Scene and heard
Weekly round-up of the newest music scenes from around the world
Scene and heard: Moombahton
Neil Queen-Jones: When tech-house producer Dave Nada slowed down his DJ set to 108bpm, it was to appease the reggaeton-loving crowd. But chance would see a new global bass genre being born
Scene and heard: Necromantic rock
Adam Kennedy: A reaction to the less savoury elements of black metal, Norway's hard rockers are dragging heavy music into the 21st century
Scene and heard: Mutant house
Ben Murphy: UK dance has given birth to a hybrid genre created from classic 4/4 beats, regurgitated samples and immense sub-bass
Scene and heard: Odd Future
Louis Pattison: This LA rap group combine N*E*R*D's minimalism with lyrics that are surreal, ugly and NSFW. Just don't call them horrorcore
Scene and heard: Visual kei
Felicity Hughs: Japan's opulent take on glam metal combines rococo riffs with corsets and frills. And it's coming to a town near you ...
Scene and heard: Indie in India
Kevin E G Perry: Once home to classic rock copycats, Delhi is enjoying a new breed of bands who bridge the gap between Sonic Youth and Ravi Shankar
Scene and heard: Electro champeta
Ben Murphy: Combining trance, house, dubstep and reggaeton, a new wave of electro producers are taking Colombia's coastal sound, champeta, into the future
Scene and heard: Shangaan electro
Rosie Swash: Marimba solos at 180 bpm, lyrics like African soap operas and a whole lot of ass-shaking ... welcome to Shangaan dance and the mysterious man behind it all
Scene and heard: Tribal guarachero
Combining the traditional music of Mexico with the relentless force of techno, could this new sound take off in the UK?
Scene and heard: Noi Shanghai
Sian Rowe:China's underground scene is making noise music so feral that it will have you running for your chillwave collection
Scene and heard: American gothic
Louis Pattison: Zola Jesus is the moody harbinger of a new crop of US underground acts updating the gothic-rock aesthetic
Scene and heard: UK hip-hop gets political
Kieran Yates: With Palestine, terrorism and racism all filling verse space, the UK's hip-hop fraternity is finally embracing social commentary
Scene and heard: New York anti-jazz
The city's most vibrant sounds are being made by a ragged breed of pan-generational improvisers producing free-jazz fire music
Scene and heard: Drag
Scott Wright: Inspired by hip-hop's screwed brigade, drag's heavy atmospherics and tormented outlook are pure musical entropy
Scene and heard: Zef
Scott Wright: This is a sweat-stained South African cousin to the UK's own white, working-class rap variant. It's District 9 donk
Scene and heard: Pagan metal
Louis Pattison: If you thought that what black metal really needed was more violins, flutes and Celtic bagpipes, then this is your lucky day
Scene and heard: Japanese dancehall
John McDonnell: Reggae's bass-heavy, rump-shaking son is thriving in Japan, where homegrown stars now outshine their Jamaican peers
Scene and heard: UK hardcore in Leeds
Lanre Bakare: There's something rotten in the city of Leeds – and it's not just the bin strike. Local bands like Mob Rules, Rot in Hell and Broken Arm are all raging against the recession
Scene and heard: Hockey rock
Louis Pattison: One of punk rock's many subgenres (puck rock, if you will), this is a rollicking testament to a rough and tumble life on the ice
Scene and heard: The new wave of new age
Louis Pattison: Forget music so diluted it could double up as a homeopathic remedy, the current wave of new age artists are exploring strange new sonic landscapes
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