossbow – Stargate (original mix) Codex Recordings promo to be released 17th March 2023.

2nd hour.
Shane Hewitt – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave 
1.   Sam Paganini - Rave (Adam Beyer & Layton Giordani remix) Drumcode.
2.   Pig&Dan & Victor Ruiz - Music Takes You (original mix) Drumcode.
3.   Horisone - Lost In (original mix) Freegrant Music.
4.   Claude VonStroke - These Notes In This Order (VNSSA remix) DirtyBird.
5.   Sian - Mercenary (original mix) Octopus Records.
6.   Thomas Labermair - Pluto (original mix) Black Snake Recordings.
7.   Clap Codex, Patrick Scuro – Elysium (original mix) Alaula Music. 
8.   Thomas Labermair - Voices In My Head (Bultech remix) Reload Records.
9.   UMEK, Popof, Space 92 - Control (original mix) 1605.
10. HI-LO , Eli Brown - Industria (original mix) Filth on Acid.
11. Peter Pahn - Never Stop Dancing (original mix) Legend.
12. HI-LO, Space 92 - Mercury (original mix) Filth on Acid.
13. A*S*Y*S, Dominik Schwarz - Dark Light (original mix) Fe Chrome.
14. Eli Brown – Believe (original mix) Filth on Acid.
15. Jay Lumen - Here We Go (original mix) Footwork.
16. Ramon Tapia - Bring It On Down (original mix) Say What?
17. Space 92 - The Door (original mix) Filth on Acid.

A Darker Wave is produced for radio by Sergio Erridge and is A Darker Wave production.

#420 A Darker Wave 04-03-2023 with guest mix 2nd hr by Shane Hewitt

THANK YOU
40 Euros were collected and will be fully given to the producers in this podcast thanks to Aslice platform. Thanks again for your support.

To support the Techno scene, we have set up a tip system that will allow you to give a contribution to the producers present in this podcast (full tracklist in description below)

https://tiptopjar.com/udwr

100% of the revenues (minus the Paypal commissions) will be equally given to the producers via the Aslice platform (www.aslice.com), U.D.W.[r] will not make any profit from this campaign.  
It is important that we, music lovers, can develop a fairer ecosystem for the suppliers of raw materials that are the producers.
Thank you for your support.

Please welcome this week
2psyched | Dj and producer from Austin, U.S.A.
SC: @2psyched
IG: www.instagram.com/2psyched_/
FB: www.facebook.com/2psychedofficial 
TW: https://twitter.com/2psyched_

Born and raised in the Baltimore - Washington area, attributing his foundation to growing up listening to a wide range of genres and working as a night club promoter, electronic artist producer.

2psyched is currently based in Austin, Texas.

A psychiatric registered nurse by trade, playing his first gig at The Oven, ATX and regularly releasing mixes on Soundcloud, YouTube and Mixcloud.

Label/podcast series owner of:
Required Noise, curating an eclectic catalog of electronic music and DJ mixes that strive to serve as the therapeutic driver.

Thanks for listening and supporting!
TRACKLIST:
Sour Taste (2psyched Remix) - Patrick Jergo (@user-330229850)
https://requirednoise.bandcamp.com/album/sour-taste
Label: @requirednoise

Innocent Party - Isca Nublar (@isca-nublar)
https://www.beatport.com/release/innocent-party/3930351
Label: @solid-capsule-records

Super Sonic - Tintin (@tintinbeatz)
https://www.beatport.com/track/super-sonic/16816037
Label: @sintetics

Dance - Duniz (@duniz-music)
https://www.beatport.com/track/dance/17233655
Label: @solid-capsule-records

Things To Do When I Am With You - Alessandro (COL) (@alejandroperez98)
https://www.beatport.com/track/things-to-do-when-i-am-with-you/17152430
Label: @tnrmedia

Dirac - A.Paul/DJ Dextro (@a-paul/ @djdextro )
https://www.beatport.com/track/dirac/17273126
Label: @sessionwombtokyo

I Got This - Kashpitzky (@kashpitzky)
https://www.beatport.com/track/i-got-this/17146553
Label: @beasoneimprint

Analog - Binny (@binnytechno)
https://www.beatport.com/track/analog/17106034
Label: @mindcut-music

Direction - Tenzella (@tenzellamusic)
https://www.beatport.com/track/direction/15024161
@wearethebraveofficial

Spherical (Sone @brian-s Remix) - Milkplant ( @from0to1 )
https://www.beatport.com/track/spherical/5957478
Label: @from0to1

Student - Mossed (@mossedmuzik)
https://www.beatport.com/track/student/17248583
Label: @rekktormusic

Agony - Das Ton (@das-ton)
https://www.beatport.com/track/agony/17125838
Label: @solid-capsule-records

Conduction - Steam Shape (@steamshape)
https://www.beatport.com/track/conduction/15392478
Label: @off-recordings

Gstaad - Bidoben (@bidoben)
https://www.beatport.com/track/gstaad/16104888
Label: @truncate

U.D.W.[r]ave #063 | 2psyched | U.S.A.

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Premiere: Novatek [ES] - Alpha Centauri (Original Mix) [A100 Records]

A Darker Wave, the best in underground techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to play in the show, presented by Jacki-E and P-Mac.

The guest mix in the second hour is by Jannek Bungener, a DJ / Producer from Gottingen in Germany. He’s the founder and CEO of Volume Nice Music. His latest single, ‘Phoenix’ is released by that label on 17th March 2023. His style is upbeat techno with tension creating breakdowns, fizzing percussion and massive drops.

Links :-
https://fanlink.to/jannekbuengener

In our mix in the first hour there’s music by Nakadia, BEC, Julia Govor, Ryan Michael Robbins, Barbuto and lots more. 

For all things A Darker Wave:- https://darkerwave.com

Tracklist
1st hour.
A Darker Wave in the mix:-.
1.   Auf – Form of Control (original mix) Sequence Music promo to be released 14th April 2023.
2.   Roswell Brothers – 1984 ft Susie C (Diskontrol remix) Maleante Records.
3.   The Reactivitz – Before Existence (original mix) Immersion.
4.   HNTR – IN2 ft Tribe Alexander (original mix) Altered States.
5.   Maurice Burgbacher – Frequency (original mix) Exetra Records.
6.   Damaged Clock – Cuanto Mas (original mix) Ego Riot.
7.   TEKAM – The House (original mix) Exetra Records.
8.   Ellie (GR) – Transcience of Time (original mix) Dead Groovy Music.
9.   Ryan Michael Robbins – Ultra Modern (original mix) Red Channel Records.
10. Emmy Skyer – Chemicals (original mix) Exetra Records.
11. Marie Vaunt – Technology (original mix) Drumcode.
12. BB Deng – Want Your Fame (original mix) Ego Riot.
13. Mha Iri – Never Go Back to Sleep (original mix) Drumcode.
14. BEC – Humanoid (original mix) Drumcode.
15. Nakadia – Reincarnation (original mix) Codex.
16. Barbuto – Stained Glass (original mix) Codex promo to be released 31st March 2023.
17. Julia Govor – Where’s My Cat (original mix) Jujuka promo to be released 31st March 2023.
18. Ferdinger – A Sense of Urgency (original mix) Skryptom Records.
19. Optiplex – D Troy (original mix) Technological Records.
20. Anna Kost – Blind Spot (original mix) Hotflush Recordings.
21. Kyar – Tenebrous Meeting (original mix) IAMT.

2nd hour.
Jannek Bungener – An exclusive guest mix for A Darker Wave 
1.   Offaiah - Soldier (club mix) Defected Records.                                                                          
2.   Enrico Sangiuliano - Blooming Era (original mix) Drumcode.                                     
3.   Zimmz - Open Your Mind (original mix) Silhousettes. 
4.   Jimmi Befrik – Anub (oroginal mix) Volume Nice Music. 
5.   Raffa FL - Ritmo (Mr. Paffi, Jannek Büngener Techno Bootleg) Volume Nice Music. 
6.   Reinier Zonneveld - Restore My Soul (HI-LO remix) Filth on Acid. 
7.   Zimmz – Fractures (original mix) Silhousettes.                                                                                        
8.   Jimmi Befrik – Pyro (original mix) Volume Nice Music.                                                      
9.   Reinier Zonneveld – CSE (original mix) Filth on Acid.                                                                       

10. Jimmi Befrik -  Concentrate (original mix) Volume Nice Music.                                                  

11. Vollans - Don't Ya Hurt Me (Acid Enigma remix) Zeca Records.                                                

12. Fred Again, Swedish House Mafia -Turn On The Lights Again ft Future (Maddix techno remix) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/maddixmusic/fred-again-x-swedish-house-mafia-feat-future-turn-on-the-lights-again-maddix-remix                                                

13. Mau P - Drugs From Armsterdam (Jonathan Kidd Flip) Free Download https://soundcloud.com/jonathankiddmusic/mau-p-drugs-from-armsterdam-jonathan-kidd-flip-free-download                      
14. Jannek Büngener – Phoenix (original mix) Volume Nice Music.  


A Darker Wave is produced for radio by Sergio Erridge and is A Darker Wave production.

#422 A Darker Wave 18-03-2023 with guest mix 2nd hr by Jannek Bungener

● Buy Link: https://www.beatport.com/es/release/hugsn-kisses-2025-remixes/5341364

● Artist: Criss Source, Riko&Gugga
● Track: Hugs'n Kisses (Riko&Gugga Remix) 
● Album: Hugs'n Kisses (Remixes) 
● Label: Sprout
● Catalog: SPT156
● Genre: Progressive House
● Release Date: 26th September 2025
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● Artist's Links:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rikoandgugga

● Label's Links:
Soundcloud: @sprout-music
Beatport: www.beatport.com/es/label/sprout/2153
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Support from Mariano Mellino, Nicolas Rada, Kasey Taylor, Gai Barone, Nick Muir, Dave Seaman, Miss Melera, Anthony Pappa, Magdalena, Jamie Stevens, Alex Neri, Dj Ruby, James Zabiela

Sprout presents some exciting new remixes of label favourite, Criss Sources’ 2005 monster hit, Hugs N Kisses.

To say a track like this can make a career, really isn’t the platitude you think. It was certainly career-defining, but came at just the right time after years of hard work. Coming up to three decades at the pinnacle of the industry goes to show how far removed from the idea of the one-trick pony Criss Source truly is. His legacy spans multiple genres and many high performing labels, including Harthouse, Parquet and Beat Boutique

Nearly 30 years of soundtracking dancefloors across the world, and building a back catalogue arsenal of club bombs to rival any of his peers. Originally released in December of 2004, Hug’s N Kisses became one of the most played tracks for the next 4 years. A true club anthem supported by everyone from DJ Hell and Carl Cox right through to John Digweed and Nick Warren. Presented here with fresh remixes for 2025 by Peter Makto and Riko & Gugga, new life is injected into one of clubland's most enduring moments.

Peter Makto’s mix opens innocently enough, building tension over the first half of the track, steadily adding percussion and deep bass and muted arps. Everything unleashes in the main break, filters open the energy turns up to 11 and the dancefloor explodes in melody, and joyous excitement.

Riko & Gugga hit the ground running with a Bladerunner-esque bass and galloping percussion before acid shots and crazy psy-trance fx drive the floor wild. Aimed squarely at the peak-time, this is one secret weapon you deploy with great care. Once you set this one off theres no going back!
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● Tracklist:
1) Hugs'n Kisses (Peter Makto Remix) 
2) Hugs'n Kisses (Riko&Gugga Remix) 

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Support | Criss Source - Hugs'n Kisses (Riko&Gugga Remix) [Sprout]

The 90’s rave scene embodied a sense of freedom, defiance, energy, and diversity. Konvic’s track, ‘Dove Days’ celebrated that with a hard techno edge and spoken vocals by DeepDownDirty label boss and founder Maya Stone.

Fast forward seven years from the release of ‘Dove Days’ (and as DeepDownDirty fast approaches its tenth year of existence) and Konvic has put together a full album’s worth of eclectic new music to complement the original track, bringing it bang up-to-date with hiphop-edged techno in ‘Escape Key’ featuring Melee; a drum and bass duo of tracks in ‘We Need Love' & ‘Aura’, which both feature TiaSun; and 'Gaia’, with its hard neuro-influenced riff.

Amongst the techno you can also find the bouncy ‘Moroccon Nights’, with its North African-influenced vibe; an acid techno collaboration with Alf E James, ‘Rhythm is in my Mind’; the pulsating groove of ‘Dance’, the third track to feature TiaSun; the vibrant chords of ‘Keep Walking By’; the underground feel of ‘Exit Light'; and the subversive ‘Don’t Be Afraid’, a collaboration with Coqui.

This is music that celebrates the liberating, hedonistic 90’s rave scene with a futuristic edge. Its euphoric, rebellious and wild. It embodies great dance music in its all its glorious variety across the eleven tracks. As Maya says on ‘Dove Days’, “It didn’t matter who you were or what you did, we were united by the music,”.

'Dove Days’ the LP stands as a reminder and testament of how true that still is.

Written by Jacki-E
https://www.instagram.com/jacki_e_dj / https://www.facebook.com/djjackiepalmer
Artwork courtesy of Dan David https://dandavid.co.uk/

RhythmIsInMyMind (Original Mix) - Konvic & Alf E James - DeepDownDirty

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What and who is A Darker Wave?
We are a duo (jacki-e & p-mac) who present A Darker Wave every week only on NLive Radio, Circl8 Radio, Echo Radio & Chill Lover Radio. We put the show together in our home studio. The show is streamed worldwide on the internet. Each show is posted on our Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Hearthis.at, Podbean and You Tube pages once it has been streamed and presents the best in new techno releases.
We also play gigs as A Darker Wave and we have played at events in Germany and all over the UK.
The music we play is techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to include in the show.
Each show is 2 hours long. In the first hour we go into the mix with our featured EP of the week and the best of the new releases.
In the second hour we invite new and upcoming DJs to come onto the show and do a guest mix.

Why are you called A Darker Wave?
Dark Wave was first used in the 1980s to describe a dark and melancholy variant of new wave and post-punk music and was first applied to UK musicians such as Bauhaus, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode and Anne Clark. It was also used to describe artists who combined music with performance art, such as Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire, who challenged and explored the darker and obsessive sides of the human condition.

A lot of techno takes its spirit and ethos from this music, Listen to Throbbing Gristle or Cabaret Voltaire and you can hear the industrial sounds which are a staple of techno music today.

Techno is the outsider of electronic dance music, the punk of today's modern music scene. As Dave Clarke said in an interview with Mixmag, " Techno is edgy. Techno will challenge you......it's the real dark art."
https://mixmag.net/feature/the-road-to-tomorrow-dave-clarke

Our radio show, in presenting the best in underground techno and deep house music, and in giving an opportunity for new, up and coming DJ's and producers, is providing an outlet for new techno, which is best described as being the new wave of modern dance music.

Not just a new wave, but with it's incessant bass rumblings, synthesiser drones, pounding drums, melodic top notes and eerie, distorted vocal samples, techno, in all its forms, is a backdrop to and a critique of our post-industrial, consumerist society, one in which our actions are observed 24/7, our democratic freedoms are threatened by our very own governments and our rights to do, think and act as we please are under ever increasing scrutiny. Techno really is A Darker Wave.

When we were listening to music in the 60’s and 70’s, before the electronic tentacles of technology infiltrated the world, we often thought, whilst listening to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Hawkwind, Captain Beefhart, New York Dolls and Roxy Music, where would music go to in the future? It could never be what was being portrayed in the science fiction movies of the time. Now we know. It can be anything. When we have a recording studio in our own home which is more powerful and versatile than anything available back then, we now know music can be anything and go anywhere. It is only the spark of our imaginations, or lack of it, that holds us back. On our laptop computers we have the capabilities that many artists back then would have given their right arms for. It’s for the uniqueness of the artist to express themselves to be able to stand out from the deluge of music available. Finding those gems is the modern day equivalent of crate digging and when you do, it makes it all worthwhile. Long live music!!!!