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Let's invent some new genres.

automatik [Edit] [Delete] 70 replies 11:25, 21 August '12

On the condition that sean has to write an article about whichever one we deem funniest, and send it off to Vice, Wire etc.

e.g.
Ship-hop - pioneered by Snoop Sealion and Starboard Bow Wow, a heady mix of classic sea shanties and sea-sick beats

Dog-whistle ambient - groundbreaking experimental music, recorded entirely at a pitch undetectable by humans. John Cage reportedly assembling a team of beagles/lawyers

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Mood-drop.

Melancholic post-dubstep that ushers in a violent sense of despair every time the beat kicks in.

hip_young_gunslinger | 21 Aug '12, 11:28 | X
- this describes regular dubstep a little too well
  
  oh_gerardus_MERCATOR @hip_young_gunslinger | 21 Aug '12, 12:42 | X
  
  this'd this
Tri-cle - gloopy, honey'n'b, treacly, dark, patience trying post-dubstep featuring many artists associated with the Triangle label.

Drop-Rawk - KoRn et al.

Rat!-rock - bands who should things like sound like Rat! Rat! Rat! as they experiment with rawk and The Drop

sean | 21 Aug '12, 11:30 | X
- shout not should
  
  sean @sean | 21 Aug '12, 11:31 | X
Moogaze

Ambient drones recorded on a dairy farm.

boothyfearssatan | 21 Aug '12, 11:31 | X

funkycow this'd this
- Sounds purfect.
  
  funkycow @boothyfearssatan | 24 Aug '12, 15:49 | X
Sync-die - indie bands who make bland jangly electronic music for car adverts, and their careers die shortly after (see: Delphic)

sean | 21 Aug '12, 11:33 | X
- STOP IT
  
  chickenbones @sean | 21 Aug '12, 12:52 | X
- surely Ind-Sync
  
  Body_In_The_Thames @sean | 21 Aug '12, 12:58 | X
- Plop-Hop- Beats made with toilet sounds
  
  oojimaflop | 21 Aug '12, 12:28 | X
- Threestep
  
  Deep droning dubstep set to a heavy waltz beat.
  
  This could actually be really good, why is dance music all in 4/4?
  
  cleotis | 21 Aug '12, 12:34 | X
  
  automatik, Cementimental, and rainmaker this'd this
  - I accidentally made waltz harsh noise for a bit at one of my recent shows
    
    Cementimental @cleotis | 21 Aug '12, 13:50 | X
    - Quality Time Signature
      
      automatik @Cementimental | 21 Aug '12, 13:52 | X
      
      japes this'd this
- There's this new music, it's called indie...
  
  Alex-in-Ciderland | 21 Aug '12, 12:57 | X
  - U LICK STRONGBOW OFF SMACKEDS BEERMATS
    
    automatik @JimmyCarterSaysYes | 21 Aug '12, 13:11 | X
    
    this'd this
  - Tree House
    
    Dance music for children and hippies.
    
    boothyfearssatan | 21 Aug '12, 13:14 | X
  - Skindie
    
    Skinhead indie
    
    TerminalHopes | 21 Aug '12, 13:14 | X
    - ^see missing andy
      
      skippingkate @TerminalHopes | 22 Aug '12, 13:27 | X
  - Skindie
    
    Skinhead indie
    
    TerminalHopes | 21 Aug '12, 13:15 | X
  - how about a little known genre called
    
    RADIOHEAD
    
    p_a_u_l | 21 Aug '12, 13:17 | X
  - TLC-gaze - most things blogs are writing about right now.
    
    sean | 21 Aug '12, 13:21 | X
  - Erectrocrash
    
    Soundtrack music to automotive paraphilia. Possibly in Japan.
    
    funkycow | 21 Aug '12, 13:24 | X
  - Ship-hop exists:
    
    http://boingboing.net/2012/07/11/sea-shanty.html
    
    Cementimental | 21 Aug '12, 13:49 | X
    - Oh my god
      
      I love the world
      
      automatik @Cementimental | 21 Aug '12, 13:54 | X
      
      Cementimental this'd this
  - sigh-fi
    
    happypenguin | 21 Aug '12, 13:54 | X
  - Hugstep
    
    Warm, post-ambient dreamscapes made by men who are old enough to know better... WITH WUBS!
    
    sweetverbs | 21 Aug '12, 14:28 | X
    
    D-san this'd this
  - Dentistcore
    
    shucks | 21 Aug '12, 14:31 | X
  - Dudstep
    
    Poor quality dubstep.
    
    funkycow | 21 Aug '12, 14:32 | X
  - Dubstop.
    
    D-san | 21 Aug '12, 14:34 | X
    - Please.
      
      funkycow @D-san | 21 Aug '12, 14:37 | X
      
      Cementimental this'd this
  - Power drill violence
    
    Extreme metal that ditches guitars for household tools sent through amplifiers
    
    aactv | 22 Aug '12, 02:01 | X
    - is this close enough?
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEC2Z01LnuE
      
      Cementimental @aactv | 22 Aug '12, 09:49 | X
      - there's so much to enjoy in that video
        
        but that lad who just mooches up to the front and sits down, pint in hand, absolutely killed me.
        
        codpieceface @Cementimental | 22 Aug '12, 21:52 | X
        
        Cementimental, dcnuman, and ThirstyDog this'd this
        
        Brilliant.
        
        Bloke with the axe at 0'29" - isn't that Louis Theroux in a wig?
        
        The bloke with the pint is at 2'09" btw. Fantastic moment.
        
        ThirstyDog @codpieceface | 23 Aug '12, 06:10 | X
  - IRA-disco
    
    bit_eraly | 22 Aug '12, 02:07 | X
    - Oh this already exists, sorry
      
      http://i.imgur.com/6FiXe.jpg
      
      bit_eraly @bit_eraly | 22 Aug '12, 02:50 | X
  - Rub-a-Dub
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7SrHRZruNk
    
    Yvash | 22 Aug '12, 02:23 | X
  - Alt-Diet
    
    Bands for people with alternative dietary requirements. Leading lights in the scene include:
    
    Soy Division
    KuoRn
    Portobelle & Sebastian
    Gluten-Free Radicals
    Shellactose Intolerant
    
    hexagram | 22 Aug '12, 10:20 | X
    - Good work
      
      automatik @hexagram | 22 Aug '12, 11:38 | X
  - Cunty & Western
    
    Ed Sheeran's new Americana direction
    
    ThirstyDog | 22 Aug '12, 11:54 | X
  - Cycledelia
    
    A new wave of druggy, Bradley Wiggins-inspired acts with big sideburns
    
    ThirstyDog | 22 Aug '12, 11:56 | X
  - Choogaze
    
    Like shoegaze, except all the bands wear very expensive limited edition shoes
    
    ThirstyDog | 22 Aug '12, 11:57 | X
  - Neggae
    
    an inversion of Reggae beat where the 'cha' is on every 1st and 3rd beat, so that suddenly everything sounds like an enforced totalitarian march, despite every lyric still being about being stoned and in love.
    
    cocodaLOL | 22 Aug '12, 12:03 | X
    
    this'd this
  - John Lowe-fi
    
    Shambling, amateurish indie-rock performed by fat blokes in garish polyester shirts
    
    ThirstyDog | 22 Aug '12, 12:13 | X
  - Dad-hop
    
    Young hip-hop acts who unwittingly appeal to an older demographic, leading 40-something blokes to embarrass their kids by saying "This is pretty good, sounds like EPMD"
    
    ThirstyDog | 22 Aug '12, 12:17 | X
  - Sacredelic. Devotional trip music
    Bipolar Pop. Music for the mentally ill not in da club.
    
    DriftingSkeleton | 22 Aug '12, 12:19 | X
  - Clunge
    
    Pearl Jam/Nirvana-influenced wave of all-female bands
    
    ThirstyDog | 22 Aug '12, 12:20 | X
    
    funkycow this'd this
    - are you sure
      
      that this doesnt already exist?
      
      gamecat @ThirstyDog | 24 Aug '12, 16:18 | X
  - phone-fi
    
    music that sounds like it was recorded by proxy through a phone box.
    
    berksy | 22 Aug '12, 13:09 | X
  - bus-step
    
    a subgenre mixing happy-hardcore and trance that sounds like it's being played behind you by some stupid kids on the night bus.
    
    berksy | 22 Aug '12, 13:10 | X
  - ToryPOP
    
    something that cameron would GENUINELY be comfortable dancing to.
    Something to impress his freind Jeremy.
    
    I_AM_AN_ISLAND | 22 Aug '12, 13:39 | X
  - Can't win / don't try
    
    Sean is the king of pointless genre creation. I'd swear he gains a sexual pleasure from it.
    
    blokealex | 22 Aug '12, 13:41 | X
  - up your game people
    
    you can do better than this. YES WE CAN!
    
    sean | 22 Aug '12, 21:41 | X
  - Hall 'n Bass
    
    A sub-genre of Drum 'n Oates
    
    mute-branches | 22 Aug '12, 22:04 | X
    - Already exists
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJVQJ4-n_cA
      
      muserobot @mute-branches | 23 Aug '12, 09:27 | X
  - Gangsta madrigal
    
    Tough gangs of sinewy men roaming south central LA & terrorising people with their close harmony singing
    
    ThirstyDog | 23 Aug '12, 04:06 | X
  - SPOOKY ROLLER DISCO
    
    codpieceface | 23 Aug '12, 04:51 | X
  - Bagpipe reggae
    
    Ooops sorry, bindun:
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mfsbE4bVk
    
    ThirstyDog | 23 Aug '12, 06:03 | X
  - Math-Mariachi
    
    I'm trying this one out - no joke!
    
    Annoying_person | 24 Aug '12, 01:34 | X
  - Dalstoncore
    
    Male Bonding etc..
    
    Rad!
    
    Hayward | 24 Aug '12, 15:10 | X
  - Doo-Hop
    
    Doo-Wop crossed with Hip-Hop
    
    Tiresias42 | 24 Aug '12, 15:57 | X

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