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Nimzo Starter Kit - Obscure Experimental Rock

The difference between a starter kit and a box set is simply one of volume. A box set contains my favorites from a genre I am very well acquainted with. A starter kit includes a list of music from a genre / theme that intrigues me, but that I have limited experience with. This is my first starter kit.

I have listened to a lot of experimental rock, but much of it is well known stuff. This list is intended to encourage myself to listen to more obscure albums from the various genres that can be considered experimental rock.

1. Acoustic Ladyland - Skinny Grin  ||  Jazz Rock, Experimental Rock  ||  2006  ||  UK  ||  9/10

2. Art Zoyd - Phase IV  ||  Rock in Opposition, Avant-Prog  ||  1982  ||  France  ||  7/10

3. Battiato - Fetus  ||  Experimental Rock, Progressive Rock, Progressive Electronic  ||  1972  ||  Italy  ||  8/10

4. Death Blues - Ensemble  ||  Experimental Rock, Avant-Folk  ||  2014  ||  USA  ||  8/10

5. Disco Inferno - Second Language  ||  Experimental Rock, Post-Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia  ||  1994  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

6. Elza - A mulher do fim do mundo  ||  Vanguarda paulista, Art Rock, Experimental Rock  ||  2015  ||  Brazil  ||  9/10

7. Embryo - Steig aus  ||  Krautrock, Jazz-Rock  ||  1973  ||  Germany  ||  7/10

8. Emtidi - Saat  ||  Progressive Folk, Krautrock  ||  1972  ||  Germany  ||  7/10

9. The Ex + Tom Cora  - Scrabbling at the Lock  ||  Art Punk, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Noise Rock  ||  1991  ||  Netherlands  ||  9/10

10. The Fire Show - Above the Volcano of Flowers  ||  Experimental Rock, Indie Rock  ||  2001  ||  USA  ||  7/10

11. The Fire Show - Saint the Fire Show  ||  Experimental Rock, Indie Rock  ||  2002  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

12. French TV - The Violence of Amateurs  ||  Avant-Prog, Progressive Rock  ||  1999  ||  USA  ||  7/10

13. Fred Frith - Step Across the Border  ||  Film Soundtrack, Experimental Rock  ||  1990  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

14. John Greaves, Peter Blegvad and Lisa Herman - Kew. Rhone.  ||  Avant-Prog, Rock in Opposition, Avant-Garde Jazz  ||  1977  ||  USA  ||  8/10

15. Helium Horse Fly - Hollowed  ||  Avant-Garde Metal, Experimental Rock, Post-Metal  ||  2019  ||  Belgium  ||  7.5/10

16. Isabella James - Isabella James  ||  Experimental Rock, Indie Folk  ||  2021  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

17. Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft  ||  Progressive Folk, Experimental Rock  ||  1971  ||  UK  ||  7/10

18. Mamaleek - Diner Coffee  ||  Experimental Rock, Jazz Rock  ||  2022  ||  USA  ||  9/10

19. Old - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak  ||  Experimental Rock, Avant-Garde Metal  ||  1993  ||  USA  ||  7/10

20. Tsuneo Imahori - Trigun: The First Donuts  ||  Experimental Rock, Television Soundtrack  ||  1998  ||  Japan  ||  8.5/10

21. OOIOO - Feather Float  ||  Experimental Rock, Psychedelic Rock  ||  1999  ||  Japan  ||  7/10

22. Qujaku - Qujaku  ||  Experimental Rock, Noise Rock  ||  2018  ||  Japan  ||  8/10

23. The Residents & Renaldo and The Loaf - Title in Limbo  ||  Experimental Rock  ||  1983  ||  USA  ||  8/10

24. Rien - There Can't Be Any Prediction Without Future  ||  Experimental Rock, Post-Rock  ||  2007  ||  France  ||  8.5/10

25. Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - Nail  ||  Experimental Rock, Industrial Rock  ||  1985  ||  Australia  ||  8/10

26. shrieking violet - dead things with teeth  ||  Post-Industrial, Experimental Rock  ||  2022  ||  USA  ||  9/10

27. Snakefinger - Chewing Hides the Sound  ||  Zolo, Experimental Rock, New Wave  ||  1979  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

28. Tanya Tagaq - Retribution  ||  Experimental Rock, Inuit Music  ||  2016  ||  Canada  ||  9/10

29. That Handsome Devil - That Handsome Devil  ||  Experimental Rock  ||  2006  ||  USA  ||  7/10

30. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Lovelyville  ||  Experimental Rock, Noise Rock  ||  1991  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

31. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Mother of All Saints  ||  Experimental Rock, Art Punk, Noise Rock  ||  1992  ||  USA  ||  8/10

32. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche  ||  Experimental Rock, Noise Rock, Indie Rock  ||  2001  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

33. Utopianisti - The Third Frontier  ||  Avant-Prog, Art Rock  ||  2016   ||  Finland  ||  7.5/10

34. Die Wilde Jagd - Uhrwald Orange  ||  Krautrock, Progressive Electronic  ||  2018  ||  Germany  ||  7/10

35. The Young Gods - Everybody Knows  ||  Experimental Rock, Electronic, Post-Industrial  ||  2010  ||  Switzerland  ||  7/10

36. АукцЫон [Auktyon] - Бодун  ||  Art Rock, Experimental Rock  ||  1991  ||  Russia  ||  9/10

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