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Any musician whose music is unique enough to be considered almost a genre unto themselves.
One that comes to mind for me is Frank Zappa.
One that comes to mind for me is Frank Zappa.
This guy's playing the Horseshoe tomorrow night.Chuck ProphetOne for the Squire players
OH My god..Chuck Prophet ] One for the Squire players
I've never heard that before - that's a fantastic tune.Tough one...Jeff Beck(?). I was listening to the track "Nadia" last night and besides being mind boggling, it combines blues, middle eastern/tabla with techno music. He did a few albums in that same vein starting with Who Else in the late '90's. I thought it was a new genre in itself but not sure....
Yep, the first time I heard it I was totally blown away. Actually, it still blows me away. Beck being Beck, it's hard to distinguish which parts are bottleneck and not.I've never heard that before - that's a fantastic tune.
The haunting Steel lines were gorgeous - I enjoyed that.Isn't there another thread recently about Henry Kaiser that would qualify? Lol.
How about "Listener"? I remember this guy from just over a decade ago. Played tiny shows for 20 people. Best part was his shows doubled as a bring your own food buffet where and he just chilled with everyone before and after the show. At the time he was really struggling to invent a whole new music genre he called "talk music". Not much rhythm to the vocals and no real rhyming, sections, or patterns to speak of. More like essays spoken passionately over background music. Even background music can be a stretch for some songs. If I remember correctly, one "song" just had a girl pounding a washing machine with an axe that was wrapped in towels. This thread made me think of him and look him up again. Holy crap, some of his stuff now has 500k+ views on YouTube.
I would call them a genre unto themselves. Others would argue they are not a music act but a performance piece. Love it or hate it, it's definitely unique.
Indeed. And I don't think anyone has mentioned Glenn Branca yet either.Isn't there another thread recently about Henry Kaiser that would qualify? Lol.