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Experimental music is an umbrella term for practices that prioritize exploration, process, and discovery over adherence to established genre norms. It embraces new sound sources, nonstandard tuning systems, indeterminacy and chance operations, graphic and open-form scores, extended techniques, and technology-led sound design (tape, electronics, computers, and live processing). Rather than a single style, it is a methodology and ethos: testing hypotheses about sound, structure, and performance, often blurring boundaries between composition, improvisation, sound art, and performance art. Listeners can expect unfamiliar timbres, unusual forms, and an emphasis on how music is made as much as the resulting sound.

Microtonal music is any music that uses pitch intervals smaller than the 12-tone equal-tempered semitone or uses alternative tunings that divide the octave into a different number of steps. Rather than being bound to 12 equal notes per octave, microtonal composers and performers work with just intonation (pure, whole-number ratios), equal divisions of the octave such as 19-EDO, 24-EDO, 31-EDO, or 53-EDO, and non-octave or non-equal systems. While many non-Western traditions historically employ intervals that do not fit 12‑TET (e.g., Arabic maqām, Turkish makam, Persian dastgāh, Indian raga, and Indonesian gamelan), the term “microtonal” in a modern sense usually refers to the deliberate exploration of these and other tunings in contemporary composition, experimental classical, rock/metal, and electronic music. The focus is on expanding consonance/dissonance palettes, unlocking new chordal colors, and discovering novel melodic gestures that 12‑TET obscures.

Furry is a fandom-driven meta-genre defined less by a single sound and more by the community that makes it. Artists are united by an affinity for anthropomorphic animal aesthetics (fursonas), convention culture, and online DIY distribution, rather than by strict stylistic rules. Sonically it spans EDM and house for dance events, drum and bass and hyperpop for internet-native energy, chiptune and electropop for retro/nerd-adjacent color, and singer‑songwriter and comedy rock for storytelling sets. Lyrical themes often explore identity, belonging, playful self‑expression, and in‑jokes about the fandom, conventions, and online life. Furry music thrives on Bandcamp, SoundCloud, YouTube, and at con stages where DJs and live acts perform under fursona branding, blending music, visual art, and character performance into a cohesive subcultural experience.