The Re-Upping of D.M.

Outta the blue I get an email from Digital Meltd0wn founder & chief Zer0_ii. He has returned from his adventures in darkest Africa & is ready to get this beast back in gear. Since Z's sojourn began, KimDotcom has been busted by the Feds & MegaUpload is no more. Then in the panic that followed, MediaFire started shaking in their boots & shut down most of our accounts. Now most of the links in posts of the past are no longer active. We have decided to do our best to re-upload as many as we can. It will be a long, drawn-out process, but ya gotta start somewhere. So I decided to start at the beginning of my tenure here. I have re-upped the seven oldest. There are more to come. If anything touches your fancy or fills your needs, have at it.

I received requests for: Alain Goraguer - La Planete Sauvage & Phil Spector's Greatest Hits. You will find them below.

Now Zer0_II has moved all the re-instated posts to the head of the class, so I removed them from the list. I think the only one he missed is Kill City, so I better get busy. I'll try to have some more this week-end, but there should be plenty to keep everyone busy. If there is anything anyone wanted re-uploaded, leave a comment here & we'll get to it as fast as we can. Thanks for your patience.

Next set of re-uploaded files:

Chris & Cosey – Heartbeat

Chris & Cosey – Exotika

Bush Tetras – Boom in the Night

OhioPlayers – Skin Tight

Old School Hardcore & Punk A-M

Old School Hardcore & Punk N-Z

Pere Ubu – Waiting for Mary 12” 45

Penny’s Scar – Pleasures

Quicksilver Messenger Service – What About Me?

Rhythm Pigs – Rhythm Pigs

Various Artists – Eyesore: A Stab at the Residents

Romeo Void – Nvr Say Nvr 12”ep

Soft Cell – Down in the Subway 12” 45

Bram Tchaikovsky – Funland

Unsane – Unsane

Gene Vincent – Dressed in Black

Dinah Washington– September in the Rain

X-Ray Spex – Live at CBGBs March 17, 1978 bootleg cassette

X – Adult Books b/w We’re Desperate 7” 45

Xmal Deutschland – Tocsin

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Solid StateSurvivor

Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson - Unnoticeable in a Tiny Town, Invisible in theCity

one more, trying out adrive
Chu Ishikawa - Tetsuo OST

before I fall asleep, here's some ZZZs for y'all, on adrive since I already got positive response from Mikhale on the Tetsuo post
Zru Vogue - Zruisms 1980-84
Zmiya - Somamdenlo
Zillatron - Lord of the Harvest
Zwell - Open Air
Zyce - Transgressive
Zzzzzz - Holeigans

here's the last of my posts, updated & up-to-date


Fawzi Chekili - Taqasim

Black Theama – The Collection

Muslimgauze – Port Saidep

Cheb Mami – Meli Meli

Hamid El Sha’eri - Raheel

Mikami Kan - Bang

Karasyozoku – Mischievous Sigyn 1923

JoyRide – We Come in Peace

The Nuclear Beauty Parlor/Awake split 7”

NØ

Introducing Our Newest Contributor - Saturnword

I am very pleased to announce that we have a new regular contributor here at Digital Meltd0wn. Her name is Sarah, but most people know her as Saturnword. I'm not going to reveal too much information about her because I want to give her the opportunity to introduce herself to you all as she sees fit. I met SaturnWord at last.fm while trying to find out more information about music from the countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa, which have been experiencing widespread protests and revolutions. I was thoroughly impressed when she sent me back a lengthy message providing far more information than I ever expected about various bands and scenes in the Middle East and North Africa. However, her musical knowledge extends far beyond what originates in those regions. I won't spoil what she has in store for you all, but I can guarantee that she will be delivering music of the quality that you have come to expect here at Digital Meltd0wn. I'm excited to have another contributor here, as it will ensure that we can present a greater diversity of music than ever before. I believe that we may finally be able to deliver music to you on a scale not seen since 2008, when we were able to crank out 284 posts. I would like to turn things over to Saturnword now so that she can introduce herself to you all.

A Message to Protesters and Revolutionaries in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria and Jordan - رسالة إلى المتظاهرين والمناضلين في كل من مصر وتونس ، واليمن

I want to take a break from the library music albums I have been posting to focus on the recent events taking place in the Middle East. Unfortunately the United States media largely ignored the revolution that exploded out of Tunisia until it was drawing to a close. The revolution in Tunisia caused a domino effect, and sparked a wave of protests from the Maghreb region of Africa to the Middle East. Similar protests have taken place in Algeria Yemen, Jordan and Egypt, with minor protests taking place in Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Sudan, Syria, Lybia and Morocco. During the next week I plan to share at least one album from each of the countries in which protests are taking place. Once I have done that I will resume posting library music LPs.

Of these countries Egypt has received the most attention, largely because it is the most populous Middle East nation, as well as the important role it plays in the region. I have always had a strong fascination with Egyptian culture, and I have been following the situation in Egypt particularly closely. While I prefer to remain apolitical in my blog posts; however, the ongoing uprising taking place in Egypt has truly captured me, and I found it impossible not to respond. On January 25th, Egyptians stunned the world by staging mass protests against their president dictator, Hasni Mubarak, who has ruled Egypt with an iron fist for roughly 30 years. Under his rule, Egypt has been a police state, with Egyptians living under oppressive conditions, with a growing gap between the poor and the rich. Those who have dared to speak out against the regime have often been locked up, tortured, disappeared, or beaten to death.

When the protests first erupted on January 25th, journalists were predicting that an Egyptian revolution would be impossible. The protestors have certainly faced one obstacle after another since the protests begun. The government sent the state police to crack down on the protestors, but they were eventually overwhelmed by the sheer number of protestors. The regime attempted to disrupt the protests by blocking access to Facebook, Twitter and other social media websites, yet tech-savy Egyptians broke through the filters using proxy servers and other workarounds. Next, the regime desperately attempted to disrupt the protests by shutting down the Internet, mobile phone networks, and railroad system throughout the country, yet more than 2 million protestors arrived at Tahir Square in spite of the severed communication and transportation networks. The world watched in horror as murderous thugs, who were reported to have been hired by the regime, attacked the peaceful protestors, leaving many of them dead and wounded. Yet protestors refused to yield their ground, and bravely fought back the pro-Mubarak group.

I am simply awe-struck by the courage, determination, ingenuity and patience the Egyptian people have displayed during these protests. The world is nervously watching on, hoping that you are able to pull of what many said would be impossible. I have been watching the protests taking place in Tahir Square on Al Jazeera almost non-stop since they first started, following Twitter updates from Egyptians delivering updates from Tahir Square. I have been listening to Egyptian music when I'm not watching the news, and have painted an Egyptian flag to display above my desk. I think I speak for many when I say that although we are not physically present, we stand beside you in protesting the oppressive rule of Hosni Mubarak. Although I was born an American, right now I am an Egyptian at heart.

أريد أن تأخذ استراحة من ألبومات الموسيقى مكتبة لقد تم نشر إلى التركيز على الأحداث الأخيرة التي تشهدها منطقة الشرق الأوسط. أصيب قبل بضعة أيام وأنا أعيش في منطقة من عاصفة ثلجية كبرى. تقريبا قد أغلقت كل مكان عمل باستمرار ، بما في ذلك عمل بلدي ، والتي قدمت لي الوقت لمتابعة عن كثب الأحداث الجارية في الشرق الأوسط. وللأسف الولايات المتحدة تجاهلت وسائل الاعلام الثورة تجري في تونس حتى أنه كان يقترب من نهايته. وتسببت الثورة في تونس تأثير الدومينو ، وأثار موجة من الاحتجاجات من المنطقة المغاربية من أفريقيا إلى الشرق الأوسط. اتخذت احتجاجات مماثلة في اليمن والجزائر ، والأردن ومصر ، مع احتجاجات بسيطة تجري في موريتانيا والسعودية وعمان والسودان وسوريا وليبيا والمغرب. خلال الأسبوع القادم أخطط لحصة واحدة على الأقل من الألبوم كل من البلدان التي تجري الاحتجاجات.

من هذه البلدان تلقت مصر بأكبر قدر من الاهتمام ، إلى حد كبير لأن هذا هو الأكثر اكتظاظا بالسكان أمة الشرق الأوسط ، والدور الهام الذي تلعبه في المنطقة. لقد كان دائما سحر قوية مع الثقافة المصرية ، ولقد كنت تتابع الوضع عن كثب ولا سيما في مصر. الانتفاضة المستمرة التي تجري هناك استحوذت حقا لي.
يوم 25 يناير ، فاجأ المصريين في العالم من خلال تنظيم احتجاجات واسعة ضد الدكتاتور ، حسني مبارك ، الذي كان في السلطة لمدة 30 سنة تقريبا. تحت حكمه ، وكانت مصر دولة بوليسية ، مع المصريين الذين يعيشون تحت ظروف قاهرة. أولئك الذين تجرأوا على التحدث علنا ضد النظام وغالبا ما كان في السجن ، وفي بعض الحالات ، حتى اختفت.

وعندما اندلعت الاحتجاجات الأولى في 25 يناير ، والصحفيين توقع أن الثورة المصرية سيكون من المستحيل. واجه المتظاهرون بالتأكيد عقبة واحدة بعد أخرى منذ بدأت الاحتجاجات. وأرسلت الحكومة شرطة الولاية لاتخاذ اجراءات صارمة ضد المتظاهرين ، ولكن في نهاية المطاف تغلبت عليها من قبل العدد الكبير من المتظاهرين. حطم المصريون حتى الآن التكنولوجيا ، سافي النظام حاولوا تعطيل الاحتجاجات من خلال منع الوصول إلى أمام ، التغريد وغيرها من المواقع الاجتماعية وسائل الإعلام ، من خلال استخدام المرشحات خوادم بروكسي والحلول الأخرى. المقبل ، وحاول النظام يائسة لعرقلة احتجاجات من جانب اغلاق الإنترنت ، شبكات الهاتف المحمول ، ونظام السكك الحديدية في جميع أنحاء البلاد ، بعد أكثر من 2 مليون متظاهر في ساحة وصل طاهر على الرغم من الاتصالات قطعت وشبكات النقل. وهاجم راقب العالم في حالة رعب السفاحين القتلة ، الذين كانوا قد ابلغ الى التعاقد من قبل النظام ، والمتظاهرين المسالمين ، وترك الكثير منهم قتلى وجرحى. بعد رفض المتظاهرين لمحصول ارضه ، وقاتلوا بشجاعة الظهر جماعة مؤيدة لمبارك.

أنا ببساطة الرهبة التي ضربها الشجاعة والبراعة والعزيمة والصبر الشعب المصري قد عرض خلال هذه الاحتجاجات. العالم يراقب بعصبية على ، على أمل أن كنت قادرا على سحب ما قال كثير من سيكون من المستحيل. لقد كنت أشاهد المظاهرات التي تجري في ساحة طاهر على قناة الجزيرة دون توقف تقريبا منذ أن بدأت لأول مرة ، بعد التغريد التحديثات من المصريين تسليم التحديثات من ساحة طاهر. لقد تم الاستماع إلى الموسيقى المصرية عندما أنا لا أتابع الأخبار ، ولقد رسمت لعرض العلم المصري فوق مكتبي. وأعتقد أنني أعبر عن مشاعر كثيرين عندما أقول أنه على الرغم من أننا لا وجود فعلي ، ونحن نقف الى جانبكم في احتجاجا على الحكم القمعي حسني مبارك. على الرغم من أنني ولدت في أمريكا ، والآن أنا المصري في القلب.

Note: I used Google's translation service to translate my message from English to Arabic. I realize that the translation isn't perfect. I would like to make my message in Arabic as clear as possible. If anyone would be willing to provide a proper translation, I would greatly appreciate the help.

ملاحظة : لقد استخدمت خدمة جوجل للترجمة لترجمة رسالتي من الانكليزية الى العربية. وأنا أدرك أن الترجمة ليست كاملة. وأود أن رسالتي في جعل اللغة العربية واضحة قدر الإمكان. إذا كان أي شخص سيكون على استعداد لتوفير الترجمة الصحيحة، وسأكون ممتنا للمساعدة.

Introducing our Newest Contributor, Strange Ranger

For years I have attempted to find individuals willing to contribute to this blog as well as the Digital Meltd0wn Blogroll/Aggregator. Last year I was lucky enough to add NØ (aka Nathan Nothin') and Sabina to the team. Unfortunately our friend Nathan has been forced to take a leave of absence to take care of some real life responsibilities. Without Nathan's help this blog might not even exist today, and I owe him a tremendous amount of gratitude for his contributions here. Roughly a year ago Nathan agreed to keep the blog going so that I could focus on my school work. Needless to say his absence created a huge void, which I realized that I would have to at least attempt to fill in order to keep Digital Meltd0wn running smoothly.

Those of you who have been following the blog the last couple of months may be familiar with Strange Ranger, who filled several requests during the Halloween Countdown event, and offered up a treasure trove of horror film soundtracks as a guest contributor for December's Nightmare Before Christmas event. To say that I was impressed by his posts during the event would be an understatement. It was evident that he took great care constructing each and every one of his posts. After the Nightmare Before Christmas event ended I asked Strange Ranger if he would be willing to join us as a permanent contributor to the blog. Luckily his answer was yes, and I'm very pleased to introduce Strange Ranger as the newest contributor to the Digital Meltd0wn music blog. Strange Ranger already operates his own music blog by the name of Motherfucker=Redeemer, where you can expect to find informative posts, high-quality audio, and excellent music throughout. Please be sure to pay it a visit.

I also have an announcement I would like to make regarding the Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll/Aggregator. I have managed to find various guest and full-time contributors for this blog over the years. However, I have searched in vain for contributors to the Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll/Aggregator for nearly three years. Last month I announced my decision to close down the site. I simply didn't have enough time on my hands to attend college full time, work full time, take care of numerous other real life responsibilities, run this blog, and also run the blogroll/aggregator. I decided that I would rather close the blogroll/aggregator rather than this blog. Shortly after I made the announcement a couple of individuals left comments stating that they would be willing to contribute to the site if I would keep it alive, which I agreed to. The two generous individuals in question are Don and Jim. Jim frequently visits this blog, and told me that he wanted to contribute as a way of saying thank you for all of the music that I have posted here. Don runs a couple of great blogs of his own. The first is called Four Steps From The Blues, which can be found here: http://fourstepsfromtheblues.blogspot.com/ and the second is entitled "Try To Be Amused", and can be found here: http://try-to-be-amused.blogspot.com/

I would like to thank Strange Ranger, Don and Jim for being generous enough to contribute to Digital Meltd0wn. Running both of the websites was starting to seem more like a chore, rather than being an enjoyable hobby as it should be. Now that the threat of being forced to close down either site has passed, I can relax and enjoy myself a little. I have always had a ton of ideas for both websites in my head, yet always lacked the available time to implement them. Now that I have some help I look forward to being able to bring some of those ideas to life. You can expect 2011 to be one of the most intriguing and productive years in Digital Meltd0wn's existence.

Digital Meltd0wn's Nightmare Before Christmas Begins...

At midnight tonight "Digital Meltd0wn's Nightmare Before Christmas" will begin. While many bloggers will be spreading the holiday cheer by sharing Christmas-themed albums, we here at Digital Meltd0wn have decided to say: Bah! Humbug! For those who haven't been following the blog, basically we plan to take the exact opposite course of those bloggers by sharing a plethora of horrifying and blasphemous items. For those of you who are familiar with the Halloween Countdown event, the concept is very similar. We will attempt to post at least one horror-related item each day during the month of December until Christmas arrives.

In addition to the regular contributors here at DM, we will be joined by a couple of special guest bloggers. Strange Ranger from the Motherfucker=Redeemer blog and Phelpster from the Manchester Morgue blog will be our special guests of honor, and I'm sure you will be delighted horrified by the material they intend to share. I would like to thank them for being generous enough to devote their time to this project. Please make them feel welcome here. We may also have a few more guest bloggers join us as late arrivals during the weeks to come.

I won't reveal what my fellow contributors intend to share, but I wanted to give you an idea of some of the items that I personally intend to post. The majority of my posts will most likely consist of out of print soundtracks to horror films. As requested, I plan to continue where I left off with the "Main Titles From Unreleased Horror Scores" series. I also plan to share more horror comic/magazine scans. Warren's "Famous Monsters of Filmland" will definitely make an appearance. I will leave it up to the readers to decide, but I will either continue where I left off with the "Creepy" and "Eerie" series, or share the complete run of EC's "The Vault of Horror" and "The Haunt of Fear". Lovecraft fans can expect to see various items devoted to the master.

It's almost midnight now, so without further ado, let Digital Meltd0wn's Nightmare Before Christmas begin...

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

I would like to thank Doug Schulkind for featuring Digital Meltd0wn on WFMU's Beware of the Blog. While checking my traffic statistics this morning I noticed a dramatic increase in visitors to the blog. I was surprised to discover that several hundred of them were coming from a post on WFMU's Beware of the Blog. If you're familiar with WFMU then you will know how much of an honor it is to make an appearance on their site in any form or fashion. Doug Schulkind writes a weekly feature on WFMU's Beware of the Blog entitled "Mining the Audio Motherload, in which he regularly shares amazing obscure albums from a variety of blogs. Doug chose my recent post of Black Merda's self-titled album for Mining the Audio Motherload Vol. 92, which can be found here: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/11/mining-the-audio-motherlode-volume-92.html. While being featured there doesn't particularly make me or this blog special, as I'm sure the Mutant Sounds blog probably appears there every other week, it does mean something to me. I've been a long time fan of WFMU, and it's a real honor to see DM featured there in any form. So thank you Doug for helping me fulfill one of my goals as a blogger. Here the links to WFMU and the Mining The Audio Motherload archives:

WFMU Homepage: http://wfmu.org

WFMU's Beware of the Blog: http://blog.wfmu.org

Mining the Audio Motherload Archives: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/mining-the-audio-motherlode/

Post-Halloween Countdown 2010 Report

Halloween is officially over, bringing an end to this year's Halloween Countdown 2010 event. I wanted to dedicate a post to comment on on the Countdown, thank a few individuals and make a few important announcements regarding my future plans for the blog.

This year's Halloween Countdown was a success in many different ways. First of all I would like to say that I had a blast being able to share so many horror-inspired downloads with you all, and having the chance to talk to many of you who share a common interest. First of all I would like to thank my girlfriend for being unselfish enough to provide me with the time to share all sorts of horrifying things with you all during the Countdown. I would also like to personally thank NØ, wcme and especially Strange Ranger for their contributions to the blog during the Countdown. In case you missed it both wcme and Strange Ranger shared a number of amazing horror soundtracks in the Halloween Countdown Request Thread, which you can find here: http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-countdown-request-thread.html

We managed to put up 49 posts during the month of October, which eclipsed our previous high of 43 posts in one month. The previous high just so happened to occur during the Halloween Countdown 2008 event. We also passed the 600th post mark last week, an accomplishment that I'm very proud of. We managed to lure in 24,875 unique visitors during the month of October, including 1,118 unique visitors on Halloween day. This is a significant increase in visitors in comparison with the traffic from previous months. I haven't had the time to put up such a large number of posts since I started college last October. NØ deserves full credit for making the majority of the posts during the last year. Fortunately I just so happen to be in the easiest course at my college at the moment, which provided me with the opportunity to go crazy with the blog for a few weeks.

I also wanted to let you know that I am planning an event similar to the Halloween Countdown for December. Unless I come up with a more fitting name between now and then, I'm going to go with "Digital Meltd0wn's Nightmare Before Christmas". I know it isn't terribly original, or at all for that matter, but considering what I have planned I can't think of a more fitting name. Basically we are going to do a similar countdown to Christmas, in which I plan to post all of the horror-inspired material that I didn't have time to post for this year's Halloween Countdown. You can expect an orgy of blasphemy here on Digital Meltd0wn throughout the month December. I hope to bring aboard a few guest-bloggers for the event, consisting of admins from blogs which tend to focus on the dark side of things, who will bring with them an expert level of knowledge regarding all things horror.

One last announcement and then I will put this post out of its misery. There are several of you who frequent this blog due to my Lovecraft-related posts. I wanted to inform you all that I will be making a major announcement on this blog in November which should excite all of you. I wish that I could announce it now, but I still need to iron out a few wrinkles before I can make a final announcement. Keep an eye out here for more details in the weeks to come.

During the month of November I plan to work on re-uploads, share a few of the albums that I didn't have time to post during "Sci-Fi September", and share music from a few independent artists and labels. Once again I would like to thank both contributors and visitors alike for helping to make Halloween Countdown 2010 such a kick-ass event. I look forward to sharing many more similarly horrifying posts with all of you in December.

Digital Meltd0wn Turns 4 Years Old

Digital Meltd0wn is officially four years old. Looking back, I never would have guessed that DM would have evolved the way it has over the last four years. I have learned so much more about music during this time, collaborated with many individuals who share the same love and appreciation for music, corresponded with and promoted many different independent artists, been introduced to countless fellow music bloggers and blogs, and interacted with a plethora of readers from around the world. Digital Meltd0wn has expanded from being just a blog, to compromising an entire underground music network consisting of the Digital Meltd0wn Music Blog Aggregator/Blogroll, along with accounts on various different social networking sites. Since this is a special occasion, I hope you will excuse what I'm sure will be a lengthy post, as I would like to take the time to thank the people who have made it possible for DM to continue to exist over the years.

During the last four years I have considered calling it quits on many different occasions. In addition to everything I do with DM, this past year I have been attending school 40 hours a week, working 35 hours a week, trying to keep my girlfriend of four years happy, and maintaining a long distance relationship with my son. Life certainly hasn't been easy on me during this time. I recently found out that my girlfriend has a tear near her spinal column, which can't be operated on, and is only going to continue to get worse. This has been the latest in a long chain of problems I have faced. I suppose my love for music and the desire to share it with others has always managed to trump my inclination to call it quits due to these difficulties. My own ambition still wouldn't have been enough on it's own though. Most recently it has been NØ who has shouldered the load and made it possible for this blog to continue to exist. Despite running his own blog, Nothin' Sez Somethin', he was kind enough to agree to guest blog here during a difficult time for me, eventually deciding to stay onboard and contribute full time. Sab has also recently contributed in the recent past, and although her own personal projects are keeping her busy at the moment, she will continue to contribute here in the future as well. I also have Psyche Zenobia, AllyWonderland, Psycho Cat, Fillzy and JUnit1 to thank for their contributions here in the past.

I also want to take the time to thank my girlfriend, Rhiannon, for all the support she has provided me throughout the years. I started this blog shortly after we first got together. She has never been one to spend very much time on a computer, and she doesn't share my obsessive love for music, but she has always been supportive of me in all my endevours related to DM. Every time I have come to the conclusion that it would be best for me to call it quits, or take some time off due to some problem we face, she has always been quick to tell me not to give up on doing what I love. She has always encouraged me to keep doing this, even though it absorbs a great deal of my time, and despite the fact that we don't get to see each other as often as we did before I was attending school and working every day. You will probably never see her comment or appear in any form here, unless it was to announce that I was incapable of posting for some reason, but in my eyes she is a like a behind the scenes staff member who deserves just as much credit for the supportive role that she plays.

Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank all you readers out there. I've had the pleasure of "meeting" many of you over the years, and your kind words always serve as encouragement to keep doing this also. Judging from the comments left here and elsewhere, I feel as if we have been doing a good job of delivering rare and unique music to you, and the good news is that we have even greater things in store for the future. I'm sure we will encounter some bumps in the rode along the way, but we will keep moving forward. I hope that the music we share here has brought as much pleasure to you as it has for us, and will continue to do so over the years.

Once again, thank you everyone for all the support you have provided over the years. Here's to four more years of Digital Meltd0wn... Cheers!

Digital Meltd0wn Now On Facebook

I finally decided to break down and create a Facebook page for Digital Meltd0wn @ http://facebook.com/digitalmeltd0wn. I created a personal account a few years ago, and I just didn't feel as if Facebook had been developed enough at that point to warrant further use. I decided to give it another chance after hearing many people rave about its usefulness. After exploring it for several hours yesterday, I realized that they have made vast improvements to the service. I created an account for Digital Meltd0wn, as well as a personal account, a few days ago.

Since last.fm has been a continuous disappointment lately, and there seems to be a mass exodus from Myspace, I plan to focus the majority of my social networking activity on Facebook, and here are a few ideas you can expect to see implemented soon. Updates from both this blog, as well as the Digital Meltd0wn Music Aggregator/Blogroll, there. I also plan to publish a mirror of the Digital Meltd0wn Blogroll in it's own tab, display the most recent posts from our music blog aggregator RSS feed in a separate tab, and upload some interesting music videos and pictures. I hope you all enjoy these features, and please recommend me any ideas you may have to make the page better.

Since I'm behind on the Facebook learning curve, I was hoping that some of you who are more familiar with the service could offer me some advice and recommendations. I'll be doing my own research, but I hope that some of you can help to quicken the learning process for me. I've put together a wishlist of sorts for Facebook. If some of you could spare the time to provide me with some recommendations I would greatly appreciate your willingness to help. Here is my Facebook wishlist:

• Useful music/blogging related applications
• Applications/tutorials for customizing my page
• Interesting Facebook music groups
• Independent artist/labels on Facebook
• Music bloggers on Facebook
• Interesting people who enjoy sharing music recommendations

Again, I would be extremely greatful if any of could could help me with any of the things listed above. I look forward to seeing some of you on there, and hopefully exchanging music with you in the discussion group.

Digital Meltd0wn @ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Meltd0wn/7777757521
My Personal Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=785217519

Back From Vacation

Ijust returned from my trip back home to visit family and friends in Tennessee. I had a fantastic time while I was home, and can honestly say that it's the most fun I've had in years. I was able to spend a lot of quality time with my son, family, closest friends, and even a few old friends that I thought I might never see again. The flight home was the first time in my life that I've ever ridden in an airplane, and I was every bit as fascinating as I thought it would be. I celebrated my 30th birthday on the 9th, which didn't turn out to be as depressing as I anticipated :). I also had some time to rest my mind, which I have desperately needed to do. I've been averaging at least 13 hours a day between work and school every day since October of 2009, and it was beginning to overwhelm me a little.

I look forward to getting back on track here where I left off with my plans for this blog, and updating the DM blogroll. I've made mention of an official announcment regarding a huge project that we are in the process of organizing. I had hoped to make an announcement regarding it before I went on vacation. My partners, Sab and NØ, have been focusing on taking care of some important personal responsibilities, and I wanted to wait till we are all doing well before I make such a huge announcement.

Over the next couple of weeks I will probably post no more than a couple of albums a week, as I will be busy preparing for the upcoming project and updating the DM blogroll. My posts in the near future will consist of re-ups, so if you notice a dead download link for an album you would like to have, please don't hesitate to leave a comment.

Vacation Time

I will be flying home back home to Tennessee very shortly to visit my family and friends for the next 10 days. I had planned to leave you all with a surprise, but I have to leave a day earlier than I originally anticipated so I don't have time to post the surprise now. I plan to take my portable harddrive, which has a ton of music on it, but I don't know if I will be making any posts or not. NØ has been going through some hard times lately, so I'm not sure how much he will be able to post during my absence. Sab should be back from her own vacation shortly, so perhaps she may treat you all to some music from her collection. When I return I will be making a long overdue announcement involving an upcoming project for this blog. It will be the most significant project that has ever been posted on DM, and I'm not sure if anyone has ever attempted anything like this within the music blog world. I know you all will love it, and I can't wait to share it with you. In the meantime, if my companions are not able to update this blog, I would like to remind you all that I run the Digital Meltd0wn Music Aggregator/Blogroll @ http://music-bloggers.blogspot.com where you can find thousands of great music blogs of every type. I'll see you all shortly. Take care.

Major Updates to the Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll/Aggregator

Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll/Aggregator
http://music-bloggers.blogspot.com

Hopefully most of you are already aware that in addition to this blog, I also run the Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll/Aggregator. I wanted to inform you that I have just completed the first couple of phases of a major update. Over the last week I have made a number of updates to increase the quality of the blogroll, improve the RSS feed, and enhance the functions of the site as a whole. Here is a list of some of the recent changes:

Changelist:

Removed 250+ spam comments

Removed all dead blogs from the list

Updated urls for all of the blogs that have relocated

Added several dozen blogs

Added RSS feeds for blogs to the master RSS feed, which delivers updates from all of the blogs on the blogroll

Added "Followers" and "Latest Blog Updates" to the sidebar section

So far I have only completed two phases of what will be a six phase update, so there are still several more updates to come. Right now I am going through the comments section and adding the blogs that qualify to the list. This will take some time as there are several hundred comments. I have written a couple of more detailed posts concerning the changes to the site on the site.

I am trying to make the blogroll/aggregator the most valuable resource for finding underground and out of print music that I can. I hope that you will approve of the changes being made, and that it will serve as a valuable tool in your ongoing quest to discover great music. Here is the url:

Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll/Aggregator
http://music-bloggers.blogspot.com

A Couple of Important Announcements

I have a couple of important announcements to make. First of all I would like to apologize for my recent inactivity here on the blog. I didn't even realize how long it had been since I made a post until a friend of mine pointed it out. I would also like to thank NØ and Sab for shouldering the load and continuously updating the blog since that time. From now till the end of July I will be working on re-uploading albums that no longer have working download links. I will upload these in the order they were reported to me by the visitors of this site. I was also make my best effort to post albums with a higher quality bitrate if they are available.

The reason for my recent inactivity is because I have been wrapped up in the planning phase of a very major project for Digital Meltd0wn, and I have been carefully making preparations to ensure that we are able to pull it off smoothly. I will be making an announcement regarding the project in roughly one weeks' time. We are very excited about this project, as it is something that hasn't been attempted by any other music blog, at least as far as we know. Check back in shortly for more details concerning the project, and in the meantime, if any of you run across any posts that have dead download links, please click on the "Report a Dead Link" option on the main menu and leave a comment.

I'm Back

I am happy to be able to report to you all that I finally have internet access at my home, and I will begin posting again shortly. I would like to thank the rest of the Digital Meltd0wn crew for keeping the blog up and running during my absence, especially Nathan Nothin' who shouldered the majority of the load by providing you all with regular updates. I probably would have decided to retire DM had it not been for his help.It seems like I have been gone for such a long time. I won't have much free time on my hands for a long time to come, but I will try to at least post a couple of times a week if not more. Hopefully Nathan Nothin' and Sabina will continue to stick around and help out on a regular basis, which would ensure that Digital Meltd0wn ccan stay regularly updated. I plan to reupload several albums that have dead download links before I post any new content, but you can enjoy fresh content from the rest of the crew in the meantime. It's great to be back, and I hope you all enjoy what I have in store for the future.

- Zer0_II

Guest Blogger: Sab

Hello hello! So i guess i am a little new in this here landscape... Zer0 asked to walk around a little bit, so here i am! I don't really know how to make a proper introduction... I invited myself here, so that means I will be  sharing with you guys most of the things I love to tickle my ears and eyes with. Hope you'll enjoy at least some of them and, of course, any suggestion is most welcome!
Sab

Help Wanted

I will be moving to Oklahoma in two days. I have no idea how long it will be before I have internet access again. During the last few months I have had a number of very important responsibilities to take care of in my personal life. Please see this post for a more detailed explanation:

At the moment I have a few guest contributors helping out, and they have done an amazing job. In fact, I wouldn't have been able to keep this blog going without their help. However, two of those contributors recently started college and live very busy lives, so it is unlikely that they will be able to contribute much until their semester is over. J-Unit1 has agreed to post for a couple of weeks, but will be resuming work on his own blog once he is finished. NØ originally agreed to guest blog here for a couple of weeks, but fortunately for me he decided to stick around and continue to post. Being the absent minded person that I am, I have neglected to send him a message regarding this, but I'm not sure how long he plans to help me out.

What I'm looking for is someone who can regularly contribute here on a permanent basis. The only requirements are a large music collection, the willing to share the more obscure albums, and the ability to post here a couple of times a week. Knowledge of HTML and the Blogger platform would be a plus, but is not absolutely necessary because I can always go back and edit the posts if I need to.

If any of you are interested in this position please try to contact me within the next two days. I will be unable to check my messages or comments after that. You can e-mail me at Shockw4ve_X at hotmail dot com or leave a comment here with details about how I can contact you.

Digital Meltd0wn Turns 3

With all of my attention focused on the big move that I am about to make, I almost forgot that this month marks the 3rd anniversary of the blog. Although three years isn't a long time in the real world, I consider this a major accomplishment for a music blog, as they tend to come and go like the wind. I have witnessed numerous blogs either abandoned by their owners, or shut down after being reported. Even blogs that exclusively share out of print content have fallen victim to this and decided to call it quits as a result. It's rare for a music blog to last more than a couple of years, and I'm thankful that DM has been one of the few.

Running this blog has been a great experience for me. I have learned more about music than I ever thought I would, thanks to all of the visitors who have left comments, as well as the people who have participated as guest bloggers. I have also been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet people from all around the world, which has to be one of my favorite things about running this blog.

I would like to thank everyone who has helped make it possible to keep DM going these last three years. First and foremost I want to thank all who have visited this blog during that time. I'm sure if I would have kept my hit counter up it would have passed the one million visitor milestone a long time ago. I do this for all of you, for without your presence there would be no point in sharing music. I also want to thank everyone who has contributed here throughout the years. You know who you are. You all have helped keep this blog going during the most difficult times in my life, and the blog wouldn't have been able to last this long without your help.

Happy Birthday Digital Meltd0wn. Here's to three more years of sharing kick ass underground music. Cheers...

Regarding My Absence...

It has been far too long since I have been able to post regularly here on DM, and lately I have come to feel like an outsider to my own blog. I thought it was time that I check in and inform everyone of my current situation and what I have in store for the future. First of all though I would like to thank the regular contributors and guest bloggers who have helped keep DM going during my absence. Psyche Zenobia, AllyWonderland, and especially NØ. You all have been a godsend, and I can't possibly thank you enough for the help you have provided here.

My ability to regularly contribute here has been hampered ever since I took a job which required me to work close to 60 hours a week a little less than a year ago. Aside from working full time, I have literally been unable to post due to the large amount of important responsibilities that I have had to take care of Beginning in October, I will be attending one of the finest Aeronatics schools in the country, where I will be getting a degree in Quality Control and Non-Destructive Testing in the field of avionics. I'll be moving over a thousand miles to Tulsa, OK on September 21st, so I have had a heap of preparations to make for the move. I also needed to devote a few weeks to studying for my entrance exam, which I'm happy to be able to report that I passed with flying colors. I've been undergoing a series of major dental operations, which have really taken a toll on me recently. I had to go under the drill for 8 hours straight about a week ago, which had to be one of the longest days of my life. I've been in an extraordinary amount of pain ever since. I'll be going back in a couple of days to finish up the operation.

Needless to say I haven't had much time to devote to the blog during that time. I may have a brief window during which I can post a few albums before I make the big move though. I'm also going to attempt to recruit a few more individuals to contribute here till I am able to make a full return. I would like to thank Nathan Nothin', AllyWonderland and Psyche Zenobia once again. I know that you all have very busy lives also, and it means a lot to me that you have been willing to take the time to help out here. You made it possible to keep DM going rather than having to stick it on the backburner for an indefinite period of time.

Once I've moved to Tulsa and started school I hope to be able to contribute once again, although it will be on a somewhat limited basis. I won't be working full time while I am in school, and from what they tell me I won't have assignments to complete outside of school, so that may provide me with enough time to make a few posts a week. Hopefully I will be also able to recruit a few people who will be able to regularly contribute in order to keep the activity here up. I'll make an effort to keep everyone better informed of my situation in the future. In the meantime I hope that you all will enjoy the gems that I have in store for you before I move.

Digital Meltd0wn last.fm Group - April & May 2009 Recommendations

As some of you may already know, Digital Meltd0wn has it's own group on last.fm, which can be found here - http://last.fm/group/digital+meltd0wn I couldn't be more pleased with the eclectic yet amazing taste of the members there. Recently all of the members have been participating in a monthly music recommendation discussion on the group forum. It has turned out to be a great way for us all to discover new artists, genres, and albums. I have decided to start sharing these monthly recommendations on all of the sites within the Digital Meltd0wn network. I have also set up a temporary page on geocities http://geocities.com/zer0ii/recommendations.html which I will transfer to a better location eventually. Here is the list of artists that were recommended during the months of April and May:

May 2009 Recommendations

Antic Clay • Alt. Country

Doo Rag • Blues Punk

Don Tiki • Exotica

François Rabbath

Lycaon Pictus

Nighthawks

Peter Alamoo

Polk Miller

Ritualistic School of Errors

Scale the Summit

School of Seven Bells

Scott H. Biram Alt. Country

Slim Cessna's Auto Club • Alt. Country

Turner of Wheels

Woven Hand • Alt. Country

April 2009 Recommendations

Alan Sondheim

Andrew Liles

Annette Krebs

Anton Bruhin

Aphorism

belladonnakillz

Collection d'Arnell~Andréa

Beati Mortui

Beatriz Ferreyra

Brainticket • PsychedelicKrautrock

Calyx After This

Camille Sauvage • Library Music

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes

CH District

DuOuD • World Fusion

Duuster

Dym

Egisto Macchi

Frank the Baptist

Fritz Weiland

Germaine Tailleferre

Gewaltakustik

Horacio Vaggione

Ike Yard

J.A. Caesar

Jeff Wayne

John Fahey

Lodge Doom

Mad Marge and the StoneCutters • Psychobilly

Matamachete

Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses

moniek darge

Nebulo

Pine Tree State Mind Control

Present

PURPLE FOG SIDE

Rabbit Junk • Digital Hardcore

Raymond Scott • Library Music

Remko Scha

Rune Lindblad

Semool

Speculativism

Steaming Coils

Syllyk

The Autumns

Univers Zero

U.S. Maple

Virgins O.R. Pigeons

Voice Crack

Von Südenfed

Winter Soul

Xyn

Yma Sumac

Yusef Lateef

I hope that some of you will take the time to explore these recommendations, and are able to find some enjoyment in the process. If you have an account on last.fm please join the Digital Meltd0wn group. We have a great group of people with superb taste, and the best part is that they don't mind sharing their latest musical discoveries for all to enjoy. I hope to see you there.

Join me on Blip.fm

I just recently discovered a promising and relatively new site by the name of Blip.fm. Blip allows it's members to DJ music using a Twitter-like interface, with a massive selection of songs available from Imeem to choose from, in addition to the content uploaded by members on third party sites.

I first decided to use the service to share music that I wouldn't normally post here, such as recently released material or music that is commercially available. However, since I have started using the service I have come to realize that it also happens to be a great resource for discovering music that I am unfamiliar with, and has also allowed me to rediscover a few old favorites.

As with Twitter, members have 140 characters to play with when writing their messages. Despite the simple interface, there are a number of options available to blippers that allow them to share music and interact with one another. If you are familiar with Twitter commands, such as replying to another person using the @User command, then you will have no problems using the service. Despite the similarities to Twitter, there are a number of music related features that set it apart from it also. DJs are able to create playlists, "reblip" their own blips and those of others, find other members who have blipped the same artist, search blip.fm receive artist's tour info based on your their area code and more. Members are also able to upload their own songs to third party hosting sites, import the url, and blip the song. This is the best method for sharing music that isn't available on Imeem. I recommend using http://boxstr.com if you don't already know of a host that allows hotlinking to mp3 files. Blip.fm has also added integration with other services. At the moment you can scrobble songs you have listened to on blip.fm to your last.fm account, and post updates to Twitter, Ping.fm, FriendFeed, Tumblr, and LiveJournal.

Blip has also set up a system for showing your respect to other DJs for the songs they select. Each DJ receives 15 prop credits to award other DJs when they first sign up. At the moment the props have no practical purpose, other than to show appreciation; however, the developers have hinted around on the blip.fm blog that this will change in the near future.

If you're looking for a truly eclectic listening experience I would recommend going to the public page where you can view every blip being posted in real time. Every style you can imagine eventually makes its way on here. The majority of it is mainstream music, although there are several DJs who make it a point to offer up lesser known yet interesting music. After only a few days of using Blip.fm I have already discovered a few people worth following, and have gained a few followers myself. I would like to invite you all to join me on blip.fm. Please use the invite link that I have posted here, as blip rewards you 10 prop credits to dish out to other members for each person you invite. I hope to see some of you on Blip.fm soon. Please don't be comment shy if you join up. I love interacting with others, especially when dealing with music. I've been sharing music with visitors to this blog for nearly three years now. Now some of you can finally introduce me to the music that you love in return.

Blip.fm: http://blip.fm/invite/Zer0_II
My Blip.fm Page: http://blip.fm/Zer0_II

I would also like to thank OneLuvGurl for inadvertently introducing me to Blip.fm. Check out her blog @ http://dorkmuffin.com