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experimental pop

Last updated: Wed Oct 29 2025 20:28:32 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Experimental pop blends accessible pop melodies with unconventional production techniques, unusual structures, and avant-garde influences. It emerged as artists sought to challenge mainstream pop conventions while maintaining catchy hooks and emotional resonance. The genre embraces sonic experimentation through electronic manipulation, sampling, and genre-crossing approaches that push pop music's boundaries.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
42		1981	The Residents	Duck Stab/Buster & Glen	art pop avant-pop electronic experimental pop industrial synthesizer	avant-pop # 37 synthesizer # 84
8		1986-09-15	Phillip Boa & The VoodooClub	Aristocracie	experimental pop
20		1991	Don't	Do	art pop experimental pop pop
19		1991-02-18	Phillip Boa & The VoodooClub	Helios	alternative alternative rock experimental pop german indie rock new wave rock
83		1992	Phil Collins	Face Value (2016 Remaster)	art rock british experimental pop new wave pop rock rnb soft rock
38		1993	Slapp Happy	Casablanca Moon / Desparate Straights	art rock experimental pop
9		1996-08-30	Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	Introducing Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	alternative pop avant-pop experimental pop indie folk indie pop noise pop progressive folk	progressive folk # 10
96		1996-10-22	Phil Collins	Face Value (Deluxe Editon)	rock soft rock art rock new wave	art rock # 52 soft rock # 71
64		1997-09-22	Stereolab	Dots and Loops	art pop lounge post-rock	indietronica # 20 ambient pop # 22 post-rock # 24 avant-pop # 28 art pop # 48 exotica # 87 lounge # 92 space age pop # 95
43		2000	Pram	The Museum Of Imaginary Animals	art pop	avant-pop # 64
47		2000-10-16	The High Llamas	Buzzle Bee	avant-pop experimental pop indietronica indie pop singer-songwriter	avant-pop # 42
41		2002	The Legendary Pink Dots	All the King's Men	ethereal experimental pop neo-psychedelia pop progressive rock
49		2004-01-27	Stereolab	Margerine Eclipse	electronic rock pop post-rock	avant-pop # 51
58		2004-11-22	Montag	Alone, Not Alone
15		2005	Porcas Borboletas	Um carinho com os dentes	brazil experimental pop
48		2005-04	Barbara Morgenstern & Robert Lippok	Tesri	avant-pop avantgarde pop easy listening electronica experimental pop german idm indietronica	avantgarde pop # 36 avant-pop # 49
54		2005-09-19	Broadcast	Tender Buttons	dream pop electronic indietronica ambient pop	psychedelic pop # 37 minimal wave # 43 dream pop # 45 glitch pop # 52 avant-pop # 61 indie electronic # 63 indietronica # 88 ambient pop # 89
18		2006-03-15	Paavoharju	Tuote Akatemia/Unien Savonlinna EP	anti-folk avant-folk experimental pop finnish	anti-folk # 62
75		2006-08-21	Broadcast	The Future Crayon	electronic neo-psychedelia psychedelic pop	psychedelic pop # 15 avant-pop # 86
26		2007-02-19	The High Llamas	Can Cladders	chamber pop	avant-pop # 17
72		2007-03-20	Panda Bear	Person Pitch	psychedelic pop	freak folk # 28 sunshine pop # 30 neo-psychedelia # 57 plunderphonics # 59 psychedelic pop # 86
30		2007-09-03	Animal Collective	Strawberry Jam	psychedelic pop electronic neo-psychedelia	sunshine pop # 6 new weird america # 7 noise pop # 9 psychedelic pop # 87 neo-psychedelia # 88 freak folk # 91
56		2007-10-01	Pram	The Moving Frontier	avant-pop experimental pop post-rock	avant-pop # 65
12		2007-10-13	Todosantos	Acid Girlzzz EP	alternative alternative dance alternative pop duo electronic electronic pop experimental pop latin latin america venezuela	duo # 34 electronic pop # 57 venezuela # 63 latin america # 68
59		2007-10	Pram	Moving Frontier	avant-pop experimental pop post-rock	avant-pop # 69
34		2007-11-05	Burial	Unreleased	2-step ambient atmospheric drum and bass chillout dark ambient darkwave downtempo drone drum and bass dub dubstep electronic electronica ethereal wave experimental pop future garage glitch lo-fi noise techno	atmospheric drum and bass # 26 2-step # 71
39		2008	2sleepy	Art Fraud	bedroom pop experimental pop
63		2008-02-05	Atlas Sound	Orange Ohms Glow EP	alternative rock art pop avant-pop electronic experimental pop indie rock singer-songwriter	avant-pop # 73
17		2008-04-30	Vaiko Eplik ja Eliit	3: Kosmoseodüsseia	alternative pop alternative rock art pop electronic experimental pop indie pop indie rock singer-songwriter
99		2008-05-05	Animal Collective	Water Curses	experimental pop neo-psychedelia	neo-psychedelia # 75
23		2008-08-19	Stereolab	Spool of Collusion	art pop experimental pop
81		2008-08	Björk	Vespertine (EU Version)	alternative alternative dance electronic electronica ethereal wave experimental pop glitch iceland icelandic	alternative dance # 30 icelandic # 35 ethereal wave # 74 iceland # 86
7		2008-09-20	Stereolab	Explosante Fixe	art pop avant-pop experimental pop indietronica
33		2008-11-08	State Shirt	This Is Old	experimental pop indie rock
87		2010	Peter and Kerry	Clothes, Friends, Photos EP		folktronica # 39 folk pop # 42 experimental electronic # 96 experimental indie # 99
70		2011-09-09	St. Vincent	Strange Mercy	art pop	progressive pop # 43 art pop # 73
89		2011-09-19	Nurses	Dracula	experimental pop usa	usa # 36
2		2011-09-24	Monomate	Positive Outlook	ambient ambient pop chiptune electronic electropop experimental electronic experimental pop experimental rock noise noise pop plunderphonics	experimental electronic # 33
44		2011-09-30	Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory	Portal 2: Songs to Test By (Collectors Edition)	ambient ambient pop art pop art punk dark ambient electronic electronica experimental electronic experimental pop opera soundtrack	experimental electronic # 76
90		2012	Peter and Kerry	Benaize	electronic experimental electronic experimental pop folk rock folktronica indie folk indie pop indietronica lounge new wave synthpop	lounge # 2 folktronica # 51 experimental electronic # 98
21		2012-01-31	Grimes	Visions	dream pop synthpop	indie electronic # 1 synthpop # 80 dream pop # 91
88		2012-05-21	Laurel Halo	Quarantine	art pop	ambient pop # 24
78		2012-08-24	Get Well Soon	The Scarlet Beast O'Seven Heads	experimental pop indie rock
73		2012-08-31	Róisín Murphy	Exploitation	avant-pop experimental pop female vocalists progressive house	avant-pop # 83
65		2013-04-30	Dean Blunt	The Redeemer	art pop	sound collage # 56 plunderphonics # 56
74		2013-06-07	Emika	Dva	trip-hop
28		2013-08-19	Julia Holter	Loud City Song	art pop	ambient pop # 3 indie electronic # 5 art pop # 7 experimental electronic # 59 chamber jazz # 66
52		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	avant-pop # 56
11		2013-12-14	Burial	Ego / Mirror	2-step ambient atmospheric drum and bass chillout dark ambient darkwave downtempo dub dubstep electronic electronica ethereal wave experimental pop future garage glitch	atmospheric drum and bass # 14 2-step # 67
32		2014-02-25	DVA	Botanicula	acoustic rock alternative ambient art pop chillout dark ambient dream pop electronic electronica experimental pop folk freak folk indie folk indie pop indietronica new age psychedelic folk psychedelic pop
95		2014-02-26	IC3PEAK	SUBSTANCES EP	electronic experimental pop moscow russia russian witch house	witch house # 45 russian # 73 russia # 95 moscow # 100
84		2014-03-28	Dillon	The Unknown	alternative pop experimental pop
98		2014-04-07	SOHN	Tremors	electronic experimental pop	alternative pop # 8
80		2014-04-15	IC3PEAK	Ellipse	electronic experimental pop moscow russia russian witch house	russian # 1 witch house # 19 russia # 91 moscow # 98
60		2014-05-07	IC3PEAK	I'll Be Found Remixes EP	electronic experimental pop moscow russia russian witch house	russia # 81 moscow # 92
10		2014-06-11	Blonde Redhead	No More Honey	experimental pop neo-psychedelia
45		2014-06-24	Circulatory System	Mosaics Within Mosaics	experimental pop neo-psychedelia sound collage	sound collage # 22
46		2014-09-22	Laetitia Sadier	Something Shines	art pop experimental pop indietronica neo-psychedelia psychedelic pop
86		2014-10-06	IC3PEAK	Vacuum	electronic experimental pop moscow russia russian witch house	witch house # 25 russian # 28 russia # 92 moscow # 99
3		2015	tirestires	shadowdog	electronic experimental pop glitch pop
35		2015-01-12	Panda Bear	Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper	psychedelic pop	avant-pop # 30 psychedelic pop # 63
97		2015-04-06	Colleen	Captain of None	experimental pop viola da gamba	viola da gamba # 100
85		2015-09-25	Darwin Deez	Double Down	electronic experimental pop indie pop
61		2016-02-19	Animal Collective	Painting With	electronic psychedelic pop neo-psychedelia	psychedelic pop # 51
100		2016-02-26	Charli XCX	Vroom Vroom EP	bubblegum bass hyperpop pop	pop # 16 hyperpop # 99 bubblegum bass # 100
92		2017	Charli XCX	Pop 2	bubblegum bass	hyperpop # 57 bubblegum bass # 96
40		2017-03-24	Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble	Find Me Finding You	art pop experimental pop indie pop indietronica neo-psychedelia
55		2018-06-08	Get Well Soon	The Horror	experimental pop
79		2018-11-09	Planningtorock	Powerhouse	electropop experimental pop tech house	tech house # 22
68		2019	Kazu	Adult Baby	art pop avant-pop electronic experimental pop female vocalists indietronica minimal synth	minimal synth # 49 avant-pop # 78
57		2019-01-18	4 Позиции Бруно	Весёлые Старты	acid house electronic experimental pop	acid house # 44
24		2019-09-13	Charli XCX	Charli	electropop pop hyperpop	avant-pop # 16 deconstructed club # 42 bubblegum bass # 68 electropop # 76 hyperpop # 79
22		2019-09-20	Sandro Brugnolini	SUPERGROUND	avant-pop easy listening experimental pop funk italy jazz soundtrack	avant-pop # 15 italy # 31
31		2019-10-31	usr/friendly	This Is An Advertisement	alternative experimental pop experimental rock
14		2020	Stian Westerhus	Redundance	experimental pop pop
69		2020-04-20	altopalo	farawayfromeveryoneyouknow	alternative electronic experimental pop
66		2020-05-15	Charli XCX	How I'm Feeling Now	bubblegum bass hyperpop electropop pop	glitch pop # 55 electropop # 60 deconstructed club # 76 hyperpop # 96 bubblegum bass # 99
16		2020-08-21	FRAADS	FRaaaDS	experimental pop
53		2020-11-13	Angelina Mango	Monolocale	experimental pop indie pop
6		2021-01-06	Lara Fabian	Lockdown Sessions	belgian electronica experimental pop	belgian # 17
36		2021-06-06	Rosesleeves	9920Deadline	ambient pop experimental pop
25		2021-06-25	SPELLLING	The Turning Wheel	art pop	baroque pop # 13 art pop # 18 progressive pop # 30
91		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 avant-pop # 94
5		2023	Daniel Johnston	Hi, How Are You? (The Unfinished Album)		diy # 44
82		2023-01-13	Will Wood	IN CASE I DIE (Live)	alternative cabaret dark cabaret experimental pop experimental rock indie pop indie rock	dark cabaret # 75 cabaret # 76
27		2023-01-16	Got The Beat	Stamp On It	experimental pop hip-hop rnb
50		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 avant-pop # 54 indie dance # 80
29		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 # 11 avant-pop # 21 experimental electronic # 60 berlin school # 83
77		2023-05-12	Animal Collective	Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished		progressive pop # 34 noise # 73
51		2023-06-09	Christine and the Queens	PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE
67		2023-08-28	Valgur	Zapandú	experimental pop indie pop
94		2023-12-04	Nsqk	Roy	alternative pop edm experimental pop
4		2024	Solaris	Floatspace Continuum	african alternative rock ambient arabic celtic chillout classical contemporary instrumental dark ambient downtempo dub easy listening electro electronic electronica ethnic experimental pop field recordings fusion glitch guitar rock idm instrumental meditation native american new age noise post-rock progressive rock psychedelic folk psychedelic rock psychill rock soundscape spiritual tolkien world world fusion zeuhl	contemporary instrumental # 43 zeuhl # 46 tolkien # 67 guitar rock # 84
76		2024-03-07	Marina Satti	YENNA	art pop avant-pop experimental pop	avant-pop # 88
71		2024-05-17	of Montreal	Lady On The Cusp	art pop avant-pop experimental pop funk glam rock indie pop rnb	avant-pop # 81
37		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 avant-pop # 33
62		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 avant-pop # 71
13			Ten Second Songs	Ten Second Songs, Vol. 1		experimental metal # 43
93			Estelle Allen	music 2	digicore experimental pop glitch pop hyperpop noise pop	hyperpop # 4 digicore # 63 glitch pop # 68
1			Momus and John Henriksson	The Thunderclown	british electronic experimental pop swedish

Related genres

• electronic
• art pop
• avant-pop
• alternative
• pop
• indie pop
• alternative pop
• lo-fi
• experimental rock
• ambient