OK, read this: "EMI Records today launches 'tuneglue-audiomap,' an extensive online music mapping mechanism which utilises relational data from Last.fm to make focused and accurate music recommendations to music fans". Get that? No, me neither.
I think it means EMI are launching a music recommendation service which will utilise the Last.fm platform in some way. The service will allow music fans to discover new artists based on their current favourites. It won't be limited to EMI artists, but those signed to the major will have additional content included, other than just a listing.
EMI Records Digital Media Manager Eric Winbolt explains: "tuneglue-audiomap offers music fans easy visual cues for the discovery of new music. Most important, however, is the complete trustworthiness and relevance the service provides - being based entirely on Last.fm's powerful 'scrobbling' data - a media player plug-in which reports users' listening behaviours - of daily personal track recommendations. The cross-pollination of EMI Music UK's portfolio of labels and non-EMI artists alike is designed to give consumers access to a wealth of new artists, drive traffic to EMI artist websites, and generate affiliate income from retail partners such as Amazon".
Last.fm's Martin Stiksel added: "We are glad to see that tuneglue-audiomap is tapping into the power of Last.fm's music recommendation engine and is connecting bands and artists based on what the Last.fm users have chosen to listen to. Last.fm's mission is to connect people with the right music and tuneglue-audiomap is helping people do just that in a very intuitive, visually interesting way. You can pick any band as a starting point and before you know it you are discovering artists you have never heard of before".
If you're interested you might want to check http://audiomap.tuneglue.net, though it wasn't live when I checked, but it might be by the time you read this.