$st) { $s = $subs[$sid] ?? null; $state = $st['status'] ?? ''; if ($state === 'accepted') { $accepted++; if ($s) { $placements[] = [ 'artist' => $s['artist'] ?: '(unknown)', 'title' => $s['track_title'] ?: '(untitled)', 'track_id' => $st['spotify_track_id'] ?? null, 'playlist' => $s['playlist'] ?? 'afro', 'weeks' => $st['weeks_on_playlist'] ?? null, 'at' => $st['updated_at'] ?? ($s['completed_at'] ?? ''), ]; } } elseif ($state === 'declined') { $declined++; } if (in_array($state, ['accepted', 'declined'], true) && $s && !empty($st['updated_at'])) { $h = (strtotime($st['updated_at']) - strtotime($s['completed_at'])) / 3600; if ($h > 0 && $h < 24 * 14) $decisionHours[] = $h; } if (!empty($st['feedback'])) $feedbackLens[] = mb_strlen($st['feedback']); } usort($placements, fn($a, $b) => strcmp($b['at'], $a['at'])); $decided = $accepted + $declined; $acceptRate = $decided ? round($accepted / $decided * 100) : null; $avgHours = $decisionHours ? round(array_sum($decisionHours) / count($decisionHours), 1) : null; $avgFeedback = $feedbackLens ? round(array_sum($feedbackLens) / count($feedbackLens)) : null; $afroSaves = $saves['playlists']['afro']['saves'] ?? ($saves['saves'] ?? null); $melSaves = $saves['playlists']['melodic']['saves'] ?? null; $today = date('j F Y'); $plName = fn($k) => match ($k) { 'afro' => "Chill Afro House '26", 'melodic' => "Melodic Afro House '26", default => $k, }; $fmt = fn($n) => $n === null ? '—' : number_format((int)$n); $e = fn($s) => htmlspecialchars((string)$s, ENT_QUOTES); ?> Transparency — Real Submission Numbers — Rapture Records
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The numbers, live.

Every figure on this page is computed from the actual submission log the moment you load it — not marketing copy. Declined artists are never named; accepted tracks are public on the playlists anyway.

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Afro room saves
Melodic room saves

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Current & recent placements

Every track accepted through the submission process. Each one was heard in full and chosen by one human ear.

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Placements appear here automatically the moment they're accepted.

Earlier promotions

Tracks promoted before Rapture Records existed in its current form — the groundwork this service grew out of.

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€4 for the flagship afro room, free for the new melodic room during launch. A real person listens in full and writes back within 72 hours — that's what the log above measures.

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