So, I’m not the biggest fan of paying for shit. Be it movies, music, or pro­grams, I usu­ally just tor­rent the bjesus out of any­thing that piques my interest. I spend count­less hours a week finding the best rips of the newest leaks, and pride myself on my down­load ratio. I laugh in the face of iTunes users, snort at record shops, and pro­duce some hearty guf­faws at people who use Amazon — wait, what the fuck? Who the fuck uses Amazon Music anyway? rofl.

HOWEVER, there is one site, the end all be all of music vendors,that has con­verted me. Believe it or not, this site, beat​port​.com, makes me want to spend money. If you’re into elec­tronic music of ANY kind, and I do mean any, this is the site you need to be at. All of the music you can’t find in your local HMV, in iTunes, or EVEN ANYWHERE ELSE ONLINE — it’s been here for months, years even.

And that, for me, was it’s biggest selling point. Beat­port has been around since 2004, and keeps in con­stant con­tact with artists, grabbing up any remixes, singles, or random bull­shit they decide to put out. Then, in the next 24 hours, its avail­able on their site. I swear to God, I’ve been at a loss for words when count­less searches on the top tor­rent sites yielded zero search res­ults for albums or tracks that I wanted. The frus­tra­tion was unbear­able. Then, I found Beat­port, and all my troubles melted away like ice cream — in your truck, in the summer, that you forget up under the seat, and just man­aged to find yes­terday, and got really pissed about.

But, I digress! Just take a look around the site. Yes, it costs a couple of bucks to buy a mon­ster remix, and yeah, albums are like $6. But cmon man, for the avail­ab­ility, and the amount of work these people go through to get any and all elec­tronic music on their site, it’s worth it for me to sac­ri­fice my daily coffee, and sup­port these fuckers when I want some rare music.

www​.beat​port​.com