Looking for new genres...


Looking to add something new to my CD collection,.. to meet new genres. What could match the following criterias: to be Music with capital letter, but not to belong directly to Jazz, Blues, Classics, or Folk (derivatives are acceptable)?
For example: MA has several recordings, which originally are folk-based, but in reality are too complex and rich musical pieces to be called Folk. Another thing would be "Requiem for my friend" by Preisner - beautiful and modern work, nicely derived from Classics but isn't belonging to it...
Do you have anything like those?..
dmitrydr

Showing 1 response by ben_campbell

Dmitrydr-I would doubt you could even exhaust the genres you like.
Try reading related music magazines on the genres you like,you are bound to find new artists both similar and different to ones you like.
Try www.allmusic.com this is a great website because it always has related artists and descriptions of musical genres and sub-genres.
Related to what T bone mentions you could try Ambient music with great musicians like pianist Harold Budd or indeed the Eno classics.
Your descriptions are a little vague-have you tried Jan Garbarek who is pretty hard to catergorise due to the different types of music he's produced.
As such as much as some Audiogoners can help you really need to do the ground work yourself as only you know what you've heard and how far you are willing to test your tastes.
Good luck.