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What the Genre!? and Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music: a guide and a vote

17 October 2026

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

It has mapped electronic music since at least 2005.[1] Its third version, in 2019, covers 166 genres with 11,321 example tracks, each genre written up in the author's own, opinionated voice.[2][3]

Its genre tree and its dates are a starting point for the genre map here, credited on every line.

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

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