Industrial
Industrial is a genre. Defining acts include Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Laibach, Kerli and Yegor Letov, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Industrial grew out of Experimental, Noise, Experimental Music, Electronic Music and Death industrial. It sits close to experimental pop, experimental rock, Ambient, Idm and Hyperpop, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into post-industrial music and Techno, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 15 connections around Industrial. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Industrial came from and where it led.
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Industrial connections
Industrial grew out of Experimental, Noise, Experimental Music and Electronic Music, shares an orbit with experimental pop, experimental rock, Ambient and Idm, went on to shape post-industrial music and Techno. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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