RauteMusik.FM
radio station
RauteMusik (also RM or #Musik) is an internet radio station based in Germany. RauteMusik was first broadcast on 20 April 2003 with just one main stream. In the next four years, RauteMusik established itself as one of Europe's biggest internet radio stations. Currently up to 37,000 people listen to RauteMusik simultaneously.
RauteMusik Streams
RauteMusik currently has 40 different radio streams:
Musik.Top40: Chart Hits
Musik.Main: 80s, Pop, Rock, Charts and new Hits
Musik.ChartHits: Pop, R'n'B, Dance, Electro
Musik.Club: Dance, HandsUp, Techno, Trance
Musik.Rock: Rock, Alternative, Punk
Musik.Metal: Metal, Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Grindcore
Musik.JaM: HipHop, R’n’B, Rap, Reggae, Soul, Urban
Musik.Happy: Feel Good Music
Musik.Party: Party Hits
Musik.Workout: 130BPM Beats
Musik.Deutschrap: German Hip-Hop & Rap
Musik.House: House, Dance, Electro
LoveHits.FM: Love Songs and Kuschelsongs
Musik.Goldies: Oldies, 60s, 70s, 80s
Musik.Lounge: Ambient, Jazz, Downtempo, Chillout
Musik.HardeR: Hardstyle, Hardcore, Jumpstyle, Schranz
Musik.BigCityBeats: House, Electro
Musik.Oriental: Arabian Music
Musik.Schlager: German Schlager, Discofox
Musik.DrumStep: Drum & Bass, Dubstep
Musik.Christmas: Christmas and Holiday Songs
Musik.Trance: Trance, Vocal Trance, Uplifting
Musik.Solo Piano: Piano Composers
Musik.HappyHardcore: Happy Hardcore and UK Hardcore
Musik.Country: Country, Western, Americana
Musik.12Punk: Punk Rock, Ska, Hardcore
Musik.Kids: Kindermusik, Kinderpop
Musik.Study: Lo-Fi
Musik.Salsa: Salsa, Latino, Tropical
Musik.Trap: Trap, Glitch Hop, Moombahton
Musik.TechHouse: Tech House, Minimal
Musik.90s: 90s, Eurodance
Musik.Sex:
Musik.Traurig: Loneliness, Sadness
DAS Coachingradio: Easy Listening, Coaching
WackenRadio.Com: Metal from the Wacken Open Air Festivals
BreakZ.FM: Mixtapes, Hip Hop, Dance
Aside from these channels, RauteMusik also licenses out its own proprietary streaming platform to power other internet radio services such as 0nlineradio, Epic Piano, Heavy Radio, Technolovers, Epic Classical, and Epic Lounge. These brands are only used for direct access to their streams on various audio streaming services; these streams are otherwise jointly grouped under the catch-all banner RauteMusik Plus on the main site.
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