Boards of Canada and SimilarSongs written, performed, or otherwise touched by Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, half similar sounds: influences, collaborators, friends, songs they enjoy, similar sounding contemporaries and sample sources. โ reflective, pastoral, somber, imaginitive, mathmatical โ Nostalgia
Chillwave & Glo-FiThe term 'Chillwave' was coined in 2009 by the blog Hipster Runoff, referring to recent indie music that sounded "like something that was playing in the background of 'an old VHS cassette that u found in ur attic from the late 80s/early 90s." โ Hazy, heavy reverb, lo-fi, indietronica, dreampop
Crystal Castles and SimilarSongs written, performed, or otherwise touched by Alice Glass, Ethan Kath, and/or Edith Frances, alongside similar sounds: influences, collaborators, similar sounding contemporaries and sample sources. โ cold, nocturnal, ominous, electrified, bombastic, possessed, damaged
Daft Punk and SimilarTBH this playlist is being FUCKED with the most out of any of mine! I don't know if it's Spotify, a third party, a hacker, or what... but it's really pissing me off!
Four Tet and SimilarHalf songs written, performed, or otherwise touched by Kieran Hebden AKA โณโโณโ, 4T Recordings,โฃโก๊บแเผฝ, 00110100 01010100, KH, Percussions, and half similar sounds: influences, collaborators, friends, songs he enjoys, similar sounding contemporaries and sample sources โ terrestrial, telluric
Neon Indian and SimilarSongs written, performed, or otherwise touched by Alan Palomo (Neon Indian, VEGA, Ghosthustler), along side similar sounds: influences, collaborators, friends, songs he enjoys, similar sounding contemporaries and sample sources. Italo Disco, Synth Pop, Chillwave โ Missing: Seriously, It's Over
Oneohtrix Point Never and SimilarSongs from the mind of Daniel Lopatin as well as deep cuts, influences, collaborators, songs he enjoys, similar sounding contemporaries, sample sources, and Software Records releases. โ spacey, experimental, freewheeling, complex, volatile, visceral, hypnotic, cerebral, solitude
Pointillistic Trance โโโโโโโโโโ Lorenzo Senniโโโโโ Lorenzo Senni coined the term for his own sound, but he's not alone. Including tracks from his Build-Ups Mix series and his label Presto!? Records, Deconstructed Club, Ambient Trance, Bleep Techno, Hardstyle, PC Music, Supersaw Waves, Rave Voyeurism. โ (Cover: Optical Ripple by Simon C. Page)
SEAPUNK ๐ฌ 2024Inspired by Coral Records Internazionale, this list has true #SEAPUNK sounds circa 2011 and adjacent modern aquatic dance music. Tumblr, Float House, Future Garage, Jungle, Ardkore, Breakcore, Techno, Wonky. Not Vaporwave, Witch House, or Lo-Fi which many needlessly equate. Thanks for the love! ๐ ๐๐คฟ
SPACE DISCOInspired by the Space Disco mixes created by Edwin Van Cleef and Blog House circa late '00s to early '10s, this list includes disco influenced house tracks and remixes โ Nu Disco, Synthwave, Retrowave, Drive OST, Progressive House, Deep House โ Lifelike, Amtrac, Fred Falke, Tensnake, Anoraak
That Boy Needs Therapy!Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches and songs that sound and feel similar. Plunderphonics and the like...
The Caretaker and SimilarJames Leyland Kirby is finally on Spotify! The Caretaker tracks with similar sounds which dip in and out of lucidity. Music of the early 20th century like ballroom and big band mixed with dark ambient, hauntology, tunes with a dementia twist โ cover: 'shoplesisness funcpentant' by Ivan Seal
Utopian ScholasticThis aesthetic was a kid's version of Frasurbane with an emphasis on scholastic endeavors, edutainment, and an end-of-history approach to learning. Popular throughout the 90s, it used classical typography, stock photo collage, and was made possible by advancements in editing software. (via C.A.R.I.)
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แซแนWitch House was a micro-genre coined by Pictureplane and popular in the early 2010s. It is characterized by dark occult themes and heavily influenced by the chopped & screwed style of hip-hop as well as industrial, noise, and dream pop. โ includes new and old tracks, grave wave, drag, wave โ โโฒโ
โผ๏ธDARK CORNERโผ๏ธAn unhealthy mix of dark ambient, horror soundtracks, and frightening atomspheric sounds all without any lyrics. Great background music for a haunted house or reading ghost stories all night. Enjoy! (Cover by me)
โ๏ธ WINTER โ๏ธSongs that give you the feeling of winter or coldness in general along side some ice and snow sound effects. โ Perfect for cooling down on a sweltering hot summer's day or anytime you are yearning for a snow day!
๐ซ PLANET PLAYGROUND [a peak into my ears] ๐ซI dump onto this pile often, and reorganize the first handfull every so often. A lot of silly nonsense and bleepy booperinos that make me smile and cause me to shake my butt! Nigelness to its core ๐ง๐
๐ฅ TOP 1OO SONGS ๐ฅSongs about love, loss, and every emotion in between. My personal favorite auditory art organized by sound not ranking. [MISSING: Just for the Night by BMSR โ And As I Sat Beside You I Felt The Great Sadness That Day by Leyland Kirby โ Pulling Out Of Ricardo And The Dusk Is Falling Fast by The KLF]