eg when I discovered from Wikipedia that the genre that Knife Party are in was called "Complextro", I was able to quickly discover other music that I enjoyed from the same genre.
Before I found that magic word, I had no way to find those other acts.
Of course, they're also listed as electro house, drumstep, and dubstep, so clearly they cross sub-genres. Anyway, I did manage to find some other music that I liked so the sub-genre'ing helped me.
eg when I discovered from Wikipedia that the genre that Knife Party are in was called "Complextro", I was able to quickly discover other music that I enjoyed from the same genre.
Before I found that magic word, I had no way to find those other acts.
Of course, they're also listed as electro house, drumstep, and dubstep, so clearly they cross sub-genres. Anyway, I did manage to find some other music that I liked so the sub-genre'ing helped me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_Party