Please help me reconstitute my Ensimismada collection!

June 7, 2006 12:30 PM

A little band called Ensimismada....

I used to have all their mp3s, which were available for free download, but I've lost them! IUMA, which is where I originally got the mp3s, has been down for months and will probably never come back :-(

Does anyone have their mp3s for me to download, or any leads about what's happening with the band? I really miss listening to their music. The band's website has been giving "Site is temporally inaccessible" [sic] for a few months as well.

posted by evariste to media & arts (27 comments total)

This is so hopelessly obscure. I bet no one will answer. But I had to try.
posted by evariste at 12:52 PM on June 7, 2006

Have you tried SoulSeek? I've found some really wierd & rare music there that I haven't been able to find anywhere else outside of buying vinyl on Ebay.
posted by SweetJesus at 1:00 PM on June 7, 2006

Whoops - Soulseek Client Link
posted by SweetJesus at 1:01 PM on June 7, 2006

Is there a mac client?
posted by evariste at 1:02 PM on June 7, 2006

Yes.
posted by evariste at 1:04 PM on June 7, 2006 [1 favorite has favorites]

Yes, but it's a bitch...

I wouldn't take a crack at it unless you've got a Linux/Unix background.
posted by SweetJesus at 1:04 PM on June 7, 2006

I do have facility with unix and the command line :-) Thanks, SweetJesus. I'll install it in a few minutes and report back.
posted by evariste at 1:06 PM on June 7, 2006

Wait a minute, it appears that there is a native C++ client for the Mac so you don't have to fuck around with Python. I have no idea how well it works, though...
posted by SweetJesus at 1:06 PM on June 7, 2006

Actually, I write Python + wxPython apps on my Mac, so I'm happy to try the Python version.

A comparison chart linked from the page we both linked to says the Obj-C client is still immature.
posted by evariste at 1:08 PM on June 7, 2006

In fact, that one specifically says it won't work on Mac: Welcome to this preliminary homepage for Museek. A soulseek client for Linux and quite possibly other platforms (MacOSX and FreeBSD 4 will not work).
posted by evariste at 1:09 PM on June 7, 2006

Actually, I write Python + wxPython apps on my Mac, so I'm happy to try the Python version.

Then you're set!

To best find the music you want on SoulSeek - There is a little chat room window in the lower right hand corner of the program, with rooms divided up by genre (for the most part). Join the room which is similar enough to the genre of music you're looking for and perform a "distributed search" while you sit in that chat room. It could take a while for the distributed search to make the rounds, but you'll eventually get some sort of result.

Basically, SoulSeek is exactly like IRC, but with a built in file trading system that doesn't suck.
posted by SweetJesus at 1:13 PM on June 7, 2006

Hmm...but SoulseeX is the recommended-by-Soulseek Mac client, to the extent that they hired the developer. I think I'll go with that.
posted by evariste at 1:26 PM on June 7, 2006

For the Mac, Soulseex works fine and is very easy to use.
posted by funambulist at 1:30 PM on June 7, 2006

Whoops, you got there already...
posted by funambulist at 1:36 PM on June 7, 2006

Man, soulseeX is such a beautiful app! Unfortunately, no results for a search for Ensimismada. I made sure it was working by searching for other stuff.
posted by evariste at 1:45 PM on June 7, 2006

I handed out best answers even though I still don't have any hope, because it was a pretty hopeless question in the first place. If anyone does happen to have any Ensimismada mp3s, please post or email me!
posted by evariste at 1:46 PM on June 7, 2006

Well, don't just give up. Leave that search open and see if anyone comes online later who has it.
posted by kindall at 1:46 PM on June 7, 2006

kindall-the saved search feature doesn't work yet in soulseex, but when it does I'll set this up as a saved search/wishlist, I guess.
posted by evariste at 1:53 PM on June 7, 2006

The Internet Archive taunts me...so close, yet so very far.
posted by evariste at 2:01 PM on June 7, 2006

I emailed an address for them that I found on the Internet Archive, with a link to this thread. I hope it's still a good email address.
posted by evariste at 2:05 PM on June 7, 2006

Yeah, I know... what I meant is, leave it open and hit "Search Again" occasionally. Actually I think it will do that automatically from time to time even without the Saved Search feature.
posted by kindall at 2:24 PM on June 7, 2006

Ah-thanks. I'll just leave ssX running then.
posted by evariste at 2:57 PM on June 7, 2006

Email address bounced. Ah well.
posted by evariste at 4:36 PM on June 7, 2006

Mike from Ensimismada says: e-mail him at mcfrank squiggly-thing mit dotty-thing edu. :)
posted by kindall at 8:18 AM on June 8, 2006

OMFG! kindall you're my hero!
posted by evariste at 3:45 PM on June 8, 2006

I don't actually know him -- he left a message on my blog with the info because he didn't want to spend $5 on a MetaFilter account. It appears I'm the only one participating in the thread with any way for non-members to get in touch with him, is all.
posted by kindall at 9:04 PM on June 8, 2006

Yeah, he told me that on email. I initially thought you had somehow belatedly realized you knew the guy, or something.
posted by evariste at 9:50 PM on June 8, 2006