Furry music

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Furry music is the term often used to describe music (the normal arrangement of sound to create some any combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content) that is either performed by self-described members of the furry fandom and/or it revolves around themes of a furry nature.

Overview[edit]

The term "furry" has historically and primarily been used to describe a readily recognizable genre of visual art, often to the point of being used synonymously. Due to the overabundance and accessibility of visual media, manifestations of typically furry themes in other artistic forms of media (i.e., literature and music) have figured in lesser levels of prominence and quantity.

Music within the fandom[edit]

Nevertheless, music within the furry community not only has existed as far as the subculture itself exists (i.e. filks, borrowed from the fantasy fandom), it has become a lot more prominent since the turn of the century thanks to mainstream multimedia and technology.

What started as a smaller niche that included more or less universally known musicians and artists like NIIC, Pepper Coyote, Fox Amoore, Scratch21, GOJII, Car Seat Headrest (quite a few of which make it quite big) has become a very quickly growing community of producers, singers, labels, DJs and events.

The furry music space is quite an open and welcoming space and a very creator-driven environment. The vast majority of releases are distributed under free licenses for commercial use by streamers, YouTubers, or animators.

By far the most common genres among furry producers would be various forms of EDM, Dubstep, VGM, Punk and Hip-Hop.

In huge parts due to the growing availability to self-distribute through commercial services like DistroKid (owned by Spotify), or by community-owned projects like M.A.J.I.C Records, Aural Alliance or Walking Dog Music, you can find most Furry musicians nowadays all across various platforms from Bandcamp to YouTube over Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Music.

Furry music labels[edit]

  • M.A.J.I.C Records (Mainly Hip-Hop, BIPOC led/owned) - M.A.J.I.C Records is a music label made by multiple BIPOC members of the community. Focusing mainly on Hip-Hop and adjacent genres, they have put a lot of energy in connecting the community, creating BIPOC spaces at cons, and advocating for a healthy and accepting fanbase. Established in 2021. Website: https://www.majicrecords.net/
  • trickyStoop (Cassette tape label) - Established in 2021, trickyStoop is also a BIPOC-run independent tape label providing physical tape release runs free for artists with 100% of revenue going to the respective artists. They also run "Intro to Furry Music", a collaborative effort to create rotating playlists on Spotify & Co. showcasing the best and newest talents on the block. https://trickystoop.bandcamp.com/
  • trickyStoop North - trickyStoop North is the sister label of trickyStoop, located in the Canadian Area. Twitter: http://twitter.com/trickyStoopCA
  • Trauma Dog - Established in 2020, Trauma Dog is a small multi-media club label Linktree: https://linktr.ee/traumadog
  • CUTE CERVID - CUTE CERVID is a small electronic label currently featuring a selection of electronic, breakbeat, and hyper-pop sounds. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CUTECERVID. Bandcamp: https://cutecervid.bandcamp.com/
  • Aural Alliance (Multi-Genre) - Established in 2023, Aural Alliance touts itself a music label built on socialist principles. Focusing on a fair & free distribution model with equal revenue sharing and a huge variety of genres by now over 40 artists. Website: https://auralalliance.page
  • Walking Dog Music (Chillhop, Lo-Fi) - Walking Dog Music is a digital label focused on providing copyright-free tunes for streamers and creators. Mainly serving a chill selection of sounds. Website: https://www.thewalkingdog.net/
  • Songly Wings (Electronic) - Website: https://songlywings.su/ (Russian)

Furry music databases[edit]

Charity[edit]

Charity is generally quite common among furry communities and this trend continues into its other artistic niches like music. There have been numerous releases or small labels dedicated to giving their entire revenue to charity. In this category the most notable project run purely for charity is the Furry Music Anthology that has most recently released its 4th collection and is rumored to release its next across more platforms.

Trivia[edit]

Since June of 2023, Spotify now has a "furry" discovery algorithm tag. (Tweet by @FurryMusicIntro)

See also[edit]

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