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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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