How many of these genres can you define without googling?

post a quick definition for each one, if you cant do at least 5 correct definitions then you dont belong on Sup Forums

Other urls found in this thread:

youtube.com/watch?v=Mu6ETSJJnyw
youtube.com/watch?v=1ayLPizftbU
youtube.com/watch?v=eOofWzI3flA
youtube.com/watch?v=6QsLZ3smglw
twitter.com/AnonBabble

>shoegaze
genre from the early 90s with wall of sound guitars and heavy effect pedal use
>techno
UNTZ UNTZ EDM
>post-rock
a more ambient and unconventional application of rock instrumentation
>house
UNTZ UNTZ EDM
>dancehall
Jamaican beats
>IDM
Intelligent form of electronically created sounds rooted out of EDM, however it is far unlike that corporate manufactured pop shit, as it is based in music theory, complex ideas, sonic experimentation and innovation
>breaks
the beats used in oldschool hip-hop
>math rock
post-hardcore and emo influenced in indie rock with odd time signatures
>dubstep
SKREEEE WOMP WOMP WOMP SKREEEEEE WUB WUB SKREEEE

you only got three and a half right, sorry mate i'm going to have to ban you now.

>shoegaze
Looking at shoes whilst playing hence the name shoegaze
>techno
bum bum bum bum
>post-rock
They trying to make rock symphonies
>house
more dancey bum bum bum
>idm
Music that makes you think

>more dancey bum bum bum

im going to give you one and a half points, so you also have to log off :(

rock where band stares at shoes
if george clinton and Kraftwerk met in a lift
boring rock
disco made with computers
Jamaican dance music
nothing
*gun shots* *air horn*
rock in different time signatures
shitty version of Jamaican dub

you only got one point. banned :(

House and techno and dubstep aren't real music nor are they real genres.

>shoegaze
90s alternative with more reverb
>techno
dark repetitive 4/4 dance music
>post-rock
not a real genre
>house
looped disco song fragments for black gays
>dancehall
dance music for gay jamaicans
>IDM
"dance" music for smart people
>breaks
muh amen break
>math rock
emo/post hc in 27/4
>dubstep
like dub but also like 2step

3 points (2 of which are halves)

sorry mate you have to go

>Shoegaze
Genre from early 90's in which focus is on creating a wall of sound with heavy guitar effects
>Techno
Like EDM but different
>Post-Rock
Taking rock instrumentation and using it to make more grandiose compositions more akin to classical music
>House
That genre Daft Punk was before they made their most recent album
>Dancehall
Isn't is some hip hop shit
>IDM
Similar to EDM, IDM is electronic music composed that explores more artistic things in itself, things like Polyrhythm and playing with music theory as a whole. Ends up usually sounding more ambient than EDM.
>Breaks
Shit I dunno
>Math Rock
Rock that fucks with rhythm and counting. It all usually ends up sounding the same, but if you ever wanted a rock song in 13/5 it's out there.
>Dubstep
EDM with dub influence. At least that's what it was before it became WUBWUBWUBSKREEE WUBWUBSKREEE

how much house and techno and dubstep did you listen to before coming to this conclusion :)

Stop using "EDM"
ffs americans
Imagine if everyone went around labeling all rock subgenres "twang music", except that term was solely associated with the likes of Creed and Limp Bizkit among the masses. It's the same thing.

>shoegaze
drowning into fields of flowers and reverb
>techno
inawood gathering, mud and bliss of the primitive kick
>post-rock
Shoegaze without this much reverb
>house
clubbing faggotery
>dancehall
niggers clubbing faggotery
>IDM
normies clubbing faggotery
>breaks
like in breakdowns ? hell yeah I love deathcore !
>math rock
"our rhythmic is based on complex equations and shit"
>dubstep
noise adapted for normies

I can't define them but I can make noises that describe them

>dubstep
>noise
Americans out
REEEEEEEEE

3 and a half (2 whole points, 3 half points)
banned :(

>Electronic Dance Music isn't an apt name for all subgenres of electronic music you're supposed to dance too
Please tell me Eurofags aren't this retarded.

Shoegaze: Le Fancy Lo-Fi/Post-Rock

Techno: Early term for what is now called EDM

Post-Rock: Rock that isn't mainstream, but isn't exactly alternative

House: Catchy Gay Club Music

Dancehall: Jamaican Dance Music

IDM: Pretentious term for electronic music that is more complex than the average beep-boop

Breaks: Le Amen Break & Co.

Math Rock: DUDE MORE THAN ONE TIME SIGNATURE LMAO

Dubstep: Wub Wub and Bassdrop

1 and a half points, bye bye

IDM is techno

>subgenres of electronic music
electronic music isnt a genre so it cant have subgenres

yeah but i'm french

very incorrect

one and a half points, banned.

because "EDM" is a marketing term that mostly describes brostep, "trap," and big-room progressive house that is most commonly associated with venues like Tomorrowland or the Electric Daisy Carnival. It's not at all representative of dance music in general.

>shoegaze
vroooom
>techno
untz untz untz untz
>post-rock
crescendos
>house
untz tchak untz tchak
>dancehall
oompa woompa
>idm
untz untz thrown down a stairwell
>breaks
untz dum tchk pam untz dum tchk pam
>math rock
guitar thrown down a stairwell
>dubstep
untz [space] tchak tchak [space] untz [space] tchak tchak

how can you be french and not know what house is

one and a half points, banned.

Literally who are you and what makes you think your low-effort shitposts are even being considered?

>Shoegaze is a melodic and noisy "wall of sound" made with guitars with reverb effects
>Techno is four-to-the-floor electronic music influenced by Kraftwerk
>Post-Rock is the idea of music with guitars that doesn't follow the rock formula
>House is techno's groovier cousin influenced by disco instead of euro body music
>IDM is a loose label that applies to electronic music that is designed for home listening instead of the club
>Breaks are chopped up and sped-up samples of the drums on old jazz records
>Dubstep is electronic music with distorted and wobbly bass descendant from Jamaican dancehall

>Electronic music isn't a genre
Then give me a blanket term for all genres and subgenres of music that exclusively use electronic instruments and/or sequenced instruments.

lol french or not, I don't give a fuck about house, so I couldn't describe it very well.
nevertheless, my post was total bullshit if you haven't noticed yet

Rock
Funk+synth pop
Rock
Disco+computers
Jamaican EDM
Meaningless
Breaks+techno+hip hop
Rock
Dub+UKgarage

youtube.com/watch?v=Mu6ETSJJnyw

Like string music for every genre that uses guitars, harp, violin, etc ?

>hurr durr reverb
>muh scene
>muh crescendo
>hurr durr dance
>muh old dance
>hurr durr shitty cgi
>muh amen
>epic weird and obscure time signatures xD
>muh drop

>one and a half points, banned.
prove it

>shoegaze
sad songs and walls of guitar noise. shit genre

>techno
kick kick kick kick

>house
kick clap kick clap

>post-rock
long songs with le epic buildup, usually shit
>dancehall
when i see this i automatically avoid, so idk

>IDM
forbidden rhythms

>breaks
shitty sounding drumming

>mathrock
forbidden rhythms

>dubstep
my shit (the real kind of dubstep - skrillex, etc)

you are banned from Sup Forums for only being able to define one of those genres properly

three and a half points, very close to getting four so this is the best one so far

why would you need a blanket term that includes stockhausen, maurizio and aphex twin. that is like asking for a blanket term that includes beethoven, american football and charles mingus

0 points :(

So which one of these is dubstep again?
youtube.com/watch?v=1ayLPizftbU
youtube.com/watch?v=eOofWzI3flA

we speak about techno, but are we speaking of stuff like this ?

youtube.com/watch?v=6QsLZ3smglw

because this is what techno is to me.

one and a half points, banned.

one and a half points, banned

first one

first once since the second one is fidget house

>the real kind of dubstep - skrillex, etc
looooool

yes

>this is the best one so far
Feels good man

1. Knowing genres isn't relevant for enjoying music, only for categorizing and locating

2. You have no power

3. YouTube comment section is better than Sup Forums anyway

Mate that's like Hard Techno. It's like saying "Hey are we discussing rock?" and then posting Whitesnake or something.

You're technically right, but that sound is not indicative of the genre as a whole.

i'm the 2nd one, which one did i get right?

the IDM one

shoegaze is the full point

Hardtek is actually way more brutal, this is Tribe techno, a subgenre very popular among french ravers.

>3. YouTube comment section is better than Sup Forums anyway

>distorted post-punk
>funky drum machine tunes
>ambient not-rock using rock instrumentation
>poppy drum machine tunes
>da dub (reggae drum machine tunes) wit airhorns
>ambient techno
>house-y breakbeat
>indie rock with difficult meters
>wubby bass breakbeat
With breakbeat being drum machine tunes with lots of breaks

shoegaze = reverb guitars
techno = 4 on the floor kick with sidechain synths
post-rock = came after rock
house = chicago
dancehall = riddim
IDM = aphex twin
breaks = amen break
math rock = rock in 5/4
dubstep = UK 2 step riddims

>mfw not banned yet

>Music that makes you think
lmao

downtempo pop in moll
4/4
distorted guitars and no bass
4/4
4/4
bleep bloop noises
meth heads
9/12
toilet sounds

just accept your ban please...

3 points including 2 halves, banned

3 points including 2 halves, banned

2 points of which 2 are halves, banned

8 points! Holy shit this is perfect

Did and get the same questions right?

no

trash

noises

musical garbage

oonga bonga beats

more jungle monkey drums

shit

fucking shit

disgusting, dumpster-fire tier rancid shit

wub dub bub dum; an autistic vegetables thoughts translated into sound

I mean if you wanted to catagorize your music that way sure. I'm still waiting on the term I can use to describe it all without triggering you.

>that is like asking for a blanket term that includes beethoven, american football and charles mingus
You know, GYBE!, Melt-Banana, The 1975, and Can are all considered "rock". "Classical" also encompasses gregorian chanting, Bach, Shoenberg, and Debussy, even though they're all completely different from each other. "Rock" and "classical" are both shitty blanket terms, so I fail to see how "electronic music" is any worse.

going to have to give you a 0

classical isnt a genre at all and rock is a perfectly fine genre

By your definition, what is a genre?

organized sounds x 9

Rock is fine. Just because there are a thousand subgenre labels doesn't make it varied.

Literally the same to you
why the fuck do you have a trip if you know jack shit about music genres

9 points :)

>"Rock" is a fine term even though there's a billion flavors of it, "Electronic music" isn't because it's all so different
I fail to see how this is a good counter argument.

Grouping by commonalities in style or method

Techno today is as old as rock in 1992
House today is as old as rock in 1992
Breaks today are as old as rock in 1985

Was rock not a distinct genre by the 90s?

Rock is an actual meaningful description that refers to music derived from rock and roll and has a certain variation on core instrumentation (lead, vocals, bass, drums) and each instrument has a fairly definite role.

>shoegaze
emo faggots who play alt-rock which indulges too much in effects & reverb
>techno
4/4 dance music which focuses on rhythm and the kick
>post-rock
rock music that applies conventions not commonly used in rock music - mostly a one-trick-pony
>house
4/4 dance music that focuses more melody and has lots of high hats and bongo loops
>dancehall
Jamaican pop music
>IDM
non 4/4 dance music
>breaks
shitty tinny sounding drumming loops, not 4/4
>math rock
emo rock with weird time signatures or just vocal-less hectic instrumental rock
>dubstep
form of uk dance music that takes influences from 2step, dub and uk garage

5 and a half with three halves, you can stay

>shoegaze
hazy ass shit with a fuzz box and delay. named after nonconfrontational beta singers looking at the long pedal board instead of the audience
>techno
no one is a 100% on this one but basically really bad electronic music
>post-rock
instrumental rock with delay +loop pedals and crescendos. some times has horns
>house
pleb electronic music, 4/4 beat for maximum dancing, squelching synthleads usuall eaturs a "Drop"
>dancehall
like, latino/african grooves/rhythm, features sampling, hella pianos
>idm
breakbeat but with less amen breaks and more people making ugly faces on the albums covers
>breaks
the amen break over shit that isn't in that song
>math rocks
lots of guitar pedals except playing fast and with a lot of strange time signatures
>dubstep
like rocksteady+dub music mixed with electronic garage in the 21st century sorta

>electronic garage
looool

and electronic music is music composed exclusively for electronically synthesized instruments or sampled from other sources. How is it a worse descriptor just because there are no clearly defined instruments or roles?

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production.
*wikipedia, last.fm, allmusic, rateyourmusic

All of these are by definition, electronic music

Musique concrete
EAI / Onkyo
Turntable / tape music
Electronic rock crossover
Ambient
Hip hop
Dub
Downtempo / Chillout
Chillwave / Vaporwave / Internet genres
Techno and many subs
House and many subs
UK Garage and many subs
Trance and many subs
Breaks and many subs
EDM
Drone
Noise
Industrial
EBM
Synthpop

No common ancestor and, as you said, no clearly defined instrumentation or roles.

Method of production has nothing to do with genre, you could make rock music electronically

>No common ancestor
What about the composers of early electronic music like Stockhausen and Perry?
>no clearly defined instruments or roles
I feel like this is even more a reason to consider it it's own genre. No other styles of music can do this since music composed electronically can alter timbre and rhythm in ways impossible in other styles.

In what way does jungle or dancehall descend from stockhausen?

In what way does noise rock or hardcore punk descend from The Beatles?

Rock and roll -> velvet underground -> noisy experimental rock -> noise rock

Caring about music genres is for autists.

having a trip where you contribute dogshit to the board is for autists

Jungle is a combination of synthpop based techno with Jamaican dub and hip hop breaks, Kraftwerk and YMO come from Stockhausen

Dub -> Electronic music -> Dancehall -> Jungle

>Post-Rock is the idea of music with guitars that doesn't follow the rock formula

Slint is considered definitive post-rock and that's just post-hardcore/math rock, so that must be incorrect

What synthpop based techno music lead into jungle?

I dunno what noisy experimental rock lead into noise rock?

Electronic music isnt a genre and dancehall is not descended from dub reggae

Teenage Jesus and The Jerks

I hope you're not seriously implying a single No Wave band started the entirety of Noise Rock.

>Electronic music isn't a genre
Then I guess Jazz, Classical, Rock, and Hip Hop aren't genres either.

They are one of several bands, Mars is another example

Hip hop is electronic music