Abstract

Abstract music is a genre characterized by its experimental and avant-garde approach, often featuring unconventional sounds, rhythms, and instrumentation. Emerging in the 1970s and 1980s, it drew inspiration from ambient, electronic, and avant-garde music, with artists pushing the boundaries of traditional music-making. The genre's heyday in the 1990s saw the rise of IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), a subgenre that emphasized complex rhythms and electronic manipulation. Abstract music's cultural significance lies in its rejection of mainstream conventions, instead embracing complexity and innovation. It has influenced a range of genres, from electronic and ambient to glitch and breakcore, and is distinguished by its use of dissonance, atonality, and unorthodox production techniques, setting it apart from more accessible electronic styles.

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1 Karton
ALVUWKI
Alpha Music
Animator
B-Lion
Branbel
CFL Golden
CHUFLEX
Calvin Voichicoski
Carboidrati
Dari-Ow
Drabusheyka
DtartaBeats
Edb
Erda
Etienne Bazola
F.O.
Fraks
Gentle Leader XIV
Ggreco
Goddess Atina
Hattus
Hi Freq Samples
Hideo Kobayashi
Hito
INVADR76
Iskarelyn
Ivan Herzog
JAAD
JOH
Jorge Doe
KOMPLEXX
KZZR
Kamaji04
Krupek
Ksenon
Leo Kaminski
Leyhausen
Loamsiada
MARAU BPM
Marumari
Mazzariello
Mefurkande
Mika Vainio
Mittekill
Mo-T
Molla
MÜN
Naumaur
Nosmoh
Now
ORO600
OSWALD
O_U_T_R_E_N_O_I_R
Organically Programmed
Pan Cheng
Paniëntos
Phi-Psonics
Piku
Q69k
QRRA
Rabit
Razxca
Recoechi
Renato Criscuolo
Ryujin Kiyoshi
Ryutqc
SOLIDNAYA
SORE BEATZ
ST4
Shunaka
Skaphos
Surrounded by Sound
Sxulli
Synesthetic IVO
Taär
The Ymr Experience
Thelemite
UTENTE175
Veebo
Vurtist
Xmit
Ya-Ne
Yang
`ёarly
brokencray
duisenbi
etu
florek
gapman
hichi
ili Aye
ishoom
kulturr
lavd667
shhieda
tAisuke
wasyl
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W Sound
Mucco
Brian Eno
VISXGE
J.Moods
Pureojuice
ORO600
Dibyo
Haku.
OSWALD
Jog
gapman
CBW
Livrunna
Lustrum U.V.S.V./N.V.V.S.U.
NOON
Hi Freq Samples
frytz
Saltyngget
APHACA
Mita Gami
shhieda
Yeschapskii
Nosmoh
dkj
shilou.
Black061
iLLEOo
Ggreco
kulturr
Goro
Erda
DBL
A.Z. Louna
Squarepusher
Ryutqc
Autechre
WeTC
TAF LATHOS
Jartisto
f5ve
Awski
HXNS
Mad Trip
KinAhau
Biosphere
Casino Versus Japan
Le Motel
Kyozo
JOH
Tripolism
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Steyl
Naitivihod
pik pik
Zcar JPG
RAIKAHO
JSO
Meep
Kazal
The Future Sound Of London
narpy
a4
adamxyz
Il Greco
Kaist
Montreux Stay-Behinds
SOLIDNAYA
VDA
UkeyEZ
Iskarelyn
Zomoz
World Recorders
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Wontu
Tenda
religiousbliss
Kettel
Drabusheyka
DPOS
Ivan Herzog
etu
Piku
y_x
The Sound Designers
Shunaka
Locust
a!ka
ZK
Rabit
electronic kili
Antomage
AB
Maikubi
aya
A17N
Jad Obeid
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