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Posted by crazysoccerboy on Jul-22-2003 00:42:

Is XM Radio worth getting?

wha z up guys....I know all of you heard about XM radio...now my question is...is there any good trance channels on it, and if there is, do they play good Trance music or is it just the shit we hear in the american clubs?

Posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 on Jul-22-2003 01:00:

I haven't heard XM radio, but I would say it's cheesy shit like Ian van Dahl, Darude, Alice Deejay...yeah, that eurodance stuff. I've pretty much given up on radio around me, I find myself tuning into the local rock/punk station if any.

You're not really going to hear good dance music on the radio in the US unless you live in somewhere like Florida, San Fran, Chicago or possibly New York and Phoenix.

Posted by Lost Inhibition on Jul-22-2003 01:30:

yeah boston has this thing on fnx station around 12 at night on fridays... its mostly techno and breaks though

Posted by fitom tiel on Jul-22-2003 01:36:

i have this vision...

'upcoming XM shows' sticky-ed

i think D:Fuse is amongst the DJs who have shows featured on XM, if i remember correctly

and it's not expensive, is it?

plus it's satellite

hell, it doesn need an argument

if you got the money,
it's highly worth getting.

Posted by S-a-M-u-E-l on Jul-22-2003 01:39:

chicago has terrible radio!

Posted by Shook1 on Jul-22-2003 01:54:

Miami...Hmm..

Well, miami has a Trance/dance radio station(Party 93.1) & they usually play that wack overplayed trance or trance from years ago (ATB, Ian Van Dahl, etc.).....

....the only time they play decent, up to date trance is on Sunday Nites (Paul Oakenfold presents..., George Acosta's Lost World, then finish the nite w/ the Global DJ Broadcast)....

....Other than that, its the 50 Cent dance version of In Da Club or some other wack sh!t. Better yet...local florida wannabe trance DJs at some local clubs that are ghetto as hell and wanna hear the same music. I personally only tune in on Sun. nites....

...I'm sure XM Radio can provide a much better outlet. And I have seen on some websites that certain artists produce their own radio shows, etc on satellite radio (mostly hiphop though). Hopefully some1 else has it though to give u a better idea

Posted by Russian Crush on Jul-22-2003 05:45:

Re: Miami...Hmm..

quote:
Originally posted by Shook1
....Other than that, its the 50 Cent dance version of In Da Club or some other wack sh!t. Better yet...local florida wannabe trance DJs at some local clubs that are ghetto as hell and wanna hear the same music. I personally only tune in on Sun. nites....

50 cent - in da club (dj volume ultimix)

not that bad for a dance club or fast driving music. ive been to florida for 10 days vacation and all they play is their own top 20.
http://party931.com/music/top20musiclist.html

interstingly they have PVD on there but ofcourse a RMX.

very cheeze stuff mostly and gets boring very fast.

Posted by Warez Guy on Jul-22-2003 05:48:

I don't have XM radio personally, but they have it at the gym I go to. I think they have a few different dance/techno/trance channels. From what I've heard they play mostly good stuff, a few cheesy things that no one really wants to listen to and some tracks that I've never heard of before. I say if it's cheap then go for it.

Posted by crazysoccerboy on Jul-22-2003 12:27:

i wonder if I can listen to digitally imported in my car???
is there a way you can do that?

Posted by jared422 on Jul-22-2003 16:30:

I've got XM and I love it. Now, having said that, if you're thinking about getting it just for the dance channels (and especially trance music), I can't really recommend it. There are 4 dance channels (well, only 3 since one of them is disco).

XM 80 is The Move. Don't look for any trance on it. It's mostly house (with some drum n bass mixed in).

XM 81 is BPM. It's what some would call the "cheese" station. They're a little more liberal when it comes to dance music than the over the air stations that play dance are (Party Miami, Party Orlando, etc.). If you like the "Hits" of dance music, then you'd like this. Their Top 33 chart can be seen here: http://www.xmradio.com/pdf/bpm_chart.pdf

XM 82 is The System. This is where you'd hear some trance. It's mainly a trance/electronica hybrid station.

As you can see, there really isn't a true all trance channel. I've heard that they may add one soon, but I wouldn't count on that. You can see what's playing on all the XM channels by going to this site: http://www.xmfan.com/guide.php You may also want to check out Sirius. I don't know much about their dance channels, other than that they have 6 of them (you can also listen to them online at www.sirius.com).

Posted by variableS on Jul-22-2003 17:00:

I read in a magazine that Sirius (XM's competition) has 6 channels devoted to "techno"

I have no clue as to what Sirius offers, so check out their website.

Posted by Z1D on Jul-22-2003 20:11:

question: with xm could you receive BBC radio 1 in canada? or ID&T? Or does it have to be a separate satellite broadcast station for it to work?

Posted by whiskers on Jul-22-2003 20:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Lost Inhibition
yeah boston has this thing on fnx station around 12 at night on fridays... its mostly techno and breaks though

interesting... haven't listened to that show in a while... they used to play acid house, then good prog, and then some weird shit i couldn't even classify.

100.1 sometimes has good tunes, but mostly psy and acid techno and i don't know exactly when to tune in...

Posted by DJ APX on Jul-22-2003 21:50:

quote:
Originally posted by S-a-M-u-E-l
chicago has terrible radio!

They suck big time I wish I had money or connections to start electronic music radio in Chicago or entire USA .

Posted by Stassi on Jul-22-2003 22:44:

Straight off Sirius Website:

quote:
64 The Vortex In The Mix Fri. (8 pm ET), Sat. (3 am and 10 pm ET), and Sun. (9 pm ET): On-hour custom mixes. NYC DJ Cync spins electro/techno/break-beat/trance/tech-house, while NYC DJ Victor Dinaire spins trance/techno mixes.

This sounds promising as Victor Dinaire is a great DJ.

Posted by digitalbreach on Jul-23-2003 02:54:

quote:
Originally posted by jared422
(and especially trance music), I can't really recommend it. There are 4 dance channels (well, only 3 since one of them is disco).

XM 80 is The Move.
XM 81 is BPM.
XM 82

working @ a car dealership and some of the cars have XM hooked up.
listened to these 3 stations and they suck. not worth your investment if listening for quality trax. only if you enjoy old cheese.
cheers

Posted by mndeg on Jul-23-2003 03:43:

quote:
Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025
I haven't heard XM radio, but I would say it's cheesy shit like Ian van Dahl, Darude, Alice Deejay...yeah, that eurodance stuff. I've pretty much given up on radio around me, I find myself tuning into the local rock/punk station if any.

You're not really going to hear good dance music on the radio in the US unless you live in somewhere like Florida, San Fran, Chicago or possibly New York and Phoenix.

NOT chicago, we have around 5 top40 stations here no type of dance, well there was a cheese dance it converted to a mexican station

Posted by mndeg on Jul-23-2003 03:44:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ APX
They suck big time I wish I had money or connections to start electronic music radio in Chicago or entire USA .

me too!

Posted by _Nut_ on Jul-23-2003 04:02:

quote:
Originally posted by mndeg
NOT chicago, we have around 5 top40 stations here no type of dance, well there was a cheese dance it converted to a mexican station

Are you forgetting q101 late nite weekends?????

That is some quality chicago house dropped for dat ass!

(sorry im really not ghetto...)

Posted by BobbyV on Jul-23-2003 09:21:

Well I have Sirius, and all the "guest DJs" are guys I've never heard of, but they still spin good trance. It seems like I hear alot of the same songs frequently, which sucks. XM on the other hand, while having a few commercials, (Sirius has none) you get better quality trance in my opinion. My friend has XM and he told me that he RARELY hears songs being repeated on the electronica channels. The mixes usually are heard at night. The trance is good stuff, sometimes more mainstream, but I guess it just depends on what youre into. I recommend XM overall. I listened to my friend's XM a few weeks ago and I liked it alot. I'm still trying to figure out if the BPM channel is the "real" BPM. Overall I would go with XM. It seemed like the XM sound quality is better too. I would go with a Pioneer head unit by the way.