Yes. Music-Map is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.

How long does Music-Map take?

Good within five seconds of loading. We file it under "Instant" — type one band, get a constellation of adjacent ones.

Does Music-Map work on a phone?

Yes. Music-Map works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.

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Music-Map

Type one band, get a constellation of adjacent ones

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Instant · Works anywhere

Free, no sign-up · online since 2000

What Music-Map actually is

Enter an artist and Music-Map returns a cloud of related names positioned by similarity, with the closest matches sitting nearest the centre. The relationships come from what listeners have said belongs together rather than from audio analysis, so the links are often social rather than sonic.

Why it is worth your time

Because the data is decades of human association rather than a model, you get the odd neighbour no audio-similarity engine would ever have proposed.

Common questions

Is Music-Map free?: Yes. Music-Map is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Music-Map take?: Good within five seconds of loading. We file it under "Instant" — type one band, get a constellation of adjacent ones.
Does Music-Map work on a phone?: Yes. Music-Map works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.
What kind of site is Music-Map?: We list it under Sound & Signal — music discovery that beats the algorithm. Because the data is decades of human association rather than a model, you get the odd neighbour no audio-similarity engine would ever have proposed.

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Sound & Signal

Music-Map

Type one band, get a constellation of adjacent ones

Visit music-map.com More Sound & Signal

music-map.com

Instant · Works anywhere

Free, no sign-up · online since 2000

What Music-Map actually is

Why it is worth your time

Because the data is decades of human association rather than a model, you get the odd neighbour no audio-similarity engine would ever have proposed.

Common questions

Is Music-Map free?: Yes. Music-Map is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Music-Map take?: Good within five seconds of loading. We file it under "Instant" — type one band, get a constellation of adjacent ones.
Does Music-Map work on a phone?: Yes. Music-Map works on a phone as well as it does on a laptop.
What kind of site is Music-Map?: We list it under Sound & Signal — music discovery that beats the algorithm. Because the data is decades of human association rather than a model, you get the odd neighbour no audio-similarity engine would ever have proposed.