How do I know what song this is?

November 27, 2008 2:40 PM

How do I know what song this is? I have an instrumental track on my computer that I absolutely love. It is more like a 5 minute soundscape than a proper 'song'. It does not have any tags (I saved it from a stream some time). Is there a way to find out what it might be/who the artist is? Is there, for example, a website that lets you upload your song and which will tell you? I couldn't find anything like it... Thanks!
posted by sinbarambam to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

Shazam
posted by fire&wings at 2:51 PM on November 27, 2008

Upload it anywhere for us to hear, and someone here might be able to help.
posted by rokusan at 3:19 PM on November 27, 2008

Are you talking about this? I think it's by Brian Eno.
posted by No New Diamonds Please at 3:51 PM on November 27, 2008 [2 favorites]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf3LdHvH5kM
posted by No New Diamonds Please at 3:52 PM on November 27, 2008

Response by poster: Thanks for the Shazam tip - unfortunately it didn't recognise my song...It also only works in the US (the cellphone thingy)...
posted by sinbarambam at 4:21 AM on November 28, 2008

Could you upload the track to Rapidshare or Youtube?
posted by Dr-Baa at 6:37 AM on November 28, 2008

Response by poster: I've uploaded it to rapidshare:
http://rapidshare.com/files/168842705/Silence.mp3.html

would be delighted if someone knew this...!
posted by sinbarambam at 4:48 AM on November 30, 2008

The info from that mp3 provides the artist's name as Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino, and the track is "Silence [Vision 2]" from his 2003 "Underconstruction 1: Silence" EP.
posted by Dean King at 11:16 AM on November 30, 2008

Response by poster: Thanks Dean King - yes, I just saw that too but it's incorrect!

(I think it was accidentally tagged as such when I tagged a bunch of files the other day).
posted by sinbarambam at 8:24 PM on December 5, 2008