Ding to Drop a Mix Every Week at 9AM

Now THIS is something we can get behind. While RTD has our own plans for mixes and things of that nature (that will be fleshed out more in the coming weeks and months), we got an email today from Ding, a UK artist who's surprised us as of late with his broad selection of beats. He says that he's "decided to start dropping a brand new mix every week. The mix will be roughly an hour long dropping all genres" in an effort to "try an explore the depths of some different genres old and new."

Now, these drop at 9AM UK time, but I'm usually sleep at that time (because old), so we're just going to lace you with this at 9AM EST. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Ding Gave Away a Batch of Random Beats

For some reason, this Memorial Day Weekend went from hot as fuck to rainy, which helped mellow out the temp just a bit. That mellow temp played with my mood, and sent me through some archives. Across the pond, Ding must have been on the same vibe, as he dug through some of the random beats he's made throughout the past months and assembled them onto AutoMelodics, a 16-track collection that is all over the place is a VERY good way. One of the more intriguing producers I've come across this year.

Put your ears on this.

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Ding Takes Us on An Intergalactic Ride With 'Plus/Minus'

I first posted about Ding in our debut Known Unknowns, and it's good to see that he's back with another dope release. He gave nothing in the way of information regarding Plus/Minus, this six-tracker is ready for the kind of space-filled endeavors that we caught a glimpse of in the artwork. Not saying you can't drop a gem on these beats, but if you're just looking for something to elevate your mind, you can throw this on in your headphones and z-z-z-z-z-zone out!

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Known Unknowns #001

See that guy up there? That's me, the MP3-loving blogger who ends up getting way more emails than he knows what to do with. While I don't have the time to review and post everything that comes my way, I hate being sent emails without doing anything with the material someone took the time to send.

So, we have a new series we're kicking off in 2016, Known Unknowns, a look into my mindstate when I open up promo emails from artists I genuinely don't know anything about.

While I'm not sure what the frequency of this series will be, I plan on doing a few things with it:

1. Actually listening to way more new music while
2. Giving artists some insight on what a blogger thinks when they open up your email and
3. Not holding back with my praise (or disdain) for your track/approach

It's not going to be pretty, but hell, hopefully someone can learn something about the art of sending people your art. There are right ways and wrong ways, and hopefully we can trim the fat and get the right tunes to the right individuals.

This week, we have seven songs for folks to dig into, with my open and honest views on the actual music and how it was sent to me. Welcome to these Known Unknowns.

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