Spotify TNG (Overview)

In case you missed it, Spotify rolled out a huge update to their desktop client today. Here’s a roundup of the best links to tell you all about it:

Spotify – The Next Generation (official announcement)
Download the update
Mark_Mulligan’s Spotify Puts the Crowd in the Cloud With Ambitious New Features
TechRadar‘s 11 things to know about the next-gen Spotify
Pocket-lint‘s 5 top tips for Spotify’s social makeover

And please add me to your Spotify People list via http://open.spotify.com/user/afront

Stay tuned for an in-depth look at all the new features – in the meantime, here’s a short poll to vote for your favourite new features:

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Posted 27 Apr 2010 by afront in spotify

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D. #

04.27.2010 21:50
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Added!! Now, show me some music!

BTW: I’m missing some kind of user grouping (like Friends, Djs, Personalities, etc.). Don’t you think? I guess it will come in later updates…
Topsify.com #

04.27.2010 23:21
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You are added

Add Topsify: http://open.spotify.com/user/topsify

Thanks for a great blog!
syknyk #

04.28.2010 21:59
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considering i can’t get my facebook to connect to it, it would be nice if some people can add me so i can check out this ‘social’ add-on (and yes i do have friends on fb)

http://open.spotify.com/user/syknyk
afront #

04.28.2010 22:07
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Gotcha Nyk – love the “My ” playlists you have there, great idea!

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Playlist	Description	Genre
	Parralox - I Am Remix - One of my favourite bands at the moment, Parralox blend chart-friendly dance music with synthpop to produce a sound all of their own. Here's a playlist of my favourite Parralox remixes.	synthpop, dance, club, house
	Synthpop Supreme - a Spotify playlist featuring the very best of synthpop from 2010 AD. See sharemyplaylists for details.	synthpop, electropop, synth pop, new wave
	Afront the Punk! - My tribute to the best of the original punk rockers. I may have gotten into punk music a few years late, but punk will never die - Oi Oi!	punk
	New Order - Best Remixes Plus - An alternative version of the Best Remixes album, representing the new New Order. Includes the best remixes from singles released since the album came out.	electronic, dance
	Macro Dub Reinfection - A reinterpretation of Virgin Record's tripped out space-dub series from the 90s. This is sci-fi dub as predicted in William Gibson's Neuromancer.	dub, space dub, drum and bass, ambient
	The Charlatans - Singles 1990-2006 - The Charlatans have released an incredible 10 albums in their career so far. This playlist is a collection of all their singles, modeled on the Forever: The Singles album which isn't on Spotify yet.	indie, alternative rock, madchester
	Duran Duran - Night Versions - brings together all Duran Duran's early extended 12 inch dance mixes, thanks to the newly released remasters of the first three albums.	new wave
	Science Fiction TV Soundtracks on Spotify - For all fellow SF geeks, here's a playlist of Original Television Soundtracks from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Space:1999 and many more. Full details here.	soundtrack, classical
	Stand-Up Comedy on Spotify - a playlist with an emphasis comics that feature in the “best of the year” roundups. Click an album name for the comic's full set, and see here for details.	comedy, stand-up
	Björk - Repost - The best mixes and B-Sides from Björk's Post and Homogenic albums.	electronic, trip-hop
	BioShock Soundtrack (Licensed Tracks) - In the videogame BioShock you encounter phonographs that play music from the 1940s and 1950s as background music. This is the playlist.	music hall, jazz, swing, easy listening
	ElectroKylie - In the early 2000s, Kylie Minogue released some fantastic electro-flavoured remixes. This playlist brings the best of them together in ready-to-mix order.	pop, disco, electro
	M.PATHY (The Pod Mix) - Reconstruction of mixtapes from 1991. See this post for details.	house, dance, 1990s, dub, madchester
	Electro-Industrial 2 - More electro-industrial, featuring tracks added in the latter-half of 2009.	industrial, electro-industrial
	The Singing Detective - Reconstructed original soundtrack to Dennis Potter's critically acclaimed BBC television serial. These 1940s classics are presented in chronological order.	music hall, jazz, big band, easy listening
	Something for the Weekend - A chilled playlist for when you're alone with that special person in your life. More detail here.	downtempo, trip-hop, jazz
	EBM von Eine Tasse Jäger - Oldschool and anhalt Electronic Body Music, inspired by the blog Eine Tasse Jäger.	EBM
	Afront's Best Of 2009 - A selection of some of my favourite tracks from 2009.	synthpop, rock, indie, pop, electro-industrial, psytrance, chamberpop
	A Fool For You - A special selection of songs that tell the story of my life.	pop, rock, folk, indie, goth, chamberpop etc.
	Synthpop 2009 - Some of the finest synthpop from 2009!	synthpop
	Psytrance 2 - Megaplaylist of psychedelic and progressive trance.	psytrance
	Synthpop Europa - European synthpop, showcasing some of my favourites in the genre.	synthpop
	Synthpop USA - Modern electropop from North America.	synthpop
	The Golden Hour of Synthpop - A history of synthpop, showing its development from the late 70s through early 80s.	synthpop
	The Human League Unlimited - Choice selection of album tracks and slightly lesser known songs from synthpop's finest band.	synthpop
	In A Trance - 2-part playlist featuring some of favourite psychedelic trance and psybient (psychedelic ambient)	psytrance, psybient
	EBM & Industrial - Charting the history of industrial music from the early 80s through to the current day.	EBM, industrial, electro-industrial
	Futurepop - Sitting between synthpop and industrial, here's a selection of futurepop tracks.	futurepop, synthpop
	A Sensational History of Popular Music - a spotted history of humankind’s music. Full details here.	all
	Discophonic Workship - Cosmic disco playlist based on my Last.fm group of the same name. More details here.	cosmic disco, electro disco, space disco, italo disco, synthpop

Playlist

Description

Genre

Parralox - I Am Remix - One of my favourite bands at the moment, Parralox blend chart-friendly dance music with synthpop to produce a sound all of their own. Here's a playlist of my favourite Parralox remixes.

synthpop, dance, club, house

Synthpop Supreme - a Spotify playlist featuring the very best of synthpop from 2010 AD. See sharemyplaylists for details.

synthpop, electropop, synth pop, new wave

Afront the Punk! - My tribute to the best of the original punk rockers. I may have gotten into punk music a few years late, but punk will never die - Oi Oi!

punk

New Order - Best Remixes Plus - An alternative version of the Best Remixes album, representing the new New Order. Includes the best remixes from singles released since the album came out.

electronic, dance

Macro Dub Reinfection - A reinterpretation of Virgin Record's tripped out space-dub series from the 90s. This is sci-fi dub as predicted in William Gibson's Neuromancer.

dub, space dub, drum and bass, ambient

The Charlatans - Singles 1990-2006 - The Charlatans have released an incredible 10 albums in their career so far. This playlist is a collection of all their singles, modeled on the Forever: The Singles album which isn't on Spotify yet.

indie, alternative rock, madchester

Duran Duran - Night Versions - brings together all Duran Duran's early extended 12 inch dance mixes, thanks to the newly released remasters of the first three albums.

new wave

Science Fiction TV Soundtracks on Spotify - For all fellow SF geeks, here's a playlist of Original Television Soundtracks from shows like Doctor Who, Star Trek, Space:1999 and many more. Full details here.

soundtrack, classical

Stand-Up Comedy on Spotify - a playlist with an emphasis comics that feature in the “best of the year” roundups. Click an album name for the comic's full set, and see here for details.

comedy, stand-up

Björk - Repost - The best mixes and B-Sides from Björk's Post and Homogenic albums.

electronic, trip-hop

BioShock Soundtrack (Licensed Tracks) - In the videogame BioShock you encounter phonographs that play music from the 1940s and 1950s as background music. This is the playlist.

music hall, jazz, swing, easy listening

ElectroKylie - In the early 2000s, Kylie Minogue released some fantastic electro-flavoured remixes. This playlist brings the best of them together in ready-to-mix order.

pop, disco, electro

M.PATHY (The Pod Mix) - Reconstruction of mixtapes from 1991. See this post for details.

house, dance, 1990s, dub, madchester

Electro-Industrial 2 - More electro-industrial, featuring tracks added in the latter-half of 2009.

industrial, electro-industrial

The Singing Detective - Reconstructed original soundtrack to Dennis Potter's critically acclaimed BBC television serial. These 1940s classics are presented in chronological order.

music hall, jazz, big band, easy listening

Something for the Weekend - A chilled playlist for when you're alone with that special person in your life. More detail here.

downtempo, trip-hop, jazz

EBM von Eine Tasse Jäger - Oldschool and anhalt Electronic Body Music, inspired by the blog Eine Tasse Jäger.

EBM

Afront's Best Of 2009 - A selection of some of my favourite tracks from 2009.

synthpop, rock, indie, pop, electro-industrial, psytrance, chamberpop

A Fool For You - A special selection of songs that tell the story of my life.

pop, rock, folk, indie, goth, chamberpop etc.

Synthpop 2009 - Some of the finest synthpop from 2009!

synthpop

Psytrance 2 - Megaplaylist of psychedelic and progressive trance.

psytrance

Synthpop Europa - European synthpop, showcasing some of my favourites in the genre.

synthpop

Synthpop USA - Modern electropop from North America.

synthpop

The Golden Hour of Synthpop - A history of synthpop, showing its development from the late 70s through early 80s.

synthpop

The Human League Unlimited - Choice selection of album tracks and slightly lesser known songs from synthpop's finest band.

synthpop

In A Trance - 2-part playlist featuring some of favourite psychedelic trance and psybient (psychedelic ambient)

psytrance, psybient

EBM & Industrial - Charting the history of industrial music from the early 80s through to the current day.

EBM, industrial, electro-industrial

Futurepop - Sitting between synthpop and industrial, here's a selection of futurepop tracks.

futurepop, synthpop

A Sensational History of Popular Music - a spotted history of humankind’s music. Full details here.

all

Discophonic Workship - Cosmic disco playlist based on my Last.fm group of the same name. More details here.

cosmic disco, electro disco, space disco, italo disco, synthpop

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