[Ryanmf]

It's been really interesting over the last 24 hours or so to watch the reaction from Joe Kay[0], whose label/collective Soulection[1] has shared hundreds of hours of mixes and dozens of original tracks and remixes on Soundcloud[2], and to an extent (at least initially) built their following on the site (not to take anything away from the impact performances, etc. have had on their growing popularity), but were always at high risk of this sort of takedown due to remixes of popular rap/r&b tracks.

One of my initial takeaways from this development is that while Soulection may not have come to exist without Soundcloud, the "next Soulection" will almost certainly take root anywhere but Soundcloud.

It's a shame.

[0] https://twitter.com/J0EKAY

[1] http://soulection.com

[2] https://soundcloud.com/soulection

[kefs]

Soulection originally uploaded their shows to MixCloud, but made the move to SoundCloud about a year back. :(

http://www.mixcloud.com/soulection/

..if any HNers enjoy these tunes, the live show is every Saturday at 10am pst on rinse.fm.

[Ryanmf]

Apparently they've had similar issues on Mixcloud:

https://twitter.com/J0EKAY/status/484097294598275072

And even if hip hop/trap/neo-soul/etc aren't your style, if you're into any electronic music at all there's probably something for you on Rinse.fm (unfortunately they're more an internet radio station than a platform like Soundcloud, not exactly apples to apples from a user perspective).

[philers]

If you're interested in the history of Rinse.fm, check out this article:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/27/rinse-fm-geeneu...

Real Pirate radio for the last twenty years.

[nikatwork]

Rinse has an FM license now, so they've gone from pirate to legit. It was funny listening to the DJs trying to curb their swearing (50 pound fine per naughty word) in the weeks after they were licensed.