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Avant-garde

Avant-garde is a genre. Avant-garde grew out of Expressionism (music). Its influence carried into Free Improvisation, Sound Art, Experimental Music, Performance art and Drone Music, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 8 connections around Avant-garde. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Avant-garde came from and where it led.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Avant-gardeExpressionism (music)Free ImprovisationSound ArtExperimental MusicPerformance artDrone MusicNoise MusicIndustrial Music

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Avant-garde connections

Avant-garde grew out of Expressionism (music), went on to shape Free Improvisation, Sound Art, Experimental Music and Performance art. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

What influenced Avant-garde

Roots1

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What Avant-garde shaped

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