Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Historically, western music focuses a lot on tonal interest. But there are many atonal genres where it is instead rhythm and texture that make the composition interesting! I attended a festival called Berlin Atonal last week, and this video are my reflections.

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Contents:
0:00 atonal music, what is it?
1:40 emptyset is a good example
2:33 Ambient music
3:59 reverence and sacredness
5:13 letting go of the genre idea
6:20 it's an acquired taste but very valid
7:40 standout artists