Spotify - anyone heard of it?

unbornwhiskey: modern rock, art pop, rock, folk-pop, indie rock, art rock, pop rock, alternative rock, permanent wave, emo, chamber pop, freak folk, new wave, classic rock, indie pop, dance rock, folk rock, chamber psych, dream pop, pop punk, pop, new wave pop, lo-fi, noise pop, mellow gold, indie folk, melancholia, singer-songwriter, electronic, electropop, album rock, neo-psychedelic, indie punk, slow core, indie r&b, soft rock, lilith, folk, shoegaze, stomp and holler, alternative emo, psychedelic rock, fourth world, dance pop, indietronica, preverb, experimental, nu gaze, black metal, fluxwork, screamo, escape room, ambient, trip hop, quiet storm, experimental pop, funk, soul, metal, post-grunge, outsider house, garage psych, alternative metal, urban contemporary, dreamo, garage rock, roots rock, r&b, mandible, avantgarde metal, post-hardcore, neo soul, death metal, experimental rock, intelligent dance music, electro, new jack swing, microhouse, post-rock, uk post-punk, new americana, new romantic, classic soul, alternative dance, post-punk, modern alternative rock, drone, alternative country, detroit techno, disco, pagan black metal, hip pop, philly indie, rap, post-teen pop, voidgaze, alternative pop, hip hop, chillwave, acid house, melodic hardcore, bebop, motown, dance-punk, anti-folk, contemporary post-bop, cool jazz, hard bop, jazz, shimmer pop, post-metal, float house, indie poptimism, jazz fusion, hip house, post-disco, grunge, post-doom metal, gangster rap, contemporary country

and for disclosure, these are mine:

symphonic power metal, metal, electropop, gothic symphonic metal, power metal, pagan black metal, progressive metal, viking metal, modern rock, gothic metal, voidgaze, symphonic black metal, metropopolis, avantgarde metal, symphonic metal, modern alternative rock, black metal, melodic death metal, indie poptimism, indietronica, indie rock, art pop, post-metal, pop, atmospheric black metal, death metal, neo classical metal, chamber pop, dance pop, shimmer pop, idol rock, jazz metal, otacore, folk metal, norwegian metal, speed metal, indie pop, technical death metal, indie punk, pixie, finnish metal, german metal, alt-idol, folk-pop, post-doom metal, groove metal, j-rock, chamber psych, post-screamo, freak folk, chillwave, neo-trad metal, pop punk, alt-indie rock, emo, indie r&b, anthem emo, post-rock, preverb, post-teen pop, norwegian black metal, swedish metal, escape room, garage psych, chaotic black metal, indie psych-rock, sci-fi metal, brutal death metal, deathgrind, indie folk, black thrash, antiviral pop, screamo, pop emo, rock, noise pop, slavic metal, dream pop, neo-psychedelic, neue deutsche harte, alternative emo, dark black metal, comic, edm, alternative rock, j-metal, visual kei, electra, nu gaze, fluxwork, contemporary country, anime, hard rock, j-idol, canadian indie, black death, metalcore, stomp and holler, hungarian metal, german rock, suomi rock, lilith, djent

All of these, of course, are limited by our finite genre-modeling. For example, up until late last night we didn't have the Caucasian folk-dance genre lezginka, which no doubt most of us have been jamming on and off all year.

https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/6FkNnTm2YASOamCQuUqbWx?si=4eC8FA3PQ7qYHboRgynYaA

lol two of the first five songs in my Tastebreaker list are from Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue. Wow thanks Spotify, really blowing me away here.

And also, multiple Momus songs.

ha, Dennis Wilson was in mine as well

german metal (...) norwegian metal

Please tell me about my microgenres, Glenn: I'm 1230963628

No Momus for me.

Thanks glenn, very cool list, feels very me! Looking forward to finding out what some of these microgenres are that I’m listening to. Fluxwork, you say?

German metal is, yes, metal from Germany.

I had 2 Momus songs and Dennis Wilson! Someone must have paid for placement. Who own's Dennis Wilson's catalog?

there's lots of discussion upthread, but for anyone who hasn't read all 9000+ posts, the microgenres are searchable at http://everynoise.com/

1230963628: compositional ambient, ambient, electronic, fourth world, art pop, mandible, microhouse, drone, indietronica, chamber psych, freak folk, trip hop, warm drone, post-rock, dark jazz, intelligent dance music, chillwave, minimal techno, fluxwork, focus, drift, dub techno, dream pop, alternative dance, outsider house, big beat, experimental, metropopolis, electra, electropop, grave wave, bass music, chamber pop, neo-psychedelic, vaporwave, slow core, sound art, art rock, indie r&b, acid house, noise pop, nu age, experimental rock, new weird america, new rave, post-metal, deep chiptune, float house, wonky, indie rock, hauntology, alternative rock, indie jazz, experimental pop, drill and bass, nu gaze, noise rock, instrumental post-rock, escape room, lo-fi, tech house, glitch, post-doom metal, deep melodic euro house, downtempo, shoegaze, folk-pop, ninja, j-ambient, indie psych-rock, dronescape, nu jazz, new wave, bow pop, neo-synthpop, bebop, contemporary post-bop, cool jazz, hard bop, jazz, industrial, dance rock, shimmer pop, dance-punk, dark ambient, dance pop, avantgarde metal, drone metal, ambient idm, techno, electroclash, free jazz, melancholia, modern rock, jazz fusion, contemporary jazz, detroit techno, minimal, deep house, jazz trumpet, rock, future garage, permanent wave

hauntology ftw

Haha, this is great. Could you do saaam please

saaam: art pop, electronic, fourth world, freak folk, intelligent dance music, microhouse, ambient, fluxwork, art rock, classical piano, drone, bebop, cool jazz, jazz, experimental rock, experimental, dream pop, mandible, indietronica, vocal jazz, outsider house, chamber psych, contemporary post-bop, jazz fusion, compositional ambient, wonky, chillwave, classical performance, post-rock, pop, neo-psychedelic, bass music, hard bop, noise pop, vaporwave, glitch, indie r&b, electropop, classical, dub techno, dance pop, chamber pop, j-dance, experimental pop, escape room, folk-pop, indie rock, indie pop, new weird america, rap, soul jazz, slow core, hauntology, alternative hip hop, hip hop

hey glenn, thanks for doing this. i'm at 1269695844

finally got this to work (I think the version of Chrome my work computer has isn't compatible) and my tastebreaker playlist is remarkably full of Prince

1269695844: indie rock, modern rock, indie pop, folk-pop, art pop, alternative rock, rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelic, chamber pop, freak folk, noise pop, indie folk, dream pop, pop, lo-fi, permanent wave, art rock, rap, chillwave, new wave, preverb, slow core, alternative dance, stomp and holler, hip hop, dance pop, garage rock, garage psych, pop rap, new rave, dance rock, indie r&b, pop rock, electropop, dance-punk, nu gaze, shoegaze, electronic, experimental rock, escape room, melancholia, noise rock, chamber psych, new wave pop, post-teen pop, anti-folk, folk rock, experimental pop, new weird america, classic rock, southern hip hop, post-punk, psychedelic rock, uk post-punk, r&b, trip hop, metropopolis, trap music, brooklyn indie, shimmer pop, underground hip hop, indie punk, post-rock, indie psych-rock, folk, new romantic, post-grunge, singer-songwriter, mellow gold, album rock, fourth world, lilith, roots rock, modern alternative rock, experimental, soft rock, alternative hip hop, alternative pop, gangster rap, hip pop, neo soul, philly indie, emo, neo-synthpop, britpop, indie poptimism, protopunk, ambient, fluxwork, new americana, hardcore hip hop, microhouse, urban contemporary, east coast hip hop, contemporary country, conscious hip hop, alternative metal, vapor trap, alternative country, nu metal, madchester, traditional folk, vapor soul, hard rock, funk, electra, neo mellow, canadian pop, bass music, blues-rock, synthpop, new jersey indie, no wave, punk, country dawn, motown, small room, outsider house, pop punk, soul, candy pop, intelligent dance music, alternative emo, compositional ambient, wonky, swedish electropop, downtempo, heartland rock, glam rock, mandible, country, drone, gbvfi, edm, vaporwave, grunge, dirty south rap, indie garage rock, modern country rock, post-hardcore, twee pop, la indie, canadian indie, brill building pop, country road, classic soul, country rock, float house, scottish indie, quiet storm, math rock, hauntology, punk blues, tropical house, warm drone, grave wave, filter house, disco, zolo, symphonic rock, emo punk

lol two of the first five songs in my Tastebreaker list are from Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue. Wow thanks Spotify, really blowing me away here.

And also, multiple Momus songs.

― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, December 6, 2018 5:30 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha, Dennis Wilson was in mine as well

― sleeve, Thursday, December 6, 2018 5:35 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

realizing i had two from pacific ocean blue on mine. another ilxor i spoke to also had these songs plus three momus songs. (i didn't have any momus).

i have conferred with many more Ilxors and they almost have tracks from dennis wilson, pacific ocean blue

No Dennis Wilson for me but Daniel Romano and Swamp Dogg seem to be commonalities with other ILXors

my educated guess: the algorithm relies on a certain subset of "outlier artists" for people that have an exceptionally wide base of microgenres they already listen to

if that's the case and this isn't an ILX in-joke then momus is about flooded with new fans

or he would, if the algorithm had picked a better song than hippopotomomus

I can accept Momus as an ILX in-joke but some of the other common artists seem really random.

would love my microgenres, I'm popcornmole

popcornmole: rock, hard rock, album rock, classic rock, metal, folk, mellow gold, folk-pop, soft rock, speed metal, neo classical metal, folk rock, glam metal, soul, funk, progressive metal, disco, quiet storm, art rock, psychedelic rock, motown, lilith, groove metal, new wave pop, singer-songwriter, doom metal, blues-rock, adult standards, southern rock, fourth world, alternative metal, country rock, death metal, ambient, permanent wave, power metal, traditional folk, art pop, stoner rock, roots rock, hip hop, stomp and holler, dance pop, indie r&b, pop rock, compositional ambient, classic soul, escape room, modern rock, indietronica, nashville sound, traditional country, neo soul, country, classical performance, nwobhm, rap, outlaw country, r&b, sleaze rock, dance rock, new wave, voidgaze, post-metal, instrumental rock, electropop, indie rock, new americana, indie folk, alternative rock, brill building pop, indie pop, intelligent dance music, glam rock, electronic, drone, dub, reggae, roots reggae, neo-psychedelic, black thrash, jazz funk, alternative hip hop, freak folk, pub rock, alternative pop, contemporary jazz, symphonic power metal, urban contemporary, vocal jazz, swedish metal, post-doom metal, black metal, country gospel, symphonic rock, jazz fusion, avantgarde metal, new romantic, jazz guitar, preverb, deathgrind

Dennis Wilson (with two songs) and Momus also breaking my taste... I do find Pacific Ocean Blue overrated...

As well as the Momus track ( which I mentioned upthread) I also have Dennis Wilson in my "Tastebreakers." Plus four artists appear twice, including two ESG songs in the first three tracks.

going through my tastebreaker list there is def some good stuff in there though

if you're not already totally fed up w/ these glenn I would be curious to see my microgenres. i am: ogmor

I've got two Dennis Wilson songs, too. Oh, the glamour.

I'm digging the playlist overall, though. Even the track by him off Arcade Fire is good.

Dennis wilson bout to blow up.

I hate every song on my tastebreaker btw. Gonna stck to my old grind.

ogmor: art pop, freak folk, fluxwork, fourth world, chamber psych, experimental pop, escape room, ambient, new weird america, electronic, mandible, experimental, outsider house, indie r&b, microhouse, noise pop, chamber pop, drone, neo-psychedelic, folk-pop, electra, hip hop, indietronica, chillwave, rap, lo-fi, dream pop, indie rock, compositional ambient, electropop, noise rock, intelligent dance music, art rock, alternative rock, slow core, float house, experimental rock, minimal techno, bass music, alternative dance, pop, vaporwave, indie jazz, warm drone, pop rap, drone folk, indie pop, sound art, trip hop, folk rock, alternative hip hop, folk, dark jazz, traditional folk, pop rock, wonky, trap music, post-punk, rock, indie folk, preverb, no wave, southern hip hop, garage psych, singer-songwriter, bossa nova, grave wave, modern rock, deep house, melancholia, detroit techno, afropop, mpb, samba, dance-punk, forro, world, roots rock, post-rock, east coast hip hop, neo soul, free improvisation, dance rock, underground hip hop, mande pop, funk, anti-folk, uk post-punk, math rock, acid house, contemporary jazz, dance pop, new rave, classic rock, mellow gold, garage rock, post-hardcore, psychedelic rock, stomp and holler, hardcore hip hop, afrobeat, industrial, british folk, soul

I didn't have anything to do with Tastebreakers, but one of my other things we briefly contemplated using as the second playlist in Wrapped is one that tries to generate the opposite of the music you usually like. It's pretty effective. When I tried it for an internal audience, almost everybody either hated the music it gave them, felt personally insulted by the implication that this was the opposite of their tastes, or both.

dennis wilson go on rap caviar

xp that's kinda hilarious

I would love to see my microgenres - I'm burningambulance.

I skipped right past my tastebreaker playlist, sorry. I use Spotify for specific things most of the time, and am not looking to have my palette broadened very much at all.

burningambulance: rock, hard rock, classic rock, metal, punk, alternative rock, album rock, alternative metal, groove metal, garage rock, new wave, art rock, dance rock, contemporary jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz, contemporary post-bop, blues-rock, post-punk, death metal, hip hop, rap, neo-psychedelic, speed metal, jazz funk, fourth world, soul, psychedelic rock, noise rock, experimental, uk post-punk, grunge, experimental rock, jazz, nu metal, free improvisation, bebop, post-hardcore, permanent wave, industrial rock, mellow gold, hard bop, deathgrind, jazz fusion, stoner rock, jazz saxophone, cool jazz, southern rock, stoner metal, gangster rap, indie rock, hardcore hip hop, pop rap, noise pop, post-grunge, brutal death metal, technical death metal, vocal jazz, funk, protopunk, punk blues, crossover thrash, industrial, rap rock, soul jazz, sludge metal, lo-fi, no wave, dance-punk, folk rock, east coast hip hop, jazz piano, jazz trumpet, soft rock, space rock, symphonic rock, art pop, black metal, adult standards, dream pop, roots rock, new wave pop, psychedelic doom, southern hip hop, modern rock, electronic, new romantic, doom metal, alternative hip hop, indie jazz, melodic death metal, skate punk, goregrind, post-doom metal, motown, deep funk, grindcore, afrobeat, glam metal, dark jazz, viking metal, shoegaze, ambient, nu gaze, progressive rock, pop, britpop, disco, singer-songwriter, black thrash, swedish death metal, old school hip hop, crust punk, freak folk, quiet storm, afropop, world, pagan black metal, symphonic black metal, glam rock, canterbury scene, swedish metal, electric blues, blues, nwobhm

I didn't have anything to do with Tastebreakers, but one of my other things we briefly contemplated using as the second playlist in Wrapped is one that tries to generate the opposite of the music you usually like. It's pretty effective. When I tried it for an internal audience, almost everybody either hated the music it gave them, felt personally insulted by the implication that this was the opposite of their tastes, or both.

― glenn mcdonald, Friday, December 7, 2018 2:14 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Isn't this what the playlist claims to do though? The description for the playlist says "we've made you a playlist from genres and artists you don't normally explore" (even though the playlist is actually full of artists and genres I do normally explore.)

As it is the Tastebreakers playlist seems no different to Discover Weekly on one of it's more broken weeks.

yeah, my Tastebreakers is full of artists I've listened to on Spotify, but not all that much

Yeah, within the first 12 tracks in my Tastebreakers playlist are: 7 things that have previously appeared on DW, 2 things I own on vinyl/CD (can't expect Spotify to know that, but it could be inferred) and nothing I'd not heard of at least. Still, that Yukihiro Takahashi live track was nice and I'm never going to say no to hearing A Rainbow In Curved Air on a slow bus through Beckenham.

almost everybody either hated the music it gave them, felt personally insulted by the implication that this was the opposite of their tastes, or both.

this is amazing, what would the opposite of my "art pop" be?

Dennis Wilson is on my Tastebreakers list too (twice), as is Momus. I've also got three track from Meredith Monk.

I am enjoying "Oh Slime" by Fishmans (an apparently Japanese artist I have never heard of) thanks to this playlist

I've got Dennis Wilson and Fishmans too.

same here, no momus though - wonder what dimension of the ilx hive mind listening profile i'm missing out on.

I would have loved an antimirror / opposites playlist tbh

no momus, probably because I only managed to listen to two microgenres somehow. this honestly surprises me

I got Fishmans, one of the very few artists that I hadn't heard of on it.

So far I am the only person i talked to who was angered by tastebreakers’ (in my view) scolding demand that I “expand (my) horizons” in 2019, after spying on my listening throughout 2018.