Musique Concrète
3,239works
9,240pressings
1957first year
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Format by decade
| Format | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File | · | · | · | · | · | 13% | 41% | 44% |
| Vinyl | 100% | 94% | 90% | 44% | 12% | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| CD | · | · | · | 18% | 64% | 38% | 11% | 10% |
| Cassette | · | · | 4% | 36% | 15% | 5% | 14% | 16% |
| CDr | · | · | · | · | 5% | 25% | 11% | 7% |
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ExperimentalAbstractSound CollageField RecordingNoiseElectroacousticDroneSound ArtAmbientDark AmbientModern ClassicalIndustrialAvantgardeMinimal
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freak Out! | The Mothers | 1966 | 160 |
| We're Only In It For The Money | The Mothers | 1968 | 115 |
| Uncle Meat | The Mothers | 1969 | 99 |
| Les Jerks Électroniques De La Messe Pour Le Temps Présent Et Musiques Concrètes Pour Maurice Béjart | Pierre Henry | 1967 | 63 |
| Music From The Body | Ron Geesin | 1970 | 62 |
| Lumpy Gravy | Frank Zappa | 1968 | 59 |
| Ceremony: An Electronic Mass | Spooky Tooth | 1969 | 49 |
| The Music From Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9 | Björk | 2005 | 49 |
| Gesang Der Jünglinge / Kontakte | Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1962 | 39 |
| Music Of Edgar Varèse | Edgard Varèse | 1960 | 35 |
| Kaleidoscopic Vibrations | Perrey & Kingsley | 1967 | 33 |
| Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella | Nurse With Wound | 1979 | 30 |
| Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T. / Drawings Of O.T. | Einstürzende Neubauten | 1983 | 28 |
| We're Only In It For The Money / Lumpy Gravy | Frank Zappa | 1985 | 28 |
| Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint | Steve Reich | 1989 | 27 |
| Hamlet | Various | 1961 | 23 |
| Le Voyage (D'Après Le Livre Des Morts Tibétain) | Pierre Henry | 1967 | 22 |
| Explosions | Bob James Trio | 1965 | 21 |
| Consequences | Godley & Creme | 1977 | 21 |
| Kontakte | Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1964 | 20 |
| I Hear A New World | Joe Meek | 1991 | 20 |
| The Medium Is The Massage: With Marshall McLuhan | Marshall McLuhan | 1967 | 18 |
| L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches | Jean-Claude Vannier | 1972 | 17 |
| Hymnen | Karlheinz Stockhausen | 1969 | 16 |
| Replica | Oneohtrix Point Never | 2011 | 16 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.