As a collector I've created/curated soundtracks for art exhibitions, contemporary dance & fashion shows (in addition to playing records in bars, cafes & clubs). My personal preference is to take old records & try to make something new. It's a rather humbling experience to select second-hand records: all too often the dead dreams & failed aspirations of previous artists. Vinyl itself is an obscure & obsolete media, yet sourcing them locally sustains local economy, provides positive transactions, often doubles the value of the small investment & occasionally leads to social contact that seems priceless. There are plenty of people already playing the game of consuming the latest rave reviews & selecting whatever this month's fashionable sub-genre happens to be. They do it well. I choose to do it differently. Hopefully you'll enjoy listening to the mixes uploaded to http://soundcloud.com/vibration-obscure & http://soundcloud.com/vo-7s.