“netbloc” Posts

'5 For Insight' with niwa

As you may or may not already know, the netBloc PDF liner-notes now have a new feature called "5 For Insight". I ask each participating artist five questions. Here's a set for track 2 that feature's niwa. Be sure to check out his excellent track 'When She Looked At Me… Read more

'5 For Insight' with Monk Turner

As mentioned before, the netBloc PDF liner-notes now have a new feature called "5 For Insight". I ask each participating artist five questions and hopefully we glean a bit of insight from their answers. These mini-interviews will also be posted online. Here's the first with Monk Turner. Be sure to… Read more

The winds of change are blowing... it smells like a revolution!

Volume 16 has arrived! Another terrific collection of 10 netaudio gems from the world over. Now that it’s arrived, I can fill you in on behind-the-scenes type stuff. In between netBloc related tasks, I’ve been busy seeking out the best PHP framework to utilize in the development of the next… Read more

Our apologies 51beats.net!

We were just informed that we overlooked including a link to 51beats.net along with the other participating netlabels on the final credits page in the netBloc Vol. 16 accompanying PDF. This was by no means intentional and we feel horrible about the error. We've gone ahead and updated the PDF.… Read more

Introducing the Sweet Sixteen to the world... netBloc Vol. 16!

Here you have it, a fresh release for your aural enjoyment. Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock, Dance, Indie, Electronic, Trip-Hop... United States, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Belgium, France... Diversity? You bet. Part of the enjoyment of netaudio/netlabels comes from the fact that FINALLY, you can easily enjoy music from all… Read more

Let's get social... come rub elbows with blocSonic!

blocSonic has recently made itself available on many social networks in an effort to make some of our background workings more transparent. When is a netBloc being worked on? What state is a future netBloc in? What are we downloading or listening to? All that and more can be followed… Read more

'netBloc Vol. 15: this album won't eat your gas money' available now!

That's right… fresh off the ftp internets… your copy of netBloc Vol. 15 is reserved. What we have for you this time around is 10 more tracks featuring Brazilian pop, Italian ska, German electronica, Portuguese pop with a twist of German electronica, American hip-hop and pop/rock, International instrumental hip-hop and… Read more

Introducing 'netBloc Vol. 14: Kills 99.9% of Bacterium Poppus Radiolus!'

Well finally! We at blocSonic were finally able to give you another excellent release of free net audio. It'll prove to be worth the wait. It's truly an international collection that features talent from Brazil, Germany, United States, Scotland, Spain, Italy and Canada. On this collection you'll hear Plunderphonics, Hip-Hop,… Read more

Long overdue status update

This is just a quick update to keep you folks in the loop as to what's going on here at blocSonic. The site is currently being ported to PHP and that has been taking up a good portion of my time. The public areas of the site are now completely… Read more

News from the outer reaches: Netlabels, podcasts and Nine Inch Nails

Here we are again, another week and a whole slew of new releases. From here on out I'm doing things a bit differently from what I've done in the past. I'm merging what used to be a Sunday posting of net audio news with the Thursday posting of net audio… Read more