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This era
Artists and songs
Artists
Songs
Sprouts
Each artist has a shape of their own — the same in every era.
Known records
How it was drawn
Shape and rhythm are counting: how much, and when. Colour and material are an artistic reading of checked record descriptions — never a measurement of sound.
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Day by day
Plays per day. Thin line: nothing recorded. Dashed: the record had ended.
Where the data comes from
Kindred eras
Archive
Every era, drawn by the same engine. Kindred listening grows kindred worlds.
Compare
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Your eras
Your music can become eras too. Choose where it comes from:
Last.fm
If you scrobble to Last.fm — a whole year in seconds.
Spotify history
For everyone. Months, not just the latest songs.
- Open Spotify’s privacy page
- Tick “Account data” and “Extended streaming history”, then confirm the email.
- When the file arrives (five days or more), drop it anywhere on this page.
Spotify
Your last 50 plays, right away. For friends on the list.
Everything stays in this browser: files are read here, only the summaries are kept, nothing reaches the site.
To move your eras to another device, save them to a file and drop it on this page there.