I am sure a lot of us Lemmings have known about SomaFM forever. But i always like to show new people !
One of the best web sites ever. I just turn on Synphaera and then off the background music in RPGs, it is a nice change.
Always updoot SomaFM.
Cliqhop, Suburbs of Goa, Groove Salad, and Drone Zone really expanded my exposure to genres like ambient, drone, lounge, neo soul, world beats, and electronic. I feel I became a more well-rounded enjoyer of music because of this station, and it deserves all the attention and donations it can get.
Groove salad is home base
Thanks for reminding me
Been a while since I last listened to SomaFM, they have a couple of good channels for sure.
They are on Mastodon https://sfba.social/@somafm
Not very active tho
Installed the app, listened all day at work! Totes great
Relevant https://hbr1.com/. Don’t forget to sign their guestbook.
Metal radio: https://www.chronixradio.net/
I looked at several of their stations and didn’t recognize a single artist. I’m all for discovery, but I gotta know at least SOME of what I listen to.
Be fearless and jump in!
Secret Agent is one of the oldest channels and the most accessible. Start with that one, let it run in the background as you’re working or just hanging out - I guarantee you’ll hear something you like.
Love me some SomaFM, for more variety I also like to listen in ByteFM (also ad-free since 2008).
DJs are talking german, but their mixes are unmatched. My favorite way of discovering new music.I also like to listen in ByteFM
Okay, I see their station list, but am not seeing a lounge channel. I haven’t heard a good lounge channel for centuries, and Soma’s “Groove Salad” station has gotten stale over the years.
These are sadly more shows than stations which means you have to keep in mind when a show or its rerun is playing and also that their sometimes a show playing you really do not vibe with. I do not think they have comparable show to “Groove Salad” and their rather verbose show naming does not help there.
Groove Crates goes a little into the same direction, but the spectrum and genres they are playing is a lot wider and has a lot more funk, soul featured.
Danke! So… do I have to listen via webplayer, or can it play through my WinAmp, Foobar2000, etc?
Your welcome :) They do have direct links you can import there I think. Only did that with cmus myself though. Main station: https://bytefm.stream39.radiohost.de/bytefm-mainhq_mp3-320 and they also have an alternative station which only runs music, but im not sure what schedule it is following: https://bytefm.stream39.radiohost.de/bytefm-nurmusikhq_mp3-192
Wow those are some old names. I guess I had forgotten Foobar2000.
You keep being groovy, you!
Speaking of groovy, WinAmp got an modern upgrade a couple years ago, and has all those awesome visualizers built in. Plus it still has the Shoutcast network, altho I think that feature has been kind of dying over the years, not sure.
No reason not to keep using it, far as I know…
Indie pop rocks is my go to when I don’t know what I’m in the mood for.
And their Xmas stations are always great
Do these have actual human djs? Not a criticism, just wondering
The curation is human yes. There are prerecorded snippets of the djs throughout the day.
Sadly I doubt there are many 24/7 live DJs today. Though I’d love that job!
I’ve actually encountered a lot of free radio streams with human DJs for at least the majority of the day. Two off the top of my head:
https://www.thelotradio.com/ (this one even has a camera on the DJ)
They have curators, who create the playlist and select the songs, but they are not live mixing or selecting what’s is going to play. In each of the stations you can check the bio of the people behind the music selection.
Yeah Rusty Hodge is the original I think but there are a bunch covering the different stations
Soma is one of my favorite ways to learn about new music. And, their Christmas stations are a good alternative typical playlists.
My god, Christmas Lounge has been a sanity saver ever since certain elements began insisting on “Christmas music” in December at home.
Around our house, it’s “Department Store Christmas”. I can only take a few hours at a time before I switch it back to “Groove Salad”.
Absolute truth
Their underground 80s station was a regular listen for me about 10 years ago. Glad to see they’re still going!
