THE SHORT ANSWER
Ishkur's Guide teaches you what the genres are. What the Genre!? tells you which one a given track belongs to. They work best together.
WHAT ISHKUR'S GUIDE DOES
WHERE WHAT THE GENRE!? IS DIFFERENT
Any track, not only the examples. Look up a record and find its subgenre: Right Here, Right Now by Fatboy Slim sits under big beat.
Many voices, not one. Listeners vote on each track, no account needed, and give their reasons.
Cited history per subgenre: each station on the techno, house and breakbeat lines lists its sources.
WHICH ONE TO USE
Learning the shape of electronic music with a guide who has opinions: Ishkur's Guide. One track, one answer you can argue with: search for it here.
SOURCES
- [1] Ishkur's guide, Waxy.org, 2005
- [2] Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music v3, CDM, August 2019
- [3] This is probably the most important guide to electronic music ever made, MusicTech
Sources checked on 17 October 2026.
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