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avant-pop

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 22:29:48 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Avant-pop blends experimental and unconventional production techniques with accessible pop song structures, creating music that challenges listeners while remaining melodically engaging. The genre emerged from the intersection of art rock, electronic music, and mainstream pop, often incorporating unusual instrumentation, abstract lyrics, and innovative sound design. It appeals to audiences seeking intellectually stimulating music that retains emotional immediacy and catchy hooks.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
84		1971	Yamasuki	Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki	art pop avant-pop folk funk fusion japanese sunshine pop	sunshine pop # 67
85		1971	I Marc 4	I Marc 4	avant-pop easy listening funk
37		1981	The Residents	Duck Stab/Buster & Glen	art pop avant-pop electronic experimental pop industrial synthesizer	experimental pop # 42 synthesizer # 84
20		1981	The Honeymoon Killers	Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel	avant-pop
55		1987-05	Momus	The Poison Boyfriend	alternative alternative pop art pop avant-pop baroque pop britain british british underground britpop chamber pop electronic electronic pop experimental indie indie pop indie rock japan one man band one man project scotland scottish singer-songwriter soul	scottish # 23 electronic pop # 77 scotland # 79 britain # 90 one man band # 95 experimental indie # 95 one man project # 96 british underground # 99
57		1989-12-25	After Dinner	Paradise of Replica	art pop avant-pop avant-prog cabaret chamber pop neoclassical showtune	cabaret # 26 avant-prog # 70 showtune # 99
13		1994	Stereolab	Mars Audiac Quartet	alternative electronic	krautrock # 2 indie electronic # 24
9		1994-08-09	Stereolab	Mars Audiac Quintet	alternative electronic	indie electronic # 16
63		1994-09	Pram	Helium	avant-pop neo-psychedelia post-rock psychedelic pop
58		1995-12-22	王菲	Di-Dar	alternative avant-pop
70		1996-10-23	UA	11	acid jazz alternative alternative pop ambient ambient pop avant-pop chillout downtempo dream pop dub easy listening indie pop jazz lounge new age pop singer-songwriter trip-hop
67		1996-11-18	Stereolab	Fluorescences	avant-pop
82		1997-05	Björk	Jóga	digital hardcore	glitch pop # 37 digital hardcore # 83 rhythmic noise # 93 techno-industrial # 94 drill n bass # 97 schranz # 99 technoid # 99
77		1997-06-09	Broadcast	Work and Non Work	dream pop electronic psychedelic pop	indie electronic # 45 psychedelic pop # 58 ambient pop # 62 space age pop # 88
28		1997-09-22	Stereolab	Dots and Loops	art pop lounge post-rock	indietronica # 20 ambient pop # 22 post-rock # 24 art pop # 48 experimental pop # 64 exotica # 87 lounge # 92 space age pop # 95
98		1997-12-01	Björk	Bachelorette	avant-pop breakbeat hardcore breakcore digital hardcore drill n bass glitch pop illbient industrial rhythmic noise techno-industrial technoid trip-hop	breakbeat hardcore # 5 breakcore # 53 glitch pop # 73 digital hardcore # 86 rhythmic noise # 98 drill n bass # 99 illbient # 99 technoid # 100 techno-industrial # 100
10		1998-10-19	Mediæval Bæbes	Worldes Blysse	folk	classical crossover # 7 gothic pop # 56 soprano # 76
64		2000	Pram	The Museum Of Imaginary Animals	art pop	experimental pop # 43
53		2000-03-20	Broadcast	The Noise Made by People	electronica electronic	ambient pop # 56 indie electronic # 72 space age pop # 74 electronica # 75
89		2000-05-15	Stereolab	The First of the Microbe Hunters	avant-pop post-rock
27		2000-05	Hoahio	Ohayo! Hoahio!	avant-pop glitch pop singer-songwriter
42		2000-10-16	The High Llamas	Buzzle Bee	avant-pop experimental pop indietronica indie pop singer-songwriter	experimental pop # 47
80		2003-01-20	Pram	Dark Island	art pop
34		2003-01-25	Laika	Lost In Space	avant-pop indietronica
40		2003-02-26	Emilie Autumn	Enchant	ethereal	composer # 1 choral # 8 world fusion # 23 dark pop # 42 classical crossover # 55 neoclassical darkwave # 56 ethereal # 68 dream folk # 70 gothic pop # 82 soprano # 95
91		2003-05-05	Broadcast	Pendulum	avant-pop experimental rock
51		2004-01-27	Stereolab	Margerine Eclipse	electronic rock pop post-rock	experimental pop # 49
29		2004-12-20	Eel	Little Prince	avant-pop glitch pop shibuya-kei	glitch pop # 2 shibuya-kei # 11
49		2005-04	Barbara Morgenstern & Robert Lippok	Tesri	avant-pop avantgarde pop easy listening electronica experimental pop german idm indietronica	avantgarde pop # 36 experimental pop # 48
99		2005-05-16	Róisín Murphy	Plaything / Like	avant-pop progressive house	progressive house # 67
2		2005-08-20	RATN	J	avant-pop ethereal glitch pop
47		2005-09-14	Hazel Nuts Chocolate	CUTE	avant-pop shibuya-kei	shibuya-kei # 36
61		2005-09-19	Broadcast	Tender Buttons	dream pop electronic indietronica ambient pop	psychedelic pop # 37 minimal wave # 43 dream pop # 45 glitch pop # 52 experimental pop # 54 indie electronic # 63 indietronica # 88 ambient pop # 89
31		2006-03-06	Stereolab	Fab Four Suture	indie pop post-rock
86		2006-08-21	Broadcast	The Future Crayon	electronic neo-psychedelia psychedelic pop	psychedelic pop # 15 experimental pop # 75
17		2007-02-19	The High Llamas	Can Cladders	chamber pop	experimental pop # 26
50		2007-05-07	Kobiety	Amnestia	alternative alternative rock avant-pop avant-rock polish	avant-rock # 89
65		2007-10-01	Pram	The Moving Frontier	avant-pop experimental pop post-rock	experimental pop # 56
69		2007-10	Pram	Moving Frontier	avant-pop experimental pop post-rock	experimental pop # 59
73		2008-02-05	Atlas Sound	Orange Ohms Glow EP	alternative rock art pop avant-pop electronic experimental pop indie rock singer-songwriter	experimental pop # 63
4		2008-08-15	Tujiko Noriko, Lawrence English & John Chantler	U
19		2009	Totally Nebular	Boat Boat	america american american underground avant-folk avant-pop diy electronic experimental folk experimental indie freak folk lo-fi new weird america usa	new weird america # 34 america # 54 american underground # 66 diy # 71 experimental indie # 83 experimental folk # 92
59		2009	chll pll	Aggressively Humble	avant-pop avant-rock experimental rock	avant-rock # 92
23		2009-02-27	ルルティア	Seirios	female vocalists	dark pop # 23 gothic pop # 33
96		2009-06-01	Patrick Wolf	The Bachelor	alternative folk	new rave # 80 electropunk # 89 cyberpunk # 97
39		2009-07-05	Patrick Wolf	Hard Times	art pop avant-pop darkwave electropop singer-songwriter
26		2009-08-17	Tan Dollar	Pink Sky	alternative pop america american american underground avant-pop california chillwave experimental indie shoegaze usa	america # 62 american underground # 70 experimental indie # 88
8		2009-10-11	binaria	ALBA	acid jazz alternative alternative pop ambient ambient pop avant-pop chillout downtempo dream pop easy listening indie pop jazz lounge new age singer-songwriter trip-hop
1		2010	Erutan	Tarts	acoustic alternative ambient americana avant-pop british cabaret chillout china classical dance dark ambient dark folk darkwave dream pop electronic electronica ethereal ethnic eurobeat female vocalists folk folktronica gothic metal greek indie pop jazz metal moscow neoclassical neofolk nerdcore new age new weird america poetry pop power metal reggae shoegaze soundtrack symphonic metal synthpop world world fusion	new weird america # 16 nerdcore # 20 eurobeat # 56 china # 66 moscow # 68
18		2010	Кассиопея	По колено в любви	avant-pop synthpop
12		2010-03	Chikiss	Медленно	avant-pop psychedelic pop russian russian pop	russian pop # 76
48		2011-04-11	Monster Rally	Escape to the Cloud Forest	avant-pop plunderphonics	plunderphonics # 34
35		2011-06-13	2muchachos	teplaja EP	avant-pop dream pop europe experimental indie folktronica idm musique concrete organic electronica post-rock russia russian trio	russia # 59 musique concrete # 78 experimental indie # 90 trio # 92 organic electronica # 95
68		2011-09-26	Lee Noble	Horrorism	avant-pop dreamwave hypnagogic pop	dreamwave # 62
66		2012-05-23	Annabel	Above your hand	acid jazz alternative alternative pop ambient ambient pop asian pop avant-pop chillout downtempo dream pop easy listening female vocalists indie pop j-pop jazz lounge new age singer-songwriter trip-hop
83		2012-08-31	Róisín Murphy	Exploitation	avant-pop experimental pop female vocalists progressive house	experimental pop # 73
14		2013-08-12	Annabel	caracol	art pop avant-pop bedroom pop female vocalists indie pop
56		2013-11-21	Stereolab	Cobra & Phases Play Voltage in the Milky Night [Import Bonus Tracks]	alternative pop art pop avant-pop easy listening electronic experimental pop indie pop krautrock noise pop post-rock	experimental pop # 52
30		2015-01-12	Panda Bear	Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper	psychedelic pop	experimental pop # 35 psychedelic pop # 63
3		2015-11-06	Grimes	Art Angels	synthpop electronic electropop pop	dreamwave # 22 art pop # 42 electropop # 70 synthpop # 88
100		2016-02-19	FKA twigs	Good to Love	alternative alternative rnb avant-pop dream pop electronic england english glitch pop rhythm and blues trip-hop	dream pop # 54 alternative rnb # 67 trip-hop # 83 english # 96 rhythm and blues # 98 england # 100 glitch pop # 100
41		2016-08-03	binaria	綴	alternative alternative pop art pop avant-pop chillout dream pop ethereal female vocalists indie pop trip-hop
93		2016-08-08	Ayesha Erotica	AYESHA.FM	avant-pop bubblegum bass bubblegum pop doomergaze electronic pop sasscore synthpop	bubblegum bass # 22 sasscore # 75 doomergaze # 77 bubblegum pop # 86
52		2016-09-03	Ayesha Erotica	EROTICA	avant-pop bubblegum bass electronic pop synthpop
6		2016-10-07	Cécile Corbel	Vagabonde	ethereal new age art pop celtic classical classical crossover darkwave dream pop easy listening folk gothic pop neoclassical darkwave soprano ambient chillout female vocalists world world fusion	classical crossover # 28 neoclassical darkwave # 29 gothic pop # 65 soprano # 84
74		2017	Camila Cabello	i luv it	avant-pop hyperpop
32		2017-06-16	Penelope Trappes	Penelope One	ambient pop art pop avant-pop dark ambient dream pop ethereal wave singer-songwriter
38		2017-10-13	Surma	Antwerpen	ambient avant-pop electronic portugal portuguese	portuguese # 64 portugal # 72
92		2018-05-03	Róisín Murphy	All My Dreams / Innocence	avant-pop disco house progressive house	progressive house # 7
97		2018-10-19	Róisín Murphy	The Rumble / World's Crazy	avant-pop progressive house	progressive house # 45
43		2018-10-26	Penelope Trappes	Penelope Two	ambient pop art pop avant-pop dark ambient dream pop ethereal wave field recordings singer-songwriter trip-hop	ethereal wave # 8 field recordings # 49
22		2018-11-20	Black Nail Cabaret	Pseudopop	art pop avant-pop dark pop darkwave ebm electro-industrial electropop futurepop gothic pop minimal synth minimal wave synthpop trip-hop	minimal wave # 2 dark pop # 20 gothic pop # 63
78		2019	Kazu	Adult Baby	art pop avant-pop electronic experimental pop female vocalists indietronica minimal synth	minimal synth # 49 experimental pop # 68
75		2019-03-29	Billie Eilish	when we all fall asleep, where do we go?		ambient pop # 32 art pop # 45 dark pop # 74 pop # 76 electropop # 94
16		2019-09-13	Charli XCX	Charli	electropop pop hyperpop	experimental pop # 24 deconstructed club # 42 bubblegum bass # 68 electropop # 76 hyperpop # 79
15		2019-09-20	Sandro Brugnolini	SUPERGROUND	avant-pop easy listening experimental pop funk italy jazz soundtrack	experimental pop # 22 italy # 31
36		2020-02-21	Parque de Cometas	Paseo	avant-pop electronic indie pop noise pop pop
7		2020-03-16	Konstrakta	Biti Zdrava	art pop avant-pop
76		2020-05-08	Black Nail Cabaret	Gods Verging On Sanity	art pop avant-pop dark pop darkwave drum and bass electro-industrial electropop futurepop gothic pop minimal synth minimal wave synthpop trip-hop	minimal synth # 44 dark pop # 53 minimal wave # 55 gothic pop # 81
87		2020-06-08	Jibral	CAT SOUP	avant-pop
45		2020-11-26	TR/ST	Unbleached	avant-pop darkwave electronic futurepop synthpop
79		2020-11-26	TR/ST	Gone	avant-pop electronic futurepop synthpop
5		2021-05-13	Колибри	Счастья нет	art pop avant-pop baroque pop chamber pop
60		2021-05-28	Jorja Chalmers	Midnight Train	ambient pop art pop avant-pop dark jazz dream pop dreamwave ethereal wave minimal synth synthpop synthwave	minimal synth # 20 ethereal wave # 27 dark jazz # 50 dreamwave # 56
72		2021-05-28	Penelope Trappes	Penelope Three	ambient pop art pop avant-pop dark ambient dream pop ethereal wave field recordings singer-songwriter trip-hop	ethereal wave # 42 field recordings # 72
95		2021-06-11	Mahmood	Ghettolimpo	avant-pop electropop
46		2021-07-16	Joon	Dream Again	ambient pop art pop avant-pop dance-pop dreamwave indie electronic indietronica synthpop synthwave	indie electronic # 17 dreamwave # 52
62		2021-10-22	Ouri	Frame of a Fauna	art pop avant-pop
24		2022-09-30	Björk	Fossora	gabber art pop	deconstructed club # 1 choral # 72 gabber # 99
94		2022-11-11	HYD	Clearing	alternative pop art pop avant-pop bubblegum bass electropop experimental pop glitch pop grunge hyperpop synthpop witch house	hyperpop # 3 bubblegum bass # 26 witch house # 38 glitch pop # 67 experimental pop # 91
90		2022-11-25	Fievel Is Glauque	Flaming Swords	avant-pop avant-prog jazz jazz fusion progressive pop progressive rock	progressive pop # 44 avant-prog # 93
54		2023-02-10	Jessica Winter	Limerence	alternative pop art pop avant-pop dance-pop electropop experimental pop hyperpop indie dance indie electronic indietronica synthpop	indie electronic # 22 experimental pop # 50 indie dance # 80
44		2023-02-14	Caroline Polachek	Desire, I Want to Turn Into You		progressive pop # 15 uk garage # 42 art pop # 80
21		2023-02-24	Die Wilde Jagd	ophio	ambient pop avant-pop berlin school experimental electronic experimental pop krautrock progressive electronic psychedelic folk space ambient trip-hop	space ambient # 12 experimental pop # 29 experimental electronic # 60 berlin school # 83
88		2024-03-07	Marina Satti	YENNA	art pop avant-pop experimental pop	experimental pop # 76
81		2024-05-17	of Montreal	Lady On The Cusp	art pop avant-pop experimental pop funk glam rock indie pop rnb	experimental pop # 71
33		2024-05-24	mui zyu	nothing or something to die for	alternative pop art pop avant-pop bedroom pop dream pop experimental pop indie electronic indie pop indietronica shoegaze synthpop trip-hop	indie electronic # 7 experimental pop # 37
71		2024-06-07	Angélica Garcia	Gemelo	alternative pop alternative rnb art pop avant-pop electropop experimental pop indie electronic indietronica latin pop synthpop	indie electronic # 38 experimental pop # 62
11		2024-08-23	Geneva Jacuzzi	Triple Fire	art pop avant-pop coldwave darkwave ebm gothic pop italo disco minimal synth minimal wave new wave synthpop	gothic pop # 60
25		2024-08-30	Bent Knee	Twenty Pills Without Water	art rock avant-pop indie pop indie rock progressive pop

Related genres

• art pop
• electronic
• experimental pop
• alternative
• dream pop
• synthpop
• experimental indie
• lo-fi
• indie pop
• alternative pop