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I built a music discovery app for Tidal and Qobuz users. A lot has changed since launch.

Some of you might remember my first post about Sonic Oracle. I built it because I personally needed it and nothing like it existed. I wanted to type in an artist I love and get back a playlist of artists I’ve never heard of who share something with them. Not algorithmic "people also listened to" suggestions. Deeper connections based on sound, style, and taste.
Since launch, the app has grown significantly.
Genre coverage expanded to 44+ sub-genres across 10 genre families. K-pop, city pop, gypsy jazz, acid jazz, darkwave, krautrock, fado, klezmer, djent, sludge metal, flamenco, cumbia... if your taste runs deep, Sonic Oracle goes there now.
Niche and cross-genre artists work much better. Obscure composers, experimental artists, soundtrack creators. Seeds like these used to return thin results. Not anymore.
The newest feature is click-to-discover. When your playlist comes back, click any artist in the results to start a new search from them. Chain one discovery into the next without going back to the search bar.
Three discovery depths: Essential (closest matches), Balanced (a mix), Adventurous (deep cuts you won’t find elsewhere). Adventurous is where it gets interesting.
Playlists land directly in your Tidal or Qobuz library. Roon, Audirvana, Bluesound, WiiM, and every other app or streamer picks them up instantly.
Still a solo developer. Still improving it every week.
Free to try at sonicoracle.music

Three playlists, no credit card needed
Alessandro

panyc77
panyc77 OP
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@grunge1000 

 Unfortunately Amazon Music doesn't offer an open API for third-party playlist creation, so there's no way to build the integration right now. Same situation with Spotify and Apple Music. Tidal and Qobuz are the only platforms giving developers the access needed to create playlists directly in your library.
If Amazon ever opens that up, it'll be on my list.
Alessandro

 

 

 

 

grunge1000
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Thanks..

panyc77 OP
82 posts
 

You are welcome 

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mooncrikit
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So once last night (06/10/26) while playing an Sonic Oracle playlist in TIDAL through ROON, I stepped away for a short time and while nearby, I noticed the music stopped playing. So I went back to my system control laptop, there was a message 'Your playlist has been deleted, please pick another playlist" or something close to that. Sadly,  I could not recall which playlist was playing then 'deleted' Then, later last night something not good happened where TIDAL completely disappeared/deleted from ROON! I had to physically re-add/install it to ROON. Now, today, (06/11/26) just moments ago, when I opened up my control laptop, the screen was blank except the same error message was appearing again..'Your playlist has been deleted..."...

Something is inherintly wrong with your app and needs to be addressed as I am feeling VERY uncomfortable that TIDAL will possibly delete ALL saved playlists (not just the Sonic Oracle ones) due to the Sonic Oracle lists being possibly corrupted or some other technicality. Kindly explain what the heck is happening here, Alessandro...Thanx!

panyc77 OP
82 posts
 

 

Hi all, my name is Alessandro and I'm the developer behind Sonic Oracle.

 

For those who still don't know Sonic Oracle: it's a music discovery tool for Tidal and Qobuz. You type in an artist, pick a depth, and it builds a permanent playlist of connected artists saved directly to your streaming library. Not a station. A permanent playlist based on what real listeners with similar taste enjoy.

 

Here's what it looks like start to finish: https://youtu.be/FEPGcLR35nM

 

There have been some big updates recently. The recommendation database now covers over 10 million artists and I completely rebuilt how Essential playlists work. Essential is now genre-pure. A Miles Davis Essential returns only trumpet players: Chet Baker, Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan. A Ramones Essential returns only punk. B.B. King gives you blues guitarists. The engine now understands the instrument and style is what defines the artist, not a bunch of broad genre tags.

 

That's not an algorithm. That's musical intelligence.

 

Balanced widens the circle. Adventurous crosses genre lines and surfaces artists no streaming platform will find for you.

 

I also launched Genre and Decade Discovery. Pick a genre, add a decade like the 70s, hit Discover. No seed artist needed. A full playlist of artists from that era lands in your library.

 

Every playlist is permanent, fully editable, and shareable. Roon, Audirvana, Aurender, dCS, Lumin, Naim, Linn, McIntosh, everything picks it up automatically. No syncing, no downloading, no friction.

 

No AI. Every recommendation comes from real listener behavior. Every artist is a real person with a real discography.

 

 

 

Free to try at https://sonicoracle.music/

 

Your feedback is what keeps making this engine better

 

Alessandro

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