Fifty Musical Genres That Sound Made-Up
…and possibly are.
I didn’t intend to write this post. Originally, I was going to write another one of my “hilarious” posts where I make up music genres and discuss them as if they’re real. However, I found out that one of the styles I “invented” turned out to be real. It seems truth is stranger than fiction (and indeed, Ruth is stranger than Richard). So, I went to Wikipedia to find out what other crazy styles are actually out there, and I was staggered by the sheer number. These days, if someone makes music which sounds even slightly different from what’s gone before, people think it is deserving of its own category. I’m not sure if this trend is to do with hipster snobbery, or a reaction to the increasingly homogenised chart music. That’s a debate for another day, and probably another blog.
Anyway, here is the result of my many minutes of research on Wikipedia…
- Crust punk
- Bent edge
- Nardcore
- Folk metal
- Djent
- Death ‘n’ Roll
- Viking rock
- Cowpunk
- Punk pathetique
- Dangdut
- Lowercase
- Liquid funk
- Hardbag
- Japanoise
- Grindie
- Isolationism
- Neurofunk
- Darkstep
- Folktronica
- Ghettotech
- Humppa
- Swamp pop
- Livetronica
- Wonky pop
- Sophisti-pop
- Yé-yé
- Unblack metal
- Nintendocore
- Pornogrind
- Mathcore
- Medieval metal
- Filk
- Czech bluegrass
- Tecno brega
- Grindcore
- Gabber
- Psybient
- Illbient
- Space disco
- Diva house
- Progressive bluegrass
- Folk noir
- Death industrial
- Martial industrial
- Electronic body music
- Goa trance
- Aggrotech
- Power noise
- Technoid
- Witch house
I state that these aren’t made-up, but I suppose they all music styles are, to a certain degree. It’s human nature to try to categorise things into groups, and often people go too far. However, enough people must think that these are worthy of a Wikipedia page.
Your homework is to go and listen to at least one song from each of these styles. Good luck!
Posted on July 3, 2013, in Misophonic and tagged Dance, Electronica, Music, Rock. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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