Although I’ve ripped a large part of my collection to various internal and external drives, mostly for backup reasons, I don’t listen to it much on my PC. Considering the time I spent tagging the mp3, mpc and flac files and organizing my wave and CD image backups, I think I’m wasting too much of my life away on this PC and digital stuff. The music is just sitting there, staring at me from a trillion folders, neatly tucked away, begging to be heard.

What I do instead is listen to Internet radio. Sounds stupid in light of the money invested into a pretty huge collection, but the reason is really very simple. I can never get enough of the stuff and I’m constantly on the lookout for new and old music I might like, recommendations, and discussions about obscure releases that I then try to uncover.

On top of that, I’m always on the lookout for soul mates who just seem to be on my wavelength when it comes to music, and this is where “Afterglow” comes in. It’s not so much that I’m fed new stuff constantly, but this radio programme is at the very top of my list simply because without fail, it showcases some of my favorite music and sprinkles the various playlists with music that I hadn’t heard before and which is then automatically picked up by my radar as it is flanked by music I already know and like. Continue Reading →