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experimental folk

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Experimental folk pushes traditional acoustic storytelling into unconventional territories through extended techniques, unusual structures, and avant-garde sensibilities. Artists blend folk's intimate, organic instrumentation with drone, improvisation, and abstract soundscapes that challenge conventional song forms. The result feels both ancient and futuristic, maintaining folk's raw emotional core while exploring uncharted sonic possibilities.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
89		1974	Damião Experiença	Planeta Lamma	experimental folk freak folk
38		1989	Talkative	Light Years	america american american underground avant-folk avant-rock electronic experimental folk experimental indie experimental rock lo-fi new weird america oregon trio usa	trio # 9 oregon # 55
85		1992	Steven Stapleton & Tony Wakeford	Revenge of the Selfish Shellfish	ambient folk noir apocalyptic folk dark folk experimental folk industrial neoclassical neofolk	ambient folk noir # 79
59		1992-11-11	Damião Experiença	Guerrilheiro do Planeta Lamma	experimental folk freak folk
71		1995-09-23	Dog Bite	the owls and eyes	alternative alternative pop alternative rock ambient rock america american american underground atlanta avant-rock electronic experimental folk experimental pop freak folk new weird america one man band one man project psychedelic pop psychedelic rock usa	american underground # 24 avant-rock # 34 atlanta # 51 one man band # 63 ambient rock # 72 one man project # 75
57		1996	Extremadura	Pulses	experimental folk
62		2001	The Magic Carpathians Project	Denega	psychedelic folk
82		2001-02-27	Steffen Basho-Junghans	Inside	acoustic ethnic experimental folk folk traditional
20		2003	Kago	Piimaš	anti-folk avant-folk diy dream folk estonian europe european experimental folk lo-fi one man band one man project singer-songwriter	dream folk # 1 estonian # 2 one man project # 26
44		2003	Nitrous Flesh	Shadow Fracture	ambient folk noir experimental folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk	ambient folk noir # 45
37		2004-02-20	Roy "Chicky" Arad	Tourists, come to Israel, it's a nice country
3		2004-03-11	Planet Bones	Parasitism	experimental folk indie rock
100		2005	Sieben	Ogham Inside the Night	celtic folk experimental folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk	folk noir # 83 celtic folk # 94
28		2005	The Caution Curves	The Caution Curves	experimental folk noise
34		2006	Cunnan	FoxFire And Aconite	dark folk experimental folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk
90		2006-01-25	黒色すみれ	アンデルメルヘン歌曲集	acoustic alternative ambient avant-folk cantautore cantautori celtic celtic folk chillout choral classical classical crossover composer darkwave easy listening ethereal ethnic experimental folk folk freak folk indie folk italian italian folk italiano medieval folk neoclassical neoclassical darkwave neofolk new age new wave opera oriental pagan pagan folk poetry progressive folk singer-songwriter soprano soundtrack steampunk world world fusion	progressive folk # 3 pagan # 18 steampunk # 34 medieval folk # 40 italiano # 50 celtic folk # 52 oriental # 53 pagan folk # 55 cantautori # 63 soprano # 64 cantautore # 76 italian folk # 79
95		2006-07-21	Dazkarieh	Incógnita Alquimia	acid folk celtic celtic folk ethnic experimental folk folk portugal portuguese world	ethnic # 46 portuguese # 71 portugal # 78 celtic folk # 81 acid folk # 92
84		2006-10-29	Wilderness Pangs	Wilderness Pangs	country drone dub experimental folk field recordings folk freak folk new weird america noise pop psychedelic folk rap rock
94		2007	David Thomas Broughton	David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Hertz	avant-folk chamber folk drone experimental folk lo-fi	avant-folk # 17 chamber folk # 22
1		2007	Cagey House	Second Sight	alternative america american american underground baltimore electronic experimental folk freak folk new weird america sound collage usa
49		2007	Wilderness Pangs	The Indivisible Squalor of Wilderness Pangs	experimental folk folk noise pop pop psychedelic folk
24		2007-08-18	The Chadderandom Abyss	The Middle Child Is Always A Flaming Terror	acoustic alt-country alternative alternative country alternative rock ambient americana anti-folk art punk art rock diy electronic electronica experimental folk experimental rock folk folk punk indie pop indie rock neo-psychedelia new wave noise noise rock power pop psychedelic folk psychedelic rock punk pop rockabilly space rock stoner rock	punk pop # 23
88		2007-10-01	3/4HadBeenEliminated	Theology	experimental folk
96		2007-10-23	Daniel Higgs	Metempsychotic Melodies	experimental folk folk
46		2008	The Macadamia Brothers	Tiger Sauce	canada experimental folk indie folk
58		2008-02-14	Ghost	Aura	american experimental folk usa vocaloid
97		2008-06-09	Alexander Tucker	Portal	experimental folk folk freak folk lo-fi psychedelic folk
76		2008-08-23	たゆたう	いちにちのながさを、はなうたできめる。	acid folk acoustic alternative alternative pop experimental folk female vocalists folk indie pop j-pop japanese progressive folk progressive pop psychedelic folk	acid folk # 71
70		2008-09	Gillicuddy	Shmalhans Is Kuechenmeister	alternative avant-folk experimental folk experimental indie freak folk german germany indie folk singer-songwriter	experimental indie # 56
67		2009	Tidy kid	Toxic Feelings	australia australian electronic electronic pop experimental folk experimental indie folktronica idm indietronica organic electronica	electronic pop # 5 experimental indie # 45 organic electronica # 65
92		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	avant-pop # 19 new weird america # 34 america # 54 american underground # 66 diy # 72 experimental indie # 83
48		2010	Radikal Satan	Clochette	apocalyptic folk argentina buenos aires dark folk duo experimental folk improvisation industrial latin america musique concrete neoclassical neofolk tango world fusion	latin america # 14 buenos aires # 73
81		2010	The Binary Marketing Show	Clues From the Past	experimental folk folktronica lo-fi new weird america
68		2010-01-10	Gillicuddy	ca350 - gillicuddy - the yaouhl! mashups	acoustic alternative avant-folk experimental folk experimental indie field recordings freak folk german germany indie folk musique concrete post-grunge singer-songwriter	musique concrete # 2 experimental indie # 50
63		2010-01-23	Salman Aditya	The Wunderland	electronica experimental folk indie pop indie rock
40		2010-03-01	Paint Your Golden Face	Paint Your Golden Face	australia australian avant-folk duo experimental folk
56		2010-05-19	黒色すみれ	ALICE IN THE UNDERGROUND	acoustic alternative ambient avant-folk cantautore cantautori celtic celtic folk chillout choral classical classical crossover composer darkwave easy listening ethereal ethnic experimental folk folk freak folk indie folk italian italian folk italiano medieval folk neoclassical neoclassical darkwave neofolk new age new wave opera oriental pagan pagan folk poetry progressive folk singer-songwriter soprano soundtrack steampunk world world fusion	italiano # 1 celtic folk # 4 soprano # 13 pagan folk # 28 cantautori # 41 italian folk # 50 cantautore # 52
55		2010-06-30	Kuupuu	Spring High Spiritual Spree Spray Ray	alternative avant-folk drone electronic europe experimental electronic experimental folk finland finnish freak folk improvisation instrumental krautrock microsound minimalism musique concrete noise organic electronica soundscape	organic electronica # 55 microsound # 56
42		2010-07	The Joy of Nature	a evasão das fadas	ambient folk noir dark folk experimental folk neoclassical neofolk	ambient folk noir # 44
14		2010-10-11	Ballpen	[LBN005]The dreams trilogy	avant-folk dream folk electronic electronic pop europe experimental electronic experimental folk folktronica glitch indie folk italian italy organic electronica post-rock	organic electronica # 27
60		2010-12-02	Keijo	WHNZ:16:MYTIME	avant-folk europe experimental folk finnish improvisation
77		2011	Lizard Kisses	Tiny Island Teeth	america american american underground americana brooklyn dream folk duo experimental folk experimental indie female vocalists indie folk new weird america new york usa	american underground # 40 dream folk # 44 experimental indie # 68
87		2011	Cldscp	Niños Azules	alternative anti-folk argentina buenos aires duo electronic experimental folk folk folktronica freak folk latin america psychedelic folk	duo # 2 anti-folk # 47 latin america # 52 buenos aires # 95
19		2011	Book of Burrow	Book of Burrow	duo electronic electronic pop electronica experimental folk folktronica glitch instrumental lo-fi
98		2011-01-01	Lee Noble	No Becoming	america american american underground avant-folk california dark ambient diy drone electronic experimental folk experimental indie experimental rock krautrock lo-fi los angeles usa	avant-folk # 35 los angeles # 63 diy # 87 america # 87 american underground # 92 experimental indie # 96
17		2011-01-17	Nasienie	Blackwood EP [wh157]	ambient drone experimental folk russia russian
25		2011-01-21	Nick Rivera	[LBN007] - Happy song is a happy song	acid folk americana avant-folk chamber folk europe experimental folk italian london singer-songwriter	acid folk # 33
47		2011-02-01	The Vévé Seashore	Seven Years of Gulliver	alternative avant-folk avant-rock duo electronic europe experimental folk experimental indie experimental rock finland finnish folk indie folk psychedelic rock	experimental indie # 12
29		2011-02-17	The New Mystikal Troubadours	Second Spring	america american american underground avant-folk avant-rock drone rock duo experimental folk experimental indie experimental rock new weird america psychedelic folk usa
15		2011-03-06	Syd Lane	Hypatia	dream folk experimental folk female vocalists indie folk ireland irish psychedelic folk singer-songwriter slowcore
99		2011-03-22	Ocelote Rojo	Pacarina	avant-folk experimental folk musique concrete	avant-folk # 36 musique concrete # 95
75		2011-04-18	Lizard Kisses	Sleeping In	america american american underground avant-folk brooklyn dream folk duo experimental folk indie folk musique concrete new weird america new york usa	musique concrete # 25 american underground # 35 dream folk # 43
23		2011-07-01	The Vévé Seashore	A Cup of Coffee for Your Fears	alternative alternative pop ambient avant-folk duo electronic experimental folk experimental indie experimental rock finland freak folk noise
32		2011-07-01	The Vévé Seashore	A Cup of Coffee for Your Fears EP	art pop avant-folk avant-pop avant-rock electronic electronic pop electronica europe european experimental folk experimental indie experimental pop experimental rock finland finnish indie folk krautrock neo-psychedelia
13		2012	Fighting Lion	Sparkling days, sparkling nights E.P.		catalan # 9
39		2012	Drwiwy	Spokiu	ambient folk noir apocalyptic folk dark ambient dark folk experimental folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk	ambient folk noir # 41
73		2012	Mark Lesseraux	Low Cool	acoustic america american american underground brooklyn diy experimental folk experimental indie folk indie folk lo-fi new york singer-songwriter usa	american underground # 32 experimental indie # 60
8		2012-03-04	dmyra	cs453 - dmyra - Imagine Away	ambient america american american underground dark pop electronic experimental folk noise pop singer-songwriter usa
31		2012-04	The Joy of Nature	My Work Was Not Yet Done	ambient folk noir dark ambient dark electro dark folk experimental folk industrial neoclassical neofolk	ambient folk noir # 35
10		2012-12-08	Ellah a. Thaun	Sister	acid folk avant-folk experimental folk freak folk one man band one man project	one man project # 23 acid folk # 24
51		2013	Iduvigik	Laulud lindudelt	ambient avant-folk dream folk estonia estonian europe european experimental folk female vocalists musique concrete one man band one man project singer-songwriter	dream folk # 17 one man band # 28 estonian # 39 estonia # 50 one man project # 56
64		2013	Ödland	Galaktoboureko	classical experimental folk flute folk french greece instrumental lo-fi turkey	turkey # 57
52		2013-01-19	Old Splendifolia	Utterly Heartbreaking	chamber folk duo female vocalists folk german germany indie folk
86		2013-02-27	Aidan Baker & A-Sun Amissa	Scarpe Sensée	ambient avant-folk avant-rock canada drone drone rock duo experimental folk experimental rock improvisation instrumental minimalism post-rock psychedelic rock	improvisation # 39 drone rock # 41 avant-rock # 49
78		2013-03-12	Elephant Micah	Globe Rush Progressions	ambient america american american underground anti-folk avant-folk chamber folk experimental folk folk indie folk one man band one man project singer-songwriter usa	american underground # 42 anti-folk # 44 one man band # 72 one man project # 80
2		2013-06-11	Blood Cousin	You Won (or, We Have All Lost)
36		2013-07-24	Tahm	Styx	avant-folk diy estonia estonian europe european experimental folk experimental rock indie folk neofolk no wave noise rock one man project	estonian # 19 estonia # 32 one man project # 44
69		2013-07-30	Montibus Communitas	Hacia aquellos bosques de inmensidad	drone experimental folk improvisation peru peruvian	improvisation # 5 peru # 25 peruvian # 56
22		2014-01-01	The New Mystikal Troubadours	The New Mystikal Troubadours	america american american underground avant-folk baltimore experimental folk usa	baltimore # 11
66		2014-03-17	Varg	Embroidery	alternative pop experimental folk folk
53		2014-07-07	Bishop and Atheist	Ferian	acoustic dark folk experimental folk folk indie folk lo-fi neofolk
30		2014-08-12	The Joy of Nature	Two Leaves Left	ambient folk noir dark folk experimental folk folk folk noir neoclassical neofolk	ambient folk noir # 34
9		2014-10-01	Richard There	New Songs	ambient experimental folk folk industrial lo-fi rock
12		2014-10-31	Ensamble Polifónico Vallenato, Sexteto La Constelación De Colombia	Fiesta, Que Viva La
65		2015-05-18	Antigonė	Pasauliu netikiu, o pasaka tikiu		lithuanian # 25
91		2015-09-01	Natural Snow Buildings	The Ladder	avant-folk drone experimental folk minimalism
54		2016	Dəem	Də_em	experimental folk folk rock psychedelic folk
5		2017-05-19	Loretta's Museum	Mouth Mirroring Ear	acoustic experimental folk folk instrumental soundtrack
4		2018	Adrian Aardvark	Your heartbeat is the only percussion I need	alternative american avant-rock diy experimental folk lo-fi
6		2018-07-20	Coredelay	For Rain Count Trees	acoustic experimental folk folk
21		2018-07-20	Coredelay	Sleeping Chamber Music	acoustic alternative experimental folk
72		2018-09-19	Rosehall	The First Requisite Is Life	ambient ambient pop avant-folk dream pop experimental folk field recordings indie folk jazz-funk noise psychedelic folk spoken word
18		2018-10-12	Kevin Knight	With Hat	dark folk dream folk dream pop experimental folk folk folk rock outlaw country psychedelic folk singer-songwriter
45		2019-10-16	käärmekristus	ᚨᚱᚲᚺᚨᛁᚲ ᛋᚺᚨᛗᚨᚾ ᛗᚨᚷᛁᚲ	acoustic dark folk experimental folk finnish neofolk psychedelic folk
83		2021-04-02	sourdure	De Mòrt Viva	avant-folk experimental folk
74		2022	Sopa De Pedra	Do Claro ao Breu	dark folk experimental folk folk portugal portuguese	portugal # 5
93		2023-02-24	nykolaes	neofolk	experimental folk folk neofolk
35			Pasqualino Ubaldini	Il viandante	cool jazz ethnic ethnic fusion experimental folk folk italian italy	ethnic fusion # 16
43			Poun	i [heart] stuff	electronic experimental folk female vocalists france french one man band singer-songwriter	one man band # 17
50			志方あきこ	白夢の繭 ～Ricordando il passato～	folk	dream folk # 16 pagan folk # 26
7			Vivian Davies	The Wheel EP	dark folk electronic experimental folk
11			Vivian Davies	Into Wind Demos	experimental folk
16			Anteaters & The Women Who Love Them	The Sea Is Blind	america american american underground anti-folk electronic experimental folk freak folk indie folk new weird america usa
26			Horace Pickett	Self-Titled EP	alt-country alternative folk experimental folk folk folk rock indie folk progressive folk
27			Artwood	Friday After Friday	experimental folk italian italy
33			Keijo and Uton	Alun Ääniä	avant-folk experimental folk finland finnish
41			Roman Spektor	Functionality	alternative rock experimental folk experimental pop indie rock industrial rock progressive rock
61			reigndear	Good Old Fashioned Birth	experimental folk
79			Bobby Frank Brown	The Enlightening Beam of Axonda (Gods Proof)	experimental folk folk progressive folk psychedelic folk
80			Thinguma*jigsaw	(awakeinwhitechapel)	experimental folk

Related genres

• folk
• avant-folk
• indie folk
• singer-songwriter
• electronic
• freak folk
• lo-fi
• alternative
• neofolk
• psychedelic folk