Ping is cleverly disguised social proof machine and you can’t fake it before you make it around here. If you have put your money where your mouth is and bought your music from iTunes then it will show up on Ping. So in doing this, iTunes becomes the first place you think of to buy your music so it shows up in Ping. Clever hey?

But what about all the specialist music you don’t get on iTunes or you feel like buying directly from the artist/record company or even, you love music but you don’t like iTunes? These are all valid reasons why you may not want to participate in Ping.

We’re becoming more and more socially aware these days and for iTunes and Ping to latch onto that is extremely clever however there are shades of music fans who are not as black and while as iTunes wants them to be. I guess they’re going for the 80% pop/rock lovers who want to shout about the latest music they’ve downloaded… but if it’s that special, iTunes may not have it… then where does that leave you? An very sparse Ping account. It’s either all of nothing for Ping. You buy everything from there or you don’t. You’re not getting the whole musical picture by following Ping accounts which is a big shame.

Partnering with Last.FM would be good to show what you’ve been listening to or linking with your Twitter account to share music you love would be a great addition to Ping so unless you have bought everything you own that’s music related on iTunes, it’s may be another social network you can do without… yet.

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Let me know what your experiences are with Ping. Does it do what you want it to do? How about the no nick names policy? Where else do you buy your music? Or are you a Last.FM kinda person?

Danny Byrd – Tonight (feat. Netsky)
Serum – Rat Trap
Enei & Engage – Carnage
Camo & Krooked – Shoreless
Nu:Tone – Shine In (feat Natalie Williams)
Brookes Brothers – Paperchase (feat Danny Byrd)
Original Sin & Taxman – Casino
Cyantific – Anything
Danny Byrd – Ill Behaviour (feat I-Kay)
Cyantific – 305
Sky Ferrari – One (Logistics Remix)
Magical Gravity – Best Of Friends
Mikal – Saying Nothing
Danny Byrd – We Can Have It All (Sigma Remix)
Xample & Lomax – Link To The Past
Reso – War Machine
Manix – Feel Real Good
Krome & Time – Sound For Underground
Acen – Trip To The Moon Part 2
DJ Seduction – Hardcore Heaven
The Prodigy – Fire
Nookie – Give A Little Love (94 lick)
Danny Byrd feat Tomahawk – Hot Fuzz
Level 2 – Ghetto Sounds
Mikal – New World
Subliminal Cuts – Le Voie Le Soleil (L-While Remix)
Metrik – T1000
Cyantific – Bounce It
Muffler – Can You Feel
LTJ Bukem – Horizons
Metrik – Lightspeed
Fred V & Grafix – Long Distance
Lauren Pritchard – Not The Drinking (Sigma Remix)
Danny Byrd – Judgement Day (feat Cyantific & I-Kay)
Q Project – Slowly But Surely
Furlonge – Duel
Original Sin & Taxman – Penamana
Die & Interface – Bright Lights (Netsky Remix)
The Prototypes – Cascade
Danny Byrd – Red Mist VIP (feat I-Kay) (Alternate Mix)
Agent Alvin – Move
Unicorn Kid – Wild Life (Nu:Tone Remix)
Fresh & Sigma – Lassitude
The Upbeats – Hollow Mountain
Double 99 – Rip Groove
DJ Zinc – Wile Out (feat Ms Dynamite)
Sticky – Boo (feat Ms Dynamite)
DJ Zinc – 138 Trek
Cyantific – Streets Of Rave
Friction vs Camo & Krooked feat Dynamite MC – St& Up
Fred V & Grafix – Decades
Supra – Smash
Supra – Smash
Supra – Smash
Danny Byrd – Sweet Harmony (feat Liquid) (Jungle mix)
Nu:Tone – New Technique (feat Logistics)
Danny Byrd – Amen Alley
Brookes Brothers – War Cry
Benny Page – Bad Man 4 War (Remix)
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand (Sigma Remix)
Cyantific & Logistics – Brighter Day (feat Natalie Williams)
Taxman – Navigator
Camo & Krooked – Can’t Get Enough
Shapeshifter – The Touch (Netsky Remix)
Mutated Forms feat Jenna G – Last Time
Unquote & Molecular Structures – Lubov Moya

DNBSHARE.COM.

Now then, now then, what have we got here. Oh it’s an old school drum and bass podcast. It looks like it’s a damn fine monthly treat we can look forward to. All tunes, no chat and plenty of nostalgia.

Philadelphia drum n bass veteran DJ Joey Breakdown and friends dropping and discussing classic jungle, drum n bass, UK hardcore and breakbeat music and various subgenres- techstep, ragga, hardstep, atmospheric, neurofunk, and jump-up.

DrumSkool215 – Download free podcast episodes by DrumSkool215 on iTunes..

Logistics is doing a lil remix for the B so that’s gonna be another treat.

From Beats for the Planet - http://www.beatsfortheplanet.com/

[Video] S.P.Y. – By Your Side – Unofficial Video | Beats For The Planet.

1. Joey Beltram — Energy Flash – Transmat
2. The Scientist — The Excorcist – Kickin
3. Jonny L — Hurt you so – YoYo!
4. Bodysnatch — Just for you London – City Beat
5. Acen — Trip II the moon – Production House
6. Nookie — Give a little love – Reinforced
7. Rufige Kru — Terminator – Reinforced
8. Hyper on Experience — Lord of the Null Lines (Foul Play RMX) – Moving Shadow
9. Deep Blue — The Helicopter tune – Moving Shadow
10. Tom and Jerry — Maximum Style – Tom & Jerry
11. Origin Unknown — Valley of the Shadows – Ram
12. Boogie Times Tribe — Dark Stranger – Suburban Base
13. Unknown — Breakage #4 – 3rd Party
14. T Power — Mutant Jazz (Trace RMX) – Emotif
15. Rufige Kru — Riders Ghost – Metalheadz
16. Doc Scott — Unnoficial Ghost – Metalheadz
17. Asylum — Bass II Dark – Metalheadz
18. Doc Scott — Shadow Boxing – 31 Records
19. Jonny L — Piper – XL
20. Ed Rush & Optical — Funktion – V Records

DJ Fresh – Influences Mix – drumandbass.

From http://drumnbass.tumblr.com/post/977613492 – Thanks for the post

This mix is quite simply savage and I recommend you listen to this where you can turn it up or you have some big cans (of the headphones variety) to hear the bass.

I challenge you NOT to screw your face up at some of the drops in this.

Cyantific – Return of the Ghetto Blaster Mix

Danny Byrd – Ill Behaviour
The Kox – It’s OK
Logistics – Together
Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Can You Feel It?
Cyantific & Logistics – Brighter Day
Sigma – Stronger
Cyantific – Obey
Sub Focus – Deep Space
Jack Beats – Out Of Body
AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
Bitin’ Back – She’s Breakin’ Up
Tensnake – Coma Cat
Evil 9 – Ultimo
Katy B – Louder
Shock One – Polygon (Dirtyphonics Remix – Cyantific Edit)
Xample & Lomax – Link To The Past
Gridlok & The Upbeats – The Jitters
Dizzee Rascal – Heavy
Zarif – Box Of Secrets (Redlight Remix)
Redlight & Ms Dynamite – What You Talkin’ About?
Nero – Welcome Reality
Unknown – Turn It Around (Cyantific Edit)
DC Breaks – Halo
Chase & Status – Let You Go (Brookes Brothers Remix)
Original Sin & Taxman – Penamana
Fresh – Talkbox
Sub Focus – Timewarp VIP
Project Bassline – Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats Remix)
Major Lazer – Pon The Floor
Zinc – Nexx
JJ Fad – Supersonic

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Watch out for Jonny L – Let’s Roll < Bad ass tune!

Percussion Lab – High Contrast – Essential Mix 2003.

1. The Streets – Its Too Late (High Contrast mix) – 679
2. London Electricity – To Be Free – Hospital
3. High Contrast – Twilights Last Gleaming – Hospital
4. Cyantific – 90 – Hospital
5. Ratpack – Searching For My Rizla – Big Giant Music
6. Influx Datum UK – Sing Out – Formation
7. Nu Tone – Our House (Calibre remix) – Brand Nu
8. High Contrast – Return Of Forever – Hospital
9. Roland Clarke – I Get Deep (accapella) – Shelter
10. D Kay and Lee – Manipulate The Universe – Advanced
11. John B – Without U – Hospital
12. Mind Machine – Barcelona (High Contrast remix) – BC
13. Silence – Delirium (remix)
14. Kaos – Studio 54 – Human
15. Matrix – Trippin (remix)
16. MIST – Outer Space – Soul:R
17. High Contrast – Love Sick – Hospital
18. London Electricity – Born 2 Synthesize – Hospital
19. Papua New Guinea – Papua New Guinea (High Contrast bootleg)
20. LFO – LFO (High Contrast mix)
21. ? – Gypsey Woman (remix)
22. Nu Tone – Feel It – Hospital
23. High Contrast – The Basement Track – Hospital
24. Landslide – Its Not Over (Influx Datum UK remix) – Hospital
25. MIST – Barracuda – Soul:R
26. Johnny L – Lets Roll – Pirahna
27. Photek – The End (remix) – Photek
28. London Electricity – Different Drum – Hospital
29. Omni Trio – Renegade Snares (High Contrast remix) – Moving Shadow

BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

And follow the local hero http://twitter.com/TimothyShieff for updates on how bloody mad this is!

Episode 1 – http://vimeo.com/11600094

Episode 2 – http://vimeo.com/11745679

Episode 3 – http://vimeo.com/11942766

Episode 4 – http://vimeo.com/12110173