DAVE HAYNES
I love music + technology. I'm part of the kick ass team at SoundCloud. In my spare time I organize Music Hack Day and OpenMusicMedia. I'm lucky because I get to meet lots of other people who love the same things I do.
Updates
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new on SoundCloud Sounds of the temple at Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum (佛牙寺龙华院) http://t.co/GgCXE8JB on #SoundCloud
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Yes. Singapore Sling! @ Long Bar http://t.co/iw9TfnxM
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I just reached Level 6 of the "Jetsetter" badge on @foursquare. I’ve checked in at 25 different airports! http://t.co/sIMswWqs
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Data scientists, music startups & geeks discuss ideas about music ind, labels & startups http://t.co/BXuO9E4b < could be worth checking
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Right then. Off to Singapore! @ Terminal 3 http://t.co/Z9yMpJyC
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@SamAndeMusic you're in! Go to http://t.co/6iQwSmDc - make sure you're logged in.
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This looks pretty nice. Sparrow for Mail but in the browser: https://t.co/vic9joSQ
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Loving Anymalus by Keadz http://t.co/hpC0JzO1
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@philverney speechless!
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Loving The Bugle - 194a - Too Good For Context by The Bugle http://t.co/7xO5tyZq
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I just unlocked the “Campus Explorer” badge on @foursquare for checking in to 10 different places on campus! http://t.co/Z9dQMTK1
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@atomoil dinner. Think I ended up with this one in Marlow: http://t.co/OQ59m33H
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@atomoil what does that mean?
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@atomoil damn, they're booked on saturday. Think i've left this a bit last minute!
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@atomoil are both romantic?
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@atomoil do you have any restaurant recommendations in the area. Looking for something special for an anniversary
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new on SoundCloud Worst morning commute for a while. Civil protest happening on the train :( http://t.co/SqhwyhER on #SoundCloud
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Headed to my first class at General Assembly London. Curious to see what it will be like.
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This Is My Jam, literally #doughnutfail @ SoundCloud (UK) HQ http://t.co/eJXMaRRT
Posts
This is one of my favorite Debussy pieces. And this animation is rather beautiful and compelling.
"1) everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal;
2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it;
3) anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really."
Russell Davies quotes Douglas Adams in a nice post over on his blog about Clay Shirky's 'Cognitive Surplus'. I turned 30 in May and still feeling a bit depressed about it. But I'm hoping that I've still got at least another 10 years of point no. 2 above :)
photo taken at the SoundCloud meetup in Berlin from our office rooftop. More photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameswelch/sets/72157624490157151/
part instrument, part game, part verbal diarrhoea!
love that the guy featured in this video is wearing a Music Hack Day Boston t-shirt.
(Mental note: make sure we have MHD London t-shirts!).
One other side note from the day which I think sums up Berlin (and SoundCloud for that matter) quite nicely. On my way to the venue at 8am on Saturday morning, I was walking along Holzmarktstr. by the river and was invited into a fairly nuts looking party. It didn’t look like it had just started or that it was going to stop any time soon. I presume that I had been invited in due to my SoundCloud t-shirt (which I’m learning is quite a powerful commodity in this town). Sadly, I had to decline and explain to them that, contrary to rumours, we’re not a party company.
Love this quote from my colleague Thom in our Berlin office. Reminding me that I need to get out there pretty soon!
One of my favourite tracks as a teenager... reminds me of endless summers and camping trips with my mates. This remake is hilarious, admittedly takes the shine off it a little bit :)
"Chromaroma is a game that shows you your movements and location as you swipe your Oyster Card in and out of the Tube. It connects communities of people who cross paths and routes on a regular basis, and encourages people to make new journeys and use public transport in a different way by exploring new areas and potentially using different modes of public transport."
Does anyone know the name of the track playing in the screencast by the way?
I probably sound like a bit of a stuck record at this point but I think it's hard to understate just how much of a killer music device the iPad is. My hat goes off to Smule for really leading the way. They totally get it.
I can't wait until 2015 when this music revolution is in full swing and my son is playing with all these apps. I wonder if he'll still learn to play piano in the classical way I did?
So excited about music creation possibilities on the iPad.
Polaroid strikes back. Seem to have been around for a whhile, but I just stumbled across this on Amazon. Not bad for £20, anyone tried one?
If I was in a band (which I'm not, unfrotunately) I'd take one of these to all my gigs along with a Flip camera then take lots of photos with fans at the merch table and stick them to any CD's they purchase.
"Audio blogging sites Gorilla vs. Bear and Weekly Tape Deck have launched a record label, Forest Family Records. The label will product limited runs of 7", 10" and 12" vinyl as well as cassettes."
CD's are dead, long live digital! But there's no doubt in my mind that physical formats will still play an important (but different) role in music. Especially when a whole generation of kids, who never really even knew what cassettes and vinyl were, decide to acquire some of that 'post-digital' cool factor.
For the record, I said it on the panel I was on at SXSW a few weeks ago, but I'm still waiting for the first cassette only exclusive by a major artist.
I just stumbled across this really great keynote from Clay Shirky a couple of years ago (via Seth Godin). He's talking about the Cognitive Surplus, or put more simply, the amazing things you can do when you stop spending your spare time simply watching TV or consuming media. Definitely recommended viewing.
I've posted before about my good friend Henrik Berggren, he's a guy who definitely knows what he wants to do with his Cognitive Surplus. He loves coding and creating beautiful apps like Citysounds.fm. Question is, how do us your surplus?
There's another poignant part at the end of this talk. It's interesting to think about how we have a whole generation that will grow up just assuming that media isn't a one way street. For them it's as much about producing and sharing as it is about consuming. And I think that will have an important impact on the music business in the future too, as production and participation in music starts to become much more important for a mass-market that was previously content on just consuming it.
Wow, what an amazing machine. It even has a touch screen. Blah!
Just been watching the BBC documentary Synth Britannia and now digging through old footage of synths and samplers. Amazing how complicated this all looked in the late 1960's.
Profile
Summary
Experience
- Aug 2008 - PresentVP Business Development / SoundCloudestablishing London-based office and presence for SoundCloud. Primarily focused on business development, partner relations and marketing.
- Aug 2008 - PresentConsultant / RoyaltyShareHelped manage an acquisition process and maintain key client relationships whilst RoyaltyShare established themselves as a key player in the UK market for digital music distribution and royalty accounting services.
- Jan 2007 - PresentSenior Account Manager / Broad Street DigitalPrimarily responsible for management of new and existing labels, content aggregators and other clients using the Rightsrouter digital distribution software. Also worked with key licensees in both online and mobile channels.
- Apr 2005 - PresentAccount Management and UK Operations / finetunesRan UK office for Hamburg-based digital music distributor Finetunes GmbH. Role included licensing and negotiating new business with UK based licensors and licensees as well as developing and maintaining these relationships.
- Sept 2004 - PresentFounder / ClickGroove.comFounder of ClickGroove.com an online music specialist store selling MP3 downloads. Also developed sister-site ClickProduce.com targeted at producers & musicians. Websites acquired in 2007 by SE13 Downloads as one of the sites in their portfolio (XpressBeats.com, DJ Magazine, Gaydar Downloads etc).
- Sept 2001 - PresentDirector / Inspirit Music LtdIndependent music company with record labels (Inspirt Music, Uno Recordings and Specimen A), studio and local vinyl store. High level and hands-on role included a wide range of responsiblities associated with running a successful multi-faceted music company. Developed strong negotiation skills and business acumen.
Education
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1998 - 2001University of Wales, Swansea
Additional Information
Recent tracks
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Leading To Death by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}9 days ago
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Wandering Star by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}9 days ago
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Happy Be Fine by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}9 days ago
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Fist, Teeth, Money by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}9 days ago
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Lay Your Cards Out by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}9 days ago
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The Maker by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}9 days ago
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Form by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}9 days ago
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Dark Star by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}10 days ago
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Violent Games by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}10 days ago
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I See My Mother by {u'mbid': u'', u'#text': u'POLI\xc7A'}10 days ago
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Tracks
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Sounds of the temple at Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum (佛牙寺龙华院)3 plays
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Worst morning commute for a while. Civil protest happening on the train :(116 plays
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Happy birthday to me. Joshua making me play-doh birthday cakes and singing80 plays
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These brasilians know how to party! at Holiday Inn287 plays
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WTF, there's some kind of massive party going on in the hotel lobby #ohbrasil at Holiday Inn157 plays
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Talking to @ginag from Tumblr at Campus Party Brasil 201278 plays
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Beat boxing #cpbr5 at Campus Party Brasil 2012147 plays
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Campus Party Brazil!!! at Campus Party Brasil 2012180 plays
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@martinsfp @thenextweb at MIDEM 2012141 plays
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@garygarry talking about his #midem experience #audioblog at Le Crillon84 plays
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Talking to @mark_mulligan about agile music and #midem at MIDEM 201279 plays
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Talking to @kristinthomson from @future_of_music #midem #audioblog at InterContinental Carlton Cannes95 plays
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Talking to @spartz at Midem Speakers dinner at InterContinental Carlton Cannes108 plays
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Talking to Techdirt's @mmasnick at the #midem speaker's dinner #audioblog at InterContinental Carlton Cannes63 plays
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Talking to Billboard's @bwerde and Next Big Sound's @shalek at the #midem speakers dinner #audioblog at InterContinental Carlton Cannes83 plays
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Talking to @sydlawrence about hacking at #midemhackday at MIDEM 201287 plays
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Talking to @rexly @musicplayr_com at MIDEM 201252 plays
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Talking to @musicallypaul about #midem lab at MIDEM 201243 plays
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Speaking to @helloburnett from H-Farm about #midem lab and music startups at MIDEM 201235 plays
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Talking to Rich Goldman @riptidemusic & Keatly Haldeman @pigfactorymusic #midem #audioblog70 plays
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Speaking to @larakbaker from @aim_uk #midem #audioblog at Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE)63 plays
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Talking to @jukevox from @lastfm #midem #audioblog at Terminal 582 plays
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Talking to Zane Lowe at Abbey Road Studios63 plays
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Talking to Andrea @digimusictrends about MXP4's @bopler_games #midem #audioblog at Terminal 5109 plays
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Merry Xmas everybody!245 plays
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Joshua unwrapping his Xmas stocking257 plays
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Last train home this year is sounding all Xmas-y at Marylebone Railway Station (MYB)167 plays
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Sounds from a Xmas market at Weihnachtsmarkt vor dem Schloss Charlottenburg126 plays
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Siri Bohemian Rhapsody in progress at Music Hackday379 plays
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I just ordered a lot of pizza for #musichackday at SoundCloud (UK) HQ153 plays
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Sounds from a rickshaw in Pune114 plays
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Bell ringing practice at St Paul's112 plays
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Traffic jan at the end of the night at Bacardi NH7 Weekender 2011101 plays
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@crowlink22 reflecting on his second day in Mumbai at Pali Hill74 plays
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Rickshaw Ride at Pali Hill77 plays
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Talking to Jily from @bcdoundpad in the back of a rickshaw at Pali Hill48 plays
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Talking to @kellysnook about @imogenheap musical data gloves at ITC Grand Central, Mumbai125 plays
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Here's @tasv from @bcsoundpad telling us how to eat curry in India at Jaihind Lunch home37 plays
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Great end to the gig from @raghu_dixit at blueFROG59 plays
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Sounds of a Mumbai street at Center Point728 plays
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Talking to Vikram Mehta about @singchana #nokiamusicconnects at ITC Grand Central, Mumbai41 plays
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Joshua's Birthday Song59 plays
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Carousel Recording57 plays
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Countdown To Blast Off (AudioJedit Remix!)484 plays
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Crowd Shouting Pork for Music Technology Meetup at The Knitting Factory170 plays
Favorites
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The Bugle - 194a - Too Good For Contextby The Bug...
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Scobleizer - Flipboard adds audio from Soundcloud (made with Spreaker)by scoblei...
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Anymalusby Keadz
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SoundCloud NEXT: Baratundeby Evan Te...
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Stevie Wonder is coming to Bestival 2012by Bestiva...
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862 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy 862by twit
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Hallway Chat #1by bijan
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Indians - Magic kidsby heyiami...
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Sound cloud newby Snoop D...
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Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning at SXSWby Daniel ...
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I Will Never Changeby iambeng...
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Riz MC - All Of You feat. Aruba Red & Plan Bby Tru Tho...
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Blades of Steelby jakedub...
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Bugle 179 - Playas gon playby The Bug...
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Hello Buglers!by The Bug...
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Portico Quartet Ft. Cornelia - Steeplessby Real Wo...
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dharma one ft tuomo - belongby dharmao...
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Chch Earthquake - 23/12/11 - Raw Drum recordingby Ben Edw...
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Logam - Your Mom Makes Dubstepby Betamor...
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Mary Meeker - Sound is the future of the web at Web2summitby Alex
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Autumn for the fallby Dale Ba...
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Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah - Earthquake (Noisia Remix)by NOISIA
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A Dramatic Reading for Blake Robinson, starring Dave Greening and Zeforaby Oliver ...
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Quick'n'Dirty 95: SoundCloud Makes Some Noise | 10M and Stable | Future of Check-Inby Kyle F ...
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Tinariwen - Tenere taqqim tossam (Four Tet remix)by Four Te...
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J Sider Interviewed by Brian Ziskby sfmusic...
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DEVolution Podcast: Bad Love Competition Resultsby DEVolut...
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Interview with Matt Stinchcomb from Etsyby Gidsy
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CVRL OV THE BVRL - Illustrationshcby Illustr...
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Morning Mr Magpie - Nathan Fake RMXby Radiohe...
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Bloom_Harmonic 313 RMXby Radiohe...
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Thank You SoundClouders Songby Steph C...
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Nils Frahm - Snippetby Erased ...
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Radiolab: Talking to Machines, Ep. 1001by Radiola...
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Codes In The Clouds – You Are Not What You Think You Are (Rival Consoles RMX)by Erased ...
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Breezeblocks (demo)by alt-J
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Street musician playing in the rainby thommyc
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Korn's Ray Luzier talks about his monster drum kitby kornoff...
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Alex' Austin BBQby Jackplu...
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jonathan davis talks about the song Alone I Breakby kornoff...
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Gab-Gotcha "Japan"by RZAWU
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Pinnaclesby Four Te...
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Breathe (Original Version)by Delilah...
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The Wilderness Of Manitoba - Orono Parkby Jackplu...
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Listen to the NYC #musichackday 2011 theme song. Produced by @ericw, vocals by @lenberg at General Assembly on Sunday afternoonby David N...
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Forss feat. MC Lenberg - We Will Hackby Eric
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"Dance Fight" Closing Creditsby Royal G...
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Theme From "Dance Fight"by Royal G...
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Thoughts on SoundCloudby fredwil...
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Sepalcure - Fleur EP [HF026]by Hotflus...












