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microsound

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Description

Microsound refers to electronic music focused on manipulating extremely small sonic particles, often at the threshold of perception—clicks, glitches, grain-like textures, and ultra-brief sounds. This approach emerged from experimental digital audio practices in the 1990s, treating sound itself as raw material to be examined and reconstructed at microscopic time scales. The aesthetic emphasizes precision, minimalism, and the exploration of what happens in the tiny spaces between conventional musical notes.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
89		1976	Alvin Lucier	Bird And Person Dyning	microsound microtonal minimalism spoken word	microtonal # 93
6		1995	Various Artists	Diagram	ambient electronic electronica microsound
81		1995-02	Ryoji Ikeda	1000 Fragments	sound collage ambient	sound collage # 50
85		1997-06	Ø	Tulkinta	microsound minimal techno
2		1998	Souvlaki	La sociedad del espectáculo	ambient electronica folktronica glitch pop microsound
23		1998	Cacao	Tropisms	microsound
29		1998	8m2 Stereo	Em:t 1197	contemporary classical downtempo electroacoustic electronica meditation microsound soundscape yoga
86		1998-07	Ryoji Ikeda	0°C	electronic
94		1998-10	Ryoji Ikeda	Time And Space	ambient drone electronic glitch microsound minimal techno noise sound collage	sound collage # 9
10		2000-03	Rensek	Rensek EP	electronic glitch microsound minimalism noise
91		2001-01-22	Ryoji Ikeda	Matrix	drone electronic glitch microsound minimal techno
27		2001-10-01	The Cherry Blues Project	Ultra Rare Tracks	ambient microsound soundscape
77		2002-04-29	Janek Schaefer	Pulled Under	ambient drone ambient microsound
78		2003	Girnų Giesmės	Procesai	ambient industrial microsound
18		2004	Vitor Joaquim	A Rose is A Rose	dark ambient microsound soundscape
90		2004-03	AGF	Language Is the Most	glitch microsound
51		2004-04-02	mc iedh	hug my gas ep	american electronic glitch idm lobit microsound pop	lobit # 28
93		2004-05-04	Frank Bretschneider	Looping I - VI (And Other Assorted Love Songs)	experimental electronic glitch microsound minimalism	experimental electronic # 66
88		2004-06-20	Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits	Mujo	ambient idm microsound
28		2004-08-16	Paranomia	Le requiem pour les refrigerat	ambient electronic estonia estonian europe glitch industrial lobit microsound	estonian # 16 estonia # 28
72		2004-09-01	Nim	Editorial ep	belgium electronica microsound microtonal	microtonal # 78
95		2005	Ryoji Ikeda	Dataplex	glitch	glitch # 34
21		2005	Will Montgomery	Water Blinks	microsound
39		2005-03-01	Indu Mezu	noisiki	electronic idm lobit microsound noise power electronics russia russian sound collage	lobit # 11
84		2005-03-30	Curtis Roads	Point Line Cloud	ambient electroacoustic glitch microsound noise
82		2005-06-01	Nacht Plank	Septs Vents	microsound
13		2005-07-31	Coeval	[mn005] distante	ambient drone field recordings live recording microsound microtonal musique concrete spain spanish	microtonal # 24
7		2005-10-13	Tony	Itinerance	france french microsound microtonal	microtonal # 14
12		2005-10-21	Darren McClure	Zonal Sounds	ambient electronic microsound
80		2006-02-07	Sébastien Roux	Songs	microsound
58		2006-05-24	Asher	Directions	microsound
92		2006-06	Stephan Mathieu & Janek Schaefer	Hidden Name	ambient field recordings microsound	field recordings # 34
54		2007-05-16	Zainetica	A Fixed Frame, Ep.
15		2007-10-01	Wendt	montage	ambient electronica glitch idm microsound
16		2007-12	Luigi Archetti	Fragments on Speed, Slowless and Tedium		microtonal # 29
73		2008	Alvaro	Untitled Album	ambient breakcore breaks dance dark ambient detroit digital hardcore drill n bass drum and bass electro electroclash electronic electronica glitch hardcore house idm industrial mashcore mashup microhouse microsound noise post-rock shoegaze speedcore techno	microhouse # 20 drill n bass # 58 mashcore # 65
41		2008-01-26	Skerror	The Unknown Forces	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 4 techstep # 11 dark industrial # 11
25		2008-01-28	Skerror	Games We'll Play	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep
26		2008-01-28	Skerror	Bots and Fans	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep
24		2008-02-01	Skerror	Power Grid	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep
49		2008-02-04	Skerror	Venture Fantastique	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 10 techstep # 19 dark industrial # 20
34		2008-02-07	Skerror	Submersion	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	techstep # 1 darkstep # 1 dark industrial # 7
46		2008-02-10	Skerror	Slime Quanta	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 7 techstep # 16 dark industrial # 16
59		2008-02-12	Skerror	Junk Running	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 16 techstep # 27 dark industrial # 30
53		2008-02-14	Skerror	Mahahakala	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch haiti hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 11 dark industrial # 21 techstep # 23 haiti # 30
43		2008-02-15	Skerror	Graviton Jungle	ambient animals broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental jungle metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 6 techstep # 13 dark industrial # 14 animals # 15
20		2008-02	Giorgos Stefanou	Internal Sonic Pathway	electroacoustic europe european glitch greece greek microsound microtonal musique concrete one man band one man project	one man project # 29 microtonal # 35
9		2009	The Cherry Blues Project	Electronic Sounds Live	noise ambient dark ambient electronic
76		2009-01-04	Skerror	Dreampunk	cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial microsound soundscape steampunk	steampunk # 9 dark industrial # 52
60		2009-01-05	Skerror	Static Approach	cyberpunk dark industrial electro electronic idm metal microsound steampunk	dark industrial # 32
68		2009-01-06	Skerror	Corrapture	cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial idm microsound steampunk	dark industrial # 39
64		2009-01-12	Skerror	Cephalotropolis	cyberpunk dark industrial electro electronic idm industrial microsound steampunk	dark industrial # 35
65		2009-01-14	Skerror	Alloy Mines	ambient cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic idm microsound steampunk	dark industrial # 36
71		2009-01-16	Skerror	Ferrol	animals cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic idm microsound steampunk	steampunk # 4 animals # 36 dark industrial # 45
63		2009-01-21	Skerror	Mod Doc	cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic grime idm microsound steampunk	dark industrial # 33
69		2009-01-23	Skerror	Shee	cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic idm microsound steampunk woman	woman # 10 dark industrial # 40
70		2009-05-07	Jgrzinich	time's arrow landing	ambient america american american underground drone microsound microtonal minimalism musique concrete usa	american underground # 6 microtonal # 73
55		2009-10-10	Obsil	Distances	alternative ambient art rock contemporary classical electroacoustic electronic electronica glitch instrumental italian microsound
45		2009-10-27	Marc Broude	Rites of Zen	ambient noise america american american underground dark ambient illbient microsound microtonal ritual ambient soundscape usa	ambient noise # 21 microtonal # 59
1		2009-11-16	The Cherry Blues Project	Dedicado a JS (Vol. 1)	ambient argentina microsound noise singer-songwriter soundscape
56		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	experimental folk # 55 organic electronica # 55
40		2010-08-09	Jo Thomas	Alpha Live at the Alibi	electronic glitch microsound
50		2010-08-22	Canoply Games	Phantoms	ambient digital hardcore drone electroacoustic experimental electronic idm microsound noise noisecore
8		2010-11-13	Tsone	[at035] a sea beyond reckoning	ambient ambient noise drone electronica europe finland finnish microsound microtonal minimalism	microtonal # 16
44		2011-07-01	Derek Piotr	AGORA	ambient electroacoustic glitch microsound microtonal organic electronica spoken word	organic electronica # 45 microtonal # 58
38		2011-12-05	Derek Piotr	AGORA Regathered	broken beat chiptune dance dark ambient electroacoustic electronic electronica finnish glitch house microsound microtonal musique concrete noise organic electronica polish power electronics sound collage spoken word	organic electronica # 44 microtonal # 56
35		2012-02-05	Superlauncher	Music for Films	ambient dark ambient field recordings glitch microsound soundscape
79		2012-05-25	Porya Hatami	Unstable	ambient electronic microsound noise
22		2012-12-18	Rui P. Andrade	Vessels	ambient drone microsound noise
32		2013-04-17	Nils Quak	Und unsere Häuser sind Särge	ambient dark ambient drone ambient europe european experimental electronic german germany microsound microtonal noise one man band one man project post-rock soundscape	one man band # 15 one man project # 47 microtonal # 51
67		2013-08-19	Aurastore	Untapped Horizons	ambient america american american underground california drone ambient microsound microtonal one man band one man project soundscape usa	one man band # 43 one man project # 65 microtonal # 70
33		2013-10-19	organ of qwerty	organ of qwerty	ambient drone electroacoustic electronic microsound
96		2014-04-28	Fennesz	Bécs	glitch	glitch # 27 electroacoustic # 56 experimental techno # 82
87		2015-09-01	Klimek	Pop Ambient 2006	microsound
62		2016-01-31	EUS	Reviraje	ambient dark ambient drone drone ambient electroacoustic electronic microsound microtonal musique concrete neoclassical one man band one man project organic electronica soundscape	one man band # 38 organic electronica # 58 one man project # 62 microtonal # 68
5		2016-06-24	Kim Cascone	Reaching Dark Stations	dark ambient glitch microsound noise soundscape
36		2017-07-01	Haarvöl	Bombinate	ambient drone electronic microsound microtonal minimalism musique concrete post-industrial	microtonal # 54
48		2018-01-15	Masayuki Imanishi	Worn Tape	microsound musique concrete
99		2018-03-16	Alva Noto	Unieqav	contemporary classical dub techno electronic glitch microsound minimal techno	minimal techno # 2 dub techno # 81
14		2018-08-31	Andreas Lutz	Binary Supremacy	electronic microsound soundscape
4		2019-08-23	Powerless Electronics	All Good Things Come In Threes	dark ambient drone glitch microsound noise
57		2020-01-10	Fani Konstantinidou	Winter Trilogy / The Big Fall	drone microsound microtonal minimalism	microtonal # 66
74		2020-11-06	Richard Chartier	Continue	drone microsound microtonal	microtonal # 79
19		2021-01-17	among us trap remix	among us trap remix	depressive black metal microsound noise plunderphonics
37		2021-02-05	Hosoo	Mist	ambient electronic korea microsound minimalism	korea # 3
98		2021-03-12	Ryoji Ikeda	Ryoji Ikeda EP	ambient drone electronic glitch microsound minimalism
52		2021-03	Ryoji Ikeda	Music For Installations Vol.1	drone electronic glitch microsound
61		2021-10-25	Ryoji Ikeda	superposition	drone electronic glitch microsound minimal techno
11		2022-03-18	zeroglab	ZEROGLAB - The Fall Of Casablanca	dance idm microsound
31		2022-04-22	Ryoji Ikeda	music for installations vol.2	ambient drone electronic glitch microsound noise
100		2022-09-23	7038634357	Electric	ambient glitch microsound
3			diecidicembre	diecidicembre	ambient drone electronic europe improvisation italian italy microsound microtonal new age progressive rock soundscape	microtonal # 8
42			SFIAS	SFIAS vs Betty Boop pt 2	alternative ambient american bossa nova chamber classical composer contemporary classical downtempo drone drone rock electroacoustic electronic electronica folk freak folk french funk fusion glam rock greek grunge indie pop indie rock instrumental japan japanese jazz krautrock math rock microsound minimalism mpb musique concrete new wave new weird america noise orchestral paris piano pop post-punk post-rock power pop progressive rock proto-punk psychedelic rock samba shoegaze singer-songwriter soul soundscape space rock tango usa	drone rock # 2 chamber # 62
47			SFIAS	SFIAS vs The Anchorites	alternative ambient american bossa nova chamber classical composer contemporary classical downtempo drone drone rock electroacoustic electronic electronica folk freak folk french funk fusion glam rock greek grunge indie pop indie rock instrumental japan japanese jazz krautrock math rock microsound minimalism mpb musique concrete new wave new weird america noise orchestral paris piano pop post-punk post-rock power pop progressive rock proto-punk psychedelic rock samba shoegaze singer-songwriter soul soundscape space rock tango usa	drone rock # 11 chamber # 65
75			ADSD	x	ambient breakcore breaks dance dark ambient detroit digital hardcore drill n bass drum and bass electro electroclash electronic electronica glitch hardcore house idm industrial mashcore mashup microhouse microsound noise post-rock shoegaze speedcore techno	microhouse # 21 drill n bass # 60 mashcore # 66
83			ADSD	FEAROFTHEVOID	ambient breakcore breaks dance dark ambient detroit digital hardcore drill n bass drum and bass electro electroclash electronic electronica glitch hardcore house idm industrial mashcore mashup microhouse microsound noise post-rock shoegaze speedcore techno	speedcore # 3 microhouse # 34 drill n bass # 75 mashcore # 81
17			Begt	The Shortest Album	microsound
30			8m2stereo	Calling All Fiends compilation	contemporary classical downtempo electroacoustic electronica meditation microsound soundscape yoga
66			akaJazy	Cladonia	ambient electroacoustic electronic field recordings glitch microsound plugg sound collage
97			.cutspace	the angels floss their teeth with my bones	ambient cloud rap experimental hip hop glitch idm microsound plugg

Related genres

• ambient
• electronic
• soundscape
• glitch
• noise
• idm
• dark ambient
• drone
• microtonal
• minimalism