Spotify for Linux

I tried Spotify today for the very first time. Not bad :) “Spotify is a commercial music streaming service… Music can be browsed or searched by artist, album, genre, playlist, or record label. Paid “Premium” subscriptions remove advertisements and allow users to download music to listen to offline.” (source)

Visit https://www.spotify.com, register for free, then install the Linux client. It works well. So far I’ve used Pandora.com, but Pandora is not available in my country, thus I need to use a US proxy if I want to listen to it. Spotify, on the contrary, is available at us, so there is no need to do such tricks. And it’s free.

_{(Thanks to gegerigo for showing me Spotify on his machine.)}

a terminal-based YouTube player

mps-youtube is a terminal-based YouTube player and downloader. If you use YouTube a lot for listening music, then you must give it a try.

Screenshot:

Digitally Imported station URLs

Problem
You want to listen to Digitally Imported radio channels from command line for instance. For this you need the URL of the stations but it’s somewhat hidden on the web interface.

Solution
There is a public list of stations at http://pub7.di.fm/. You can write pub1, pub2, …, pub7 in this address.

I wrote a quick and dirty script that extracts station URLs (see the script here).

The output of the script is here (download the list here):

(01) http://pub7.di.fm/di_ambient                  Ambient - a blend of ambient, downtempo, and chillout
(02) http://pub7.di.fm/di_bigroomhouse             Big Room House - The most uplifting, floor-filling Big Room House!
(03) http://pub7.di.fm/di_breaks                   Breaks - a fine assortment of trance and house breaks
(04) http://pub7.di.fm/di_chillhop                 ChillHop - Trip Hop infused, downtempo nujazz and chillout beats.
(05) http://pub7.di.fm/di_chillout                 Chillout - ambient psy chillout, check out our trippy flavors!
(06) http://pub7.di.fm/di_chilloutdreams           Chillout Dreams - relax to the sounds of dream and ibiza style chillout
(07) http://pub7.di.fm/di_chiptunes                Chiptunes - Playing the best chiptunes and video game music.
(08) http://pub7.di.fm/di_classiceurodance         Classic EuroDance - Finest imported cheese on the net!
(09) http://pub7.di.fm/di_classiceurodisco         Classic EuroDisco - Relive the sounds of Euro & Italo Disco.
(10) http://pub7.di.fm/di_classictrance            Classic Trance - relive the classic trance hits!!
(11) http://pub7.di.fm/di_classicvocaltrance       Classic Vocal Trance - Classic fusion of trance, dance, and chilling vocals together!
(12) http://pub7.di.fm/di_clubdubstep              Club Dubstep - Enjoy the liquid sounds of Dubstep
(13) http://pub7.di.fm/di_clubsounds               Club Sounds - the hottest club and dance tunes 24/7
(14) http://pub7.di.fm/di_cosmicdowntempo          Cosmic Downtempo - A downtempo journey into the cosmos
(15) http://pub7.di.fm/di_darkdnb                  Dark DnB - A twisted blend of heavy hitting Dark Drum and Bass!
(16) http://pub7.di.fm/di_deephouse                Deep House - Only the sexiest, silky smooth and groovy Deep House.
(17) http://pub7.di.fm/di_deepnudisco              Deep Nu-Disco - The new sounds of Deep Disco!
(18) http://pub7.di.fm/di_deeptech                 Deep Tech - Deeper shades of House and Techno with Dub and Blues influences.
(19) http://pub7.di.fm/di_discohouse               Disco House  - Grooviest Disco House hits on the planet!
(20) http://pub7.di.fm/di_djmixes                  DJ MIXES - non-stop DJ sets featuring various forms of techno & trance!
(21) http://pub7.di.fm/di_downtempolounge          Downtempo Lounge - Relax with some Downtempo grooves.
(22) http://pub7.di.fm/di_drumandbass              Drum and Bass - tasty assortment to satisfy your drum and bass fix!
(23) http://pub7.di.fm/di_dubstep                  Dubstep - Dubstep hits and mixes!!!!
(24) http://pub7.di.fm/di_eclectronica             EcLectronica - An eclectic mixture of modern electronica.
(25) http://pub7.di.fm/di_electrohouse             Electro House - an eclectic mix of electro and dirty house
(26) http://pub7.di.fm/di_epictrance               Epic Trance - Epic & uplifting trance hits
(27) http://pub7.di.fm/di_eurodance                EuroDance - the newest and best of Eurodance hits
(28) http://pub7.di.fm/di_funkyhouse               Funky House - A fine selection of funky house music!!
(29) http://pub7.di.fm/di_futuresynthpop           Future Synthpop - Finest selection of futurepop and synthpop!!
(30) http://pub7.di.fm/di_glitchhop                Glitch Hop - Bit-crushing, dub-infused Hip Hop sounds!
(31) http://pub7.di.fm/di_goapsy                   Goa & Psychedelic Trance - a voyage out of this world!
(32) http://pub7.di.fm/di_handsup                  Hands Up  - Dance to the best Hands Up hits!!
(33) http://pub7.di.fm/di_hardcore                 Hardcore - DJ mixes, hard dance and NuNRG!
(34) http://pub7.di.fm/di_harddance                Hard Dance - are you ready for this!
(35) http://pub7.di.fm/di_hardstyle                Hardstyle - Banging Hardstyle for your ears!!!
(36) http://pub7.di.fm/di_house                    House - silky sexy deep house music direct from New York city!
(37) http://pub7.di.fm/di_latinhouse               Latin House - Finest selection of Latin house!!
(38) http://pub7.di.fm/di_liquiddnb                Liquid DnB  - Flowing with the freshest Liquid DnB!!
(39) http://pub7.di.fm/di_liquiddubstep            Liquid Dubstep - Mellow out to the rolling, soothing deep bass of Liquid Dubstep.
(40) http://pub7.di.fm/di_lounge                   Lounge - sit back and enjoy the lounge grooves!
(41) http://pub7.di.fm/di_mainstage                Mainstage - The biggest DJs from the best festivals around the world!
(42) http://pub7.di.fm/di_minimal                  Minimal - Finest selection of Minimal Techno & House!!
(43) http://pub7.di.fm/di_oldschoolacid            Oldschool Acid - Oldschool sounds of Acid Techno, House, and Trance!
(44) http://pub7.di.fm/di_oldschoolelectronica     Classic Electronica - old school techno, trance & rave!
(45) http://pub7.di.fm/di_progressive              Progressive - house, techno, and trance beats for your mind!
(46) http://pub7.di.fm/di_progressivepsy           Progressive Psy - progressive psychedelic grooves
(47) http://pub7.di.fm/di_psychill                 PsyChill - downtempo psychedelic dub grooves, goa ambient, and world beats.
(48) http://pub7.di.fm/di_russianclubhits          Russian Club Hits - Russia's hottest club hits.
(49) http://pub7.di.fm/di_sankeys                  Sankeys Radio - The sound of the white isle direct from Sankeys Ibiza.
(50) http://pub7.di.fm/di_soulfulhouse             Soulful House - house music selected from Paris with love!
(51) http://pub7.di.fm/di_spacemusic               Space Dreams - ambient space music for expanding minds
(52) http://pub7.di.fm/di_techhouse                Tech House - A fusion of techno and house with a deep, soulful vibe.
(53) http://pub7.di.fm/di_techno                   Techno - From Minimal to Detroit to Schranz & all in between!
(54) http://pub7.di.fm/di_trance                   Trance Channel - we can't define it!
(55) http://pub7.di.fm/di_trap                     Trap - Electronic 808 beats with Hip Hop roots.
(56) http://pub7.di.fm/di_tribalhouse              Tribal House - Finest selection of tribal and tech house!!
(57) http://pub7.di.fm/di_ukgarage                 UK Garage - The latest and greatest in UK Garage!!
(58) http://pub7.di.fm/di_umfradio                 UMF Radio - UMF Radio
(59) http://pub7.di.fm/di_vocalchillout            Vocal Chillout - Enjoy the relaxing vocal sounds of ibiza chillout
(60) http://pub7.di.fm/di_vocaltrance              Vocal Trance - a fusion of trance, dance, and chilling vocals together!

Play a station with mplayer for instance: “mplayer http://pub7.di.fm/di_ambient“.

Update (20140703)
Another way is to extract all links and then filter the result:

$ ./get_links.py http://pub7.di.fm | grep -v "\.xsl$" | grep -v "http://http://" | grep "fm/" | sort -u

The get_links.py script is here.

Update (20141102)
As it was pointed out in the comments by one of our dear readers, Abel Omar Serú, the radio stations above are not top quality, i.e. the bitrate is 96 KBPS. However, following Omar’s tip, here is the premium list with an incredible 320 KBPS :)

(01) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_ambient_hi                  Ambient - a blend of ambient, downtempo, and chillout
(02) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_bigroomhouse_hi             Big Room House - The most uplifting, floor-filling Big Room House!
(03) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_breaks_hi                   Breaks - a fine assortment of trance and house breaks
(04) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_chillhop_hi                 ChillHop - Trip Hop infused, downtempo nujazz and chillout beats.
(05) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_chillout_hi                 Chillout - ambient psy chillout, check out our trippy flavors!
(06) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_chilloutdreams_hi           Chillout Dreams - relax to the sounds of dream and ibiza style chillout
(07) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_chiptunes_hi                Chiptunes - Playing the best chiptunes and video game music.
(08) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_classiceurodance_hi         Classic EuroDance - Finest imported cheese on the net!
(09) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_classiceurodisco_hi         Classic EuroDisco - Relive the sounds of Euro & Italo Disco.
(10) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_classictrance_hi            Classic Trance - relive the classic trance hits!!
(11) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_classicvocaltrance_hi       Classic Vocal Trance - Classic fusion of trance, dance, and chilling vocals together!
(12) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_clubdubstep_hi              Club Dubstep - Enjoy the liquid sounds of Dubstep
(13) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_clubsounds_hi               Club Sounds - the hottest club and dance tunes 24/7
(14) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_cosmicdowntempo_hi          Cosmic Downtempo - A downtempo journey into the cosmos
(15) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_darkdnb_hi                  Dark DnB - A twisted blend of heavy hitting Dark Drum and Bass!
(16) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_deephouse_hi                Deep House - Only the sexiest, silky smooth and groovy Deep House.
(17) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_deepnudisco_hi              Deep Nu-Disco - The new sounds of Deep Disco!
(18) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_deeptech_hi                 Deep Tech - Deeper shades of House and Techno with Dub and Blues influences.
(19) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_discohouse_hi               Disco House  - Grooviest Disco House hits on the planet!
(20) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_djmixes_hi                  DJ MIXES - non-stop DJ sets featuring various forms of techno & trance!
(21) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_downtempolounge_hi          Downtempo Lounge - Relax with some Downtempo grooves.
(22) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_drumandbass_hi              Drum and Bass - tasty assortment to satisfy your drum and bass fix!
(23) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_dubstep_hi                  Dubstep - Dubstep hits and mixes!!!!
(24) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_eclectronica_hi             EcLectronica - An eclectic mixture of modern electronica.
(25) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_electrohouse_hi             Electro House - an eclectic mix of electro and dirty house
(26) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_epictrance_hi               Epic Trance - Epic & uplifting trance hits
(27) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_eurodance_hi                EuroDance - the newest and best of Eurodance hits
(28) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_funkyhouse_hi               Funky House - A fine selection of funky house music!!
(29) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_futuresynthpop_hi           Future Synthpop - Finest selection of futurepop and synthpop!!
(30) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_glitchhop_hi                Glitch Hop - Bit-crushing, dub-infused Hip Hop sounds!
(31) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_goapsy_hi                   Goa & Psychedelic Trance - a voyage out of this world!
(32) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_handsup_hi                  Hands Up  - Dance to the best Hands Up hits!!
(33) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_hardcore_hi                 Hardcore - DJ mixes, hard dance and NuNRG!
(34) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_harddance_hi                Hard Dance - are you ready for this!
(35) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_hardstyle_hi                Hardstyle - Banging Hardstyle for your ears!!!
(36) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_house_hi                    House - silky sexy deep house music direct from New York city!
(37) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_latinhouse_hi               Latin House - Finest selection of Latin house!!
(38) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_liquiddnb_hi                Liquid DnB  - Flowing with the freshest Liquid DnB!!
(39) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_liquiddubstep_hi            Liquid Dubstep - Mellow out to the rolling, soothing deep bass of Liquid Dubstep.
(40) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_lounge_hi                   Lounge - sit back and enjoy the lounge grooves!
(41) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_mainstage_hi                Mainstage - The biggest DJs from the best festivals around the world!
(42) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_minimal_hi                  Minimal - Finest selection of Minimal Techno & House!!
(43) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_oldschoolacid_hi            Oldschool Acid - Oldschool sounds of Acid Techno, House, and Trance!
(44) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_oldschoolelectronica_hi     Classic Electronica - old school techno, trance & rave!
(45) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_progressive_hi              Progressive - house, techno, and trance beats for your mind!
(46) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_progressivepsy_hi           Progressive Psy - progressive psychedelic grooves
(47) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_psychill_hi                 PsyChill - downtempo psychedelic dub grooves, goa ambient, and world beats.
(48) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_russianclubhits_hi          Russian Club Hits - Russia's hottest club hits.
(49) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_sankeys_hi                  Sankeys Radio - The sound of the white isle direct from Sankeys Ibiza.
(50) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_soulfulhouse_hi             Soulful House - house music selected from Paris with love!
(51) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_spacemusic_hi               Space Dreams - ambient space music for expanding minds
(52) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_techhouse_hi                Tech House - A fusion of techno and house with a deep, soulful vibe.
(53) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_techno_hi                   Techno - From Minimal to Detroit to Schranz & all in between!
(54) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_trance_hi                   Trance Channel - we can't define it!
(55) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_trap_hi                     Trap - Electronic 808 beats with Hip Hop roots.
(56) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_tribalhouse_hi              Tribal House - Finest selection of tribal and tech house!!
(57) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_ukgarage_hi                 UK Garage - The latest and greatest in UK Garage!!
(58) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_umfradio_hi                 UMF Radio - UMF Radio
(59) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_vocalchillout_hi            Vocal Chillout - Enjoy the relaxing vocal sounds of ibiza chillout
(60) http://pub1.diforfree.org:8000/di_vocaltrance_hi              Vocal Trance - a fusion of trance, dance, and chilling vocals together!

Download the list from here.

Best movie/game techno soundtracks

Here I collect my favourite soundtracks. The entries come in no particular order. The list is not final, it will be extended over time.

Movies

• Mortal Kombat (half of the songs are metal that I don’t like but the other half is techno) [sample: Control]
• Hackers (orgasm for the ears :)) [sample: Cowgirl]
• Tron 2 [full soundtrack]
• Lola rennt (English title: Run Lola Run) [sample: Running One]
• The Matrix
• Quentin Tarantino’s movies (not techno but he has a good taste for choosing songs)
• Requiem for a Dream [theme song]

Games

• Uplink [full soundtrack]
• Darwinia

Lord Raiden’s case with the guitar

Meet the musical side of Lord Raiden:

Ewan Dobson – Time 2

Related

• Tommy Emmanuel – Initiation

mp3 tag editor

“EasyTAG is a utility for viewing and editing tags for MP3, MP2, MP4/AAC, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MusePack, Monkey’s Audio and WavPack files. Its simple and nice GTK+ interface makes tagging easier under GNU/Linux or Windows.” (source)

Installation:

sudo apt-get install easytag

With EasyTAG you can process your mp3 files in batch mode. For instance, you can set the album name for several files with just one click.

Tip: if you want to edit the MP3s in the current directory, launch the application with “easytag .“.

Star Wars floppy disk

The Force is strong with this floppy:

I found this video in this post (follow this link for more videos).