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    I just wanted to know what method you guys use to deep dig for tracks when the genre is very specific.

    I have a gig that requested new disco sounding stuff. Example below. Beatport has it as "house" ??? and "nu disco" has become its own thing. It's like 1% disco.

    I tried the Song Radio and Artist Radio in Spotify and it's no good. Pandora is better but way too slow for digging. As I mentioned before, Beatport is Beatport.

    Is there a good way to find stuff in a pretty specific genre that works? Thanks.


    http://classic.beatport.com/track/co...ed-mix/6512739

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    First of all like all the times somebody Comes with a similar question: Why do you accept Gigs in a genre that you don't know/can't provide/are not playing?

    Then it is so easy nowadays: Look for a Youtube Music channel called "Nu Disco" and let yourself inspire by the tonns of tracks being listed there. Once you have the Name of the Artist and the Name of the tracks you should find them for sale no?

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    I'm not looking fo nu-disco.

    Actually more Juno nu-disco less Beatport nu-disco

    Seems like Juno might be my best bet.
    Last edited by loverocket; 05-10-2016 at 08:19 AM.

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    Check out: Hed Kandi Nu Disco sep 2012
    Really really good album
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    YouTube

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schalenberg View Post
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    Can confirm that youtube can sometimes indeed be an excellent digging platform, as long as you stay away from the versions that have music video's and the most populair genres the suggestions are pretty good. Not that weird of course when you take into mind that they have a ridiculous amount of data to base these suggestions on and in my experience solid algorithms to do it.
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    Start down the rabbit hole that is italo disco on Youtube. Also, just look for podcasts by the producers and DJs you come across for more tunes.
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    How do you dig on YouTube?

    By genre?

    That's my problem sometimes genres are different to different people.

    Nu disco can be Lifelike (80s Disco), Poolside (Retro Disco), Giacca and Flores (Synth Bass House) or Shiba San (G House)

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    Just do a lot of listening. Start with a mix and search for the artists on it.
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