Simuze is a music platform for the people who actually keep a scene alive. Artists, fans, bookers, venues, labels, record shops, screenprinters. One place, owned by the people using it.
We started it with a close friend through the Open Media Foundation. The observation was simple. The DIY and underground circuit has strong connections offline, and almost no online home that fits how that circuit works. Spotify optimises for streams. Bandcamp is a shop. SoundCloud drifted. None of them feel like a scene.
So we built one. No algorithm deciding what you hear. No tracking pixels. Artists keep their rights and can leave with their data. The platform now runs on the Atypisch stack: Wemazu for deploy, Simezu for accounts, Modular CMS for content.
01 / 09 The public face. Search for artists, cities and genres. The scene finds itself without a recommendation engine.
Artists put music up themselves. Fans listen, buy and download without a middleman rewriting the deal. Featured releases sit next to the latest albums. Play, follow, share. Fair pricing, clear cuts.
Scenes grow when people can find each other. The network is that map. Groups by country, province and city. Create a group, follow a venue, see what is happening around you or on the other side of the world.
04 / 09 A country page: groups, provinces, upcoming shows and open slots in one view.
05 / 09 Your groups, following and favourites. Artists next to company profiles.
Key visual
06 / 09 Dark UI, mint accent, photography from real rooms and stages. The design system was built for the product, not the other way around.
Once you are in, the dashboard is quiet and useful. Playlists you own, favourites you saved, albums you bought. Create a playlist, edit tracks, keep it private or share it into the network.
Scenes run on messages. Bookers talk to bands. Venues confirm dates. Friends send invites. Simuze keeps that in one place, with filters for bookings, invites and platform notices. Less email archaeology.
09 / 09 Create a group, follow artists, keep favourites. The network is not a feed. It is a set of places you choose.
If a product is free, you are the product. We kept that sentence on the wall while we built Simuze.
— Marten Timan, Atypisch
Resultaat
Simuze is not a pitch deck. It is a running community with real artists, venues and fans. For Atypisch it is also proof of the stack: one production app, EU hosted, no third-party analytics tax, maintained by the same team that built it.
We wanted something that feels like how the scene already works. Friends, flyers, venues, word of mouth. Just online, without selling the audience back to itself.
— Marten Timan, founder
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