Qobuz now boasts the best of cognitive technologies

Qobuz aims to offer you an ever greater, more unique musical experience. With this objective, we are partnering with Musimap, a company which specialises in applying cognitive technologies to music recommendation systems. A tool of unrivalled ability designed for true music lovers, Musimap will further enhance the service Qobuz currently offers and consolidate its unique market position.

A pioneering algorithm

Musimap engineered a revolutionary humanized algorithm to optimize music search and recommendation. A one-of-a-kind tool, its system is founded on data compiled from 15 years of interdisciplinary scientific studies, to which 60 experts contributed, including artists, sociologists, musicologist and music producers.It's this concentrated ‘smart data’, provided using artificial intelligence, that will allow you to benefit from a more advanced, intuitive musical experience, worlds apart from mainstream automatic recommendation engines, which fail to produce anything surprising or, indeed, of relevance whatsoever.Fans of underground discoveries and musical revelations need look no further!

A rich musical experience and a wide range of possibilities

Qobuz will therefore soon be endowed with recommendation functions using Musimap’s technologies, including a complex tagging system which takes into account 11,322 keywords, 1,500 sub-genres and 400 complex moods, as well as more than 100 different listening contexts.We're aware that our customers are real, passionate music fans who are fiercely independent, and as such we're widening the range of possibilities to create an even richer musical experience, one which will exceed your expectations and completely change your listening habits - for the better.

Future Implementation

With the help of Musimap’s technologies, Qobuz is developing integrated functions for its applications which will allow users to enjoy:- Listening recommendations based on similarities between not only artists but also between albums or tracks (unlike any other product currently on the market)- Numerous and complex listening contexts, linked to in-depth analysis and a socio-psychological and musicological approach (not only analysis of electroacoustic signals).Musimap and Qobuz are joining forces in order to defend an unrivalled method of listening – but we're also partnering to improve your listening comfort and to allow you to regain control of your personal musical experience, to take your own approach, regardless of your preferences.We'll soon inform you about future functionality updates and our progress with upcoming developments!Before that, however, we'll bring you some news regarding the latest version of our Desktop Player, where development is picking up a startling pace!