Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music

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30 points·ilia_lotov··9 comments

There's at least one track I wrote used as an example of a genre in this guide.

Full disclosure: I have the privilege of knowing Ishkur personally

Definitely two tracks. =)

That's cool! Curious to listen - please share :)

I've enjoyed Ishkur's Guide since the old version. Checking out music genres I hadn't experienced, seeing the history, it's all great. But the best part is his descriptions of the genres. This is one of my favorites:

Funk music started out in the 1970s as something black guys would occasionally perform while wearing capes, jamming on synthesizers and laying out long, noodly basslines while singing about spaceships and elves. It is the coolest music ever.

This contrasts with Progressive Rock which also started out in the 1970s as something white guys would occasionally perform while wearing capes, jamming on synthesizers and laying out long, noodly basslines while singing about spaceships and elves. It is the dorkiest music ever.

I remember this from around 2010. Helped me go from liking trance and "techno" (what we called house music in high school) to having a broader appreciation of the untz and untz-adjacent. Glad to see it has been updated.

I remember it from 2001...! It was very helpful in exposing me to genres I would never have otherwise known about from my semi-rural upbringing.

Ah yes, I was raised in a small town where exposure to such things was limited, but it was also when house music was overtaking rock as the sound of pop... Now I'm having this sensation as though the depths of the world have been smeared across the surface of society... When it's safe again I'll burrow once more.

Similar: https://everynoise.com/

Wow

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