Folkhop
# Folkhop

A woman playing the Tanpura, c. 1735 (Rajasthan) :

Music of India :

Genres :

Traditional

Classical

Carnatic

Odissi

Hindustani

Folk

Borgeet

Baul

Bhajan

Kirtana

Shyama Sangeet

Ramprasadi

Rabindra Sangeet

Nazrul Geeti

Dwijendrageeti

Atulprasadi

Prabhat Samgiita

Thumri

Dadra

Chaiti

Kajari

Sufi

Ghazal

Qawwali

Sikh

Modern

Bhangra

Bhangragga

Blues

Filmi

Bollywood

Ghazal

Qawwali

Goa trance

Dance

Indi-pop

Asian Underground

Jazz

Rock

Bengali

Raga

Hip hop :

Media and performance :

Nationalistic and patriotic songs :

Regional music :

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar (Maithili)

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Ladakh

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Nagaland

Odisha

Punjab (Folk)

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

Ancient

Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal :

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Folkhop is a genre of music that came about after the decline of bhangra in the mid-1990s. It is diametrically opposed to bhangra music in that it is not live music but instead relies on pre-recorded musical parts with only the vocals being sung live along to a live repetitive dhol drum. The pre-recorded music consists of primarily looped rhythm parts from both eastern and western percussion instruments and little to no melody on instruments. It borrows heavily from hip hop, however it is more traditional than its predecessor, bhangra which rebelled against tradition and authenticity. Traditional folk instruments like dhol and tumbi are central to folkhop productions. Folkhop songs tend to be heavily produced by DJs on computer software. In the beginning, all songs start out as vocal only recordings that the folk singer records in India. This 'vocal only' recording is then sold on websites involved in the buying and selling of folkhop music. The DJs then pay a small sum for the rights to these vocals, and then set the music using looped samples of both hip hop and traditional folk instruments. The quintessential folkhop artist is the bedroom DJ. Folkhop albums typically feature no credits on musicians, instead liner notes simply feature 'big ups' to online friends of the folkhop DJ.

Whereas bhangra music was centered on bands delivering live performances with focus on instrumentation (as evidenced by bhangra videos), folkhop shares with rap and hip hop "common textual aspects, as well as similarities in their onstage and video performance practices: an obsession with materialism, or an expressed desire or boasting of "bling", in the form of jewelry, wealth or clothing"

It also features an obsession with farming and rural lifestyle such as livestock, tractors traditional clothes etc. Many folkhop videos showcase rappers and folk singers in the midst of farms or riding on tractors.

