See The Africa Express.Īfro-Pop Afro-Pop is a catch-all term encompassing the rich variety of contemporary African music styles - typically urban, electric dance music. The term was coined in the 1960s by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who is responsible for pioneering and popularizing the style both within and outside Nigeria. See Strictly Bluegrass, TeXchromosome Radio, and The Singer and The Song.Īfrobeat Afrobeat is a music genre which involves the combination of elements of West African musical styles such as fuji music and highlife with American funk and jazz influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion. As a genre it refers to folk, traditional, or singer-songwriter modes of music. Acid Jazz consists of various blends of Jazz, Funk, House and Hip-Hop.Īcoustic Created without the use of electricity. So this can never be a complete list, but we hope it can serve as a handy guide on your voyage of discovery.Īcid House House music featuring squelching loops from Roland TB-303 synthesizers.Īcid Jazz Contrary to its name, this style has little in common with Acid House.
Of course, there are many more music genres out there, including sub-genres of sub-genres, and all of these are also in constant change. Nonetheless, we hope this can be helpful in discovering many of the shows KOOP offers, which is constantly revolving and changing. It has now been expanded and opened up to the general public by Programmer volunteers to serve as a guide for people to discuss music, which is a feeble attempt at best to describe the indescribable. These music genres and definitions were originally compiled to aid Music Library volunteers when writing their reviews and categorizing/labeling music.
Music Genres and Definitions We Use at KOOP
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