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Tuesday May 29th 2012, 9:33 pmLooking through the playlists of music as I feed the new voodoo machine I can’t help but notice the patterns of likes that I have. I tend to gravitate to moody darker things, always have since a child. I used to have these old story vinyl records, these were singles that basically told a story with music accompanied. I distinctly remember my 5 year old self playing one in particular over and over again. I don’t remember what it was called but it had all of this gothic sounding imagery featuring a masked dark horse riding phantom, I remember there being lots of overly dramatic organ music with bells, thunderstorms and wind, very eerie and I loved it. And it seems my musical and visual tastes haven’t changed much since that little boy sitting in his room alone listening to creepy story records on his little red and white portable record player. Although my likes have matured and developed to have wide variety and quirkiness, what speaks to me the most is moodier stuff. I’ll never forget the first time I played a Sisters Of Mercy record, especially their early stuff like The Reptile House e.p., probably one of the darkest records ever made. Or The Cure’s Pornography, that record is right up there to be one of the darkest sounding, the entire second half just goes darker and darker until the very end feels like you’re in a pit a mile beneath the surface of the earth. Or the heavy murky electric metaphysical sounds of Fields Of The Nephilim, they literally use magick in the working of the song writing, talking about some very esoteric subjects but presented in a very vigorous manner. Even Blondie’s music, my favorite tunes are the darker undercurrent tracks. I find that some of the best new music that I like is dark stuff, like Those Poor Bastards for example. I could go on and on, name band after band, and most of them would have something about them considered at the very least, moody. The whole thing has me curious as to what we like and dislike, where it all comes from. Because as I know for myself, there was nothing in my very earliest childhood that would have leant toward being drawn to darker music and images, it just was there from my earliest memories. Which leads me to believe that some things we are attracted to we are born with, that it can go deeper than anything environmental, though that too has impact over time.
Yeah I’m A Bit Morose
May 29th 2012
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Hello Simon G.
Yeah I will totally do that. Normally with bands I like I try to dig into seeing if there are side projects, but haven’t done that with Those Poor Bastards. So thanks for that info.
It will be probably too agressive for you but when it comes to moody and dark music I can’t help but recommand Khanate’s Things viral. It’s a very somber and twisted soundtrack but quite worth it. However, I’m also thinking of an album that might be quite more appropriate: Shadows of the sun by Ulver. I’m pretty sure you should appreciate this one more.
Comment by Hororo 06.06.12 @ 7:09 amHello Hororo
I’ll check those out, thanks. As for aggressive, it depends on your definition of that, as I do like some pretty heavy stuff.
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If you like Those Poor Bastards, I think you should check out Lonesome Wyatt’s solo output, if you haven’t already done so. Personally, I think I even like his albums more than what he does with Those Poor Bastards. His collaboration with Rachel Brooke is also very, very good.
As for what we like, or not, I think it has to do with vibrations and resonance, which sounds very new age, but I can’t find another way to express it.
Regards.
(From a faithful reader, and great fan of ‘Promethea’.)
Comment by Simon G. 06.02.12 @ 9:55 pm