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Genres and styles whose names start with SP.

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Space age pop

Space age pop or bachelor pad music is a subgenre of easy listening or lounge music associated with American and Mexican composers, songwriters, and bandleaders in the Space Age of the 1950s and

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Space music

Space music, also called spacemusic or space ambient, is a subgenre of ambient music and is described as "tranquil, hypnotic and moving". It is derived from new-age music and is associated with

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Space rock

Space rock is a music genre characterized by loose and lengthy song structures centered on instrumental textures that typically produce a hypnotic, otherworldly sound. It may feature distorted and

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Space-themed music

Space-themed music is any music, from any genre or style, with lyrics or titles relating to outer space or spaceflight. Songs or other musical forms influenced by the concept of outer space have

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Spanish jazz

Jazz in Spain began with an interest in Dixieland or New Orleans jazz. In that time it evolved into other styles, often influenced by visiting Americans. In 1947 Don Byas introduced Tete Montoliu to

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Spanish opera

Spanish opera is both the art of opera in Spain and opera in the Spanish language. Opera has existed in Spain since the mid-17th

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Spatial music

Spatial music is composed music that intentionally exploits sound localization. Though present in Western music from biblical times in the form of the antiphon, as a component specific to new musical

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Spectral music

Spectral music uses the acoustic properties of sound – or sound spectra – as a basis for

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Speed garage

Speed garage (occasionally known as plus-8 ) is a genre of electronic dance music, associated with the UK garage scene, of which it is regarded as one of its

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Speed metal

Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots. It is described by AllMusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and

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Speedcore

Speedcore is a form of electronic music that is characterized by a high tempo and aggressive themes. It was created in the early 1990s, the name originating from the hardcore genre as well as the

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Spiritual jazz

Spiritual jazz is a sub-genre of jazz that originated in the United States during the 1960s. The genre is hard to characterize musically but draws from free, avant-garde and modal jazz and

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Spirituals

Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, Many new

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Sporting song

A sporting song is a folk song which celebrates fox hunting, horse racing, gambling and other recreations. Although songs about boxers and successful racehorses were common in the nineteenth century,

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Sports podcast

Sports podcasts are a subset of podcasts that cover topics related to sports and athletes. Content can include sports news, predictions and analysis of game results, debates and discussions between

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Spouge

Spouge is a style of Barbadian popular music created by Jackie Opel in the 1960s. It is primarily a fusion of Jamaican ska with Trinidadian calypso, but is also influenced by a wide variety of musics

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