Also experimental electronics, avantgarde, ‘world music’, some funk, and a bit of indie rock.
I don’t really know anything about mainstream pop, r’n’b, or pop-rock, and especially don’t listen to lyrics so can’t say anything about rap, country, or ‘singer-songwriter’ music except that The Last Poets were the progenitors of rap, and The Velvet Underground said most of the stuff I need to hear. I do know a bit about 90s music like eurodance, and a little of 80s popular music, by the virtue of having grown among it.
P.S. Won’t you believe it, audio stopped working via the Invidious frontend that I use, just as posted this. It might take me a bit to figure out any artists or tracks that you mention.
P.P.S. Since most people here don’t understand what I’m proposing, I don’t see any reason to continue the thread.
Soichi Terada- Apparently a big name in the 90s House scene in Japan. Seen his style also described as Jungle or DnB. Mostly known outside of that (if at all) for doing the OSTs for Ape Escape and Ape Escape 3.
I grew up with Ape Escape as one of my formative gaming memories, and finding that the music was an entire style was awesome. I cannot express how much I love this artist. There’s chill if I need it, energetizing if I need it, repetitive enough to just “zone out” if I need something to quiet my mind.
Some good non-Ape Escape stuff of his:
Well, this one is simple. Firstly, Therada’s one major release is ‘Sumo Jungle’. Particularly the ‘Sumo Jungle’ and ‘Sukiyaki Dohyo Chanko’ tunes from that album.
Then you want everything on Youtube on ‘jungle’ search results.
E.g. breakbeat-hardcore:
And also:
‘Rumble in the Jungle’
‘Ragga Jungle Anthems Vol. 1’
Sully
Ronan
Shifty’s ‘Jazz Ass’
Alpha Team’s ‘Speed (Club Mix)’