Musical collective

Musical collective is a phrase used to describe a group of musicians in which membership is flexible and creative control is shared. The concept is distinct from that of a traditional band in that musical collectives allow for flexibility in their rosters, and members are free to rotate in and out of the line-up. Collectives may exist in almost any genre of music, although they have been especially prominent in indie rock and hip hop. A musical collective is distinct from a musicians collective, such as the London Musicians Collective, which is an organization with more general aims and larger membership.

Notable collectives

 * Acappella
 * Alaclair Ensemble
 * Ambiances Magnetiques
 * AMM
 * Amon Düül I
 * Amungus
 * Animal Collective
 * Anticon
 * Arcade Fire
 * Archive
 * Architecture in Helsinki
 * Army of the Pharaohs
 * Arrogant Sons of Bitches
 * ASAP Mob
 * The Band
 * Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
 * Bankroll Mafia
 * Black Hippy
 * Black Mountain
 * Blocks Recording Club
 * Bomb the Music Industry!
 * Bran Van 3000
 * Brockhampton
 * Broken Social Scene
 * Bugz in the Attic
 * The Cake Sale
 * Cardboard City
 * Cocaine 80s
 * The Choir Practice
 * Computer Music Center
 * Consolidated
 * Crack Cloud
 * Crass
 * The Damnwells
 * Dance Macabre
 * The Desert Sessions
 * Diggin' in the Crates Crew
 * Doomtree
 * Drain Gang
 * Dufay Collective
 * Dungeon Family
 * Early Day Miners
 * The Elephant 6 Collective
 * Fence Collective
 * F-IRE Collective
 * Godspeed You! Black Emperor
 * Grateful Dead
 * Griselda Records
 * Gungor
 * The Hidden Cameras
 * Hello! Project
 * Henri Faberge and the Adorables
 * Hieroglyphics
 * Hillsong United
 * I'm from Barcelona
 * The Jewelled Antler Collective
 * Jungle
 * Juice Crew
 * KMFDM
 * La Coka Nostra
 * Lansing-Dreiden
 * Les Légions Noires
 * Living Legends
 * Massive Attack
 * Mo Thugs
 * The Mountain Goats
 * Native Tongues
 * The Mekons
 * The New Pornographers
 * No-Neck Blues Band
 * The Ocean
 * Odd Future
 * Ozomatli
 * Parliament-Funkadelic
 * PC Music
 * Piano Magic
 * The Polyphonic Spree
 * Pro Era
 * The Reindeer Section
 * San Francisco Tape Music Center
 * Sault
 * Screwed Up Click
 * Self Defense Family
 * SiIvaGunner
 * Silk Road Project
 * SMTOWN
 * SOB X RBE
 * Soul Assassins
 * Soul II Soul
 * Soulquarians
 * So Solid Crew
 * Sunburned Hand of the Man
 * Swans
 * Sweatshop Union
 * Tanakh
 * TeamSESH
 * Trummerflora
 * Un Drame Musical Instantane
 * Underground Resistance
 * Undertow Music
 * Vulfpeck
 * Willard Grant Conspiracy
 * Willkommen Collective
 * The World/Inferno Friendship Society
 * Wu-Tang Clan
 * Wu-Tang Killa Beez
 * Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
 * YBN
 * Zodiak Free Arts Lab (Berlin)