Prima dei podcast su Itunes, Soundcloud e Mixcloud, degli streaming di Boiler Room ma soprattutto prima di Facebook, se volevi ascoltare il set di un particolare Dj il modo migliore era collegarsi a livesets.com.
Ora però dopo quasi 13 anni di onorata carriera, la direzione del sito ha annunciato la chiusura dell’attività il prossimo 31 luglio perchè ormai il mondo è troppo cambiato.
Questo il comunicato ufficiale:
Dear music lover,
After 12,5 years, the wonderful journey of LiveSets.com comes to an end.
The rapidly changing world of social media and industrialization of commercial electronic music platforms online made us decide that our 12,5 year anniversary would be the perfect opportunity to seize our online activities.
LiveSets.com was the pioneer that took exchanging of tape recordings from electronic music events to an online community.
A community which rapidly grew with enthusiasts from all over the world.
As the community grew and the organisation behind LiveSets.com matured, several additional services were launched: LiveSets radio, live event broadcasts and later on one of the first ondemand audio sectionsavailable online.
Over theyears, LiveSets.com has made an unprecedented amount of liveset recordings available online.
All of which were in agreement with the performing artists and recorded at some of the biggest events around the globe. Some of which, till then, had never been available to the general public.
On July 31st 2013, the website will be switched off, knowing that we have made a lasting contribution to the electronic music scene.
The LiveSets.com Crew
