>> AUDIO TERMINAL v3.0

Pop in your favorite jam and crank it. Every track here started life as a real MIDI, rendered through a real SoundFont (GeneralUser GS, 259 instruments) into honest-to-god MP3s — no flaky browser plugins, no praying to a CDN. Best experienced on a Sound Blaster Live! with bass boost cranked. Don't steal music. Download MIDIs, make 'em MIDI again.

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>> TOP 10 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (according to NHT)

  1. OK Computer — Radiohead (1997) — Paranoid Android. Kinda creepy future.
  2. Nevermind — Nirvana (1991) — Saved my life in middle school, no joke.
  3. Discovery — Daft Punk (2001) — One More Time. Around the World. Aerodynamic. PERFECTION.
  4. The Fat of the Land — The Prodigy (1997) — Smack My Bitch Up. Breathe. Firestarter. SMOKIN'.
  5. Ten — Pearl Jam (1991) — Black. Alive. Jeremy. Eddie Vedder is a god.
  6. Dookie — Green Day (1994) — Basket Case. Longview. She. Punk revival.
  7. Homework — Daft Punk (1997) — Rollin' & Scratchin'. Da Funk. Teachers. House music revolution.
  8. Siamese Dream — Smashing Pumpkins (1993) — Cherub Rock. Today. Disarm. The 90s distilled.
  9. Aenima — Tool (1996) — Forty Six & 2. Eulogy. H. requires 7 listens before "clicking".
  10. Californication — RHCP (1999) — Californication. Scar Tissue. Otherside. Flea is a bass god.

#11 (this week): The Eminem Show — Eminem (2002) — I'm not allowed to play it with the door open.

>> ARTIST SPOTLIGHTS

DAFT PUNK

Two French robots in robot helmets making the cleanest, funkiest house music the world has ever known. Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Homework (1997) was a game-changer. Discovery (2001) introduced the world to anime girls and Interstella 5555. Their pyramid stage setup? LEGENDARY. "One more time, we're gonna celebrate."

Must-listen: "Around the World", "Harder Better Faster Stronger", "Da Funk"

THE PRODIGY

Keith Flint. Liam Howlett. Maxim. Essex, UK. The most aggressive electronic act of all time, full stop. Experience (1992) and Music for the Jilted Generation (1994) are essential listening. The Fat of the Land (1997) broke records and scared parents everywhere. Rave culture distilled into a powder keg.

Must-listen: "Breathe", "Firestarter", "Smack My Bitch Up"

NIRVANA

Three chords, a flannel shirt, and a generation's angst. Kurt Cobain. Krist Novoselic. Dave Grohl. Nevermind (1991) blew hair metal off the airwaves. In Utero (1993) was rawer, uglier, more honest. MTV Unplugged in New York. 1994. Smells Like Teen Spirit is the song of a generation. R.I.P. Kurt. You changed everything.

Must-listen: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Come As You Are", "Heart-Shaped Box"

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS

Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons. Big beat pioneers. Dig Your Own Hole (1997) and Surrender (1999) are 90s electronic essentials. Their live shows are like church for people who don't go to church. "Block Rockin' Beats" is the most-played track at any respectable 90s-themed party.

RADIOHEAD

Thom Yorke & the boys. The Bends (1995) had the bangers. OK Computer (1997) was a statement. Kid A (2000) saw the future and decided to make weird music. Every album a reinvention. The most influential British band since Pink Floyd, no exaggeration.

Must-listen: "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police", "Creep"

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Zack de la Rocha. Tom Morello. Tim Commerford. Brad Wilk. Politically charged rap-metal that made you want to break shit. Evil Empire, The Battle of Los Angeles. Morello's guitar is a weapon. Tom Morello taught a generation that turntables and wah pedals can coexist.

>> CHIPTUNE CORNER

Back in the day, the Famicom, SNES and Sega Genesis had sound chips that produced some of the catchiest tunes ever made. These MIDI rips still slap — every single one is in the jukebox up top. Hit PLAY and crank it. Bass boost ON.

  • â–ļ Doom E1M1 — Bobby Prince's headbanger. Still the greatest video game riff.
  • â–ļ Street Fighter II — Guile's Theme — Goes with everything, especially a roundhouse
  • â–ļ Mortal Kombat — Courtyard — The theme that launched a thousand fatalities
  • â–ļ Zelda LttP — Dark World — The best overworld theme ever composed, don't @ me
  • â–ļ Super Metroid — Brinstar — Alien planet ambience, zero chill
  • â–ļ Chrono Trigger — Theme — Yasunori Mitsuda made a whole generation cry
  • â–ļ Streets of Rage 2 — Stage 1 — Yuzo Koshiro did WHAT with a Yamaha FM chip??
  • â–ļ Sonic — Green Hill Zone — Faster than light. ACTIVATE.

>> WINAMP — IT REALLY WHIPS THE LLAMA'S ASS

WINAMP
IT REALLY WHIPS
THE LLAMA'S ASS
Downloaded mine from tucows. Still use it today. Don't @ me.

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