Music Taste Explorer

Explore music taste profiles and discover new recommendations

or upload your own

Drop your ratings.csv or RYM HTML export here
or click to browse

Export from RateYourMusic (Collection → Export) or use a CSV with columns: artist, album, rating, release_type, rym_url

Algorithm Controls

Recommend From

Listened To New

Re-surface your rated albums with slider influence

Familiarity vs. Novelty 50%

Left = stick to known artists, Right = explore unknowns

Genre Diversity 60%

How much to push toward unfamiliar styles

Decade Spread 50%

Prefer albums from underrepresented decades

Geographic Spread 50%

Prefer artists from underrepresented areas

Min Rating Threshold 3.5

Only recommend based on artists rated this or higher

Max Results 10

Filters

Release Type

Region Focus

Overview

Recommendations

Taste Clusters

Locations

Browse Collection

Rating Distribution

Top Artists

Underexplored Favorites

Artists rated 4.0+ with only 1-2 albums — prime candidates for exploration

Click "Generate Recommendations" to get started

No location data yet. Use the Enrich button in the topbar.

Location

Your Ratings

Genres & Styles

Last.fm Tags

Similar Artists

Wikidata

ListenBrainz Similar

Deezer

How Scoring Works

1. Two Modes

Listened To — re-surfaces albums you've already rated, reordered by slider influence.

New — finds albums you haven't heard and artists you don't know, using enrichment data to discover connections.

2. Base Score

Listened mode: your rating for the album
New album from known artist: artist's average rating in your collection
New artist: similarity chain score — how similar the artist is to ones you rated highly

3. Slider Effects

Slider	Effect	Weight
Familiarity vs. Novelty	Balances known vs. unknown artists	0.15–0.5
Genre Diversity	Random reordering to break genre bubbles	shuffle
Decade Spread	Bonus for underrepresented decades	up to +0.4
Geographic Spread	Bonus for underrepresented regions	up to +0.4
Min Rating Threshold	Filters out low-rated artists	filter
Max Results	Caps output count	limit

4. Enrichment Bonuses

Discogs genres/styles → tag match bonus (up to +0.5)
Last.fm → similar artist discovery + album tags
ListenBrainz → collaborative filtering similarity
Deezer → related artists + fan counts
Wikidata → influences, inception year
MusicBrainz → locations, discographies

5. Score Range

All scores are capped at 5.0. Color coding: pink ≥4.5, purple ≥4.0, blue ≥3.5, green <3.5.