Comments on: Please help me reconstitute my Ensimismada collection!

Question: Please help me reconstitute my Ensimismada collection!

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:30:33 -0800

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.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:52:52 -0800

This is so hopelessly obscure. I bet no one will answer. But I had to try.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:00:10 -0800

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.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:01:13 -0800

Whoops - Soulseek Client Link

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:02:01 -0800

Is there a mac client?

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:04:03 -0800

Yes.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:04:41 -0800

Yes, but it's a bitch...

I wouldn't take a crack at it unless you've got a Linux/Unix background.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:06:17 -0800

I do have facility with unix and the command line :-) Thanks, SweetJesus. I'll install it in a few minutes and report back.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:06:32 -0800

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...

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:08:27 -0800

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.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:09:39 -0800

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).

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:13:10 -0800

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.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:26:06 -0800

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.

By: funambulist

funambulist — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:30:53 -0800

For the Mac, Soulseex works fine and is very easy to use.

By: funambulist

funambulist — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:36:15 -0800

Whoops, you got there already...

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:45:20 -0800

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.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:46:47 -0800

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!

By: kindall

kindall — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:46:51 -0800

Well, don't just give up. Leave that search open and see if anyone comes online later who has it.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:53:41 -0800

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.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:01:13 -0800

The Internet Archive taunts me...so close, yet so very far.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:05:17 -0800

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.

By: kindall

kindall — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:24:09 -0800

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.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:57:12 -0800

Ah-thanks. I'll just leave ssX running then.

By: evariste

evariste — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:36:57 -0800

Email address bounced. Ah well.

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:18:34 -0800

Mike from Ensimismada says: e-mail him at mcfrank squiggly-thing mit dotty-thing edu. :)

By: evariste

evariste — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:45:05 -0800

OMFG! kindall you're my hero!

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:04:01 -0800

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.

By: evariste

evariste — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:50:46 -0800

Yeah, he told me that on email. I initially thought you had somehow belatedly realized you knew the guy, or something.