Freedom from the Algorithm
synff is your personal guide to meaningful music discovery and exploration.
Do you ever feel like you've lost your connection to the music you love? Does it ever feel like you're just mindlessly consuming music with little to no appreciation of the love and craft put into making it? Are you suspicious of why you're being fed music that doesn't resonate with you? Well then synff is built for you. We want to help you break free from the inexorable descent into slop, help you discover music that truly expands your horizons.
How It Works
Either pick your favorite artists or optionally upload playlists from a streaming account for a one-time import to establish your baseline taste.
From your starting point (imported or selected), we help you understand your musical DNA, who were your artists influenced by, what sonic patterns trends exist in what we know so far.
We'll take a shot at curating albums and artists to help you dig in to what's out there. This should get better over time based on the feedback you give us after you've explored the Recommendations.
What We Do
Map Musical DNA
We trace artistic lineages and influences to help you discover how Joni Mitchell shaped Radiohead, or find the thread from Can to Vampire Weekend. Your recommendations come with context and connections.
Curated Recommendations
Instead of endless algorithmic suggestions, we provide thoughtful, periodic recommendations that respect your time and attention. Each discovery is chosen to meaningfully expand your musical world. We don't want to encourage mindless consumption, so when we provide these recomendations we'll wait for a while before the next batch is released.
Support Artists Directly
When you discover something you love, we connect you to platforms like Bandcamp where you can directly support the artists. We believe in fair compensation for creativity.
What Makes Us Different
Look, the siren song of unlimited music available at any time and any place is compelling, we have been through this ourselves, but something isn't right.
We miss the excitement of discovering a new artist because a (future) friend you randomly met one night insisted you listened to an artist and you pulled that thread until you found another that you wouldn't shut up about. We want to be that friend.
Friends don't trap each other in engagement-driven loops to sell adverts, that's not tennis. Friends help each other:
Our Vision for the Future
Today, synff is your intelligent discovery companion. Tomorrow, we envision building a complete ecosystem that transforms how music is discovered, shared, and valued.
We're working toward a future where:
We'd love to have you join us on this journey as we build the future of meaningful music discovery.
Ready to start Exploring?
So come with us, let's break free together and journey beyond the algorithm. Sign up now and be part of the future of music discovery that respects you.