The Emergence Machine

Indie Rock

abstract · Music · Level 8 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that subverts traditional conventions, but this definition is incomplete without a clear understanding of rhythm.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “indie rock” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “indie rock”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
indie rock
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0Indie RockMusicRhythmSoundPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesShoegazeL10Indie RockL8MusicL7RhythmL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Music L7 (requires)
    Understanding music is essential for understanding indie-rock
  • Rhythm L7 (requires)
    indie rock requires understanding rhythm as a foundational concept

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