Other Databases Relationship Type/Whitelist
This is the official list of databases allowed for the Other Databases Relationship Type. For adding new databases to the list, please follow the standard proposal procedure.
General pages
Rate Your Music (http://rateyourmusic.com/)
WorldCat (http://www.worldcat.org/)
- International network of library holdings
MusicMoz (http://musicmoz.org/)
45cat (http://www.45cat.com/)
- Global database for 7" vinyl
Open Library (http://openlibrary.org/)
- Internet Archive's project for books (including audiobooks)
WhoSampled (http://www.whosampled.com)
- Details of samples, covers and interpolations
Regional pages
Asian
Generasia (http://www.generasia.com/wiki/) (formerly known as J-Pop Stop)
- A wiki containing information about the music scene in Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan.
Australian
Trove (http://trove.nla.gov.au/)
- Australian library/historical resource database maintained by the National Library of Australia.
Brazilian
Discos do Brasil (http://www.discosdobrasil.com.br/)
- Brazilian music database, based on the creator's private collection but with fairly complete info for it.
Chinese
Rock in China (http://www.rockinchina.com/)
- A wiki detailing the recent Chinese underground/independent music scene.
Danish
DHHU (http://www.dhhu.dk/)
- Danish wiki site containing extensive information about Danish hip hop releases (= "udgivelser") since the 1980's.
Estonian
ESTER (http://www.elnet.ee/ester/)
- Estonian library database. Divided in two branches, Tallinn (http://tallinn.ester.ee) and Tartu (http://tartu.ester.ee).
French
Encyclopedisque (http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/)
- French database for 7" vinyl.
German
Musik-Sammler (http://www.musik-sammler.de/)
- German generalist database.
Italian
Discografia Nazionale della canzone italiana (http://discografia.dds.it/)
- Italian database of musica leggera, especially useful for older releases.
Japanese
Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/)
- An encyclopedia with information about Japanese anime (including foreign adaptations).
Taiwanese
ISRC查詢系統 (http://isrc.ncl.edu.tw/)
- Taiwanese ISRC database, maintained by the National Central Library. Note that the track order may not match physical releases, since tracks are sorted by ISRC code.
Genre pages
Electronic
rolldabeats (http://www.rolldabeats.com/)
psydb (http://www.psydb.net/)
Folk
The Session (http://www.thesession.org/)
- "Jam session" resource for primarily Irish trad. musicians. Useful for linking recordings to works. (Can be linked against Release Groups and Works.)
Metal
Metal-Archives (http://www.metal-archives.com/)
- The most complete metal database. Release pages should be related to MusicBrainz Release Groups.
Spirit of Metal (http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/)
- Less accurate but more wide in focus than Metal-Archives.
Soundtracks
OCRemix (http://ocremix.org/)
- Apart from a database of OCRemix reworks, also contains information about videogame music in itself.
SoundtrackCollector (http://www.soundtrackcollector.com)
- Database of soundtrack releases and composers. Movie title pages should be related to MusicBrainz Release Groups.
Theatre
IBDb (http://www.ibdb.com)
- The official database for Broadway theatre information.
IOBDb (http://www.iobdb.com)
- The Lortel Archives, or "Internet Off-Broadway Database". For non-Broadway New York productions.
Theatricalia (http://theatricalia.com/)
- A database of past and future theatre productions. Not restricted to any specific place.