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Genres and styles whose names start with PS.

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Psychedelic folk

Psychedelic folk (also known as acid folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of folk, but adds musical

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Psychedelic funk

Psychedelic funk (also called P-funk or funkadelia, and sometimes conflated with psychedelic soul It was pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by American acts like Sly and the Family Stone,

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Psychedelic music

Psychedelic music (sometimes called psychedelia) is a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as DMT,

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Psychedelic pop

Psychedelic pop (or acid pop) Developing in the mid-to-late 1960s, elements included "trippy" features such as fuzz guitars, tape manipulation, backwards recording, sitars, and Beach Boys-style

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Psychedelic rap

Psychedelic rap (also known as psychedelic hip-hop) is a microgenre that fuses hip-hop with psychedelia. The genre's sound was influenced by psychedelic rock and soul, funk and jazz, utilizing breaks

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Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a subgenre of rock music that originally emerged during the mid-1960s, inspired by psychedelic culture and primarily centered around the influence of psychoactive and

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Psychedelic rock in Latin America

Psychedelic rock in Latin America is the psychedelic rock music scene in Latin

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Psychedelic soul

Psychedelic soul (originally called black rock ) is a form of soul music which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s. The style saw African-American soul musicians embrace elements of

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Psychedelic trance

Psychedelic trance, psytrance, or psy is a subgenre of trance music characterized by arrangements of rhythms and layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. The genre offers variety in terms of

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Psychobilly

Psychobilly (also known as punkabilly) is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. It has been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", it has also been said that

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Psydub

Psydub (not to be confused with dub) is a fusion genre of electronic music that has roots in psychedelic trance, ambient and dub music. Incorporated dub elements are melodic basslines, deep reggae

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