Frogtoon Music - Genre information for Hypnagogic-Pop
Coined By David Keenan In The August 2009 Issue Of The Wire Magazine Hypnagogic Pop Is A Broad Term Covering A Constellation Of Artists That While Having Many Different "styles" Have A Similar Music Making Approach Sometimes Extremely Low Fidelity Production That Is Intentional In A Different Way Than That Of Lo-Fi Indie Filtering More Often Than Not Reminiscences Of Pop Culture In Various Degrees Ranging From Transparent Blatant Pastiches To Nearly Abstract Filtering Reverbing Often Also Including Plunderphonics Technique And In Different Forms From Free-Form Even Cassette-Side-Long Jams To Almost Complete Copies Of Pop Format Like In The Case Of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti . Most Often Hypnagogic Pop Use As Starting Point 1970s/1980s Pop/Rock But Genres As Diverse As Exotica House Trip Hop Etc. Have Been Used As Source. Many Of The Early Artists Associated With Hypnagogic Pop Including James Ferraro Actually Belong To A Specific American Neo-Psychedelia Underground Scene Centered Around Cassette Labels Such As Not Not Fun Records Or New Age Tapes That Can Be More Often Than Not Simply Described With Other Terms Such As Drone Noise Or Progressive Electronic. However Even These Artists Have Become A Lot More Transparent And The Usage Of The Term Hypnagogic Pop Has Become Increasingly Relevant. Even So It Is Often Confused With Chillwave. Some Early Chillwave Artists Such As Nite Jewel Are Borderline Cases Indeed But In Time Chillwave Has Established Itself As A Full-Blown Niche With A Specific Sound Using Lo-Fi To A Much Smaller Degree Than Hypnagogic Pop More Conventional And Accessible Song Formats Followed With More Acclaim As Hypnagogic Pop Artists Are Often Discarded As Being Too Abrasive As Well As Having Its Own Themes And Stereotypical Sounds. Same Notes Apply Almost Entirely To Other Arguable Offshoots Such As Witch House. Rateyourmusic-Core Pop. Hypnagogic-Pop Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from Hypnagogic Pop: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.