Article from The Sound On Sound Magazine

October 1996, page 127
Circulation: 24,000/month


THE SIMILARITIES ENGINE
http://www.whiteis.com

This site is at least good for a laugh, and might actually yield something useful if you're on the lookout for more fodder for your CD player. The idea is that you key in the name of a band or artist whose music you like. Using information based on a survey of 18,000 music fans on the net, the Similarities Engine then comes up with a list of other bands or artists you might also like, with a "Confidence" rating of low, medium, high, or very high, for each. Sometimes the results are quite accurate and plausible--keying in Erasure, for example, brings up a list of choices which includes Electronic, Pet Shop Boys, Alison Moyet, New Order, Depeche Mode, and OMD. Sometimes, though, the suggestions are head-scratchingly bizarre: offering the name of American songstress Aimee Mann, for instance, brings up "Rush", with a high Confidence rating. Mmmm... Still, it's a fun way to spend 10 minutes.



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