So Beatport is coming up short and you realize you've never heard this gem outside of a mixed setting. Sure enough, Discogs confirms your suspicions with either a white/promo entry or with no entry at all, so you think: the guy is right there on Facebook, what harm could it do to just ask if they having it lying around, especially if this gem is an old one?
And it works. Sometimes. I've managed to score a handful this way, but the ones off the top of my head:
Andy Archer sent me a special edit Trafik did of Dark Globe's 'Extended Attic Window mix' of Far Leys they did for Electric Calm vol. 3
Contacted Steve Gerrard of Wrecked Angle for their remix of Syntax- Bliss (which I'm super excited to have).
Stian Klo was nice enough to send me a copy of his unreleased remix of Matthew Dekay's 'Time To Think', completed sometime in 2004.
Ever try it? What did you get? I'm also interested in any rejections you may have had, either due to licensing or ' you' reasons.
the-sixth
I have sent a few artists and DJs tracks they lost from white labels so the reverse of your post lol
From an artist I cannot think of any :haha: usually I get some engagement as they walk down memory lane before a week later its like *read* but unanswered aka off
Sykonee
Lars Leonhard sent me a bunch of his albums on CD. Does that count?
Spacey Orange
Whirloop - Modifying My Earth
Never released it so I asked him about it (because I love it) and the good chap put it up for download on his website.
hoopoe
I once asked Whirloop for his remix of Bird Of Prey (this was a few years later when it obviously wasn't going to get released) but hd didn't reply :(
I've got quite a few this way though, Terry Bones was good enough to send me his remix of Wavy Gravy plus the original of Introspection in the few years when Vandit weren't on any digital download sites.
Mr Game+Watch
I heard this song somewhere a few years ago while listening to Sirius XM (might have been from Pretty Lights' radio show?), commented on Soundcloud if the song was available to purchase, and he sent me the original .wav of the track. Fun song, hard to put my finger on what type of music this is... maybe if Aphex Twin takes a bit too much E and tries making a skippy, funky trap track?
Tom Yelland
Ben Gold's sent me a few from his very early days - fav was 1984 which I still play.
Static Revenger very kindly sent me Chocolate Puma's full remix of his track 'Happy People' which I adore.
Hooj sent me Mara's Remix of Space Manoeuvres - Stage One by accident.. happy accident.
Harryson very kindly sent me his remix of Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone which to this day is one of the best Trance tracks ever made IMO.
And the biggest one? Mystery Machine - Psychedelic Concentration Camp. Released after 19 years of searching on DAT Recordings. Artist sent me the released version, a Psy version and another unreleased track 'This Civilisation'
I keep bugging Matthew Dekay to send over his rmx of Belfunk...or put it up as a free DL on SC....
no luck
Syntonic
This was supposed to have a digital release and never happened. I contacted Martin Cartledge a.k.a. Weekend World and he was nice enough to give some decent vinyl rips...been meaning to upload these for a while.
Skydiver - Show Me Love/One Blood
the-sixth
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Originally posted by Syntonic
This was supposed to have a digital release and never happened. I contacted Martin Cartledge a.k.a. Weekend World and he was nice enough to give some decent vinyl rips...been meaning to upload these for a while.
Skydiver - Show Me Love/One Blood
Great tunes never heard before
Lews
Martin Cartledge put out so many great tunes. A real shame they haven't all been given digital releases. Do you have any idea why that is, Syntonic?
I got a bunch of CDs sent to me from Chiller Twist, I think he just asked me to pay for shipping.
Most the producers I've contacted either didn't have copies themselves or had copyright problems that they took seriously. One, however, said he wouldn't release them until he remastered them because he was unhappy with the sound quality :stongue:
Sadly that was ~10 years ago.
How did Hooj accidently send out the Mara remix of Stage One?
