SomaFM

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Post by Datenstrom » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:08 PM UTC

SomaFM
somafm.com

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Post by Datenstrom » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:11 PM UTC

Found this thanks to HN and have been really enjoying it for work and study music over the last month. It's hard to keep a good playlist that doesn't get stale, anyone have other stations? I also use Music for Programming[1] and various lofi playlists often.

[1]: https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/

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Post by nittanymount » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:12 PM UTC

this is great! has been listening for a while when need a nice background music at work

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Post by 5- » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

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Post by rektide » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

I really miss Shoutcast/Icecast being such an active part of my life. The quality is way down, and there's like 1/6th the channels there used to be. For electronica in particular, there was just so much. But there were also so many random niche stations!

SomaFM continues to be a great place for highly genre-d music. I make sure to give em money semi-regularly. Suburbs of Goa[1] is one of my favorite.

[1] https://somafm.com/suburbsofgoa/

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Post by threeio » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:20 PM UTC

Good to know SomaFM is still round, its been 20+ years at this point.

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Post by kacy » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:21 PM UTC

I've probably been streaming SomaFM off and on for the last 15-20 years. Thanks for the reminder to donate!

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Post by codetrotter » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:21 PM UTC

I think I used to listen to SomaFM, or something with a similar name.

If so then that’s one of the radio streams I found via the xiph Icecast directory.

https://dir.xiph.org/

You can listen to these Icecast stations using for example VLC media player, or mpv, or you can also play them directly in most web browsers.

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Post by ilkka_es » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:24 PM UTC

I discovered SomaFM channels (SomaFM, Secret agent, GrooveSalad) from iTunes Radio around 2003. Listened to it always while working on my computer while studying in university. Good memories and so happy they are still around!

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Post by guerrilla » Tue, May 31, 2022, 5:29 PM UTC

Really impressive that they've stayed online nearly 20 years. I used to listen to this and MonkeyRadio all the time. They've added a lot of new channels though.