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Free Psytrance – there are different ways of “free”
There are many legal options to get legal and free Psytrance streams and download. Find out where and how to get your free music!
We all, especially the producers, know that not many people out there are willing to pay for music nowadays. Often, copyrighted music is downloaded by consumers through various means of free file distribution without payment to the artist.
This is a shame because there are many possibilities to legally listen to and download music for free and still support the artists.
While it has always been a good option for newcomers to offer their music for free to get their sound out to the scene, more and more well-known producers are also releasing some of their music for free.
Times seem to be changing. 95% of Beatport sales go to DJs, consumers don’t buy music there, considering that 150 sales are enough to reach the top of the Beatport Psytrance charts it is clear that music sales don’t generate any significant reach. Artists are more or less forced to concentrate their monetizing efforts on gigs, and to get gigs they can’t rely on music sales anymore, they are more or less forced to give their music away for free, at least those that are not fortunate enough to be promoted by the few major labels that exist.
Bad for the artists who can’t survive off exposure alone and rely on people to buy their music, good for the listeners, who can sieve a lot of excellent free music out of the net. We had a look around and would like to show you a few sources of free Psytrance music where you can download loads of tracks for free and also online radio stations where you can listen to endless Psytrance streams. There is Mixcloud where you can find a lot of Psytrance mixes to listen to online, and Soundcloud, where besides streaming loads of music you can also download some for free, then there are several good and up-to-date online psytrance radiostations, and there are sites such as Bandcamp, which offer free streamable content, while providing artists the ability to set variable pricing, ranging from free to paid options, allowing for more choice for potential customers, and allowing controlled access to the music without need for payment. This flexibility in balancing free content with flexible payment methods allows for the artists to compete with unauthorized content by providing alternative means of digital distribution. You can find entire labels such as Phi Records and Sun Station which release for free on Bandcamp. Also there is Re:Volt, a new psytrance download portal where you can find a lot of free tracks to download aside paid downloads as known from Beatport.
The top 10 free Psytrance sources
ektoplazm.com – world’s largest free Psytrance source
bandcamp.com/tag/psytrance – free streams and downloads
psymedia.co.za/free-music – free dj mix downloads
revoltdigital.co.uk/top-100-free-tracks – beatport alternative with free tracks
mixcloud.com/discover/psytrance – DJ mixes and live set streams
psyradio.fm – wellknown Psy radio with 4 channels
chromanova.fm – fine Psy radio with live streams
di.fm/goapsy – another good Psy radio station
hirschmilch.de – Psy radio station with 5 channels
psytrance-radio.cz – Czech Psy radio station
This article appeared first in our print edition.
