I included both #Bandcamp and #Beatport links that were available for anyone wanting to purchase and support these artists.
Many songs though are out of print, or vinyl only in which case the #Discogs links may be helpful if you want a physical copy. Discogs Marketplace is a great place to purchase physical media used.
Loopmasters launches Hard Dance Havoc sample pack bundle https://rekkerd.org/loopmasters-launches-hard-dance-havoc-sample-pack-bundle/
Beatport Global Remix Challenge: Remix “Ray of Light” by Madonna https://rekkerd.org/beatport-global-remix-challenge-remix-ray-of-light-by-madonna/
Just in time for the end of August, I finally finished compiling my #TOP50 #Trance tracks of the third quarter of 2025!!!
#AppleMusic
https://music.apple.com/ch/playlist/trance-best-of-q3-2025-selected-by-msicc/pl.u-jV895XkuqyMdyB?l=en
Beatport now offers FLAC downloads!
well, it appears to have been doing this for a while but I only just noticed.
Previously I was purchasing songs in WAV and converting them.
So, #TheMidnight, a popular (read: genre-defining, seminal, prototypical) #synthwave group, is coming out with a new album, #Syndicate. Alas, all of the promotional material and singles for it, so far, have been either on their website (the LP) or on platforms that only offer streaming and/or DRM downloads, with the exception of #Qobuz and #BeatPort, which offer non-encumbered, DRM-free #FLAC downloads. So, that's where I got the track (Qobuz). It comes with a warning though:
>Certain works may be withdrawn from the service for legal reasons, such as a revocation of rights. The titles purchased will then no longer be available for re-download. Download your purchases quickly.
I originally heard about Qobuz and BeatPort after numerous people kept pestering them for making announcements through the #BandCamp platform while never actually putting anything on BandCamp. It turns out, their latest label doesn't allow them to put stuff on BandCamp. Thankfully, they were at least transparent about this (after much pestering):
https://themidnight.bandcamp.com/community?from=com-e-nm&sid=1905272&st=sm
But seriously, this kind of shit, in 2025, is fucking annoying. Death to the streaming model.
🦄 🅃🅁🄰🄽🅂🄸🄲🄾🅁🄽 🏳️⚧️
Raff
Ronnie / Rekkerd.org
Ramon van Belzen
Marco Siccardi
FKA ZOG
Preston Maness ☭