Love me some SomaFM, for more variety I also like to listen in ByteFM (also ad-free since 2008).
DJs are talking german, but their mixes are unmatched. My favorite way of discovering new music.
Okay, I see their station list, but am not seeing a lounge channel. I haven't heard a good lounge channel for centuries, and Soma's "Groove Salad" station has gotten stale over the years.
These are sadly more shows than stations which means you have to keep in mind when a show or its rerun is playing and also that their sometimes a show playing you really do not vibe with. I do not think they have comparable show to "Groove Salad" and their rather verbose show naming does not help there.
Groove Crates goes a little into the same direction, but the spectrum and genres they are playing is a lot wider and has a lot more funk, soul featured.
Speaking of groovy, WinAmp got an modern upgrade a couple years ago, and has all those awesome visualizers built in. Plus it still has the Shoutcast network, altho I think that feature has been kind of dying over the years, not sure.
Cliqhop, Suburbs of Goa, Groove Salad, and Drone Zone really expanded my exposure to genres like ambient, drone, lounge, neo soul, world beats, and electronic. I feel I became a more well-rounded enjoyer of music because of this station, and it deserves all the attention and donations it can get.
SomaFM is the GOAT for chillout / ambient / triphop. Been listening to their Groove Salad channel since 2005 and still do to this day. Paying for it for as long as I've had a decent job. The only non-FOSS sticker worthy of my university laptop:
Groove Salad is my absolute favorite to get in the zone and work. Very few vocals, which I prefer as hearing vocals and trying to read is annoying for me.
They have curators, who create the playlist and select the songs, but they are not live mixing or selecting what's is going to play. In each of the stations you can check the bio of the people behind the music selection.
LOL! Yeah.. It's okay, we've all been there at one time or another.
I had just discovered soma fm in the fall of 2000 as I'd hit on listening to radio stations from around the world, and I used the old MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet (now rebranded as radio-locator.com) to find stations that offered streams.
It was an epiphany that there were stations that ONLY were on the web as I was mostly hunting down terrestrial broadcast stations (one of my faves at the time was a New Zealand student station - Radio-active 88.6 - it still exists!) and once I'd found a mac version of Winamp that opened .pls links, I was off and running.
It was a heady time to be there as it all unfolded. The sense of discvovery was sharp.. more than it is now, that's for sure.
Used to listen to it all the time, and there to to know great music. My SomaFM t-shirt is still going strong but is going to become a pijama any day soon.
I love SomaFM! Been listening since the early days. My favorite channels: Groove Salad Classic, DefCon, Vaporwaves, Department Store Christmas (during the holidays).
Secret Agent is one of the oldest channels and the most accessible. Start with that one, let it run in the background as you're working or just hanging out - I guarantee you'll hear something you like.
I use Sleep as Android as my alarm (purchased it when it wasnt absurdly priced) and use SomaFM for waking up. New song every day, and sometimes I will save the song to listen later.
I have a SomaFM sticker on the back of my car right now! Love them. Been listening for a long time. Discovered some of my now favorite artists from Groove Salad and Lush.
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vogi@piefed.social · 57 pts · 130d
Love me some SomaFM, for more variety I also like to listen in ByteFM (also ad-free since 2008).
DJs are talking german, but their mixes are unmatched. My favorite way of discovering new music.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 10 pts · 130d
Okay, I see their station list, but am not seeing a lounge channel. I haven't heard a good lounge channel for centuries, and Soma's "Groove Salad" station has gotten stale over the years.
vogi@piefed.social · 5 pts · 130d
These are sadly more shows than stations which means you have to keep in mind when a show or its rerun is playing and also that their sometimes a show playing you really do not vibe with. I do not think they have comparable show to "Groove Salad" and their rather verbose show naming does not help there.
Groove Crates goes a little into the same direction, but the spectrum and genres they are playing is a lot wider and has a lot more funk, soul featured.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 4 pts · 130d
Danke! So... do I have to listen via webplayer, or can it play through my WinAmp, Foobar2000, etc?
vogi@piefed.social · 4 pts · 130d
Your welcome :) They do have direct links you can import there I think. Only did that with cmus myself though. Main station: https://bytefm.stream39.radiohost.de/bytefm-mainhq_mp3-320 and they also have an alternative station which only runs music, but im not sure what schedule it is following: https://bytefm.stream39.radiohost.de/bytefm-nurmusikhq_mp3-192
Pardal@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 130d
Wow those are some old names. I guess I had forgotten Foobar2000.
You keep being groovy, you!
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 130d
Speaking of groovy, WinAmp got an modern upgrade a couple years ago, and has all those awesome visualizers built in. Plus it still has the Shoutcast network, altho I think that feature has been kind of dying over the years, not sure.
No reason not to keep using it, far as I know...
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 130d
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 48 pts · 130d
“Groove Salad is sponsored by, oh wait, we don’t have sponsors”
Dig it thanks for sharing. Donated
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 130d
Huzzah!
generallynonsensical@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 130d
solxix@pawb.social · 7 pts · 130d
You can play it with vlc media player
generallynonsensical@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 130d
they should! the browser version works fine though
generallynonsensical@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 130d
who@feddit.org · 3 pts · 129d
All the more reason to subscribe or donate if you find a station you like. It's like public radio/TV in that respect.
https://somafm.com/support/
who@feddit.org · 3 pts · 130d
Most media players I've used will play their shoutcast streams.
generallynonsensical@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 130d
LordMayor@piefed.social · 27 pts · 130d
Soma is one of my favorite ways to learn about new music. And, their Christmas stations are a good alternative typical playlists.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 130d
My god, Christmas Lounge has been a sanity saver ever since certain elements began insisting on "Christmas music" in December at home.
HamsterRage@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 130d
Around our house, it's "Department Store Christmas". I can only take a few hours at a time before I switch it back to "Groove Salad".
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 130d
It's not much but it's honest work!
kalpol@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 130d
Absolute truth
Insekticus@aussie.zone · 21 pts · 130d
Always updoot SomaFM.
Cliqhop, Suburbs of Goa, Groove Salad, and Drone Zone really expanded my exposure to genres like ambient, drone, lounge, neo soul, world beats, and electronic. I feel I became a more well-rounded enjoyer of music because of this station, and it deserves all the attention and donations it can get.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 130d
SomaFM is the GOAT for chillout / ambient / triphop. Been listening to their Groove Salad channel since 2005 and still do to this day. Paying for it for as long as I've had a decent job. The only non-FOSS sticker worthy of my university laptop:
Everyone should listen to SomaFM!
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 17 pts · 130d
They need $12k funding in the next four days.
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 130d
I just dropped 20 bucks! Always worth it for over 2 decades of Secret Agent.
MurrayL@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 130d
Their underground 80s station was a regular listen for me about 10 years ago. Glad to see they’re still going!
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 130d
I love coding to groove salad.
jumjummy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 130d
Groove Salad is my absolute favorite to get in the zone and work. Very few vocals, which I prefer as hearing vocals and trying to read is annoying for me.
Kirk@startrek.website · 11 pts · 130d
Do these have actual human djs? Not a criticism, just wondering
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 24 pts · 130d
They have curators, who create the playlist and select the songs, but they are not live mixing or selecting what's is going to play. In each of the stations you can check the bio of the people behind the music selection.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 130d
Yeah Rusty Hodge is the original I think but there are a bunch covering the different stations
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 130d
The curation is human yes. There are prerecorded snippets of the djs throughout the day.
Sadly I doubt there are many 24/7 live DJs today. Though I'd love that job!
Kirk@startrek.website · 7 pts · 130d
I've actually encountered a lot of free radio streams with human DJs for at least the majority of the day. Two off the top of my head:
https://www.nts.live/
https://www.thelotradio.com/ (this one even has a camera on the DJ)
spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
For dnb there's also
jungletrain.net
bassdrive.com
Pika@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 130d
I did not know of this. Thank you.
gilokee@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 130d
I can't believe I've never heard of this! Thanks for posting!!
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 130d
SomaFM is awesome. Please support.
Their eclectic Christmas channels are on 24/7 in my house during December. And Groove Salad can turn any get-together into a classy chill.
galoisghost@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 130d
Indie pop rocks is my go to when I don’t know what I’m in the mood for.
And their Xmas stations are always great
apftwb@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 130d
They are on Mastodon https://sfba.social/@somafm
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 130d
Not very active tho
CannedCairn@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 130d
Groove salad is home base
brimfield@thelemmy.club · 8 pts · 130d
leggt@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 130d
I've been listening pretty much exclusively to radio paradise for over two decades. I love it. I thank the OP for reminding me about soma too.
standarduser@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 130d
I thought that was a joke then I opened it and saw phish basically every six songs. Hell yeah if you love phish
homes@piefed.world · 8 pts · 130d
I started listening to that station in high school. In the 90s.
Edit: OK I guess I didn’t…
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 130d
90's? You listening via a time warp? Station went online in 2000.
Or are you talking about Rusty's micro-FM station that he ran from his basement in '99.
homes@piefed.world · 4 pts · 130d
Did it? Man, my memory must be a bit fuzzy…
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 130d
LOL! Yeah.. It's okay, we've all been there at one time or another.
I had just discovered soma fm in the fall of 2000 as I'd hit on listening to radio stations from around the world, and I used the old MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet (now rebranded as radio-locator.com) to find stations that offered streams.
It was an epiphany that there were stations that ONLY were on the web as I was mostly hunting down terrestrial broadcast stations (one of my faves at the time was a New Zealand student station - Radio-active 88.6 - it still exists!) and once I'd found a mac version of Winamp that opened .pls links, I was off and running.
It was a heady time to be there as it all unfolded. The sense of discvovery was sharp.. more than it is now, that's for sure.
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 130d
Not quite the same but radio.garden is cool too
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 130d
Also not quite the same but I think radiooooo.com is fun
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 7 pts · 130d
Used to listen to it all the time, and there to to know great music. My SomaFM t-shirt is still going strong but is going to become a pijama any day soon.
lunarwire@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 130d
I love SomaFM! Been listening since the early days. My favorite channels: Groove Salad Classic, DefCon, Vaporwaves, Department Store Christmas (during the holidays).
apftwb@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 130d
Relevant https://hbr1.com/. Don't forget to sign their guestbook.
kalpol@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 130d
One of the best web sites ever. I just turn on Synphaera and then off the background music in RPGs, it is a nice change.
standarduser@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 130d
Installed the app, listened all day at work! Totes great
barkingspiders@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 130d
Somafm is the best! Fluid is my favorite channel and I feel asleep to their mission control channel for years
catlover@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 130d
i also like sub.fm
fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip · 5 pts · 130d
Left coast 70s is my go-to to test a new client audio install. It has never offended anyone and is always "fresh".
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 4 pts · 130d
Been a while since I last listened to SomaFM, they have a couple of good channels for sure.
hogmomma@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 130d
I looked at several of their stations and didn't recognize a single artist. I'm all for discovery, but I gotta know at least SOME of what I listen to.
foodandart@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 130d
Be fearless and jump in!
Secret Agent is one of the oldest channels and the most accessible. Start with that one, let it run in the background as you're working or just hanging out - I guarantee you'll hear something you like.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 130d
Nah just start listening. Its good for your brain!
CovfefeKills@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
Metal radio: https://www.chronixradio.net/
Bazoogle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
I use Sleep as Android as my alarm (purchased it when it wasnt absurdly priced) and use SomaFM for waking up. New song every day, and sometimes I will save the song to listen later.
Psythik@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 130d
Drone Zone is great for sleep.
AverageEarthling@feddit.online · 2 pts · 126d
I have a SomaFM sticker on the back of my car right now! Love them. Been listening for a long time. Discovered some of my now favorite artists from Groove Salad and Lush.
TerdFerguson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 130d
Thanks for reminding me
yool_ooloo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 130d
Love soma fm! Got the T-shirts and listening to Drone Zone now
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 128d
Still very fond of WBOR from when I was following the Internet Roadtrip
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 128d
Heck ya! LEFTTT