Built for listeners like me.
I created RadioFiles because I wanted a tool that didn't exist. I've always preferred listening to well-curated radio shows like Gilles Peterson on BBC 6 Music over the AI-generated playlists streaming services push at you. There's something irreplaceable about a DJ who genuinely loves music making those choices for you.
Then BBC 6 Music became unavailable in Germany, and that was the push I needed to actually build the thing.
Now I load up a Gilles Peterson episode and the full tracklist is in my streaming library in under a minute. I'll listen to the show live, with the host and everything — and then, when it's over, I just want the music. No ads, no news, no intros. Just the tracks the DJ picked, in the order they were played. And the audio quality is a revelation: lossless and Hi-Res on Qobuz, Tidal and Apple Music instead of a compressed radio stream. On a decent HiFi system or good headphones, the difference is immediate.
What I also love about RadioFiles is how easy it makes exploring the artists and albums you heard on the radio. And if you'd rather own the music than stream it, RadioFiles also turns any tracklist into purchase links — Bandcamp, iTunes Store or Qobuz Store for digital, and Discogs for vinyl and CD.
There's plenty more I want to build. But first I'm curious to hear whether you find RadioFiles as useful as I do. Feel free to reach out — I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
— fantasio78, dev@radiofiles.io