The latest Mercedes-Benz Mix Tape (21) is up at http://www3.mercedes-benz.com/mixedtape/mixedtape.html, along with the latest music magazine. As per usual, it’s a brilliant mix of new, fresh, eclectic, and FREE music. Small taste below:

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UPDATE: They're back up Their servers seemed to have died under the load for now - guess they're having teething problems

The absolutely brilliant, FREE, Mercedes-Benz mixed tape 19 is out! The team took a few months off as they re-designed what they were going to do with the mixed-tape concept, and they've definitely come up with a winning combo. Where the old mixed-tape was simply a free downloadable album of new music, with a website available for online listening, the new format is an entire video music magazine show AS WELL AS the free downloadable album. There are videos from famous, as well as up-and-coming artists, all tied together by an overarching theme (Soul this month) and a brilliant presenter adding background info to the music.

I was very worried, when these albums stopped coming out, that Mercedes had simply stopped funding the project and it was going to die. However, I'm now more than ecstatic to see it back in this new, much improved format.

A small taste below:

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For anyone who likes new, alternative, euro-style, acid-jazzy, FREE music, the Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape is definitely for you. Every 6 to 8 weeks they release a new album, completely free for anyone to download, of music themed for one of their cars. Tape 17 was just released and makes for some generally good listening. Give it a download at http://www.mixed-tape.com/

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For fans of just about any type of new, chilled out music, Mercedes Benz realeases a free album every 6-8 weeks of new, generally unknown artists. Volume 16 was released on the 27th February, and giving it a listen now, it's pretty damn good, especially at the price they're offering - free! Each volume is themed to fit with one of their cars. This volume is made to match the new C-Class, and it definitely does that well with a young, acid-jazzy feel, whilst still holding onto that Mercedes level of class. Give it a listen: http://www.mercedes-benz.com/mixedtape/

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Continuing their ongoing fine tradition of free downloadable CD's, Mercedes-Benz just released Mixed-Tape 15. Every 6 to 8 weeks they make a new CD available for download on their website, and, whilst I am still in the process of downloading this one, if their past albums are anything to go by, this should be fantastic. From their site:

"No matter whether you prefer classical, jazz, pop or electronic - all that matters in our selection is quality and uniqueness."

I'm not entirely sure what Merc gets out of this deal, but who am I to complain for getting free great music?

UPDATE: After downloading and giving it a bit of a listen I have worked out why the G-Class is on the cover of this edition - it's a little heavy on the R&B side. It's still relatively good, but not up to their usual standard. Oh well!

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Mercedes Benz just released the 14th mix tape in their free album collection. As with all of them, this one is great (I'm listening to it for the first time now, and loving every song!) Give it a download - as noted, it's FREE, and you can't beat that for a price! Get it here:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/mixedtape

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Well, I'd forgotten for a while that the Mercedes Mixed Tape actually existed, and hence hadn't been downloading it. What a tragedy - I missed a BUNCH of them. They're up to mixed tape 11 not, so I'm pretty sad that I missed out on so man. After all, this is FREE music that's actually GOOD! For those of you not in the know, the Mercedes Benz Mixed Tape is an album compilation put out every 6 to 9 weeks by Merc specifically designed to show off new talent in music. They give it way free, which you can't complain about, and generally, even if you haven't heard of the artists, the music is incredible. It's mainly Acid Jazz style chilled out or even trip-hop type stuff, but it's easy listening enough that even if you don't like those genres of music, chances are you'll enjoy this.

Well, I haven't given the new album a proper listen yet, but I definitely look forward to doing so sometime over the next week. Speaking of new music though, two new discoveries in the easy listening category, both of them with their own takes on the "story telling female vocalist" genre pioneered by Aimee Man and Tori Amos - Rachael Yamagata and Brandi Carlyle - have both been in heavy rotation on my iPod somewhere between all of the tech podcasts I listen to, such as TWIT, Engadget, Security Now and Digg Nation.

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The always fantastic Mercedes Benz Mixed Tape is out again. Released every 6 weeks, the mixed tape is a completely free downloadable CD of new funk and acid jazz tracks from upcoming artists. This one, once again, is fantastic. Check it out: http://www.mixed-tape.com

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