517 genres · 21 families · one obsession

Every music genre has a rabbit hole. This is the map.

Genrematic is a growing field guide to popular music's sub-genres — where each one came from, who made it, the records that defined it, and what to fall down the hole into next.

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Rock
40 genres
Hardcore & Punk
26 genres
Metal
33 genres
Blues
21 genres
Country & Americana
17 genres
Folk & Singer-Songwriter
38 genres
World, Latin & African
42 genres
Ska, Reggae & Dub
9 genres
Jazz
37 genres
Soul & R&B
26 genres
Disco & Funk
28 genres
House
31 genres
Techno
19 genres
Trance & Psy
12 genres
Drum & Bass, Jungle & Dubstep
17 genres
Ambient & Experimental Electronic
33 genres
Dance & EDM (general)
15 genres
Pop
17 genres
Synth-Pop, New Wave & Post-Punk
9 genres
Hip-Hop & Rap
39 genres
Classical-Crossover & Orchestral
8 genres

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Genrematic: Ska, Reggae & Dub

Dancehall to dub techno — the first of 35 planned volumes, grouped by musical family.

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Down the rabbit hole

Ska, Reggae & Dub
Dub
Dub is a subgenre of reggae music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. It features heavy use of reverb, echo, and other effects.
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