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Take the 50 top artists in your musical profile, and create a cloud of the similar artists that are not in your top 50. The result is a collection of highly recommended artists for your personal profile. You can generate your own cloud (in BBCode) at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php

My recommendations are

Achillea Adiemus Andreas Vollenweider Anugama Asura B-Tribe Balligomingo Banco de Gaia Blue Stone Bola Bonobo Celestial Aeon Project Chorus of Tribes Chris Spheeris Cusco Dao Dezi Deuter Faithless Govi Groove Armada Hooverphonic Ishq Jens Gad Keiko Matsui Lamb Lemon Jelly Lesiëm Liquid Mind Lisa Gerrard Llewellyn Mars Lasar Mehdi Mike Oldfield Morcheeba Moya Brennan Nicholas Gunn Oliver Shanti Oliver Shanti & Friends Plaid Prem Joshua Robert Rich Schiller Secret Garden Sleepthief Solar Fields Suzanne Ciani The Orb Télépopmusik Yanni ����

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meditative, chillout, relax, new age, instrumental, lounge, jazz, ambient, dub
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Anouar Brahem
Anugama
Bill Laswell
Buddha Bar
Chris Spheeris
Dagda
David Parsons
Deuter
Enigma
Era
Gandalf
Gregorian
Govi
James Asher
Kamal
Karunesh
Kevin Kern
Mars Lasar
Medwyn Goodall
Mike Rowland
Mythos
Nawang Khechog
Nicholas Gunn
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Oliver Shanti
Oystein Sevag
Phil Thornton
Prem Joshua
Sacred Spirit
Sainkho Namtchylak
Terry Oldfield
Tulku
Tuu
Vollenweider Andreas
Yanni

1. How did you get into 29?
múm: Some friends mentioned it a few years ago, but I only heard them when I randomly downloaded a song one day - I think by accident!

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Vangelis: Chariots Of Fire (extended version)

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Sigur Rós: 2

4. What is your favorite song by 15?
Augie March: Cold Acre I think?

5. What is your favorite song by 5?
Muse: I'll just go with Sing For Absolution, but it depends on what I'm in the mood for. Haven't listened to them for ages!

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Tool: Not particularly

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
Regina Spektor: I'll say Hotel Song, used to listen to it on repeat for a while. I'm not much into Regina anymore however.

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Oliver Shanti: Maybe listening to two particular songs over and over again during a particular time in my life.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Shpongle: All of them mostly, make me all productive! But maybe Around the World in a Tea Daze especially.

10. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Thievery Corporation: Never

11. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Cirque du Soleil: The amazing Alegria

12. What is your favorite album by 11?
Kate Bush: The Kick Inside

13. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Cat Power: Her!

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Pink Floyd: No.

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
Emiliana Torrini: Listening to my old iRiver lots

16. What is your favorite song by 16?
Belle and Sebastian: Probably Dress Up in You?

17. What is your favorite album by 18?
Frank Zappa: I'm only familiar with one: Cheap Thrills

18. What is your favorite song by 21?
Delerium: Silence I guess

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Simon & Garfunkel: Probably Mrs Robinson or The Boxer

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
Tori Amos: I'll go with Forgotten Earthquakes

21. What is you favorite song by 3?
Radiohead: Argh. Can't choose.

22. What is you favorite song by 8?
Mogwai: Can not choose!!

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Björk: Never :( And since I'm not going to Big Day out... :(

24. What is the worst song by 12?
Amorphous Androgynous: N/A

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Frou Frou: Let Go

26. What is you favorite album by 7?
Röyksopp: Röyksopp - Melody A.M. or The Understanding...

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
Tristeza: Can't pick alright!

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Zero 7: In the Waiting Line, but I don't know if its happiness :)

29. What is your favorite album by 4?
Hooverphonic: The Magnificent Tree is the only one I got into heavily

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
Infected Mushroom: none, don't currently have any music by them!

Top 5 artists:
1. Amethystium (-)
2. Karunesh (NEW)
3. Oliver Shanti (+7)
3. 浜崎あゆみ (+18)
5. O Yuki Conjugate (NEW)

Top 5 tracks:
1. Ascension (NEW)
2. Lhasa (NEW)
2. Arcane Voices (NEW)
2. Ethereal (NEW)
5. Into the Twilight (-4)

I have been listening to Pandora for the last 3 weeks. The interface built in OpenLaszlo is excellent but I get very frustrated by the tendency of their algorithmn to serve up poor quality tracks after a couple of good tracks.

I'm interested if Last FM can produce better recommendations.

I already discovered an artist new to me - Oliver Shanti - by reference from Karunesh who I discovered on Pandora.

Oliver Shanti
Karunesh

I was delighted to find Ghazal Ghazal and I have listened to some excellent tracks from Moon Rise on The Silk Road