International Strange Music Day: 7 niche genres you've probably never heard of
International Strange Music Day: 7 niche genres you've probably never heard of
In honour of International Strange Music Day, here's a list of 7 niche genres to explore. But how many of them have you heard of?
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- Chap Hop
- Vaporware
- Nintendocore
- German Reggae
- Gabber
- Witch House
Every Noise At Once is my favorite genre discovery tool
That seems like a site I could lose a lot of time to!
Very surprised by two of the entries on the list, as they are hardly new (although super niche).
"So you're saying your music taste is pretty diverse? Name all 6275 genres/styles of music."
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The day was created by New York musician Patrick Grant, who believes that broadening people’s musical horizons can also change the way that society views other aspects of life.
The satirical genre originated from England and incorporates elements of British 'chap culture', stereotypical English obsessions such as watching cricket and drinking tea, with classic rap and hip-hop tropes.
The clear visual style incorporates old images and web design from the early days of the internet and mixes it with more futuristic elements such as cyberpunk and glitch art.
If Mario and Luigi grew their hair out, started wearing black leather jackets and playing the electric guitar, you might end up with something like Nintendocore.
Nintendocore combines chiptune and retro video game music, with heavy metal and hardcore punk, to create a unique, aggressive, and nostalgic sound.
The music features extremely fast tempos (at upwards of 190 beats per minute), distorted 4×4 kick drum patterns, shouted vocals and blaring detuned synth riffs.
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