#forgotify

[forgotify-archives]

Today's song is "Simple Things" (2011) by The Tryst

Review:

ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH THE INSTRUMENTALS AND VOCALS IN THIS ONE!!! This is one hundred percent a band that I'm going to return to! And it's only got 15 monthly listerners? Fucking tragic.

I've always been terrible at identifying genres but I think this is reggae? Perhaps some form of ska? Or just general jazz? Either way it's a super enjoyable combination of drums, horns, and guitar! And the singer's delightful voice is just the cherry on top:-D

Extra thoughts:

Not much to say other than I highly recommend this band from the few songs I listened to after Simple Things! But one random thought: the singer's vocals vaguely remind me of The Crane Wive's lead singer's.

#8th sep 2023 #forgotify #forgotify archives #The Tryst #spotify #music review #music recs #song of the day #new music #archivist's favourites

[obsession-expression]

I like truly underground music no one's ever heard it before

#forgotify #music

[polaroidcats]

so i just used forgotify for the first time, which is this website that lets you listen to random music that has never been listened to on spotify, and I fully expected some shitty songs recorded in a garage by unknown bands or something, thinking it might be fun to discover new music that way but now instead I'm listening to a beautiful concerto for harp and orchestra by a composer from the 18th centruy I'd previously never heard of and I love it so i had to share it!!

#okay have i mentioned i LOVE LOVE LOVE harps #like #i had a whole obsession with harps when we had one in our orchestra back when i was in an orchestra and we played the nutcracker #the harpist let me sit at her harp in a rehearsal break one day and just pluck the strings and i was so so happy!!! #and she could tell and we even exchanged numbers and she offered that i could come over and play some more harp if i wanted #and im still mad at myself that i never took her up on that offer because i was too shy #anywaysssss #just thought this was really cool #both just forgotif #y #in general and the fact it made me discover some cool new classical music #music #classical music #forgotify #ramblings #Spotify #i think i'm going to start using that website more often now it's such a fun way to discover new music #well i say new when the music is rly old but it's new TO ME

[irlwakko]

i tried forgotify today (app that gives you a song with no plays on spotify) and the first song that came up was this

what the hell. i’m so upset. that dog looks so nice why is no one listening to his songs. i’ll listen to your song raggs. thank you for your service to public television

#and i'm being so real right now #things like this make me so sad for reasons i can't articulate #forgotify in general was. probably not a good idea for me to go to because ANY song is gonna make me sad #but for some reason this one in particular makes me even more sad

[skunkstripe]

websites to check out when you're bored of scrolling

busy beaver button museum

cursor effects

drawing garden

explore livecams (will play audio when opened)

every noise at once

forgotify

guggenheim museum

hero forge

ikea museum

jackson pollock

kidpix

the lava library

little alchemy 2

mapcrunch

metazooa

mondrian and me

musée d'orsay

my 80s tv

national film board of canada

national museum of modern and contemporary art

neal.fun

nice news

open library

orb.farm

pixel canvas

pointer pointer

radio garden

radiooooo (will play audio when opened)

random garfield generator

rijksmuseum

rotating sandwiches

sandspiel

sliding toys

star trek + design

who's that pokémon?

windowswap

#alister's

[theygotlost]

working on my most pretentious playlist yet! The criteria for this one is tracks that have less than 10,000 streams on spotify (with a few exceptions if I still think they're obscure enough). Some of these artists were recommended to me by friends and mutuals, some of them I found naturally on my own, and some I discovered through forgotify, a site that finds spotify tracks with 0 plays. it's mostly given me fuckass techno remixes or whatever but i was pretty surprised to find some interesting and decent stuff as well. if you're looking to discover something you would otherwise never hear about I encourage you to explore the artists and albums on this playlist!! I will keep adding to it so please send me your suggestions for other obscure artists!! 😁

#Spotify

[paradoxlemonade]

I feel like I've stumbled across a musical corpse today.

There's a fun little tool I've been playing with—forgotify. It pulls up songs from Spotify that have no plays or no complete plays. Oftentimes the music is unremarkable but rarely bad, but sometimes, the songs simply do not play. This is one of those cases.

I pull the thread. I click the link to listen to the full song on Spotify.

The entire album is greyed out. No songs available. Clicking on the name of the artist reveals that none of their albums are available to stream. There's a link to buy a physical CD. For now, I keep looking.

I type in the name of the band—generic, and difficult to search—and one of their more specific song titles into YouTube. One relevant hit. A reupload. It sounds nice. There's a link to the band's myspace page.

I pull the thread. The page is bare bones, like all the images and text were purged. The music tab has a list of songs for one album. None of them are playable.

I check the internet archive. No dice.

Back on Spotify, I go to their merch page. They have two albums available for sale. I learn eBay has them as well. The music is not gone, just hard to find.

I couldn't tell you what actually happened to the band to make everything disappear. There is no reliable way to stream the albums.

Without physical media, many of those songs would be lost.

Remember your roots.

#I'm considering buying the albums later #the scant bit of music i could hunt down was really nice #keep circulating the tapes #lost media #idea speaks #idea original post #if I buy the albums then everything is getting ripped and reuploaded to the internet archives

[chronicas]

btw i found that band with 1 monthly listener using a site called forgotify. it generates spotify tracks that have 0 streams and it's WILD. forgotify also gave me this awesome song 👍

Yeah okay I’m definitely gonna start giving Forgetify a shot! Also BANGER…..

Aaaand I may be joining some of y’all’s lists of least popular artists listened to in a year or so.. I’m not getting all these instruments for no reason.

#ophidian lore #asks #mutuals

[forgotify-archives]

Today's song is "The Gate" (1993) by The Keltz

Review:

This is just some very nice and gentle instrumental music:-)) Really relaxing honestly and some great flute work! I think I'd have more to say about this one if I actually knew any music theory but, for now, all I have to add is that this was some good folk(?)

Extra thoughts:

I think this is Celtic folk music?? Judging from the name of the band and the names of the musicians on the blurry album cover at least.

#11th sep 2023 #forgotify #forgotify archives #The Keltz #spotify #music review #music recs #song of the day #new music

[effen-draws]

Btw! I made another little side blog, but for daily obscure music recs this time:-] So if you wanna join me as I listen to a new song every day (via Forgotify) then you can take a peek over at @forgotify-archives

#Sometimes you gotta spontaneously start another little project #for your sanity

[green-static]

There’s something so shocking about listening to a song on forgotify and then seeing that same song on a random ass playlist somewhere

Like… we aren’t so different you and I

#music

[karamel-apple]

Go check out this website! It's fuckin neat and there are some pretty sweet songs on Spotify that have never been listened to.

#karamel original

[babylonbirdmeat]

So I've been introduced to Forgotify and now feel obligated to bring you the never before heard (on Spotify at least) good tracks I find

#Dama speaks #Rage of 1976 #Freaking Wildchild #Music tag #Spotify

[theygotlost]

another track from forgotify. its so goodbad.

IM SCARED. WHY AM I HERE. GET YOUR TONGUE OUT OF MY EAR

#Spotify

[jelly-as-in-grape-concord]

im on forgotify rn and saw a wonderful song called 'tomfoolery' by bleeding incorportated and. i didnt expect this to be the song

#tis a vibe nonetheless #jelly as in rambling

[cheio-do-vazio]

Forgotify picks a random song that has nearly no views from Spotify for you. Great for finding new music!