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avantgarde pop

Last updated: Sat Oct 18 2025 15:05:20 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Avantgarde pop blends experimental sounds and unconventional structures with accessible melodic elements, challenging listeners while remaining grounded in pop sensibilities. It emerged from art rock and electronic movements, appealing to audiences seeking innovation beyond mainstream formulas. The genre features unusual instrumentation, abstract lyrics, and bold production that pushes boundaries without abandoning catchiness.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
52		1972	Brigitte Fontaine	Brigitte Fontaine est...	avantgarde pop
63		1973-01-08	Yoko Ono	Approximately Infinite Universe	art pop avantgarde pop dance pop rock proto-punk psychedelic rock	proto-punk # 42
4		1979	The Flying Lizards	The Flying Lizards	post-punk
83		1981	Yoko Ono	Walking on Thin Ice	avantgarde pop
41		1981-06-12	Yoko Ono	Season of Glass	avantgarde pop
24		1982	ゲルニカ	改造への躍動	art pop avantgarde pop cabaret progressive pop	cabaret # 1
14		1982	Foyer Des Arts	Von Bullerbü nach Babylon	avantgarde pop
43		1982	Minimal Compact	One + One By One	avantgarde pop
19		1984	Minimal Compact	Deadly Weapons	avantgarde pop
23		1984	The Flying Lizards	Top Ten	avantgarde pop
51		1985	Minimal Compact	Raging Souls	avantgarde pop
58		1985	Yoko Ono	Yes, I'm a Witch Too
31		1987	Minimal Compact	The Figure One Cuts	avantgarde pop
16		1988	ゲルニカ	新世紀への運河	avantgarde pop
48		1988-10-31	Yasuaki Shimizu	Dementos	avantgarde pop
99		1989	Martin L. Gore	Counterfeit E.P.	avantgarde pop synthpop
55		1991-10	Marc Almond	Tenement Symphony	classic rock
54		1993	Malaria!	Cheerio	avantgarde pop
45		1994	Stina Nordenstam	Little Star	avantgarde pop
89		1994	Stina Nordenstam	And She Closed Her Eyes	dream pop female vocalists acoustic avantgarde pop
79		1994-09-05	Björk	Ancestress	avantgarde pop
81		1996-10	Stina Nordenstam	Dynamite	slowcore	slowcore # 19
3		1997	Tarwater	Rabbit Moon Remixed	avantgarde pop electronic german
65		1997	Stina Nordenstam	This Is	avantgarde pop
10		1998-08-30	Tarwater	Silur	electronic
32		1999	Brigitte Fontaine	Morceaux de choix	avantgarde pop
67		1999-03-15	Matmos	The West	avantgarde pop electronic
15		2000	Tujiko Noriko	Keshou To Heitai	alternative avantgarde pop electronic
56		2000-04-28	Tarwater	Animals Suns & Atoms	avantgarde pop
57		2000-04-28	Tarwater	Animals, Suns & Atoms
44		2001-05	Tujiko Noriko	U	avantgarde pop electronic
28		2001-10-06	Yoko Ono	Blueprint For A Sunrise	avantgarde pop
50		2002	The Residents	Demons Dance Alone	avantgarde pop electronic
94		2002	Stina Nordenstam	This Is Stina Nordenstam	avantgarde pop female vocalists
22		2002-05-20	März	Love Streams	avantgarde pop electronic german
27		2002-07-06	Hans Appelqvist	Tonefilm	avantgarde pop
71		2002-08-30	Tarwater	Dwellers on the Threshold	avantgarde pop german
2		2003	Minimal Compact	Deadly Weapons / Next One Is Real	avantgarde pop
26		2003	Foyer Des Arts	Von Bullerbü Nach Babylon (Version 2003)	avantgarde pop german
85		2003	Beth Gibbons	Reaching Out	avantgarde pop
73		2003-02-17	The Soft Pink Truth	Do You Party?	avantgarde pop electronic
93		2003-04-29	Martin L. Gore	Counterfeit	avantgarde pop synthpop
11		2003-06-10	Tujiko Noriko	From Tokyo To Naiagara	electronic
68		2003-09-10	Matmos	The Civil War	electronic
12		2004	Post Industrial Boys	Post Industrial Boys	avantgarde pop
84		2004-05-10	Björk	Debut Live	alternative art pop avantgarde pop
35		2004-07-13	The Fiery Furnaces	Blueberry Boat	indie rock
17		2004-09-24	The Konki Duet	Il fait tout gris	avantgarde pop electronica
95		2004-10-11	Stina Nordenstam	The World Is Saved	avantgarde pop dream pop female vocalists
29		2005	Pipilotti Rist	Soundtracks de las Videoinstalaciones de Pipilotti Rist	avantgarde pop
38		2005	Black Sun Productions	operettAmorale	avantgarde pop
76		2005	Tarwater	The Needle Was Traveling	avantgarde pop
77		2005-03-07	13 & God	Men of Station	avantgarde pop electronica
69		2005-03-21	Tarwater	The Needle Was Travelling	avantgarde pop
75		2005-03-21	Tarwater	the needle was traveling	avantgarde pop
100		2005-04-18	13 & God	13 & God	alternative avantgarde pop electronic electronica experimental hip hop rap	electronica # 18 experimental hip hop # 23
36		2005-04	Barbara Morgenstern & Robert Lippok	Tesri	avant-pop avantgarde pop easy listening electronica experimental pop german idm indietronica	experimental pop # 48 avant-pop # 49
62		2005-06-13	Róisín Murphy	Ruby Blue	electronic female vocalists
25		2005-11-07	Static	Re: Talking About Memories	avantgarde pop electronic
72		2006	Cem Adrian	Ask Bu Gece Sehri Terk Etti	avantgarde pop
13		2006-12-06	Cem Adrian	Aşk Bu Gece Şehri Terk Etti	avantgarde pop
37		2007	Tarwater	Spidersmile	avantgarde pop german
42		2007	Tarwater	spider smile (official morr music upload)	avantgarde pop electronica german
30		2007-02-05	Tujiko Noriko	Solo	electronic
90		2007-02-06	Yoko Ono	Yes, I'm A Witch
39		2007-04-20	Tarwater	Spider Smile	avantgarde pop german
18		2008-03-08	Tujiko Noriko	Trust	avantgarde pop
80		2008-05-06	Matmos	Supreme Balloon	avantgarde pop
47		2008-12-26	Cem Adrian	Emir	avantgarde pop
9		2009-03-27	Kevin Blechdom	Gentlemania	avantgarde pop
96		2009-05-04	Fischerspooner	Entertainment	avantgarde pop electroclash electronic	electroclash # 50
34		2009-10-05	Brigitte Fontaine	Prohibition	avantgarde pop chanson francaise
91		2010-03-15	Chapelier Fou	613	avantgarde pop electronica
66		2010-04-16	Hans Unstern	Kratz Dich Raus	avantgarde pop german
7		2010-09-03	Bilderbuch	Bitte, Herr Maertyrer
61		2010-12-21	Cem Adrian	Kayıp Çocuk Masalları	avantgarde pop
1		2011-01-19	Can Bonomo	Can Bonomo - Meczup	avantgarde pop
40		2011-09-09	Tarwater	Inside The Ships	avantgarde pop german
78		2011-10-17	Mansfield.TYA	NYX	avantgarde pop
8		2011-11-30	Hans Appelqvist	Sjunga Slutet Nu	avantgarde pop
60		2012-03	Chapelier Fou	Invisible	avantgarde pop electronic
64		2012-04-10	Chapelier Fou	Al Abama	avantgarde pop electronic
46		2012-09-18	Cem Adrian	Siyah Bir Veda Öpücüğü	avantgarde pop
33		2012-10-05	Gudrun Gut	Wildlife	avantgarde pop german
6		2012-10-26	Hans Unstern	The Great Hans Unstern Swindle	avantgarde pop german spoken word
88		2012-11-07	Shugo Tokumaru	In Focus?	avantgarde pop
59		2013-02-18	Matmos	The Marriage of True Minds	electronic avantgarde pop
5		2014-10	Tarwater	Adrift	avantgarde pop
98		2015-02-20	Bilderbuch	SCHICK SCHOCK	avantgarde pop
70		2015-09	Mansfield.TYA	Corpo Inferno	avantgarde pop electronic female vocalists folk france new wave paris parisienne	france # 39 paris # 84 parisienne # 90
92		2016-07-08	Róisín Murphy	Take Her Up To Monto	avantgarde pop
49		2016-08	Björk	Vulnicura Strings	acoustic avantgarde pop strings viola	strings # 68 viola # 97
82		2016-08	Björk	Debut - Live	alternative art pop avantgarde pop
86		2019-02-22	Bilderbuch	mea culpa	avantgarde pop
97		2019-11-08	Róisín Murphy	Hairless Toys	avantgarde pop art pop house	progressive pop # 3
87		2021	Mansfield.TYA	Monument ordinaire	avantgarde pop
21		2021-08-20	Gudrun Gut	Let's Talk About The Weather	avantgarde pop german
53		2022-02-25	Yasuaki Shimizu	Kiren	avantgarde pop
74		2022-04-07	Bilderbuch	Gelb ist das Feld	avantgarde pop
20		2024-05-17	Beth Gibbons	Lives Outgrown	chamber folk singer-songwriter	progressive folk # 49 chamber folk # 84

Related genres

• german
• electronic
• electronica
• alternative
• pop
• new wave
• psychedelic rock
• experimental rock
• post-punk
• rock