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It pains me to do this, but any dedicated web-crawler knows that 4chan.org is simultaneously the beating heart and the pulsating asshole of the internet. Thanks to 4chan, we have wonderful things like memes, Anonymous, and share threads. Along with that, we can thank 4chan for the widespread knowledge of things like goatse (I refuse to hyperlink it) and furries. Let’s keep it positive, though, shall we? 4chan’s music forum (/mu/) can be a stellar place to learn about new and exciting genres of music at lightning speed, and often at no cost to you, much to the chagrin of the majority of “businessman artists” out there. In addition to plenty of free quotable Neutral Milk Hotel jokes, /mu/ harnesses thousands of creative and adept minds that are especially good at compartmentalizing artists and works into specific genres. Whilst browsing last.fm’s chillwave threads for the purpose of shameless self-promotion, I came across a collection of PNGs that some brilliant mind up at /mu/ no doubt created in order to best explain the essentials of various genres of electronic music. I’d link them all if I had the time, but for now, I will just link the ones that this blog popularizes. I wish I could find out who created these so I could shake their hand firmly and possibly try to troll them. Clicking each image enlarges it, so enjoy!

CHILLWAVE ESSENTIALS

GLITCH-HOP ESSENTIALS

SAMPLING ESSENTIALS

AMBIENT ESSENTIALS

MINIMAL TECHNO / MICROHOUSE ESSENTIALS

(Thanks to last.fm user scratchNbreak for compiling these.)

TEN REASONS TO DOWNLOAD TSQ VOL EIGHT:

1. You don’t mind that this one doesn’t feature any Com Truise or Pictureplane.
2. You need a monthly recap on all the best hipster music that’s found its way onto the internets.
3. You find that you often enjoy remixes better than the original versions of songs.
4. You really want to show someone something they’ve definitely never heard before.
5. You want to be in tune with all the subtle nuances of how current artistic music is constantly changing.
6. You have an hour or so to burn with absolutely nothing to do.
7. You’re entering a mix submission contest and you’ll do whatever it takes to win.
8. You just got duped into attending a rave and you need to wash the taste out of your mouth.
9. You owe one of the TSQ writers for reposting about your equally lonely blog.
10. You just can’t get enough good chillwave, glo-fi, IDM, and downtempo music.

TSQ VOL EIGHT

1.    WAYPHASER  static breath

2.    BODY LANGUAGE  you can (star slinger remix)

3.    VEGA  no reasons

4.  HEADLESS HORSEMAN  1CHRD (blackbird blackbird remix)

5.   UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA  ffunny frends (the naked and famous remix)

6.    KINGT0M  hopeswaterglass

7.    THE NEW DIVISION  walk in the dark

8.    UNDERWATER SEACREATURES  i see ya girl

9.    PHANTOGRAM  don’t move

10.  SMALL BLACK  two rivers

11.  A GAP BETWEEN  orange horizon

12.  STARFAWN  nothing dead

13.  CHRIS D’EON  almost out of time

14.  GIRAFFAGE  eschaton

15.  ONTHE88  cruisin’ PCH

16.  SOLAR BEARS  dream valley (young montana? rework)

17.  JESSE RUINS  sofija

18.  ECHO SHADE  after we minus

19.  HEATHERED PEARLS  the worship bell

20.  HOLY OTHER  feel something

Download here.

(Artwork courtesy of Ashley McLaughlin)