Screenshots of Hitlantis, a visual discovery engine for the world's music.
Scandinavia has once again come out with a design aesthetic that’s both practical and sleek. Finnish entrepreneur Timo Poijärvi’s new App lets us get out of the (search) box and rethink how we approach music discovery.
Hitlantis (available the App Store) is a search engine that allows users to visually browse through music, which drives how music is monetized by artists whose songs are found and purchased. Songs are sold on a pay-what-you-want basis, and the more fans pay for them, the closer the band’s bubble gets to the center of Hitlantis’ sea of content.
While Hitlantis is not yet populated with mainstream North American music (60% of songs are Finnish), it has the potential to become the world’s biggest music hub. By curating songs from all over the world in a single place, music search will happen on a more [...]