Music

Brilliant Interactive Map Featuring Every Genre Ever

Alan Cross 2 Comments

Rupinder forwards this map built by Glenn McDonald of The War Against Silcen and Echo Nest.  And he echos a good question:  Where’s the data that went into creating this?  It must be mind-blowing!

Click on the image to see the whole thing in its working state.  And make sure you click the SCAN button in the top left.

Every Noise at Once

Alan Cross

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2 thoughts on “Brilliant Interactive Map Featuring Every Genre Ever”

  • I wouldn't say every genre ever…quite a few electronic sub-genres missing. IDM and all it's sub-categories for example.

    Really cool though.

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  • This is the coolest thing ever! I could probably lose myself in this for a month.

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