As I am trying to move away from big tech towards the fediverse, I have joined Peertube and Pixelfed. On Pixelfed there is no instance that caters to music as its main thing and on Peertube I also don't see anything compelling yet. But I thought it might be better to ask here where I can find good instances. Any suggestions?

I'm never a fan of 'X is art, change my mind,' but there have been some intricate or historical experimental pieces that made me wonder, 'is this sonic art?'

Of course, music is a performing art, so this is not to debate the merits of the genre. Still, curious if there has been a track for you that at some point felt like it was more accurately described as ‘sound art’? (Define that any way you wish.)

Try some you won't regret it

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3y_XmVFX6bQdQeNha3qKS8c9LlCvVSS4&si=V6CXIWsEBpND2S3F

https://open.spotify.com/album/5HmytfidZTfJ92tyhZt70X?si=nO_tGFMGRaqH5IO6NRi9vw

https://youtu.be/ppDmQl8bTXM?si=ZJGY78X_tgStktXU

Is harsh ambient a thing ?

https://youtu.be/oi3mgRDhVXQ?si=rscNA3FxeHdQ4guu

Hello everyone, This album was recorded from November 2024 through January 2025. Maybe it was the weather? Anyways, this is The Waning Moon Fan Club. Someday, we'll all get away. One day. Thank you for listening, Fox Ridge Park https://foxridgepark.bandcamp.com/album/the-waning-moon-fan-club

What started as an experiment with a new sampler, ended up becoming a piece about the toll of work, and the hope of escape. https://youtu.be/BLOKM8eCH14

Experimental music done with an upright Bass and a lot of effects.

https://open.spotify.com/track/41BP8KwLPSNftHjmm27Vfh?si=fr69Kx0aTGGuqjdmLNQEjg&context=spotify%3Atrack%3A41BP8KwLPSNftHjmm27Vfh

Has anyone else been interested in the new Asa Horvitz / Carmen Quill / Ariadne Randall / Wayne Horvitz album that came out Friday, GHOST? He apparently built what he calls a “grief AI” natural language model to process texts that the performers play during. I liked how it came together, but wonder if others heard it.

https://celestialexcursionsghost.bandcamp.com/album/ghost

Italian experimental music starring trip-hop, illbient, broken beat and drill n bass influences.

https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/album/6PvdXEgvCKvykrYHNE6Lqx?si=CSF5vWR7QOSR_P5N6ePlZQ

https://thejuvenilefrequencies.bandcamp.com/track/daggers

https://youtu.be/6_C7qEvg7uI?si=Fngkwd5rsL2Wfu4g

I don't even know what genre this is, industrial hiphop? punktrap? lemmeknow

https://youtu.be/S1vZrNFn0ZM?si=HGyK2mAxnXYye_ZZ

https://archive.org/details/full-album-digital-crispy-_202502

WANDERING DOG - Nothingness https://wanderingdog.bandcamp.com/track/nothingness Album: Emptiness Entire album link: https://wanderingdog.bandcamp.com/album/emptiness

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/jonah-yano-breaks-down-the-heavy-loop-his-30-minute-improvised-experimental-noise-music-piece-1.7424076

https://www.queensjournal.ca/airwave-ygk-artist-in-residence-talks-experimental-music-and-community-radio/

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://kadenwheeler.bandcamp.com/album/the-red-reign-the-lost-project

"The Red Reign" was going to be my next album, it's been in the works since June 23, 2024. I encountered some issues while working on it that completely ruined the project.

I had burnt out, I was completely dry of songs. I was stuck like this for a while. It seemed the only thing I could do was rerecord everything over and over again.

As soon as I took off, I lost interest in the central theme and story, and I found out how difficult it was to tell a story through music. I was going to keep going and finish it regardless because of how far along I got, but then disaster struck.

My hard drive fried, I lost all instrumental stems, most of the string arrangements for new songs (which I've forgotten), and at least 2 songs close to being finished. All my backups were severely outdated, leaving only this and some stems for a single song I'll save for later.

With that, this project was dead, I've given up on this and decided to move on. Just for closure, I've decided to release what I have left of it as this. Note that these mixes are rough, but sadly trapped like this as for most instrumentals we're lost.

Thank you,
Wheeler

What movie do you think this might be a soundtrack for? 🤔

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6vSLCB-Sw

https://youtu.be/bFSfknF6fNg?si=6Fl0PRqq4f3Opyhd

Hey there! I'm travelling to Vancouver for 3 weeks in April to do an art residency. I am from Denmark and I have close to zero connections or network whatsoever in the city besides the studio where I'm gonna be working.
So I'm looking for recommendations on communities, venues, galleries, local artists etc. anything or anyone that could be interesting to check out and link up with while I'm there.
My particular sonic styles of interests are ambient, noise, drone and hypnotic techno.. also really enjoy free jazz, free improvisation.. im pretty open to discover :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEeTa8CmFss

I wrote this piece in 1992-93, when I was a music composition student. It's a sound mass piece for cello and string orchestra. It uses many extended techniques for strings, and for years it would've been difficult (if not impossible) to create a MIDI version. But now that virtual instruments are much more versatile, I am finally able to hear it. This is just the first 4 minutes of a 12-minute piece.

Back then I was a different person, and a different composer. I'd forgotten what I'd written, and putting this together was like decoding a message in a time capsule. This piece was a lot of "What would it sound like if...?" and so it's a lot of things that i wasn't sure how they would sound, but thought it could be interesting.

https://youtu.be/gkXAzeYrao8?si=mhhceu1jYxRYzMc6

i've lately fallen down the wonderful, irascible, brilliant, confounding rabbit hole of henry flynt's writings, performances, recordings, interventions, protests, etc: https://www.henryflynt.org/

i'm curious to know what y'all in the experimental community make of flynt, his aesthetics, and his oeuvre, especially some of his fascinating, seemingly anti-avant-garde statements about novelty, newness, institutions, etc.

thanks in advance for your perspectives! i'm a first-time poster but have learned a lot from everyone in this community.

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Indexical is a Santa Cruz-based nonprofit organization dedicated to experimentation in music and interdisciplinary art.

Make a contribution here: https://www.indexical.org/donate 

Indexical began in a converted chapel in Brooklyn in 2011 and relocated in 2015 to Santa Cruz, California. In 2018, Indexical became a 501c3 nonprofit organization with the intention of creating a permanent home for experimental music and art. By 2021, a brick-and-mortar venue and gallery space was established at the Tannery Arts Center, hosting an average of over 60 events each season.

Indexical champions historically, culturally and institutionally underrepresented artists, providing a platform for work that is often experimental, marginal, and non-commercial. Through concerts, residencies, exhibitions, educational initiatives and collaborative projects, it fosters community connections and ensures fair compensation for artists by adhering to W.A.G.E. guidelines.

Its mission is supported by prominent foundations, including the Vincent J. Coates Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and over 100 individual donors. Indexical remains a vital force for creative exploration in Santa Cruz and beyond, inspiring audiences with innovative, boundary-pushing programming.

Artists Indexical has worked with include Victoria Shen, JACK Quartet, Raven Chacon, Mivos Quartet, Carl Stone, Patrick Shiroishi, Bana Haffar, DeForrest Brown Jr., Foodman, Catherine Lamb, Object Collection, James Ilgenfritz, MSHR, Lea Bertucci, Ghost Ensemble, Dreamcrusher, Claire Rousay, Will Guthrie, Rage Thormbones, Weston Olencki, Byron Westbrook, Jürg Frey, andPlay, Eva Maria Houben, FUJI||||||||||TA, Moor Mother, Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore, Laetitia Sonami, Sarah Hennies, Ka Baird, JJJJJerome Ellis and many others.

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[Note on process: I started this thread introducing the idea. I started reaching out to organizations you suggested, and Indexical agreed. No pressure to help out - give if you can to help local experimental music nonprofits. You're welcome to suggest more nonprofits to support, but please don't use this post to complain how you personally need money/attention.]

i cant tell you what genre this is so if anyone knows that would be great https://goremind.bandcamp.com/album/separated-from-humanity

Hello friends, I was wondering if you could help me. Recently,I've been listening to Igor Wakhevitch's music which is unbelievably outstanding. I was wondering if anyone knows contents of declamations in his works?

Many thanks.

Really cool unknown experimental hip hop album to check out. It's free on bandcamp if anyone's interested. There's some really cool production on here with influence from many different genres.

https://grimfolkloretapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-shape-of-jazz-why-bother?search_item_id=1904337207&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=4064265516&search_page_no=0&search_rank=3&logged_out_mobile_menubar=true

https://youtu.be/qBnM_LeLHxw?si=XI3wcP3oP9_pxvMz