Intempo Rebel Kills Radio DJs February 15, 2008

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The only real drawbacks to happy radio listening are (a) the DJs and (b) the endless bloody ads.

Radio DJs – unless they happen to be funny or witty but which 99% of them aren’t – are hated by many because they have an uncanny ability to talk through the start of your favourite song and end it just before the kick-ass guitar solo.

Intempo’s solution is the Rebel, a music sampling system that, once tuned into an FM station, records the 40 most played tracks and then edits out the DJ chatter and the ads. The tracks can then be downloaded onto your favourite MP3 player, essentially giving you free music. The Rebel uses PopCatcher technology which automatically records music over a 24-hour period, saving tracks as MP3 files. If the song is repeated, the clever little device keeps the best version.

Katie Richards, Marketing Manager at Intempo said: “Rebel really is an easy hassle-free way of keeping your music updated all the time, with the added bonus that it’s free. You can set Rebel to record whilst you are out at work, sleeping or partying and, when it’s finished, you have new songs to enjoy!”

Even better, you can hook it up to DAB or Internet radios and do the same thing. Excellent. Shipping from March in glossy red or black, it is priced at £70.-Martin Lynch

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