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(highlighting my own personal favorite genre-neighborhood,
the drum n bass part of town)
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A Dizzying
Infographic Traipses Through 146 Years of Music
A polymathic Belgian architect named Kwinten Crauwels has
created a map worthy of praise for anyone who stays up at night thinking about
how to articulate vast networks of cultural products.
The Music Map is
an “interactive infographic that maps the definitions, relationships, and
sub-genres of the last 146 years of pop music.
It’s formally
called “Genealogy and History of Popular Music Genres from Origin till Present
(1870-2016)” and it’s creator certainly echoes my own struggles to organize the
language of smell:
“You can never create the ultimate genre map—there is no
such thing, because it’s a sociological reality, not a scientific one,”
Crauwels says. “But you can at least create a very good approximation, so
people can learn more.” He’s right; Crauwels has built a chart that’s actually
chart-worthy.
POST SCRIPT
On Vague Notions
of Accuracy
-About the
confusion matrix, a great starting point for anyone who is trying to organize
things, but is ultimately doomed to failure.
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