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That's why "quality" radio can be so powerful: it's not uncommon for DJs to curate a set based on "songs with the same musician" or "original song and remakes/samples from the original" and the like.

Not that it's guaranteed to be "good" stuff but at least unique and more memorable in my experience

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Any recommendations? I listen to BBC 6 Music a lot. Tried various others but nothing really 'stuck'. Always fun to have a fly around on https://radio.garden also. KEXP have some great performances on youtube, I should try listening to the radio station probably. Although saying that, neither 6 Music or KEXP (or others I have tried) seem to go quite obscure enough for me. i like pop / rock / indie but also experimental rock, lo-fi, noise, etc

BBC 6 Music is a great example of what I'm talking about, they have such excellent taste. I've discovered so much great music listening to them.

IMO 6Music is the pinnacle of this concept. I have yet to find a better source of new 'good' music. I try to listen to it as much as possible.

I made a 6 Music 'now playing' app (https://radio-tracker.geoffclayton.com/) so I could easily keep track of things I liked. I kept hearing things then forgetting... I never _quite_ finished it, so never really advertised its existence, but over the course of year it has collected some interesting stats. It's there and it works, anyway! Mainly the Spotify integration part is not quite finished.

NTS does the job well for me:

https://www.nts.live/

Seconded! I would highly recommend NTS. Their archive is great, dives into almost anything you can think of

Been listening for a couple of hours or so. Love it, cheers.

I used to listen to bbc 6 music a lot. These days I listen to fip.fr it’s a French national radio, that pans all genres, and is very well curated. There is no ads, and very few people talking.

I'm a big fan of Chile based Radio Isla Negra (available in Slow beat and upbeat as well as the regular eclectic selection on a well curated playlist.) No Ads, No DJs, just an occasional jingle. Much of it is just "new to me" rather than strictly "new", but it's one of the new I can enjoy leaving on for hours (or days) at a time without finding it irritating enough to change stations.

https://radioislanegra.com

Not necessarily obscure enough for you but I recommend https://radioparadise.com.

Def. NTS-Radio Love it

Radio Paradise is good for this.

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