ezRPM Links

friends

alGARhythm
gar baliey’s sonic alter-ego… think orb meets negativland

Electronic SubSouth
Organizer of live electronic music scene in Gainesville, FL, showcasing different genres of beat-oriented electronic music such as: Big Beat, Bliss-Out, Drill 'N' Bass, EBM, 8-Bit, Electroclash, IDM, Industrial, New Romantic, Nu-Electro, Synthpop, Synthpunk, and/or Weirdoid Electronica. Please check out the site if you would be interested in performing or attending an event.

eustachian
gorgeous website of the orlando-based original hardkore rockas.

gar bailey
gar lives: paint, skulpture, music + more.

la mejor seleccion
fred noel’s aural alter-ego, la mejor seleccion, in which he builds and destroys sound with both software and hardware.

labtob
the new prime-minister of canada, jeremey isen, and his fat beats.

machine drum
travis stewart’s home page… with info on the latest masterpiece he’s cranked out of his glitch-hop lair.

manteis
manteis rules. his music is like the second coming of tom middleton. plus he’s a hell of a swell of a guy.

Mic Mell
Mike Mell, creative force behind the Future Funk Collective, will excite the senses with this funky rhythms.

Mr. Antonym
the Mr. Antonym project is a music related project, but the creator behind the site thought that it would be fun to expand the scope of his site to be a little more political, current events related… in essence, a user community and a site based on collaboration.

one mind art
home page for my long time friend, somtimes colloaborator, charles richardson.

r garcia
home page of the hardest working man in Florida IDM, randy garcia.

xenlab
digital madness masqueraded as deejaying. xenlab also makes and performs original music.

xentek developement
designer and programmer to fortune 500 companies, xentek is responsible for ezRPM’s online presence.

gear

apple computer
What needs to be said about Apple? Not much considering they are favored heavily by the creative crowd, but are starting to break into the mainstream with its sleek designs and gorgeous graphics.

echo audio
makers of dope sound cards and more…

M-Audio
the makers of some of the finest hardware for the electronic musician.

geek

color schemer
online color scheme creation tool. useful, especially when looking for complimentary color schemes in your web/graphic designs.

css zen garden
a virtual zen garden for css designers.

Flickr
photo sharing site with a friendster twist

GeekNewsCentral
News for the average Geek. They cover every topic imaginable better than thescreensavers could ever hope to. Great commentary, excellent links, and a personal touch make this a must read for any nerd – from the slashdotter hardcore to the tech tv casual.

slashdot
the obligatory link to /.

musicians

Deep Element
evocative, yet crunchy drill ‘n bass artist. mp3s and more on the site.

Hexstatic
Hexstatic are Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson, and together they have been consistently breaking new ground in Audio and Visual entertainment since 1995. Masterminds behind a long line of A/V Mash-ups, that have been pushing the envelope of electronic entertainment light-years ahead of their contemporaries. Their Video Work is sheer brilliance, and the audio is strong enough to stand on its own. Any lover of electronic music or fantastic eye-candy should be shamed for passing on this…

ilkae
official home page of beat makers: ilkae

Pascha
Recent transplant from DC to Orlando, FL – Pasha creates deep medatative downtempo with a laid back world vibe in a manner similar to Thievery Corp. and warm synth lines a’la Boards of Canada, but that is where the comparisons end. Pascha is obviously made up of talented individuals producing soulful downtempo beats from the heart.

red shift mantra
red shift mantra is made up of about 6 rotating members including rhett johnson from manteis recordings… their music is tribal ambience or ambient tribalism. buy their cd, you won’t be sorry.

stereodee
stereodee makes drone rocktronica and has the balls to be a lesbian.

syndicate synthetique
the home page of the havoc conspiracy. dark, almost goth-like electro breaks

yip yip
yip yip knows very little about computers, but their phat bottom eneded beats are a testament to analogue gear vs digital synths. plus they make their own costumes, which is cool.

record labels

Audio Bulb
Audiobulb Records is a UK label holding a global artist roster – brought together under the banner of ‘exploratory electronic music’. The term exploratory invites artists to create without the restriction of having to stay within a specified territory. Our focus is quality, detail, intricacy and emotionality within electronic music. The sounds from our artists embrace glitch and groove, IDM, environmental ambience, microsounds and idiosyncratic dance beats. The label has successfully developed a fan-base and received critical acclaim via ‘free to access’ mp3 releases and the critically acclaimed compilations ‘Switches’ & ‘Intricate Maximals’. Open access sinewave decomposition feature, custom built VSTis and creative samples. We paint with sound.

Consumer Electronics
The home of some of the finest new sounds around, look for a stream of steady releases in the new year.

K7!
The internaitionally acclaimed record label that brought you the all important “DJ-KiCKS” compliation series, as well as the hottest in chill-out and downtempo releases from the likes of Funkstörung, Kruder and Dorfmiester, Tosca, Peace Orchestra, Herbert, A Guy Called Gerald, and Victor Duplaix.

Machine Records
Official site for machine.records, an award winning record label, featuring free download singles, an online store, and all the latest news/artist/live info. Regularly updated!

merck records
a fine releaser of micro glitchy beats, and label home to one of our good friends, Machine Drum.

Ninja Tune
Releasing the dopest of the dope rhthyms for going on two decades, with notables such as Coldcut, Amon Tobin, DJ Food, and other greats on their roster.

nophi recordings
nophi recordings is an idm label out of florida run by the infamous r_garcia. turning out some of the dopest melodic electronics this side of the atlantic. homemade, so you know it’s fresh.

Polyvibe Records
Orlando's finest long tail record label, catering to the discerning tastes of the global underground music scene. Many genres are represented, including hip-hop, funk, electronic, indie, rock and all things in between. Check the site to download samples, find their Last.fm radio station (with even more full length tracks to listen to), or jump right in and buy one of their new releases. Mad props to the Polyvi.be crew, for all that they do to supply us with fucking brilliant music, that I think you're gonna like.

rephlex records
Rephlex is the more experimental side of Warp, in a manner of speaking, as many of the artists release music on both labels, including Aphex Twin (who co-owns the label) and Luke Vibert. Their low-key site gives way to the latest in their impressive discography.

skam records
with a roster that rivals even warp or rephlex, this label has brought the world some of the weirdest, most beautiful music on earth; with releases by Boards of Canada, Bola, and Gescom. Some of the early Autechre was pressed up by them too.

Tigerbeat6
This label, based in Los Angeles, CA – has wrought some of the most influential music modern IDM has to offer. Equal Parts, punk, techno and noise goes into this labels meat grinder and comes out the other side a sizziling pile of tracks by Kid 606, Knifehandchop, Cex, Numbers, and others. The songs coming out of this label are some of the most hyped-up, mashed-up, and fucked-up the world has ever seen.

Warp Records
Warp Records is one of the most innovative music labels around. thier releases are considered some of the best electronic music (and beyond) ever released by such huge names as: Aphex Twin, Autechre, Plaid, Prefuse 73, Two Lone Swordsmen, Vincent Gallo, and many more.

scene

baked goods
distributors of wholesome electronic music.

Digital::Nimbus
KUCI’s Experimental show with Pietrobot and the Freakquency Modulator. Streaming the best in experimental and electronic for your enjoyment.

Discogs.com
the largest database of electronic music anywhere… will accept user submissions.

EAR/Rational Music
Colorado-based mailorder music outfit around since 1992, specializing in Ambient, IDM, Experimental, and everything in between. They deal directly with many artists and labels which are hard to find elsewhere. Each month they add roughly 400 new items to their catalog, all of which are outlined in their weekly email. Sign up for an account (it’s free) and get notified immediately by email when they add items to their catalog from labels you specify. Take 10% off your first order and 10% off any future order when you refer a new customer to them.

Euphoria Project
A production company devoted to improving the spirit + unity of Florida’s dance music community! We promote nightlife throughout the Southeast US, aiming to create a new renaissance for the rave scene.

Florida IDM
Message board dedicated to all of Florida’s electronic music, including but not limited to idm, experimental, drumnbass, downtempo, hiphop, etc.

Get Your Bootleg On
A community devoted to the Bootleg / Bastard Pop scene.

High Wisdom
A community of artists and a networking tool stemming from West Central Florida. High Wisdom provides promotion for artists seeking to gain exposure while supporting the jobs and economy that keep these kinds of art thriving.

idm.com
streaming radio station providing the sounds of the idm underground, both new and old.

IndieFeed
Indie Feed is a site dedicated to exposing Creative Commons licensed music to the world. It does this through the ingenious PodCasting platform, that was first engineered by none-other-than original MTV VJ: Adam Curry.

laptop battles
the one and only laptop battles… 2 machines enter… only 1 man leaves.

musical bear
a group of UK scenesters commenting and reviewing all forms of media (music/films/books), from the indie to the mainstream with a definite eye for the hip and fresh.

narita
putting the D back in IDM…

Pattern Awareness
Website dedicated to Florida’s hiphop, drumnbass, and idm with events listing, interviews with DJs, producers, and other artists.

pnc - purveryers of rare music
a small and almost perfectly formed company specialising in new and used music. rare vinyl is their speciality but all formats will be catered to

Rave Index
Directory of Electronic and Party links.

repe4t (email list)
central florida idm mailing list… mostly just event announcements, and some discussion. low traffic on the whole.

Skrufff
Great electronic music and culture info. The newsletter called ‘Skrufff-E’ includes news and links about sex, drugs, politics and clubs. Subscribe today – always informative and entertaining.

Soul Reactor
slsk search engine.

sounds better with us
dope french downtempo portal.

static beats
leftfield electronics portal

The Drop Shop
Orlando’s Premier Dance Music Supply store… gear, records, and more can all be found and ordered at their online site.

Tigerbeat6
label-home of such inovators as: kid 606, cex, and numbers

World Clique
World Clique is dedicated to illuminating the world with music, artistry and culture. Features a 24/7 internet radio prodast, A&R / Visual design services as well as links to the events to go to.

social awareness

AlterNet
AlterNet = Alternate News Network;

drug policy alliance
one of the activist groups that are fighting the good fight in washington and getting the jaded public to take action against the failed war on drugs.

landmark education
get your brain upgraded by doing the landmark forum. top three reasons to do it: 1. your level of awareness of yourself and other increases dramatically. 2. the tools to create any result for yourself or your life. 3. deprogram yourself of your past that keeps you from living life fully NOW.

Legal Torrents
Legal torrents is a collection (and xml feed) of media (music and more) available for download using the Bit Torrent protocol.

move on dot org
started in the wake of the 9.11 bombing, this political activist group has been very successful in mobilizing people into taking actions that forward progressive values.

RIAA Radar
know if you’re buying an album put out by an RIAA member… because your record collection has principels, right?

Spin Sanity
Spin Sanity breaks down partisan rhetoric (both rebulican and democrat) to get to the heart of the truth behind their message(s). Very intersting stuff, especially if you’re fed up with the amount of bull shit in political posturing.

The AWOL Project
One man’s dillegent research to prove that George Bush did not ‘fulfill his dut’ in the Texas Air National Gaurd as he trys (lies) to maintain.

the smoking gun
the straight poop on celeberity run-ins with the law…

software

abelton live
the amazing improv studio for computer based musicians.

Bit Torrent
Get the Bit Torrent client and get down on one of the hottest p2p protocols yet. This will transform the way you download, both legaly and not-quite legally.

Buzz Tracker
Sometimes glitchy, sometimes crash-prone, the new standard for trackers is something all the PC geeks should check out.

slsk
the last p2p app you’ll ever need for underground releases.

smart playlists dot com
get the most out of your iTunes experience by mastering the smart playlist, which is basically creating a simple query on your music library and then using the results as your playlist.

stuff

dj fingers
the amazing finger puppet dj

grouphug.us
this site rules, it’s an anonymous public confessional. i subscribe to the feed, and reading it is tantilizing on so many levels, if for nothing more than the cheap thrill of hearing college girls talk about their confused sexual exploits.

Kompakt Kitties
Head nodding kittens you control as you fire off samples of some of Kompakt’s tastiest loops.

let them sing it
crazy text to speech tool. you type in the words, and it renders it as sound. the catch is, that it’s made up of bits of other song lyrics. each word comes from a different artist. the output reminds me of casetteboy.

maddox
clearly the best page in the universe. his commentary on the dumb (m)asses is as hillarious as any of the greats (i.e. David Cross, George Carlin, et al)

real ultimate power
don’t ever fuck with a ninja. because they are totally sweet and awesome. that’s what i call real ultimate power.

Should I Rip This? v1.0
Should I Rip This CD? Follow this flow chart of digital ‘morality’ to find out.

Yah Horray!
this is positivley, abosultely the best site on teh net…. actually what we have here is one of the most ingenious community sites ever conceived, it’s part msg board, part blog, and part freiendster app. designers, music junkies, and geeks hang out there. you should too.

zen stories
zen stories to tell your neighbors.

zoom quilt
drag the flash animation and zoom in or out for a greater and greater perspective on an image as each scene gives way to the next in a seemless and seemingly infnite loop of art.