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About Us

Every song has a journey, from the songwriter to the studio to the listener. At Quantone, we capture that journey through data. Our deep music intelligence gives you the who, what, when, and where of music—and our bios can even give you the why. Quantone is the onestop shop for deep music discovery, providing a rich and flexible range of solutions for the music industry.

Our services cover a wide range of use cases and client types, driven by our flexible knowledge graph. Music service providers, app developers, device manufacturers and rights societies can connect to Quantone’s comprehensive cloud-based database, instantly accessing our highly connected, deep data for music intelligence.

In addition to our data services, we have developed MusicGeek, the cutting edge music recommendations platform in partership with IBM Watson. MusicGeek combines the power and intuition of cognitive computing with the deeply connected data held in our knowledge graph to provide powerful, flexible way of discovering music like no other. More information is available from our website.

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Our Services

Search Engine

Whilst our Data Retrieval and Data Browsing services are powerful ways of exploring our data, our search engine is optimized for finding what you’re looking for fast with no frills.

With smart normalization and type-ahead built in, as well as multilingual support for tags, our search engine is a great way to start your musical exploration.

Data Cleansing and Enrichment

If you already have a catalogue with basic metadata, Quantone can make it sparkle with our deep data. We can match it to our own data, as well as enriching it with the special information you want.

Get in touch to discuss your use case.

Custom Research

For institutional users, who want to call the shots. You may want to make sure that all the data is completely authoritative, or you may want to make sure that particular albums or artists are included in our offering. Or … you may have some other idea.

We have a staff of researchers who can help. Get in touch to find out more.

Multilingual Support

Whether you want music, musique, or 音楽, we know what you’re asking for. We’ve developed our semantic database to be navigable in a variety of languages, enabling more people around the world to enjoy and explore great music in their native tongue.

Music Recommendation

With an ocean of music to choose from, good music recommendations have become more important than ever. With IBM Watson’s cognitive solutions built into our MusicGeek™ platform, we offer a truly groundbreaking way to recommend music. Powered by deep music metadata and editorial content from blogs and other sources, MusicGeek™ is built for everyone’s geeky side.

Systems Integration

You might have found the perfect solution for your business needs in our products, but need a solution for getting our data to talk to ours. We can help.

As well as data matching and cleansing, we can help you keep track of your data with custom client catalogs with accessability tailored to your needs.

Data Browsing

For music professionals (or fanatics) who want an out-of-the-box solution. Web services are good for programmers, but not all of us have the time.

The Quantone browser lets you research music, look at the facts, and look like you know everything. Very few things in life make you a genius in a few clicks. You can make advanced queries, and to save the result to Excel.

Data Retrieval

Our core data service is provided through our RESTful API. Queries can be made on Album, Artist and Recording objects, with variable depth retrieval allowing you to specify the details you’re interested in, covering a range of over 100 possible data points.

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• Track Musical Key• Track Performance Participation

ALBUM• Album Advisory Rating• Album Business Production Participations• Album Copyright Holder• Album Copyright Year• Album Cover Art• Album Design Credits• Album Detail Credits• Album Duration• Album Featured Artists• Album Genre• Album Label• Album Label Country• Album Main Artists• Album Mastering Date• Album Mixing Date• Album Name• Album Performance Participations• Album Phonographic Copyright Holder• Album Phonographic Copyright Year• Album Production Participations• Album Recording Date• Album Remastering Date• Content Format (Single, complication etc)• Original Release Date

RELEASE INFORMATION• Release Format• Release Label• Release Label Country• Album Release Date• Album Release Region• Release Track Count

ARTIST• Artist Alias• Artist Biographies• Artist Birth Date• Artist Birth Place• Artist Dates of Activity• Artist Death Date• Artist Death Place• Artist Fan Website• Artist Official Webpage• Artist Gender• Artist Genre• Artist Image• Artist Members• Artist Names• Artist Nationalities• Artist Social Media• Artist Type - Is Band• Artist Type - Is Person• Associated Artists - Collaborators• Associated Artists - Influences• Associated Artists - Personal Relationships• Associated Artists - Similar Artists

LABEL INFORMATION• Label Address• Label Country• Album Label Catalogue Number

TRACK• Track Name• Official• Track Phonographic Copyright • Track Phonographic Copyright Year• Track Video Participations • Track Production Participations• Work Published Year• Work Publisher• Track Recording Country• Track Recording Date• Track Original Release Date• Track Remastering Date• Track Sample Song• Track Work• Mastering Venue• Mixing Venue• Production Venue• Recording Venue• Remastering Venue• Advisory Rating• Composition Name• Extensive Track Details (i.e. Bootleg, Reprise,

Remix etc.)• Live / Studio• Side of LP• Track Album Sequence• Track Artist Alias• Track Beats Per Minute• Track Duration (seconds)• Track Featured Artist• Track Genre• Track Main Artist• Track Main Artist Activity• Track Mastering Date• Track Medium Sequence• Track Mixing Date

DataOur web-based data service supports retrieval of around 100 data points from our cloud based knowledge graph, through our three query objects: recording, album, and artist. As well as our own data we support around 20 foreign IDs to integrate with whichever part of the music industry your use case requires.

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BASIC RECORDING INFORMATIONRecording ID: dd81d070-b7a5-11e3-be98-ac220b82800dTitle: “Hypnotize U”Original Album Title: NothingAlbum ID: 6da39770-358f-e311-be87-ac220b82800dDuration: 256 secondsMain Artist: N*E*R*DGenre: Hip Hop

ARTIST INFORMATIONMain Artist: N*E*R*DMain Artist ID: 8a89c9de-318f-e311-be87-ac220b82800dMember: Pharrell WilliamsMember ID: 1ee9acde-318f-e311-be87-ac220b82800dGender: MaleMember: Chad HugoMember ID: 4587e3de-318f-e311-be87-ac220b82800dGender: Male

PARTICIPATIONSExecutive Producers: Pharrell Williams, Jimmy IovineInstruments [All]: Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas BangalterMastering Engineer: Brian GardnerMixing Engineer: Alan Meyerson[continued]

WORKSWritten By: Pharrell Williams, Guy Manuel deHomem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter

IDENTIFIERSSpotify URI: spotify:track:2br96CQqLKgpIDo6FLwTTT

ARTISTID: 1ee9acde-318f-e311-be87-ac220b82800dName: Pharrell WilliamsGender: MaleGenres: Rap, Contemporary R&BBirth Date: 1973-04-05Birth Place: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

ANNOTATIONSnippet: Superstar American writer, rapperand producer, his paw prints were all over thecharts in the 00s.

Full: The concept of the faceless producer isincreasingly obsolete. With Diddy, JermaineDupri, Dr. Dre, Timbaland and, mostprominently of all, Kanye West moving tothe stage centre, it’s little wonder PharrellWilliams followed suit... [Read More]

URLSMySpace: http:// www.myspace.com/pharrellTwitter: https://twitter.com/pharrell

GROUPSName: N*E*R*DID: 8a89c9de-318f-e311-be87-ac220b82800d

IDENTIFIERSSpotify URIspotify:artist:2RdwBSPQiwcmiDo9kixcl8

Discogs IDsID: a1507065, a90037

Data Sample

ImageID: 0c3e21a5-8c82-46b9-b4b9-bb806abaf1d3

ImageID: 4efcb22c-f44c-4625-9b2e-c874b2287e24

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Editorial

As well as our in-depth data, we offer biographies written by expert music writers, headed by Colin Larkin, author of The Encylopedia of Popular Music. And of course, these come in a shorter ‘headline’ form for when you just want a quick impression. Here are some examples of what we have on offer.

Ariana Grande

Headline: Successful R&B pop singer who first came to fame as a popular stage and television actress.

Bio: Floridian singer Ariana Grande (Ariana Grande-Butera) was born in 1993 and began her career as an actress making her Broadway debut in a supporting role in the 2008 production of 13. After starring in Desmond Child’s musical Cuba Libre she became a regular in the television sitcom Victorious that in turn lead to a starring role in the spin-off series Sam & Cat. Grande’s 2013 debut album ‘Yours Truly’ topped the US charts and reached the Top 10 in the UK while the attendant singles ‘The Way’ featuring rapper Mac Miller and ‘Baby I’ were both US Top 40 hits. Christmas 2013 saw the release of the four track ‘Christmas Kisses’ EP which featured her covers of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ and the festive classic ‘Santa Baby’ plus two original songs ‘Love Is Everything’ and ‘Snow In California’. An above average singer Grande boasts a four octave vocal range and an R&B style reminiscent of her biggest influence Mariah Carey.

MNEK

Headline: South London singer and producer who built up an enviable batch of credits after featuring on Rudimental’s first LP.

Bio: MNEK’s mastery of mainstream urban pop made him a ubiquitous chart presence in the early 00s. The Lewisham singer, songwriter and R&B producer Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike matched his colourful look and hi-top fade by penning a raft of inspired bedroom demos that won an EMI publishing contract before he was even 16. He racked up production credits for Frankmusik, CocknBullKid, Florrie, Diana Vickers and Tinie Tempah before 2011’s ‘If Truth Be Told’ announced him as an artist in his own right. However, MNEK’s backroom work still shone the strongest. Pop turns for The Saturdays, Misha B and Little Mix culminating in his first number one as co-writer of Duke Dumont’s ‘Need U (100%)’ in 2013. That same year MNEK co-wrote four tracks on Rudimental’s debut ‘Home’ and produced Kylie Minogue. In 2014 he voiced Gorgon City’s back to house basics top five hit ‘Ready For Your Love’ and worked with Madonna, saving some studio time for his own slyly persuasive ‘Small Talk’ EP.

The Weeknd

Headline: The highly individual soul music of Canadian Abel Tesfaye caused a viral storm in the early 10s.

Bio: Abel Tesfaye played the mystery card to the hilt when launching himself as The Weeknd. Preferring to keep his identity anonymous he issued a trio of astonishing album-length mixtapes in the space of 12 months that inevitably led to curious types solving the riddle of his identity. By that point it hardly mattered, the Toronto native having landed a huge worldwide deal with Universal and stepped onto the boards for the first time, releasing all three mixtapes as handy introductory box set ‘The Trilogy’. Loosely telling the story of a party, an after-party and its messy, drug-riven aftermath, Tesfaye’s lascivious storytelling and distinct voice gave it a narcotic edge, while musical borrowings from Aaliyah, Beach House, Cocteau Twins and Siouxsie & The Banshees showed a refreshing catholic taste. Tesfaye’s face finally adorned the cover of 2013’s ‘Kiss Land’, a heady conceptual set dealing with his powerful addictions to sex and alcohol.

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