Guess who went hunting? This girl. I divided and conquered the far reaching corners of the internet, searched the darkest holes, pillaging and laying claim to my victorious finds. Haha, okay not quite. I listened to a few podcast's, I sampled a couple group's postings I'm privy too, even checked out some Soundcloud's...all of which easily led me here with what I've found to be worth sharing.

Annnnd that's kind of the point of what I felt like saying tonight, or this morning, or whenever one of my friends is forced to read this. Share your music with everyone that seems curious, share with any willing ear or heart.

If someone hadn't shared with me I wonder if I would have ever fallen in love with this kind of music. I didn't just go to a rave, or show or whatever you want to call it one day and fall in love with techno music. In fact, I hated techno when I was first introduced. Yes, I can remember saying "it all sounds exactly the same". Ugh - that makes me shudder.

I met a friend my first year of university who asked if I'd ever heard of Tiesto. When I admittedly hadn't, it was her willingness to share with me that changed the type of music I listened to then and for the rest of my life. On a scrap piece of paper she wrote down 6, maybe 7 songs that unknowingly changed my life.

It may have started there, but all along the way people have been sharing with me what they enjoy. Some, by request - I admire a few people I've met in the last few years that search for new tunes harder perhaps than I do. And then there are those that have sent me songs that haven't stuck - but the point is this has become a hobby, an obsession, my greatest love - and all because someone decided to share a song with me. I post a multitude of songs that I know not everyone's going to like, but I know there are a few people out there that are going to find the same kind of joy I do in them.

Someone is trolling my wall on Facebook because they don't know where to go to find the music I've shared that they really dig - and that's cool by me. Running the risk of sounding cliche, music can save a person from whatever misery they've got going on. It's done it for me.

A couple of these songs I discovered in a group I'm a part of on Facebook called degrade L.A.. I met a guy from Los Angeles in Amsterdam at the Flying Pig Hostel, and this guy literally lunged at me across his bar stool when I asked him what he thought about Mat Zo - instant friends. He added me to this group and I've been able to hear stuff I would NEVER have found on my own. I'm glad he, and others, are sharing!!!

SHARE WHAT YOU GOT PEOPLE!!!!! Especially with me - I want to hear it all!

meeooowwww.

I've divided my finds into 2 groups - the first is trance, some proggy, with a little seven lions. The second is electro-house, with a touch of dub. I'm trying to broaden my horizons and lately I've been really dabbling in the dub - who knew.

Also I have the links below all the titles, I am painfully pathetic with computers. My knowledge extends to typing in youtube queries....and then I'm basically a lost cause. So my blog layout is semi-pathetic, but the substance is there, the meat and potatoes. It just might not be that aesthetically pleasing.

group number 1:

1. Paul van Dyk ft Plumb - I don't Deserve You (Maor levi & Bluestone remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_9F1GuJQ0s

I just want to make a note that the drop in this song made me first pump in bed, with the lights out last night. How's that for a mental image?

2. EDX - Touched (Original Mix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wz1fwMBrbk

3. Sean Tyas feat. Julie Thompson - What I Am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWSjTzfxUyc

4. Ferry Corsten ft. Betsie Larkin - Not Coming Down (Dash Berlin 4 AM Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=osI6Js64ZmA#!

Dash Berlin is like a popcycle - no matter how hold you get or refined your tastes become, you are always going to want to come back and have a popcycle. I hope that's not offensive, because I don't mean it to be - I just think he's a staple of the trance-lovers diet and although sometimes his "pop-infused" stuff rubs me the wrong way, he's always going to be that guy that dropped Man on the Run for the first time I ever heard it live and made me cry.

5. Hot Chip "Flutes" [Sasha Remix] (Last Night on Earth)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZtgsUHdwP4

6. Orjan Nilsen - Filthy Fandango (Original Mix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9A88fydXfg

This is by far my favorite find of this week.

7.Seven Lions – The Truth [OWSLA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw_Z8RPRDSs