about

Most of us discover experimental music on our own terms, sometimes stumbling across a track on a broadcast or a playlist or an online forum. On Reddit, listeners exchange discoveries, talk about subgenres, and bond over a shared love for sounds that defy easy categorization.

Experimental music and its sometimes jarring, challenging aesthetic can be isolating, but finding fellow explorers and forging genuine connections is what keeps it alive and evolving. Thus, anoixe looks at experimental music through the lens of the world’s online forum, Reddit.

This project is dedicated to exploring the often solitary—yet deeply communal—world of experimental music. Like the sounds, writers have pitched countless ideas to publications about unorthodox sonic landscapes. So much of it never found a home. Yet these boundary-pushing voices deserve a dedicated space of their own.

anoixe extends that sense of community, making sure no one feels alone in their quest for something new, raw, or even downright weird.

Ultimately, anoixe is an invitation: to open up (as the name suggests), to experiment, and to discover the beauty in sounds that may initially seem difficult or abrasive. It’s also to remind each other that, even in the most solitary corners of the internet, we’re never truly alone.

anoixe will never have a paywall. Instead, it will remain open, accessible, and inclusive.

Writers/Music

Writers and musicians are encouraged to contribute. If you’re an artist pushing boundaries or a writer with bold insights, let’s hear from you. anoixe thrives on collaboration: your experiences, discoveries, and creations help fuel conversations that are bigger than any one person’s perspective.

You can email listen@experimentalmusic.net to discuss.