Show HN: Anthrology – Time-Traveling Radio

(anthrology.site)

7 points | by airstrike a day ago ago

7 comments

  • amwet 5 hours ago ago

    On mobile the this seems to just play static.

    • airstrike 3 hours ago ago

      Works here on Firefox on iOS. What are you using? And did you tune to any stations?

  • gavinhenry a day ago ago

    I absolutely love it! Tell us more about what's underneath?

    • airstrike a day ago ago

      Glad you like it! I've been listening to it nonstop.

      The core is database of >9k songs tagged by mood (and a fun fact!). Coming up with the right 2 axes for the mood (solitary <-> social, chill <-> intense) took a few iterations. I think I need to get the number of songs to about 20–30k soon, to add more variety.

      Then there's an algorithm to determine which song to sample given the mood/year combo and song attributes, which forms a radio schedule. You can see some of those song attributes by visiting a song's detailed page (click on the "now playing" marque text or visit /stats and search).

      I've added keyboard shortcuts and the rest is just polish!

  • ranausmanai a day ago ago

    Looks pretty interesting. I am going to try it now.

  • SaltwaterCoffee a day ago ago

    This is a great idea!!

    • airstrike a day ago ago

      Thank you!! I've been wishing for this for years, to be honest, and happy to have finally built it.