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He's listening to http://www.di.fm/, specifically the Electro House stream.

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Wow, if I randomly ran across that site, I would automatically think it was crap.

it's the design, it instantly reminded me of those linkfarm parked domains...

Ha, I remember trying to make sites that looked this good, with this aesthetic, back in the 90s.

But now, I totally agree. The stock photo girl with headphones along with a lot of other subtle things would make me instantly think "this a fake/auto-generated/contentless site" and hit the back button without even reading it.

It's interesting how strongly websites can give off vibes.

It definitely needs updating, but it's a really badass radio station that's been streaming electronica for like a decade now. Super awesome.

I agree the site doesn't look that great, but I've been a happy subscriber for years. I prefer the "Chillout Dreams" and "Vocal Trance" channels over all the others.

Using the higher bitrate streams coupled with a nice pair of AKG headphones means I can listen all day and tune out the rest of the noise in my house.

I listen to their streams every day. Site might look like crap but they have a ton of loyal listeners and amazing streams. Perfect coding music!

I listen to electrohouse everyday. I'm not that into dubstep and I tend to not like it outside of coding, but it puts you into the zone pretty quickly, kind of like if the techno rythm stopped you from thinking normally.

For those interested, many of the mixes can be downloaded for free out there. I found :

http://soundcloud.com/tsnm all the TSNM no excuses mix, the 100 download limit is quickly maxed out on those though

http://radio.lazy-rich.com/ the Lazy Rich Show

http://xo.am/electro/di/ Ben XO Xpression

I feel like a noob, but how does someone on a mac listen to this? I see what seems to be a Winamp playlist button, and wmv playlist button, etc?

Click any of the links that lead to pls files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLS_%28file_format%29

You can use iTunes as well. Click on the Radio item under Library on the left pane, and you will find the DI radio stations under the Electronica genre.

I used to listen to the progressive trance and chillout streams on di.fm when I was in uni.

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