{
  "updated": "2026-06-07",
  "description": "Station genre taxonomy — tags on each track; categories are broader browse buckets.",
  "categories": {
    "fusion-electronic": "Jon Hopkins / Karsh Kale — modern electronica meets world percussion",
    "dub-space": "Dub delay, sub bass, spacious mixes",
    "ceremonial-world": "Ritual chant, temple/ceremony energy — Chac's Dub lane",
    "cinematic-gothic": "Cold ether, choral depth, Only Lovers Left Alive mood — Frostbite / Gregorian lane",
    "desert-dub": "Sahel warmth, caravan pulse, desert blues texture",
    "vocal-ethnic": "Wordless or blended ethnic vocals, not folk-pop"
  },
  "genres": {
    "modern-electronica": { "category": "fusion-electronic", "label": "Modern electronica meets world" },
    "tabla-electronica": { "category": "fusion-electronic", "label": "Karsh Kale / Milan-style" },
    "dervish-trance": { "category": "fusion-electronic", "label": "Transglobal hypnotic breaks" },
    "ceremonial-dub": { "category": "ceremonial-world", "label": "Ceremonial chant + dub space" },
    "mesoamerican-electronica": { "category": "ceremonial-world", "label": "Clay flute, ritual pulse" },
    "gregorian-ether": { "category": "cinematic-gothic", "label": "Gregorian-adjacent choral depth" },
    "nordic-dub": { "category": "cinematic-gothic", "label": "Icelandic ether + sub bass" },
    "cinematic-gothic": { "category": "cinematic-gothic", "label": "Cold cinematic gothic dub" },
    "desert-dub": { "category": "desert-dub", "label": "Desert dubtronica" },
    "sahel-blues": { "category": "desert-dub", "label": "Sahel griot warmth" },
    "gnawa-dub": { "category": "dub-space", "label": "Gnawa meets dubtronica" },
    "world-dub": { "category": "dub-space", "label": "Pan-ethnic dub lounge" }
  }
}