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>be me
>browsing spotify's "discover"
>see artist literally titled "Mom"
>lol why not
>listen to the 1st release, a s/t EP
>pretty good stuff, loving the carefree vocals and noisy aesthetic
>want to check out more stuff like her
>click on "fans also like"
>a bunch of artists pop up
>instantly notice something weird
>the pfp's are all album covers from the most recent album from the artist
>all of 'em are some stock image looking shit with the artists name and album title written in weird fonts on them
>look like they were taken from a "create your own album cover" thread, you know the ones
>almost all of the names of artists are a combination of 2 or 3 random words
>click on some of them
>it gets even weirder
>all have ~100 or less monthly listeners
>all artists have 1 (sometimes 2) albums
>all albums have around 15-16 tracks
>almost all tracks have <1000 listens
>all the tracks are basically a couple second melody and drum beat repeated over and over again till the track hits ~4 mins
>the melodies in each track (from all that I heard) are different
>all of the albums are from 2017, 2018
>almost all are from different record labels, which are hard to find anything about on Google
>all have most listeners in Berlin, Germany
>every one's "fans also like" has MORE OF THEM
what the fuck is this rabbithole, /mu/?
why does this exist?
is this well known or did I stumble over some underground german house electronica music community noone has heard of?
i'll post some examples of artists in a reply
>browsing spotify's "discover"
>see artist literally titled "Mom"
>lol why not
>listen to the 1st release, a s/t EP
>pretty good stuff, loving the carefree vocals and noisy aesthetic
>want to check out more stuff like her
>click on "fans also like"
>a bunch of artists pop up
>instantly notice something weird
>the pfp's are all album covers from the most recent album from the artist
>all of 'em are some stock image looking shit with the artists name and album title written in weird fonts on them
>look like they were taken from a "create your own album cover" thread, you know the ones
>almost all of the names of artists are a combination of 2 or 3 random words
>click on some of them
>it gets even weirder
>all have ~100 or less monthly listeners
>all artists have 1 (sometimes 2) albums
>all albums have around 15-16 tracks
>almost all tracks have <1000 listens
>all the tracks are basically a couple second melody and drum beat repeated over and over again till the track hits ~4 mins
>the melodies in each track (from all that I heard) are different
>all of the albums are from 2017, 2018
>almost all are from different record labels, which are hard to find anything about on Google
>all have most listeners in Berlin, Germany
>every one's "fans also like" has MORE OF THEM
what the fuck is this rabbithole, /mu/?
why does this exist?
is this well known or did I stumble over some underground german house electronica music community noone has heard of?
i'll post some examples of artists in a reply
