1) Schranz

This is like the Satan spawn of hard techno. It just goes on and on until it hammers the distortion until your brain bleeds. I reckon this would be cool with lots of leather in a European sex club.

2) Chiptunes

One of my favourite music genres ever. It combines the awesome chip sounds of vintage game consoles and creates this diverse array of raw music. Perhaps you can call it more of a medium as opposed to a genre, but it’s awesome nonetheless. For more check out 8bitpeoples. P.S – My 8bit friends will probably hate me for putting this in the same post as crunkcore.

3) Crunkcore

I’ve linked to this before as a song that will end a party, but I reckon some people dig this, like getting “CRUNK UP IN THIS BUSINESS” while “SCREAMING”. They seem to get a lot of chicks. Kudos to them… I just wish they mixed up two different genres, maybe we need a GangstaPop band, like Miley Cyrus rapping/autotuning/ooh-ing about all the booty they get as tween… wait that’s Justin Bieber.

4) Spacesynth/Italo-Disco

Spacesynth is what the 80′s left behind. The cheese in this music can feed a whole town for years. It’s so delicious and over done that it makes me wonder if it wasn’t some post-modern music movement, kinda like Die Antwoord.

5) Nintendocore

I’ve seen HORSE the band live and they really know how to break your neck headbanging and moshing your brains out. This odd example of more “screaming” plus Nintendo/8bit sounds makes me wanna rip people up in style. There’s a lot more obscure “core” genres out there, but this is by far the most fun.

6) Opera-Glitch-Electro

Local South African band, Lark, makes the awesomest mix of operatic style voices with lots of harmonies filled with glitch electro. I guess you can’t actually call it a genre yet, ’cause it’s totally off the chart and unique. They are definitely one of my favourite acts in South Africa. I’ve seen them live numerous times. Some people find it “too weird”. I say they’re missing the best bunch musicians creating the world’s most creative music.

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Tags: chiptunes, crunkcore, die antwoord, Horse the band, lark, nintendocore, schranz, spacesynth
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