About
Finally, the words for what music does to you.
Frisson asks one question: what song gives you chills? Then it shows you why that song moves you, and who else feels it the same way.
72 songs named so far
- The Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key (perf. Chris Stapleton)
- The Hills The Weeknd
- In the Air Tonight Phil Collins
- Know Your Enemy Rage Against the Machine
- The Ecstasy of Gold Ennio Morricone
Founder. Classically trained pianist, Berklee College of Music, DJ and producer as J-KIND.
Why I built Frisson
I was six when the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto got into me, the old Heifetz recording. I was a kid at a piano, years away from being able to explain why it moved me. It went in anyway, and it stayed.
I'm a classically trained pianist. I studied at Berklee College of Music, and I DJ and produce as J-KIND. I have spent my life thinking about music analytically, and still, certain pieces do something to my body that I can't think my way out of. The hair stands up. The chest tightens. I've felt it alone at the piano, and I've felt it in a crowd at the Zoo Project in Ibiza when Sven Väth dropped “More Times” by Octo Octa and the entire place went nuts.
That shiver has a name: frisson. What I couldn't stop thinking about is how specific it is. It happens with one piece, or a handful, and when people try to explain why, they stop describing the music and start describing themselves.
I built Frisson to give that a shape. Not a playlist. Not a personality quiz. Something more like a fingerprint: what you find beautiful, and why, and what that says about how you experience the world.
Jason
What happens to your answers
- How is my Fingerprint written? Your Fingerprint is written with help from an AI model. Your answer is sent to it only to write your Fingerprint, never to train it or to sell.
- Do you look up my song? We check it against public music sources like Spotify, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia so the facts in your Fingerprint are right. Only the song title and artist are used for those lookups.
- Will my answer be public? Your first name, city, song and Fingerprint appear on the public leaderboard only if you tick the box to include them. It's off unless you turn it on.
- Is my email shown anywhere? No. It is never shown on the site. We use it to send you the link to your Fingerprint page and to tell you when Frisson launches.
- Where does my Fingerprint live? It lives at a private link that only you get, and it grows as you add more songs. We keep your answers so it can.
The full details, including who helps us run Frisson and how to delete your answers, are in our privacy policy.
How to reach us
Frisson is built and run by Jason Howard. Email jason@tryfrisson.com with a question, feedback, or a song you think we should hear.