it was the only one i could think of

i completely forgot about that other thread...the "argument thread" :)

i watched the top 100 Hip-Hop songs yeasterday....and yeah there is no denying that Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg - Ain't Nuttin But a G Thang...is a Purrrrrfect example of west coast livin....so scratch my other suggestion p[lease

Drag genre added.

All are added, great suggestions. I second the Neofolk replacement, by the way.

Just get someone to second that replacement and they're in (I won't because I know absolutely nothing about those bands).

Yeah, that's the process. But it's all good, I changed it to his new suggestion.

Sorry about that. When somebody suggests a song for a genre that isn't on the list I'm supposed to research it and I just forgot to get back to you.

I added the Avant-Prog Suggestion. However, I know nothing about Dark Wave or Ethereal Wave. Can you tell me what main category they'd fall under?

That's the plan. As soon as all the songs are chosen and assembled it'll be available for download.

It would be weird if they weren't, I agree. Also, I added the song. I was however imagining something more along the lines of Miley Cyrus for that one :laughing:

Awesome, thanks for those! We're getting super close to filling out the Rock section. All added.

Done. :)

They fall under Rock section definitely. The reason I asked for the second opinion on whether should Dead Can Dance be tagged as dark wave or ethereal is this: I consider Dark Wave to be a broad term that encompasses several genres like death-punk, gothic-rock, ethereal, cold wave etc., basically it was originally a term describing a darker side of new wave and post-punk. In this regard, Joy Division, for example would be one of the first dark wave bands. But I've seen that some people look at dark wave as a later development and more synth oriented, melancholic music, very floating etc, basically the same as Ethereal. Here's the wiki page and it actually agrees with my view: Dark Wave

But, to get to the point, Dead Can Dance were an Ethereal band, but also Dark Wave. It's not a mistake to call them with both names. We already have a Goth-Rock genre on the list and if we include Ethereal, should we also include Dark Wave as a separate genre, or should Dead Can Dance define both? That's my question and I'd like to hear opinions from other people here.

Perhaps we could combine them?

Dark Wave/Ethereal Wave (?)

^^I thought about that, yeah, we could combine them. Good idea. And if someone comes along and really wants to define Dark Wave, you can then separate them.

Categories and noms added. :)

Is this still going? Nobody has posted for a while, but it's quite a cool project. I have a couple suggestions.

Gypsy jazz: Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt

I think this is definitely the quintessential gypsy jazz song.




Jazz-funk: Chameleon - Herbie Hanc0ck





I might be able to come up with a couple others later.

I was wondering what happened to this project. You planning on finishing what you started Conan?

Northern Soul

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

Ok, hadn't seen this project before...


Goa Trance - Hallucinogen's "Demention"



Psychedelic Trance - Shpongle's "Divine Moments of Truth"



Psybient/Psychill - Celtic Cross' Jade Garden



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G-Funk - Warren G's "Regulate" (f. Nate Dogg)



Hyphy - DJ Shadow's "3 Freaks" (f. Turf Talk, Keak da Sneak)



Midwest Hip-Hop - Tech N9ne's "Slacker"



Nerdcore Hip-Hop - MC Frontalot's "Nerdcore Rising" (f. Jesse Dangerously and MC Hawking)



This explains nerdcore a little as well, along with being another song.



Turntablism - DJ Shadow's "Walkie Talkie"

I thought I would add a few more

Post Disco David Bowie - Let's Dance



Louisiana Swamp Pop

Clarence "Frogman" Henry - (I Don't Know Why) But I Do



Adult Contemporary Music

Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time



Neo Soul

Musiq Soulchild - Just Friends (Sunny)



Hair Metal

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

Yes, and updating with new suggestions soon. Thanks captaincaptain!!

Wonderin if you caught this, Conan?

It was the last post on the last page

Yes, updating asainm (as soon as I'm not mobile... Haha!)

Turntablism - Beautiful Ugly Sound by D-Styles



From his album 'Phantazmagorea', which was for all purposes, the first major all-scratched full length album release. This is the opening track on the album, and although there are plenty of tracks to pick from, I figured this was as good as any.

I was going to suggest Get Hurt by No Age but I'll have to upload it to youtube. Not that I strongly disagree with Japanther but I feel there could be a better fit since I feel the tracks more on the garage rock side.

Hong Kong/Cantonese Rock

Beyond (group) - Amani (song)



Hong Kong/Cantonese Pop

Grasshopper (group) - Lonely (song)

I had already suggested this dj shadow track but the list hasn't been updated yet. Your track was cool, too, but I admittedly never heard it before. Maybe we could vote or some such? My biased vote goes to walkie talkie, for bein' badass. :D

Should get this up and going again... updated/finished...

I agree. Does anyone have an account on playlist? I am tired of hearing my own play-lists, curious if anyone else has a good one they would want to share.

Conan, I beg of you. Please find some time to update this. I thought it was really cool. I know you don't have a lot of time or what not, but it couldn't hurt for me to beg. Please!

I second this.

Pete Fountain - When the Saints Go Marching In - Dixieland Jazz




Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Traditional Bluegrass




Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Sugar Moon - Western Swing




Herbie Hancock - Spank-A-Lee - Jazz Funk




Art Blakey - Moanin' - Hard Bop




Dj Magic Mike - Drop That Bass - Miami Bass




Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up Look Sharp - Grime




Bobby Charles - Later Alligator - Louisiana Swamp Pop

Happened to scroll through and notice some of the recs I posted for certain genres already had recs.

Herbie Hancock - Chameleon for Jazz Funk - can't argue with that selection.

and

Clarence Henry - (I Don't Know Why) But I Do - Louisiana Swamp Pop - another solid suggestion.

Yahrr har Cone Zone, thar be some support for finishing this yet.

I have a good bunch of ideas a page or two back.

Ambient music
 

I'll jump in. I saw The Orb mentioned but no dedicated exploration of the subgenres of ambient music. There's a bit of a challenge here, however - as most ambient albums operate as a whole piece and not as individual songs.

I skimmed the RYM charts and checked them against the subgenre wiki articles and thankfully most of the top results matched my own suggestions for key recordings.

DARK AMBIENT
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
Deathprod - Morals and Dogma

DRONE
Fripp & Eno's (No Pussyfooting) - Side A - "The Heavenly Music Corporation"
Stars of the Lid, either The Tired Sounds of... or And the Refinement of the Decline
Robert Rich's 7-hour Somnium sleep concert DVD-audio album

AMBIENT HOUSE
Biosphere's Substrata and Microgravity LPs
The KLF's Chill Out
The Orb's 40:00 "Blue Room" single

AMBIENT DUB
The Orb's aforementioned "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain..."

AMBIENT TECHNO
Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children
Wolfgang Vogit (as Gas) - the Nah Und Fern box set
Global Communication's 76:14

TRIBAL AMBIENT
Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return
John Hassell & Brian Eno - Fourth World Vol 1: Possible Musics

AMBIENT POP
Air - Moon Safari

BERLIN SCHOOL
Klaus Schulze - X or Timewind
Tangerine Dream's Phaedra
Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale

AMBIENT CLASSICAL
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

Can we do anything with the above list? Suggestions?

Hmm, with drone I think that we can add La Monte Young or Theatre of Eternal Music (more likely the latter). I think that Keiji Haino's "21st Century Hard-y Guide-y Man" deserves a place on it as well since that's one of the most unique drone pieces out there.

Are we just doing the more ambient side of drone or are you thinking of including the more abrasive side as well such as drone metal?

I absolutely rank Theatre of Eternal Music as the epitome of drone. But under the specific ambient umbrella I think the examples I cited are more applicable.

Curious, where does Noir Jazz / Doom Jazz fit into all this?

Any glaring omissions in my ambient-family of subgenre?

I don't really listen to much ambient, honestly. I offered my opinion on drone because that's one of the genres I'm most familiar with. Everything I know off of your list definitely fits. For ambient classical I could see John Cage's "A String Quartet in Four Parts" or Basinski's "The Disintegration Loops". Basinski might not directly fall under the classical portion, but with that piece I feel like it's the most appropriate place for him since that really is a landmark drone piece.

I also think that Aka / Darbari / Java: Magic Realism is the superior Jon Hassell album.

could add Space Ambient (John Serrie, Seirom, Michael Stearns, Alrakis, etc being some big names there) and Black Ambient (Gnaw Their Tongues, Trist, Abruptum, Moevot, etc). Also Ritual Ambient as well - Mondo Bungle would be the dude to give recs for that for sure, but Sigillum S probably fits.

Basinski for certain. RYM files it under Ambient, Tape Music, Minimalism and Drone. I'd definitely vote to fit it on the list!

Thanks Ninetales! Definitely add that to the list. That also reminded me that I'd omitted the psybient subgenre.

Carbon Based Lifeforms - World of Sleepers is the stand-out album though Cell's "Audio Deepest Night" and Shpongle's Are You Shpongled? are up there as well.

Just edited my original submission to add the essential Wolfgang Voigt Nah Und Fern Gas box set. Starting to wonder if perhaps I should build a separate guide to ambient music as this is quickly growing too large for the original thread's project.

^ wow I was just going to come in and say you should add that box set to the list. just brilliant stuff

Another one ->

AMBIENT JAZZ
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way

Decided to put together an essential guide to Modern Ambient music. My latest member journal entry covers the last 40 years of ambient essentials, encapsulated into two short video features and a handy reference list of albums discussed. Crushed into little nut Clusters and mixed with crispy flakes.

Check it out.

Where collection of your songs?

Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day (Ambient)

Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - California Desert Party (proto-punk garage rock)

Philip Glass - Metamorphosis 1 (Minimalism)

Shonen Knife - Capybara (Japanese Pop Punk)

Beat Happening - Knick Knack (American Indie and lo-fi)

Vintage Beausoleil - L'Amour Ou La Folie (Cajun, Creole, Zydeco)

Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy (Brechtian Cabaret Punk)

Sufjan Stevens - "All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!" (Americian Indie Folk; this particular song as well as others have different time signatures)