sgaparchivalinitiative:

Good question! Though, what different people consider similar to SGaP is going to be subject to some amount of opinion and personal preference. All I can offer is my take, but I invite others to pitch in with anything they’ve found Popular opinion holds that SGaP’s early style (The Standard Model) is quite similar to that of Pogo (aka Nick Bertke), take Alice for (a fourteen-million-times overused) example. Generally speaking, the genre of music which employs splicing of vocal clips to create breathy atmospheric music is known as “plunderphonics”, so if that’s what you’re looking for then there’s the closest word to describe it. I quickly typed it into Pandora and got mixed results. The actual band, Plunderphonics, wasn’t to my liking, but Christopher Willits and his album Surf Boundaries seemed to show great promise, imo What SGaP eventually evolved into is a lot harder to qualify. Personally I only know one other artist doing anything like it. cubesato (aka Satoshi Yoshitake) and their track ZOOO could easily be mistaken for actual SGaP. You ever see that PMV Dork? Again, music by cubesato. Blows me away. Shame so much of their work seems to be tied up in commercial branding. Then again, that’s what happened to Pogo as well So this is what I have. Not a lot. Who else knows artists (preferably outside the MLP fandom) similar to SGaP?

(Update 2015-01-04)



Cerulean Draw:

I feel like I’m kinda late to the party, but might as well.

The song Love Rhythm by Sentinels has some ridiculously familiar sounding cut-up vocals on top of a dance beat.

The Books’ song There is No There is musically glitchy like The Standard Model, check out the album it’s from and the rest of their stuff.



And definitely check out Four Tet’s album Rounds , as well.

, as well. Doss’ self-titled EP Doss has a dreamy feel kind of like Space Pony, and has a few trance-y elements like Pinkie Pie Swear

has a dreamy feel kind of like Space Pony, and has a few trance-y elements like Pinkie Pie Swear Lusine’s album A Certain Distance also has a beautiful sound similar to Space Pony.

also has a beautiful sound similar to Space Pony. Andrew Bayer’s album If It Were You We’d Never Leave has some nice sampling, with a feels-y touch to it.

has some nice sampling, with a feels-y touch to it. And the album Cerulean by Baths, though it doesn’t quite sound like SGaP, is an album I think everyone who’s into SGaP would like, it has a lot of heartfelt emotion in it.

by Baths, though it doesn’t quite sound like SGaP, is an album I think everyone who’s into SGaP would like, it has a lot of heartfelt emotion in it. The song Twentytwofourteen by The Album Leaf has smooth instrumentation and wonderfully glitchy sounding percussion. This track’s much more mellow than SGaP’s songs, but it, and the album it’s from, In a Safe Place , has the same positive and contemplative feelings that are apparent in a lot of SGaP’s tracks.



, has the same positive and contemplative feelings that are apparent in a lot of SGaP’s tracks. Love Your Abuser by Lymbyc Systym is also pretty similar and definitely worth a listen.

The album Immolate Yourself by Telefon Tel Aviv sounds pretty, energetic, and glitchy like a certain someone we know. It can sound a bit busy at times, though, rather than focused like SGaP. The Birds is a good song from that album.

by Telefon Tel Aviv sounds pretty, energetic, and glitchy like a certain someone we know. It can sound a bit busy at times, though, rather than focused like SGaP. The Birds is a good song from that album. And Zebra by Oneohtrix Point Never has some of the most beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard in a song, and they’re glitched up gloriously. The beginning sounds quite a bit like E30, too. The album it’s from, R Plus Seven, may be a bit hard to digest, but it’s definitely worth checking out.

(Update 2015-10-05)

Plus some more!



Emeralds is a mostly electronic band that sounds pretty darn similar to SGaP. The first piano chord in Double Helix sounds exactly like the first chord heard in SGaP’s remix of Flutterwonder and Science Center sounds a lot like SGaP’s song The Standard Model.

The band Women has a lead vocalist who sounds like SGaP and makes some pretty quirky but catchy music like him, too. A lot of people like Eyesore, and Heat Distraction changes time signatures a ridiculous amount.

((SGaPAI: Thanks Cerulean Draw! I tried out all your recommendations back in February and I loved Doss, Telefon Tev Aviv, and Four Tet. I still listen to them pretty often even now!))



(Update 2016-04-21)

Dan Deacon’s music is magically delicate yet energetically erratic, and has a healthy dose of chopped up vocals along with it. Check out his song Snookered and the rest of his album Bromst.

(Update 2016-12-05)



The song Colours by The Avalanches just sounds perfect and if you haven’t listened to it you should listen to it now.



(Update 2015-01-04)



handyandy136:

SGaP has a style that’s very difficult to recreate, but off the top of my head here’s a few suggestions: Nils Frahm & Anne Muller (glitchy pianos and cello, similar to S2); exitpost (plunderphonics, similar to The Standard Model). I also know of people who make parallels between SGaP and Radiohead, so try The King of Limbs, Amnesiac, or Kid A for similar sounds. At a pinch you could also give Aphex Twin a shot, some of his stuff is quite similar if you’re looking for an “erratic” sound.

(Update 2015-01-04)



confettibin:

Outside the MLP fandom: Jeesh is pretty similar to Pogo, and they’ve actually worked together before. MelodySheep has some vocal splices, especially the PBS remixes. bo en has a sort of spacey sound that’s reminiscent of SGaP. We’ve got a rather large list of similar artists on the SGaP subreddit, but many of them are MLP-related. We’re still taking suggestions, so I might add a few of the ones you mentioned. Here it is: http://www.reddit.com/r/SGaP/comments/29so6u/

(Update 2015-12-20)

Anonymous:

More professional artists similar to SGAP for the master list ~!

