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Hauntology, the eerie music genre listeners find hard to describe

Original: I'm relaxing and taking in my new addiction....#java. Well, yes, there is that. But also this # music genre called "Haun

A listener describes getting hooked on Java while discovering Hauntology, a music genre built on nostalgia, memory and the ghostly echo of lost futures. Associated with artists like Boards of Canada and Burial and rooted in a philosophical concept, the genre blends samples, tape hiss and library music to unsettling effect. Its fans acknowledge it resists easy definition, pointing newcomers toward reading up on it rather than a simple explanation.

Why now: The niche genre is gaining new listeners who find its blend of nostalgia and eeriness intriguing and hard to pin down.

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• I'm relaxing and taking in my new addiction....#java. Well, yes, there is that. But also this # music genre called "Hauntology". It's hard to explain what it is. You are all smart people - some smarter than I am. You know where wikipedia is. It's not a sub-genre of dark… · praetor@mstdn.social · 2

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