Indie Soul Artists
Loose basslines and live drums support intimate, slightly rough-edged vocals, with jazz chords and understated electronic touches.
40 Indie Soul artists · 88 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Young, Ninja Tune, XL Recordings
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About Indie Soul
Ninja Tune releases in this field place soul alongside electronic music, alternative R&B, hip hop, house and disco rather than keeping to a strictly traditional soul frame. The result can lean toward programmed production and club-aware rhythm as readily as R&B songwriting.
Indie soul sits in the overlap between soulful vocals and contemporary, genre-crossing arrangements. Its range leaves room for electronic texture, hip-hop pulse or disco-informed movement without losing soul as the musical centre.
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What is Indie Soul?
Indie Soul is a music genre defined by soul-influenced vocals, independent production aesthetics, R&B and alternative influences, electronic and live instrumentation, and laid-back rhythmic grooves. Loose basslines and live drums support intimate, slightly rough-edged vocals, with jazz chords and understated electronic touches.
What instruments are used in Indie Soul?
Indie Soul is built mainly from vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, and synthesizer.
Which Indie Soul artists are most popular?
Parcels, Sampha, Tom Misch, NEIL FRANCES, and Jordan Rakei are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 40 Indie Soul artists on this page.
Which labels release Indie Soul?
Young, Ninja Tune, XL Recordings, Partisan Records, and Decca (UMO) have put out the most Indie Soul records in the Tracknack catalogue.
What genres are similar to Indie Soul?
Artists tagged Indie Soul are most often also tagged Electronic, Soul, Alternative R&B, R&B, and Electronica.
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