Domingo 8 Ago 2010, 11:35

The Internet revolution brought with it almost limitless trivial information about the most arcane pockets of culture. How many of you, before the Internet, knew about the indie scene? But the Internet also brings us into contact with whole subcultures that we'd never have dreamed possible.

Now, in case you ever meet a friend who brags "You can't stump me! I know every music genre!" - be sure to ask them about Balakadri - a traditional quadrille music that was performed for balls on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Jaipongan - unpredictably rhythmic dance music from Sunda, Indonesia, or Narodna Muzika - a style that means exactly "folk's music or people's music" and is widely known in Bulgaria, Serbia and Makedonia.

But we aren't going to troll you like that! Our criteria for inclusion will be that the genre, obscure though it may be, is at least something you might have heard without going out of your way. Be it through a random spin of the radio, overhearing it once at a music store, or having a really geeky co-worker who's a music enthusiast.

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