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Southeast Asia

40 genres

Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and their neighbours. The region holds an unusual range of musical traditions side by side — Javanese Gamelan, Indonesian Dangdut, Thai Luk Thung and Mor Lam, and the Filipino vocal-pop tradition.

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  • Folk & WorldOriginal Pilipino MusicTagalog-and-English Filipino pop, currently dominated by acoustic indie bands writing about distance, family and overseas work.
  • Folk & WorldGamelanジャワ・バリの青銅打楽器による合奏。西洋のピアノでは出せない独自の音律をもち、同じパターンを繰り返しながら少しずつ変化していく。インドネシアの宮廷・儀礼音楽。
  • PopPhilippine Pop / IdolPhilippine mainstream pop, recently revitalized by group acts modeled on the K-pop production pipeline.
  • PopVietnamese PopVietnamese mainstream pop, currently positioned between Korean-inflected idol production and a local R&B singer-songwriter wave.
  • PopThai PopThai-language mainstream pop, shaped by 1990s GMM Grammy idols and a 2020s K-pop-style training reboot.
  • Rock & MetalIndonesian Indie Pop / Rock-BalladLate-2010s Indonesian indie pop and rock-ballad — mid-tempo, clean-toned, and emotionally restrained.
  • PopMalaysian PopMalay-language pop from Malaysia, balancing 1980s rock-band heritage with current R&B and electronic production.
  • PopDangdutIndonesia's mass-market pop, fusing Malay melodrama with Indian-film orchestration and a signature hand-drum groove.
  • PopLuk ThungThailand's working-class country pop, descended from upcountry song traditions and tuned for migrant audiences.
  • Folk & WorldMor LamThe electrified storytelling music of Thailand's Isan region, sung in Lao over the bamboo khaen mouth organ.

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