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Any websites to help me find the genre of a song? (kbin.run)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If I just look up "what genre is _____" it'll be very broad like "edm" or "pop" but I'd like to know if this is house or techno or d&b etc so I can start narrowing down my tastes

thanks guys

edit: Rate Your Music seems to be what I was looking for

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I like everynoise for this.

It's got (essentially) every genre plotted, "in general down is more organic, up is more mechanical and electric; left is denser and more atmospheric, right is spikier and bouncier." You can search for a specific artist and see what genres they fit, and how other artists compare. Really handy for finding new music.

Edit: oof, it looks like the creator was laid off from Spotify, which is where they were getting their data to maintain it, so now it's just a static snapshot :(

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Find out which release (album/EP/whatever) the song is originally from.
Search for the release on RYM. The RYM page of the release includes the genres of the release (and often more information).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

yes this is it. thank you!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

This may be helpful: https://music.ishkur.com/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

If it's a well-known artist, looking them up on Wikipedia is a good way to get an idea what genre they make. A website that does this for all songs individually would probably be AI-powered and wrong most of the time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Give https://www.music-map.com/ a shot. Good luck.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Wow, that looks fantastic. I had the same issue as OP but maybe your site is even better!