Avant-Garde music forum at „OGame“

To take definition from wikipedia:
Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm, or the status quo

For those who dont understand, it is basically the complete polar opposite of pop, and a step beyond progressive, which is often thought to be impossible.

Indeed, it takes musical theories, understands them to the point of flawing (eg, where a usual artist questions catchiness of music, an avant-garde artist questions the definition of music), and puts them to the extreme. Particularly in Avant-Garde Metal, structuring of the songs is abnormal, combining unnatural time signatures with unusual instruments and often variations of adaptive "noise". Strange keys are often chosen, and lyrics are often extremely varied and abstract. Experimentative styles are also considered, as I said, it takes music theories to the extreme, taking full acknowledgement of the science involved in musicology.

For these reasons, it is often referred to as "Extreme Music". Avant-Garde is generally rejected from mainstream circulations for the same reasons, with Avant-Garde Metal sharing similar success proportions as Funeral Doom Metal. Although, there are a few known Avant-Garde artists. Like the person who created a song with a few minutes of silence at a concert.

I find it an aquired taste, as it's like an entirely new genre of music. But none-the-less, a great kind of new.

Bands like In The Woods..., Aaen Anima and Arcturus are some great Avant-Garde artists, particularly "299 796 km/s" by In The Woods..., and "In Atharaxia" by Aaen Anima, which both pretty much rawly define Avant-Garde.

Overall, I'd say that the genre isnt for the light-hearted. As I pointed out, it's the polar opposite of pop music. You will need an apt understanding and wide ranged taste in music before I even begin recommending the genre to you.
If you like multiple forms of metal, jazz, classical, or progressive music, and understand it well and the theory behind it, then I grant this path a rather interesting experience to you.
If your idea of music is poppy in any form, be it Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, or My Chemical Romance and Panic! at the Disco, and find artists like Mozart, Beathoven, Dream Theater and Pink Floyd "boring" or whatever, then it's likely that you may see the genre as just pure awkward.
Even if you did know what music was, it could be that the music disinterests you, but you know, it's definately worth a try <_<

Discuss :)

name: Dark Dude (female, Russia)

07-07-2007 02:31

source: http://board.ogame.org/thread.php?postid=4801182