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one man band

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Description

A one man band creates all elements of their music independently, handling composition, performance, recording, and production without collaboration. This approach often results in highly personal, experimental work that reflects a singular artistic vision, ranging from lo-fi bedroom recordings to polished multi-instrumental arrangements. The tag encompasses DIY ethos and complete creative control, celebrating the auteur musician who builds entire sonic worlds alone.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
40		1972	Achim Reichel	Echo	art rock europe european german germany krautrock one man band one man project psychedelic rock	one man project # 63
6		1977	Choir And Marching Band	virtual rocketry	alternative alternative rock art pop art rock chant classic rock indie pop indie rock male vocalists one man band pop pop punk pop rock post-punk post-rock protest psychedelic rock rock science fiction singer-songwriter stoner rock world	chant # 23 science fiction # 31 protest # 42
26		1977	Choir And Marching Band	until never	alternative alternative pop alternative rock art pop art rock indie pop indie rock indietronica male vocalists one man band post-rock singer-songwriter
39		1977	Various Artists	On The Tracks Again	british one man band
3		1978	Dollar Bill	That Don't Worry Me	one man band
99		1978	R. Stevie Moore	Phonography	lo-fi one man band
93		1981	Sven Grünberg	Hingus	ambient electronic estonia estonian ethereal europe european new age one man band one man project progressive electronic soundscape	soundscape # 61 one man project # 92 estonian # 94 estonia # 97
89		1982	R. Stevie Moore	Meet The R. Stevie Moore!	lo-fi new wave one man band pop rock
12		1983	Paul Nagle	Chimera	ambient pop art pop electronic electronic pop electronica experimental pop krautrock new age one man band one man project	one man project # 45
61		1985-09	R. Stevie Moore	Verve	lo-fi new wave one man band
86		1986-02-17	Kate Bush	Aerial - A Sea Of Honey	art pop art rock britain british england english ethereal one man band one man project progressive rock singer-songwriter	england # 9 britain # 82 one man project # 87
48		1987	Asmus Tietchens	Musik Aus Der Grauzone	deutschland electronic electronica europe european experimental electronic german germany hamburg minimalism noise one man band one man project	deutschland # 15 hamburg # 43 one man project # 66
95		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 avant-pop # 55 electronic pop # 77 scotland # 79 britain # 90 experimental indie # 95 one man project # 96 british underground # 99
65		1993	Persistence of Memory	Mosaic	acoustic jazz one man band
63		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 experimental folk # 71 ambient rock # 72 one man project # 75
78		1997	Evil Adam	Useless and Dumb	metal one man band
90		1997	Hasil Adkins	What the Hell Was I Thinking	lo-fi one man band rockabilly
77		1998	Roger Daltrey	Daltery	one man band
50		2002	Mank	Death Studies	britain british british underground dark ambient dark electro darkwave europe european experimental electronic idm illbient musique concrete neoclassical one man band one man project post-industrial wales welsh	welsh # 24 britain # 34 one man project # 68 wales # 70 british underground # 78
88		2002	Cassetteboy	The Parker Tapes	electronic idm one man band
73		2005	John Schooley and His One Man Band	John Schooley and His One Man Band	blues garage rock one man band
20		2006	The Limbs	Boo The Villain	one man band
41		2006	Homespun	When I was the first man on the moon	electronic electronica italian one man band
9		2007	Assume No Order	Exit Dark EP	instrumental rock math rock one man band
42		2007-06-17	.khi	I Had A Dream	alternative breakcore estonia estonian europe european noise one man band one man project	estonian # 53 estonia # 62 one man project # 64
7		2008	Gee Gee Kettel	Lucky 7	acoustic alternative country country blues folk one man band	country blues # 4
27		2008	Multiphonic Rodent	Formations	alternative alternative pop art pop art rock electronic electronic pop electronica estonia estonian europe european experimental pop experimental rock fusion one man band one man project post-rock	estonian # 38 estonia # 49 one man project # 55
29		2008	Vaiko Eplik & Eliit	Kosmoseodüsseia	alternative alternative pop alternative rock estonia estonian europe european indie pop indie rock one man band one man project	estonian # 43 estonia # 53 one man project # 57
11		2008-08-04	gotikplage	we are synonymous with sin	alternative alternative metal ambient america american american underground ohio one man band one man project post-metal progressive metal screamo usa	one man project # 43
68		2008-12-06	Ghost Hunter	In The Early Months	alternative britain british british underground england english europe european indie electronic indietronica one man band one man project sheffield	britain # 54 sheffield # 67 one man project # 77 british underground # 84
83		2009	King Automatic	In the blue corner	one man band
97		2009	Abner Jay	True Story of Abner Jay	folk one man band
98		2009-01-11	Aydio	Deltitnu EP	alternative ambient breaks britain british british underground chillout downtempo dub electronic electronic pop electronica england english europe european indie electronic indietronica lo-fi london one man band one man project trip-hop	european # 7 europe # 10 breaks # 40 english # 42 indie electronic # 47 london # 53 england # 68 electronic pop # 83 britain # 96 one man project # 98 british underground # 100
67		2009-07	Enoid	Ataraxiis	black metal extreme metal metal one man band raw black metal switzerland true black metal	switzerland # 25 extreme metal # 27 true black metal # 47
87		2009-08-04	Professor Kliq	Community Service	alternative alternative dance america american big beat breakcore breaks chicago edm electro electronic hip-hop one man band one man project usa	chicago # 20 america # 55 one man project # 88
66		2009-10-03	Julien Mier	Have Courage Funny Thing	dutch electronica glitch idm indietronica netherlands one man band	netherlands # 22
1		2009-10-07	Atlas Sound	2012-06-22: Athfest Main Stage, Athens, GA, USA		one man project # 39
54		2009-10-27	M. Pyres	& New Past Tense	ambient america american american underground avant-rock fusion jazz rock one man band post-rock usa	american underground # 9 avant-rock # 21
76		2009-10-31	Dopedrone	Contact Book	alternative alternative dance ambient ambient rock big beat dark pop darkwave electronic ethereal wave experimental rock indie dance one man band one man project post-rock shoegaze soundscape	indie dance # 60 ambient rock # 83 one man project # 83
84		2010	Joseph Huber	Bury Me Where I Fall	alt-country americana bluegrass country folk one man band singer-songwriter
56		2010-11-22	Thy Courage Quail	goblin's gate	america american american underground americana anti-folk diy lo-fi one man band one man project portland singer-songwriter usa	american underground # 11 portland # 20 anti-folk # 27 one man project # 72
10		2010-12-27	Raymundo Mendoza	translations ep	alternative america american american underground dance house one man band one man project texas usa	one man project # 42
57		2011	Kurt Vile	live at WFMU August 2008	america american american underground americana dream folk indie folk live recording one man band one man project philadelphia singer-songwriter usa	american underground # 16 dream folk # 33 philadelphia # 52 one man project # 73
62		2011	The Dad Horse Experience	Kingdom it Will Come	alt-country one man band
51		2011-04-01	DarkSunn	Mint EP	acid jazz breaks chillout europe european hip-hop jazz nu jazz one man band one man project portugal sound collage	one man project # 69
94		2011-06-30	Cyesm	Outsider	alternative art pop breaks electronic electronic pop electronica europe european france french one man band one man project piano trip-hop	electronic pop # 76 one man project # 94
79		2011-08-18	Blodsband	Gammelnordiska besvärjelser	black metal melodic black metal metal one man band sweden swedish swedish black metal swedish metal	swedish metal # 67
34		2011-11-21	The Shade of Crow	The Progression of the Black Clouds	brazil extreme metal one man band
32		2011-12-10	Saito Koji	Plus	ambient ambient noise asia asian drone drone ambient japan japanese minimalism noise one man band one man project soundscape	ambient noise # 31 one man project # 59
100		2011-12-13	Sean Nicholas Savage	Flamingo	alternative alternative pop canada chillwave hypnagogic pop montreal one man band one man project quebec singer-songwriter soul	chillwave # 5 hypnagogic pop # 26 canada # 80 montreal # 95 quebec # 96 one man project # 100
74		2012-04-03	KVLTIK	OKEAN	dark ambient darkwave drag experimental electronic one man band one man project russia russian synthwave witch house	experimental electronic # 24 drag # 71 one man project # 81
91		2012-06-14	Marten Kuningas	Janu	alternative alternative pop estonia estonian europe european indie pop indie rock one man band one man project rock singer-songwriter soul	one man project # 90 estonian # 91 estonia # 94
8		2012-07-01	EMBARK	JUST FOR YOU	alternative alternative pop alternative rock dream pop electronic europe european france french indie rock one man band one man project shoegaze	one man project # 41
16		2012-07-01	Jari Pitkänen	Sirin	ambient dark ambient drone europe finland finnish one man band one man project	one man project # 48
96		2012-08-03	Ricky Eat Acid	ambien music	ambient one man band one man project soundscape	soundscape # 78 one man project # 97
24		2012-08-05	Bisamråtta	Bisamråtta (LP)	ambient ambient rock europe european musique concrete one man band one man project post-rock russia russian sound collage	ambient rock # 54 one man project # 54
53		2012-09-14	Ssaliva	All Downhill From Here	ambient belgian belgium chillwave downtempo electronic europe european new age one man band one man project	one man project # 71
23		2012-11-13	Ratkiller	Cellar Dweller	alternative alternative pop avant-prog diy electronic electronic pop estonia estonian europe european experimental rock funk instrumental lo-fi one man band one man project progressive rock soul	estonian # 31 estonia # 42 one man project # 53
22		2012-12-06	Off Land	Circadian	ambient america american american underground dark ambient electroacoustic electronic experimental electronic musique concrete one man band one man project organic electronica soundscape usa	organic electronica # 47 one man project # 52
25		2012-12-12	Azathoth	Persephone's dream	black doom metal one man band	black doom metal # 23
36		2012-12-28	AbJo	The Art Of Dreaming	alternative alternative pop america american american underground art pop breaks california electronic electronica hip-hop instrumental instrumental hip-hop one man band one man project soul trip-hop usa	one man project # 61
19		2013	Nanaki	The Dying Light	europe european one man band one man project post-rock english	one man project # 49
28		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 estonian # 39 estonia # 50 experimental folk # 51 one man project # 56
33		2013-01-25	lefolk	isn't this dangerous?	ambient ambient dub ambient techno america american american underground dark ambient deep techno michigan one man band one man project usa	one man project # 60
71		2013-02-12	Crow44	Crow44	avant-pop baroque pop britain british underground chamber folk chamber pop chillwave dream pop electronic electronic pop england english europe european hypnagogic pop one man band one man project singer-songwriter soul	electronic pop # 35 britain # 57 one man project # 79 british underground # 86
49		2013-03-02	A Cackle or a Coughing Fit	Sea in a Circle	ambient black metal black metal blackgaze diy europe european experimental metal lo-fi metal noise rock one man band one man project screamo	one man project # 67
72		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 experimental folk # 78 one man project # 80
59		2013-03-14	Caïna	Litanies of Abjection	one man band post-rock
15		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	microsound # 32 one man project # 47 microtonal # 51
5		2013-05-20	Jankenpopp	Zombie Media	8-bit alternative alternative dance bitpop breakcore breaks chiptune europe european experimental electronic france french glitch hip-hop nintendocore one man band one man project	one man project # 40
43		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 project # 65 microsound # 67 microtonal # 70
14		2013-08-20	M. Geddes Gengras	Collected Works Vol. 1 "The Moog Years"	ambient america american american underground drone drone ambient one man band soundscape usa
92		2014-02	Vaiko Eplik	Nõgesed	alternative alternative pop alternative rock estonia estonian indie pop indie rock one man band one man project pop singer-songwriter	one man project # 91 estonian # 93 estonia # 96
18		2015-05-22	The Chainsaw Blues cowboys	For A Few Chainsaw More	blues duo gospel one man band
21		2015-08-13	Ashtray Navigations	Sweet iron feet	ambient britain british british underground drone drone rock england english europe european experimental rock noise one man band one man project	britain # 6 drone rock # 8 one man project # 51 british underground # 62
38		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	organic electronica # 58 microsound # 62 one man project # 62 microtonal # 68
70		2017-08-03	Witches Moon	A Swing of Sickle to Summers Dawn	america american atmospheric black metal black metal dungeon synth melodic black metal metal one man band symphonic black metal usa usbm	usbm # 21
46		2018-08-25	Cloak of Altering	ZERO DEVIL	avant-garde black metal avant-garde metal black metal dutch experimental black metal experimental metal industrial black metal metal netherlands one man band	experimental black metal # 40
45		2019	Tom Vandenavond	A Gambler's Prayer	one man band
58		2020	Gethin	part time monkey	alternative australia australian jazz melbourne one man band	melbourne # 77
85		2022-06-22	(((о)))	The Trial	dark ambient darkwave drag electronic electronica experimental electronic one man band one man project witch house	experimental electronic # 55 drag # 82 one man project # 86
2		2022-07-07	Marlugubre	In a Path of Candles	death doom metal death metal instrumental italian metal one man band progressive death metal
30		2022-07-22	Benjamin Briggs	Snake Man vs The World	8-bit alternative america american american underground bitpop chiptune electronic electronic pop nintendocore one man band one man project usa	one man project # 58
75		2023-08-07	Aidan Baker	Tense Surfaces	ambient ambient techno canada drone electroacoustic improvisation lo-fi one man band one man project post-rock toronto	toronto # 39 improvisation # 42 one man project # 82
82		2023-11-15	Hungry Lights	Heavy Is The Crown	classical crossover contemporary classical metalcore one man band power metal progressive metal	classical crossover # 4
81		2024-05-14	Maciej Ramisz	towards A.	alternative pop alternative rock art rock electronic electronic pop electronica europe european indie electronic indie pop indie rock indietronica one man band one man project poland polish post-rock	poland # 26 electronic pop # 56 one man project # 84
13			Scales in Antiquity	Origins	alternative electronic electronic rock guitar rock indie rock instrumental metal one man band synth rock	guitar rock # 38
17			Poun	i [heart] stuff	electronic experimental folk female vocalists france french one man band singer-songwriter	experimental folk # 43
35			Francois Xavier Marciat	Driving On Back Roads	alt-country alternative american belgium blues delta blues folk garage harmonica instrumental one man band roots singer-songwriter slide guitar soundtrack	slide guitar # 38
37			Avalanche Ammo	Animals EP	instrumental instrumental rock ireland math rock one man band	ireland # 25
52			Alessandro Miani	alla frutta	guitar rock guitar virtuoso instrumental instrumental rock one man band rock	guitar rock # 64
55			Alessandro Miani	Alessandro Miani (self titled)	guitar rock guitar virtuoso guitarist instrumental instrumental rock one man band rock	guitarist # 50 guitar rock # 65
60			ki††y c▲t	hold on	dark electro drag electronic electronica europe european experimental electronic musique concrete neoclassical one man band one man project remixes russia russian witch house	musique concrete # 10 drag # 66 one man project # 74
64			Moses Luster and The Hollywood Lights	I'm The Lion	america american american underground art pop art rock avant-pop baroque pop chamber pop one man band one man project psychedelic rock singer-songwriter usa	american underground # 27 one man project # 76
69			Корабельные сосны	Я хочу любить себя	emo one man band russian emo spoken word	russian emo # 39
4			Barlo	Crepa	alternative comedy italy one man band
31			Elliott Cheng	Scared Of A Blank Page	ambient chillout classical electronica instrumental jazz nu jazz one man band orchestra soundtrack
44			Dollar Bill and His One Mand Band	I Ain't Got But a Dollar	one man band
47			Julian Magalhaes	Rise of the Eldrazi	djent instrumental one man band progressive deathcore
80			Gafyn Davies	The Invisible Band	one man band poetry

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