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The term experimental music, unlike other genre descriptions, refers to the creative process of organizing or framing the sounds as “music” not actually what the music sounds like. “Experimental” implies a profound level of inventiveness that lies completely outside the traditions of music. It is not bound by any established rules or formulas. Many times, the outcome of the composers’ creative efforts is unpredictable as the composer “experiments” with various processes and novel approaches to produce sound or contrive a listening experience.

These experiments many times give rise to new genres of music such as: industrial, noise, free jazz, electronica, tape music, noise rock, etc. Once those genres become more established, formulaic and recycled, they no longer strictly fit the definition of experimental music. They may become decidedly unexperimental as norms within the genre solidify. In order to keep experimental experimental, the composer(s) must continuously discard tradition (even tradition established by other experimental composers) and create the unexpected, reimagined, and possibly, the socially unacceptible.

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October 2008
Today (Tuesday 14 October 2008)
Wire	Echoplex Los Angeles, United States	20 people attending 6 shouts
Unearth Protest the Hero, The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel, Gwen Stacey	House of Blues Los Angeles, United States	14 people attending 32 shouts Buy Tickets
Tomorrow (Wednesday 15 October 2008)
The Locust The Chinese Stars, Awesome brothers	The Smell Los Angeles, United States	11 people attending Add shout
Damiera Fear Before the March of Flames, I Am The Ocean	Chain Reaction Los Angeles, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Thursday 23 October 2008
Stereolab Monade	Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, United States	35 people attending Add shout
Sound Tribe Sector 9	House of Blues Los Angeles, United States	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets

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xlephierprime wrote:
2 hours ago

FUCK OFF INTERNET, WHY ARE RADIOHEAD THE TOP ARTIST FOR THIS TAG WHY WHY WHY WHYYYYYYYYYY

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sinmantyx wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Someone just tagged "Crystal Castles" with "experimental" - *sigh*

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DrCaligari wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Possibly the worst tag ever :|

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osaka-_- wrote:
Saturday morning

wait, where's Katy Perry? "just my experimental game..." (°Д°')

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pterodata wrote:
Saturday morning

welcome to: http://www.lastfm.com/music/Pterodata new experimental stuff for new music friends

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pee-why wrote:
Friday morning

www.lastfm.fr/music/pee-why music made by da "ACID Techno" software... See U sOon on da moOn dudies !!! py

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DimaTemptation wrote:
Thursday evening

Not a real genre actually.

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sinmantyx wrote:
last week

Noise hasn't been experimental for 20 years. :)

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The_Night_Head wrote:
last week

Zappa + James = Yes, The Others = No

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Der_Affe wrote:
10 days ago

'experimental' refers to a too wide spectrum of music... I never thought of screamo tagged like this... o.O

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BauhausMoe wrote:
11 days ago

Maybe Gang Gang Dance??

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radioscotvoid wrote:
11 days ago

http://www.archive.org/download/emp063/emp063_vbr_mp3.zip grab dees

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pterodata wrote:
last month

welcome to http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Pterodata

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hooye wrote:
last month

radiohead experimental?? riiiiiight

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elchingolense wrote:
last month

Yeah, all because of Radiohead.

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Garden wrote:
last month

this tag is ruined..

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maciejusz wrote:
last month

frank zappa was an experimental/ progressive artist, but he didn't play experimental music (like noise or all this stuff connected with minimalism or free jazz or dissonances)

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better-than-bad wrote:
last month

Hey check it out *Better Than Bad*

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andrewsacheva wrote:
last month

noise is just the element of harmony

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strabbit wrote:
last month

Non Liquet http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Non+liquet/Dixi

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