Shibuya-kei
Shibuya-kei is a genre. Shibuya-kei grew out of Indie Pop, Pop and Bossa nova. It sits close to bubblegum music, Alternative rock, dancehall pop, ethnic pop and progg, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into Akishibu-kei, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 26 connections around Shibuya-kei. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Shibuya-kei came from and where it led.
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Shibuya-kei connections
Shibuya-kei grew out of Indie Pop, Pop and Bossa nova, shares an orbit with bubblegum music, Alternative rock, dancehall pop and ethnic pop, went on to shape Akishibu-kei. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
What influenced Shibuya-kei
Sounds and acts that shaped Shibuya-kei.
Genres similar to Shibuya-kei
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Shibuya-kei.
- bubblegum musicgenre
- Alternative rockgenre
- dancehall popgenre
- ethnic popgenre
- progggenre
- worldbeatgenre
- smooth reggaegenre
- pop rapgenre
- Country popgenre
- pop urbainegenre
- blue-eyed soulgenre
- kayōkyokugenre
- quiet stormgenre
- ambient popgenre
- Dance-popgenre
- twee popgenre
- experimental popgenre
- pop soulgenre
- flamenco popgenre
- pop-punkgenre
- popcorngenre
- Contemporary R&Bgenre
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