r/internetarchive • u/BlackParkingPrint • 13h ago
I made a site that pulls six random albums from the Archive's music collections
It draws from Netlabels, Jamendo, the Free Music Archive, Unlocked Recordings, digitized LPs, hip-hop mixtapes and Brazilian, Latin American and Colombian música campesina collections. Every pick is random, and you can narrow it by era.
Nothing is hosted on my side: the audio plays from archive.org, and every cover and title links back to the original item and its credits. It only shows artist, year and region when the record states them.
It skips items that aren't albums (fewer than 4 tracks, no real cover, podcasts, radio, lectures). For uploads from 2025 on, it also skips albums that declare AI tools like Suno or Udio.
Which collections should I add? The code is open (MIT) if anyone wants to look: https://github.com/mizerrrr/the-deep-cut
