WorldMusic

Oceania

14 genres

Australia, New Zealand, and the broader Pacific. The region's exports range from Australian Pub Rock and indigenous didgeridoo music to Māori waiata and the Hawaiian slack-key guitar and steel guitar traditions.

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  • Electronic & DanceFuture Bass2010年代半ば、オーストラリアのFlumeを震源にSoundCloudから広がったメロディアスなダンス系ポップ。丸く弾むシンセと、サビで急にビートが半分のテンポに落ちるゆったり感が持ち味だ。
  • PopPsychedelic PopPop that absorbs the studio experimentation of late-1960s psychedelia — backward tapes, modal melodies, dreamlike imagery.
  • Folk & WorldIsland Reggae / Pasifika PopPacific-diaspora reggae from Hawai‘i, Aotearoa and Samoa — softer drums, layered Polynesian harmony and roots-music politics.
  • Rock & MetalAboriginal Rock / Indigenous AustralianRock and folk by Indigenous Australian musicians, often built around didgeridoo drone and Aboriginal-language vocals.
  • PopHapa HaoleEnglish-language Hawaiian songs from the early twentieth century, written for mainland audiences and tin pan alley markets.
  • Folk & WorldHawaiian FalsettoHawaiian male vocal style that turns the break between chest voice and falsetto into the central expressive device.
  • Folk & WorldTongan LakalakaTongan group dance-song — large male and female choruses in white tapa, alternating verses with synchronised movement, performed for state occasions.
  • Folk & WorldSlack-Key GuitarHawaiian fingerstyle guitar tradition — open-tunings (literally, slacked strings) and a gentle, ringing thumb-and-fingers style.
  • Folk & WorldTahitian MusicPolynesian percussion-and-voice tradition of Tahiti — slit-log to'ere drums driving the dance form 'ote'a, plus himene choral singing.
  • Folk & WorldHakaMaori posture dance combining voice, chant, foot-stomp, and synchronized body percussion.

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