BlastFM.CH STRIKES BACK
On December 31st 2010 BlastFM.ch was shut down. After four years we decided to stop broadcasting. But. Two guys from Bulgaria founded a group in facebook to save Blastfm.ch. They started a fund raising to collect money. A month later our sponsor Smart Dynamic wanted as well that Blastfm.ch continues. So we had enough money for one more year broadcsting. On February 4th 2011 at 5 pm CET we went online again. First track of the new episode was Cold - Strobe Light Network (Blue Glass RMX). The story continues...
HOW IT BEGAN
After collecting records for years and spending hours in bars and clubs around the world, the time has come. In May 2007, BlastFM.ch a brand new web radio, was ready for Blast off.
DUB MATTERS
Here's what you're gonna hear. Enjoy a mix of dub, downtempo, funky breaks, cold sweated house and some minimal at night. We don't rip down CDs to fill up our music library. We just pla the tracks we like. We call it Honky Dub. Hope you guys enjoy it too.
DUB SCHEDULE
After a couple of months of streaming we decided to schedule our programm after Central European Time. Only about ten percent of our listeners come from America or Asia. In the morning our stream is a bit smoother, from midday on it gets slightly faster and we knock the party in the evening. You can catch some great minimal tunes after 7 pm. BlastFM.ch invites you to chill out on Sunday. On Sunday we play a mix of acid jazz, dub and some thoroughly selected nu jazz tunes.
In December 2010 we reached 18'000 unique listeners/month from 102 different countries. Check the PLAYLIST section to see who's online.
DUB IT UP
BlastFM.ch is based in Bern, Switzerland. Our backdrop is a range of snow-capped mountains. BlastFM.ch is legal. We pay big fees to IFPI and SUISA. BlastFM.ch broadcasts in mp3. We blow out a 128k stream. Our streaming partner since more than 4 years is Stream24.de. Their stream is available for 99.9 %. That's great.
DUBSIDED
Besides streaming dub music, we offer DJ mixes. You can download a variety of mixes in the DJ-Sets-Selection. There are tunes to help you chill out, step out and lift off. Choose your mix and enjoy it at home or on your iPod.
COVER SHOW
To collect music is one thing. On the other hand we took our vinyl record collection and a digicam. We sorted out the most unique record covers and put them on the only one album cover gallery of electronic music. Check out this gallery and have a look what covers electronic music brought to light. In rock history there are lots of nice pieces like The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers cover. Here you find some other nice album covers. It goes from Kraftwerk till Chemical Brothers.
DUB'S DOWN
You can listen to our music for a 240 minutes. If you wanna go further and break with your neighbours, you'll have to reconnect. Stream24.de cuts each connection after a 240 minutes. Sorry about that.
BlastFM.ch LIKES:
Sun, big waves, dub sounds, the ocean, to swim in our river, our boxer Tara, Full House in Poker, football, SCB, Tequila and endless parties after sunrise.
BEST WEB STIES
BlastFM.ch belongs to the 200 best web sites in Switzerland. Although we're a small country, we're proud of it.
BlastFM.ch NEEDS YOU:
To listen web radio without paying any dime is cool. On the other side we have to pay for bandwith and user rights. If we don't pay this, there won't be any music played on Blastfm.ch. If every of our 18'000 listeners would pay one dollar we would be fine. But, not everybody wants to pay for something that's supposed to be free. That' s why we need you. You can donate right now 10, 20 or 50 bucks. You choose. You can pay by paypal or to our bank. If you want to donate something: go here
