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This is fascinating! It reminds me of "My 90s TV" (https://www.my90stv.com/).
Seriously cool. There are sites for 60s, 70s, 80s,... I just tried to make video pause... well, you couldn't.
great interface for exploring world music - thanks for the share!
No examples just open radio then asks install the app?
On desktop (at least), you can continue in basic mode without signing up or downloading anything
How does it choose the song for each spacetime coordinate?
It's user submitted. If you are a registered user you can submit new entries.
Can someone explain to me how music licensing works in an app like this? They claim it’s all above board, no?
I think it could likely be licensed like an internet radio, as you can't directly pick a song. I remember that back in the days it was very cheap to get this license, maybe 20 euros / month or so and you could just stream with your Icecast server legally (At least in Germany).
This site I came across a few years ago might appeal to anyone who's prowling this comment section: https://everynoise.com/

Pretty much a scatterplot of a few thousand genres, based on some Spotify labels. The full methodology is explained at the bottom of the page.

Great site design. Works well on FF android and looks fittingly charming!
No about page?

What are they doing to prevent self-promotion spam?

The number 1 thing I want when listening to historical music, by the way, is a short written context. Example:

> This song was written by Werner Richard Heymann and Robert Gilbert for the 1930 musical film "Die Drei von der Tankstelle", and recorded by the Comedian Harmonists the same year.

> This choral recording from a church in Volda in 1955 was the final record published by His Master's Voice in Norway. It was a perennial favourite request for Ønskekonserten, a radio program where people could call in requests, in the following years.

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