diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/AlbumsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/AlbumsService.cs
index c1a476e09b..cbdf1923ba 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/AlbumsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/AlbumsService.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
 {
     [Route("/Albums/{Id}/Similar", "GET")]
     [Api(Description = "Finds albums similar to a given album.")]
-    public class GetSimilarAlbums : BaseGetSimilarItems
+    public class GetSimilarAlbums : BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/GamesService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/GamesService.cs
index 0073397dd2..d88840e80c 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/GamesService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/GamesService.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
     /// </summary>
     [Route("/Games/{Id}/Similar", "GET")]
     [Api(Description = "Finds games similar to a given game.")]
-    public class GetSimilarGames : BaseGetSimilarItems
+    public class GetSimilarGames : BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/InstantMixService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/InstantMixService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8a8d7db54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/InstantMixService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dto;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Querying;
+using ServiceStack.ServiceHost;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Api
+{
+    [Route("/Songs/{Id}/InstantMix", "GET")]
+    [Api(Description = "Creates an instant playlist based on a given song")]
+    public class GetInstantMixFromSong : BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem
+    {
+    }
+
+    [Route("/Albums/{Id}/InstantMix", "GET")]
+    [Api(Description = "Creates an instant playlist based on a given album")]
+    public class GetInstantMixFromAlbum : BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem
+    {
+    }
+
+    [Route("/Artists/{Name}/InstantMix", "GET")]
+    [Api(Description = "Creates an instant playlist based on a given artist")]
+    public class GetInstantMixFromArtist : BaseGetSimilarItems
+    {
+        [ApiMember(Name = "Name", Description = "The artist name", IsRequired = true, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "path", Verb = "GET")]
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    [Route("/MusicGenres/{Name}/InstantMix", "GET")]
+    [Api(Description = "Creates an instant playlist based on a music genre")]
+    public class GetInstantMixFromMusicGenre : BaseGetSimilarItems
+    {
+        [ApiMember(Name = "Name", Description = "The genre name", IsRequired = true, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "path", Verb = "GET")]
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class InstantMixService : BaseApiService
+    {
+        private readonly IUserManager _userManager;
+        private readonly IUserDataRepository _userDataRepository;
+        private readonly ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
+
+        private readonly IItemRepository _itemRepo;
+
+        public InstantMixService(IUserManager userManager, IUserDataRepository userDataRepository, ILibraryManager libraryManager, IItemRepository itemRepo)
+        {
+            _userManager = userManager;
+            _userDataRepository = userDataRepository;
+            _libraryManager = libraryManager;
+            _itemRepo = itemRepo;
+        }
+
+        public object Get(GetInstantMixFromSong request)
+        {
+            var item = DtoBuilder.GetItemByClientId(request.Id, _userManager, _libraryManager);
+
+            var result = GetInstantMixResult(request, item.Genres).Result;
+
+            return ToOptimizedResult(result);
+        }
+
+        public object Get(GetInstantMixFromAlbum request)
+        {
+            var item = DtoBuilder.GetItemByClientId(request.Id, _userManager, _libraryManager);
+
+            var result = GetInstantMixResult(request, item.Genres).Result;
+
+            return ToOptimizedResult(result);
+        }
+
+        public object Get(GetInstantMixFromMusicGenre request)
+        {
+            var genre = GetMusicGenre(request.Name, _libraryManager).Result;
+
+            var result = GetInstantMixResult(request, new[] { genre.Name }).Result;
+
+            return ToOptimizedResult(result);
+        }
+
+        public object Get(GetInstantMixFromArtist request)
+        {
+            var artist = GetArtist(request.Name, _libraryManager).Result;
+
+            var genres = _libraryManager.RootFolder
+                .RecursiveChildren
+                .OfType<Audio>()
+                .Where(i => i.HasArtist(artist.Name))
+                .SelectMany(i => i.Genres)
+                .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            var result = GetInstantMixResult(request, genres).Result;
+
+            return ToOptimizedResult(result);
+        }
+
+        private async Task<ItemsResult> GetInstantMixResult(BaseGetSimilarItems request, IEnumerable<string> genres)
+        {
+            var user = request.UserId.HasValue ? _userManager.GetUserById(request.UserId.Value) : null;
+
+            var fields = request.GetItemFields().ToList();
+
+            var dtoBuilder = new DtoBuilder(Logger, _libraryManager, _userDataRepository, _itemRepo);
+
+            var inputItems = user == null
+                                 ? _libraryManager.RootFolder.RecursiveChildren
+                                 : user.RootFolder.GetRecursiveChildren(user);
+
+            var genresDictionary = genres.ToDictionary(i => i, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            var limit = request.Limit.HasValue ? request.Limit.Value * 2 : 100;
+
+            var items = inputItems
+                .OfType<Audio>()
+                .Select(i => new Tuple<Audio, int>(i, i.Genres.Count(genresDictionary.ContainsKey)))
+                .OrderByDescending(i => i.Item2)
+                .ThenBy(i => Guid.NewGuid())
+                .Select(i => i.Item1)
+                .Take(limit)
+                .OrderBy(i => Guid.NewGuid())
+                .ToArray();
+
+            var result = new ItemsResult
+            {
+                TotalRecordCount = items.Length
+            };
+
+            var tasks = items.Take(request.Limit ?? items.Length)
+                .Select(i => dtoBuilder.GetBaseItemDto(i, fields, user));
+
+            result.Items = await Task.WhenAll(tasks).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            return result;
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
index cac11d4c0d..2b2812cd99 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/MediaBrowser.Api.csproj
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Images\ImageRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Images\ImageService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Images\ImageWriter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="InstantMixService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ItemRefreshService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ItemUpdateService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LibraryService.cs" />
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/MoviesService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/MoviesService.cs
index 166a843dc4..5ec9aa1031 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/MoviesService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/MoviesService.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
     /// </summary>
     [Route("/Movies/{Id}/Similar", "GET")]
     [Api(Description = "Finds movies and trailers similar to a given movie.")]
-    public class GetSimilarMovies : BaseGetSimilarItems
+    public class GetSimilarMovies : BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem
     {
         [ApiMember(Name = "IncludeTrailers", Description = "Whether or not to include trailers within the results. Defaults to true.", IsRequired = false, DataType = "bool", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
         public bool IncludeTrailers { get; set; }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/SimilarItemsHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/SimilarItemsHelper.cs
index 5f5d6a2f3f..7af3b399ea 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/SimilarItemsHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/SimilarItemsHelper.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,18 @@ using System.Linq;
 namespace MediaBrowser.Api
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Class BaseGetSimilarItems
+    /// Class BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem
     /// </summary>
+    public class BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem : BaseGetSimilarItems
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the id.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The id.</value>
+        [ApiMember(Name = "Id", Description = "Item Id", IsRequired = true, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "path", Verb = "GET")]
+        public string Id { get; set; }
+    }
+
     public class BaseGetSimilarItems : IReturn<ItemsResult>
     {
         /// <summary>
@@ -24,13 +34,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
         [ApiMember(Name = "UserId", Description = "Optional. Filter by user id, and attach user data", IsRequired = false, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "query", Verb = "GET")]
         public Guid? UserId { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the id.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The id.</value>
-        [ApiMember(Name = "Id", Description = "Item Id", IsRequired = true, DataType = "string", ParameterType = "path", Verb = "GET")]
-        public string Id { get; set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The maximum number of items to return
         /// </summary>
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
             }).Where(i => i.HasValue).Select(i => i.Value);
         }
     }
-
+    
     /// <summary>
     /// Class SimilarItemsHelper
     /// </summary>
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
         /// <param name="includeInSearch">The include in search.</param>
         /// <param name="getSimilarityScore">The get similarity score.</param>
         /// <returns>ItemsResult.</returns>
-        internal static ItemsResult GetSimilarItemsResult(IUserManager userManager, IItemRepository itemRepository, ILibraryManager libraryManager, IUserDataRepository userDataRepository, ILogger logger, BaseGetSimilarItems request, Func<BaseItem, bool> includeInSearch, Func<BaseItem, BaseItem, int> getSimilarityScore)
+        internal static ItemsResult GetSimilarItemsResult(IUserManager userManager, IItemRepository itemRepository, ILibraryManager libraryManager, IUserDataRepository userDataRepository, ILogger logger, BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem request, Func<BaseItem, bool> includeInSearch, Func<BaseItem, BaseItem, int> getSimilarityScore)
         {
             var user = request.UserId.HasValue ? userManager.GetUserById(request.UserId.Value) : null;
 
@@ -105,7 +108,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
                                  ? libraryManager.RootFolder.RecursiveChildren
                                  : user.RootFolder.GetRecursiveChildren(user);
 
-            var items = GetSimilaritems(item, inputItems, includeInSearch, getSimilarityScore).ToArray();
+            var items = GetSimilaritems(item, inputItems, includeInSearch, getSimilarityScore)
+                .ToArray();
 
             var result = new ItemsResult
             {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/TrailersService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/TrailersService.cs
index 96eb5b6c0f..ba544a49b3 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/TrailersService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/TrailersService.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
     /// </summary>
     [Route("/Trailers/{Id}/Similar", "GET")]
     [Api(Description = "Finds movies and trailers similar to a given trailer.")]
-    public class GetSimilarTrailers : BaseGetSimilarItems
+    public class GetSimilarTrailers : BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/TvShowsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/TvShowsService.cs
index 4d277dc38f..cdb27fb0c4 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/TvShowsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/TvShowsService.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
 
     [Route("/Shows/{Id}/Similar", "GET")]
     [Api(Description = "Finds tv shows similar to a given one.")]
-    public class GetSimilarShows : BaseGetSimilarItems
+    public class GetSimilarShows : BaseGetSimilarItemsFromItem
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/ApiClient.js b/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/ApiClient.js
index e989d8ff17..a0d4b399d6 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/ApiClient.js
+++ b/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/ApiClient.js
@@ -319,6 +319,50 @@ MediaBrowser.ApiClient = function ($, navigator, JSON, WebSocket, setTimeout) {
             });
         };
 
+        self.getInstantMixFromSong = function (itemId, options) {
+
+            var url = self.getUrl("Songs/" + itemId + "/InstantMix", options);
+
+            return self.ajax({
+                type: "GET",
+                url: url,
+                dataType: "json"
+            });
+        };
+
+        self.getInstantMixFromAlbum = function (itemId, options) {
+
+            var url = self.getUrl("Albums/" + itemId + "/InstantMix", options);
+
+            return self.ajax({
+                type: "GET",
+                url: url,
+                dataType: "json"
+            });
+        };
+
+        self.getInstantMixFromArtist = function (name, options) {
+
+            var url = self.getUrl("Artists/" + self.encodeName(name) + "/InstantMix", options);
+
+            return self.ajax({
+                type: "GET",
+                url: url,
+                dataType: "json"
+            });
+        };
+
+        self.getInstantMixFromMusicGenre = function (name, options) {
+
+            var url = self.getUrl("MusicGenres/" + self.encodeName(name) + "/InstantMix", options);
+
+            return self.ajax({
+                type: "GET",
+                url: url,
+                dataType: "json"
+            });
+        };
+
         self.getSimilarMovies = function (itemId, options) {
 
             var url = self.getUrl("Movies/" + itemId + "/Similar", options);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/packages.config b/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/packages.config
index 8fdd0ef058..07f45e242f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/packages.config
+++ b/MediaBrowser.WebDashboard/packages.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="MediaBrowser.ApiClient.Javascript" version="3.0.159" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="MediaBrowser.ApiClient.Javascript" version="3.0.160" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="ServiceStack.Common" version="3.9.56" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="ServiceStack.Text" version="3.9.55" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
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