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I might clarify some details later, but we're talking about legitimate mp3 selling sites, not something ripped on a blog or something.

I ran a couple of small techno labels years back, we did some modest sales and were fortunate enough to find two p&d deals that paid for us to press up some vinyls. We were still a small struggling label, but got some quality releases out from myself, Kero, Dustin Zahn, Tim Xavier, Andrei Morant...

I saw "Martyrs" today, French I think, very good and disturbing. There's some new Korean Vampire flick coming out shortly (Thirst) that looks dope.

Also, from sweden, "Let the Right One In" is good, not so scary in a sense, but just dark.

I'd like to see old video and audio recordings from the ealier days (harder, 1217, heaven & hell, spastik, etc). I know a lot of audio and some video was being taken back then but for the most part none of it has leaked.

Some of my good friends in town run the Detroit Underground (DETUND) label, some great idm and eclectic stuff on there:

http://detroitunderground.net/

I don't own either, but myself/friends used to own a good deal of classic analogue kit, and the voyager sounds amazing every time I play on it. I come up with tons of track ideas just fiddling on it for a short time. It would be high on my list if I start getting into hardware again at some point.

Wave Arts Masterverb a lot of the time, though if I go into Logic I'll use Logic's built in plugs. Here's a common trick, use two reverb send channels, one for a close upfront short reverb with a tight timed predelay for initial reflections, and another one for background and longer reflections. The...