Graham Sutherland / PolynomialDec 20

Anna's Archive backed up Spotify. They got 99.9% of metadata, and 300TB of music representing 86 million tracks - original 160kbps OGG for tracks with popularity>0, and re-encoded 75kbps for popularity=0. absolutely wild project.

the metadata in particular is a hugely useful data source. MusicBrainz catalogues 5 million unique ISRCs (like ISBNs but for music releases), whereas this archive has a whopping 186 million.

https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html

Backing up Spotify

We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirrored by anyone with enough disk space), with 86 million music files, representing around 99.6% of listens.

Show threadgaytabaseDec 20
@gsuberland lol apparently i need to read that blog over tor now in nl
Show threadSven Slootweg, low-spoons mode ("still kinky and horny anyway")Dec 20
@dysfun @gsuberland (Not if you add 'de.' as a subdomain of the domain, because lmao)
Show threadLuc
@joepie91 not working (anymore?) on German O2 connection
Dec 21 at 2:37pmWeb
Show threadSven Slootweg, low-spoons mode ("still kinky and horny anyway")Dec 21
@luc Germany also blocks the site?
Show threadLucDec 21
@joepie91 indeed, they inject a redirect to the screenshotted page (idk if with dns or IP interception, could check if you like)