Tadasu Naito Embodies The Whyd Spirit

The Whyd family is getting quite large, and as we saw from yesterday’s post, very global. There are people that have joined our community from nearly every country in the world. Today, we take a look at one of those people: Tadasu Naito

Tadasu has been with Whyd for a while, diligently sharing some awesome music (you have to check out his unique playlists). He is up to almost 750 tracks added, putting him in the top 5% of curators on Whyd. But more amazingly, he has amassed 928 subscribers, a truly impressive accomplishment and a warm reminder that this whole social network thing is starting to take effect!

Tadasu lives in Kawasaki, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. He works in the IT department of a logistics company, and jams out to great music. His current favorites include: Tycho - “Awake" (a former Whyd track of the weekend); RC & Cohen - “Move" (ft. Madeon, Matthew Koma, Miriam Bryant & Zedd); Tei Shi - "Nevermind the End;” Fickle Friends - “Swim;” and Avec Sans - “Shiver.”

Looking forward to many, many more excellent tracks, thanks Tadasu!  

Les Disquaires de Paris: Whyd’s First Podcast [EN FRANCAIS]

PHOTO COURTESY: NADEGE SOQUET

In early December we met with the dudes from Les Disquaires de Paris, a new association that represents record stores from around Paris. Their mission: have record shops curate playlists and give listeners the details for where to buy physical records from their local record stores. It’s an awesome idea, a virtuous cycle, and a mission that we hope will continue. 

Listen to their interesting story, how it works, Tony’s horrible French, and what their plans are for the future in Whyd’s very first podcast! 

Say Hello to Arte’s Tracks

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PHOTO COURTESY: WYNN MILLER

If you’re in France, as a lot of us are, and you love music, as all of us do, you definitely know Tracks, the weekly cultural TV series from Arte focusing on the coolest music around. But did you know that Tracks are now on Whyd

If you’ve always wanted to keep track of the endless amount of cool music they share, now is your chance, just hit the subscribe button! 

We’re very excited to welcome them on board, and look forward to the innovative contests and trendy music that they will be sharing with us all. 

Never stop jamming!

Five Awesome Playlists: Never Stop Jamming

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Why? Just because. Five awesome playlists to power through the end of the week. 

Do You Like That Song? - Nu Disco

Neonized - Neon Week #27

Lucile Araud - tout doux

DLSO - LISTONE 27/9

R∆D∆R! - Petit dance

Never stop jamming! 

Clement P: Winner of the Do You Like That Song? Playlist Contest

The DYLTS Playlist Contest officially ended one week ago, and our all star jury of international music tastemakers has finished voting. We tallied up the results and the winner was clear: Clement P took more than half the votes to claim his position as the winner!

Here’s what some of the jury had to say about his selection:

  • Picked this one because it made me re-discover that awesome Noir & Haze - ‘Around’ track, I had long forgotten about this classy tune. Also because it included a real damn good pick for rooftop sessions : Nicolas Jaar and the mesmerizing “Mi Mujer” anthem (at least in my books). Perfect timing when you look at the weather, the heat, the ambiance etc… “ 
  • Great selection of songs! Enjoyed every single track!”
  • "Quoi de mieux que du Nicolas Jaar pour chiller ? Quoi de mieux que la planante Symbiose de Joris Delacroix pour se laisser aller en fin de soirée à 5 heure du matin (si ce n’est peut-être Pursuit of Happiness choisie par MAOS, je l’avoue, haha) ? Et pour finir en beauté, l’incroyable remix de Solomun dont le rythme colle à la peau et les vocales charment l’ouïe. Du Nosaj Thing et du Boards of Canada en prime, c’est donc la playlist de Clément P. qui a le plus séduit mes oreilles. Parce-qu’à chaque moment sa bande-son et ce sont celles qu’à choisi Clément P. qui semble, à mon avis, convenir le plus."
  • "It’s a beautiful mix of very relaxing music and more upbeat tracks. Refreshing to see some classic tunes as well in the playlist! Discovered some songs as well, which is always a pleasure when they’re this good!"

Now comes the fun part, for the prize Mr. Clement P has requested a photo of the Whyd team in Slip Français (see photo above). Which we will certainly provide (to be honest, it’s hard to take pictures of Gilles without his slip français!!) In the meantime, take a listen to this champion playlist. Congratulations Clement!! 

Do You Like That Song? Playlist Contest Enters Second Week

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The fête de la musique came and went with a heavy amount of music, street dancing, and partying. At one point we saw our favorite crazy-ass Tusbar, and then promptly witnessed him trying to scale a barrier into a construction site. But a powerful combination of common sense and gravity (mostly gravity) kept him safely in the street.

Of course, the night would not have been complete without the revelers taking advantage of the cover of chaos to sneak a forced look around the inside of Adrien's car after his post-rock group Man Is Not A Bird's concert in the northern French city of Lille. 

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But here at Whyd, everyday is a fête de la musique, we don’t need an excuse to jam! We never stop! 

So, with the Do You Like That Song? Playlist Contest entering its second week, we’ve had the pleasure of listening to some incredible playlists and some really interesting tracks. And, since the DYLTS team made it interesting with the “If I had to pick only ONE song” category, we see how people’s taste in music really comes through (click their names to see their playlists). Here’s a sampling of some music lovers’ favorite songs:

Benjy Larcher: Coldplay - “The Scientist”

Clément P.: Noir & Haze - “Around” [Solomun Vox Mix]

Music and other shit: Daft Punk - “Around the World”

Disco Jelly: Donna Summer - “I Feel Love”

And a special shout out to best commentary on a track so far. It’s also from Music and other shit and refers to his selection of Kid Cudi - “Pursuit of Happiness” (Steve Aoki Remix) for the Partying at 5AM track: “Blablabla , I know fucking mainstream ‘n’ shit but come on , its 5 AM you are drunk as hell , You just want to party one or two last hours. THATS the song i want to hear in this moment.. ”

You can see the full list of participating playlists here under the playlist tab. And make your entry today and start sharing, still plenty of time to claim the prize! 

Do You Like That Song? Playlist Contest: The All-Star Jury

They will have final say.  

The Do You Like That Song? Playlist Contest is in full swing on Whyd, and the quality of the tracks that these playlists are comprised of is just pure brilliance. It’s going to be very hard to choose a winner, but fortunately we have brought together an official jury of judges from around the world who will each vote for their favorite from the finalists. So who are these people? Let’s take a closer look (they may or may not accept bribes)

Cover Image Contest Winners!

Since we launched brand new profiles last week, there have been a bevy of interesting, shocking, and glorious images that people have used to present their musical tastes to the world. We previewed a few interesting ones last week, and now it’s time to announce the winners! 

First, before we get to our top selection of the top three cover images (who will receive limited edition vinyls from Because Music) there are some honorable mentions that we need to point out: 

Nice biche - via Kelly Scall

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The animated Daft Punk GIF avatar via Guillaume Le Strat

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The hilarious use of the Whyd team, with lulcatz photobomb via STRFNNC

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The stunning bridge prospective via Radar!

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And the hilarious creeping cat via JeanPaulTarte

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Now, without further delay! The winners of the cover image contest are (in no particular order):

Howard Og — we looked at a lot of images, from perfectly formatted HD images to instagramed gems and everything in between. We considered things like composition, originality, beauty, and style. Howard Og's image was remarkable, fun, and fitting: 

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Thomas Vimare — as we all know, after the big update you can also change the cover images for your playlists. Designer and music elephant Thomas Vimare created his own customized images for his playlists, taking his page to a whole new level. Well done man! 

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Sabrina — if a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a GIF worth? Sabrina's cover GIF is inspiring and thrilling, and will hopefully open the door to more and more creative ways to express yourself via your Whyd page. 

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Winners will receive limited edition vinyls from some of Whyd’s most popular artists like Metronomy, Para One, and Electric Guest. If you find an amazing way to personalize your profile, tell us about it, we will be promoting the coolest pages that we can find! 

Never stop jamming! 

Sodwee Needs Your Five Tracks

Attention music lovers! Whyd partner and fellow new music addict and blogger Sodwee needs your help. He has created a form on his amazing blog asking his readers (and now you too!!) to add your best songs for different situations ranging from making love to traveling to sleeping. 

In reality, he is looking for your top five favorite tracks of all time, “tracks that made a difference in your existence.” It is an interesting experiment that should lead to some pretty epic playlists, which of course will be shared on Whyd too!

All you need to do is go to this page, and fill out the form (takes only a few minutes). 

You should subscribe to Sodwee on Whyd as he adds people’s choices to different playlists. You can read his Whyd interview to learn more about him, and make sure you like his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter too. 

Looking forward to seeing the results! 

Interview with Pierre: One of One One Six

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This week we are lucky to feature an interview with Pierre Creff, one of the music fanatics behind eclectic music source One One Six, winners of Whyd’s 2012 Playlist of the Year contest! Pierre will also be spinning some tunes at the first Apero Music Tech (#aperomusictech) happening tomorrow night at Work Shop Paris. 

1. What are the different sides of your personality, and how do they show up in your projects?

I consider myself as a multitask person, always working on something new (related with music 90% of the time). On the other hand, I really have a short memory problem, but my friends are there to remind me of some stuff. That’s why the One One Six team works so well : a complementary team which has been working together on different projects for more than two years now. I personally work on the website management with Romain (articles, managing columnists and editorial line, development strategy, community management, website building), Julien and William work on the event side (Paris and Grenoble) and they are doing their job very well. Then, Alexis is our graphic designer and also the only music producer of One One Six (tracks are coming in February).

Finally, with those guys, our columnists (who are very good diggers in their music style!) and DJs, the project begins to seriously work!

PS: My multitasking side is the reason why we joined Whyd for instance! And also the reason why we begin projects that we didn’t finish

2. How did music get to be such a big part of your life?

I think it’s the same case for all our team: music lovers since the age of 12 in different styles, we managed a music association together in Grenoble for two years which is called Roots’n’Culture when we met during business school. Since this wonderful adventure finished for us (a new team took the project) we decided to create One One Six to fill this lack: working together became a pleasure for us!

More personally, I decided to try to get in the music industry as an intern after this experience and it worked. But now, I have to find another one for six months. I think that you understand why now, music is such a big part of my life (leisure and working time). Maybe I even sing when I’m sleeping but I can’t really know… 

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3. One One Six provides eclectic mixes but you also do events, what are your overall goals with One One Six, and how is your progress so far?

One One Six provides eclectic playlists, electronic music mixes, events in Paris and Grenoble and also interviews from music start-ups like you guys. As I told you before, we created One One Six to have a new reason to work together with no overall goals at the beginning. As we really enjoy this new project, sometimes we talk about creating a firm together in the next few years: maybe the major goal of One One Six is to prove to ourselves that we really can create something good that works.

Regarding our achievements, a lot of things are planned for 2013: DLSM is recording his first new album (music style : dub, trip hop), techno events in Paris, dub events in Grenoble, guest mixes, new website design, and so on.

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4. Can you tell us a little about why and how you use Whyd? How do you see the role of technology in promoting music today?

At the beginning of One One Six, when we were building the website, one of the major purposes was to find a service which would allow us to put YouTube and Soundcloud songs in the same playlist. After a long benchmarking and bad services discovery, Whyd came to us and revealed itself as the best service to do it!

That’s why we use Whyd. Now, the how is simple, each time we have a new playlist, we put it on Whyd and then paste the embed code on our website. The design is cool and it works very well (time of downloading). Apparently, we are not the only guys to have this opinion : bloggers are beginning to integrate Whyd in their blogs.

5. How does it feel to have won the 2012 Playlist of the Year contest on Whyd?

This contest was important for us because it was the first one we participated in. We didn’t know that people would follow us in this amazing 116 tracks playlist. Lots of people we don’t even know liked it: it was a good way to make One One Six more known.

For the record, this playlist has been made by our columnists and other music lovers put together in the same Facebook group: “Only Good Music.” But if you dig in this playlist, there are some tracks that are not so good. However, each person will find something good in this playlist : eclectic is our word.

We also would like to thank you for this opportunity: thanks to this contest, next week Whyd will probably be the social network where we are the most followed!

116 tracks #2 is coming next month probably!

And soon, mixes of our DJ’s : Frolien, Black Smoke, Tovan Cao and Mr Cardboard, will be available on Whyd in a playlist called “One One Mix”. Stay tuned !!