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Experimental / Avant-garde
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Experimental / Avant-garde is a genre connected to a wider network of artists, recordings and musical traditions.
The clearest way to understand Experimental / Avant-garde is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Pierre Henry, Arovane and Nils Frahm.
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Continental Europe · Experimental / Avant-garde
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01III2024 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 02Symphonie pour un homme seul: Scherzo2000 · Musique Concrète · electronicOpen in new tab 03(rhizomE)2017 · Electroacoustic · electroacousticOpen in new tab 04Live at Wall&Wall2025 · Noise · noiseOpen in new tab 05Houston, the 5th2012 · Sound Art · sound artOpen in new tab 06Lyid Skor 32015 · Electroacoustic · electroacousticOpen in new tab 07es9/a2016 · Electroacoustic · electroacousticOpen in new tab 08Investigations: 12. Dispersion (Vide de la vérité suprême)2017 · Musique Concrète · electronicOpen in new tab 09Craters2017 · Drone · droneOpen in new tab 10Investigations: 11. Éventail (Vide de la nature primaire)2017 · Musique Concrète · electronicOpen in new tab
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