What unpopular music genres do you like?

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11 Mar 2018, 1:59 am

Polka music seems to be a popular genre to hate on. A lot of people say they like everything, but polka. I happen to enjoy polka. People also love to hate on Yoko Ono. I actually like some of her music.

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11 Mar 2018, 7:40 am

Psytrance and synthwave aren't particuarly popular genres to my understanding, so those would be two unpopular genres I enjoy.

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11 Mar 2018, 8:52 am

EBM (Electronic Body Music) isn't exactly reaching the top sales charts. Hard hitting beats and rarely Major notes, mostly minor. EBM is to Synthpop what Metal is to rock.

Frontline Assembly, "Mindphaser" fron 1992

Japanese Kodo (Wardrum) music. I used to listen to Ondekoza lots when playing "Shogun: Total War"

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I also like some ethnic crossover techno music, i found these guys rocking it in Catalünya Square in Barcelona in 2007:

Minimal Acoustic Band "Akebono" (so it's also Japanese-ish, sue me)

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12 Mar 2018, 9:25 am

Soca and calypso from Trinidad & Tobago.

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12 Mar 2018, 9:59 am

I don't think soca and calypso are necessarily "unpopular." When people are exposed to it, they like it. Calypso was controversial in the old days because of their political and sexual satire. Soca is sort of the "modern" version of calypso--but I don't they the controversy is so great with soca and calypso these days.

For some reason, they don't seem to play much of it in US stations. It seems like they play more Jamaican-influenced music. Like "dancehall," or "reggaeton," things like that.

I wonder if it's because of the "purity" of soca and calypso. That they are associated with Trinidad and Tobago only. Those other things I mentioned are more "fusion" type things. They are not necessarily associated with Jamaica, like Bob Marley-type reggae is.

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14 Mar 2018, 7:06 pm

Avant garde jazz, atonal/expressionist music.

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14 Mar 2018, 7:51 pm

Grindcore

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14 Mar 2018, 11:08 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

Grindcore

Only outside of extreme metal circles.

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15 Mar 2018, 4:25 am

thewrll wrote:

funeralxempire wrote:

Grindcore

Only outside of extreme metal circles.

Even within, plenty of extreme music fans aren't familiar enough to even identify bands that qualify. The term is more popular than the actual genre.

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17 Mar 2018, 6:23 am

Depressive Suicidal Black Metal (DSBM)

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17 Mar 2018, 7:17 pm

My own genre.

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18 Mar 2018, 3:36 am

Synth Wave

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18 Mar 2018, 4:22 am

Chamber pop.

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18 Mar 2018, 8:28 am

Comedy, EMO, Bubblegum Pop, Country, Celtic

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