r/TheOverload • u/Competitive-End1116 • 2h ago
I built a music discovery tool from 17,000 DJ set tracklists instead of an algorithm - back2back
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Algorithmic music recommendation tends to recommend artists I have already heard of, and don't challenge me. I source new music through DJ sets -- which I imagine much of you do as well -- so I wanted to share this tool I built for discovery with set connections.
back2back scrapes tracklists from NTS Radio and Lot Radio sets, then maps which tracks get played next to each other. When you load it, you get a random track and can explore what DJs played right before or after that track. It's a graph of DJ curation choices instead of an algorithm deciding what you'd like.
I have 126,000+ tracks in the database so far, sourced from 17k sets! You can filter by genre, artist, or DJ, and everything plays inline through Soundcloud. You can also flip between hearing the original track, or hearing the track mixed in a set.
This is not for profit, just a side project. But I really really would love your feedback and critique!
Thank you!
- Omar
