Mathieu1/6 🎵 @BBCRD wanted to create a music discovery service without personalised algorithms, so we made Orbit in collaboration with BBC Introducing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/orbitmusic
https://www.bbc.co.uk/orbitmusic
2/6 🌌 BBC Introducing plays hundreds of new tracks from unsigned artists each week. We take last month’s batch and organise them by affinity according to 8 indicators based on the track itself — it doesn’t matter what you or others have listened to or skipped.
3/6 🎶 You start with 10 samples, each representing a different space in the collection. There's no metadata visible, so choose what's closest to what you want and you’ll get tracks in the same ballpark, each a potential doorway to a different sub-genre.
4/6 📀 Instead of getting recommendations, you can make decisions based on what you hear and what you fancy right now, charting your way across the stars and revealing the tracks you want to save.
5/6 ⏳ You can sample any number of tracks, but you can only reveal 5 tracks a day. This isn’t to limit discovery but to value your time and make each track count. Find what you like, then listen on your preferred streaming service and get on with your day.
🎧 6/6 I’m excited to hear what other music fans think. Personally, while developing Orbit, I've been introduced to dozens of new artists, and it's become my go-to for fresh tunes when “the algorithm” feels stale.
Melissa Fehr@mathieuloutre I really enjoyed playing with this, but I do have one question/UI I couldn’t figure out - how do I go back up a level after I’ve navigated to a new track?
Yesterday there was a great song that I failed to playlist and now it’s lost in the ether and I’d like to prevent that in future!
Ian Robinson@mathieuloutre I post a weekly new music list every Sunday. I’ll be walking the Orbit star maps daily to hear new stuff. It’s a fantastic creation. Kudos to all involved 👏🏻😊