Just what purpose does "Dark Ambient" serve??
 

Bands like Coil, Merzbow, Still Searching For Humans.

What mood/occasion do they serve?

:rolleyes:

What the hell is dark ambient dude?

It's highly rated (for some reason), the tracks veer from 10 seconds of scratching to 10 minutes of scratch, pause, scratch.

Merbow throw in sounds that'll make your speakers walk. :D

Yet, it's popular?

Merzbow always seemed like an academic project to me, an effort to create the purest noise. Also obviously influenced by some 60s drone experiments.

As for Coil, I only know the records they made up to ~91, which are clearly more industrial than ambient.

'Academic Project' just about clears it up.

Nice one gaekwad, I don't have to take Merzbow seriously now. :D

scratching like turntable scratching?

somehow I doubt that's what you meant...

No, more like wire on glass. :(

sounds miserable

Without doubt, the most miserable noise to hit my ears. :D

Disclaimer:
The above statement does not take into account the mainstream (1995-2005), grindcore, punk-pop, emo, nu-metal, thrash and Jimmy Somerville.

My friend's a big Merzbow fan. It's the same sort of thing as any musical experimentation, really.

Apparently his crossover stuff with Alec Empire is really good, pulls it together somewhat.

Re: Just what purpose does "Dark Ambient" serve??
 

I've always found Coil to be very useful when I wanted to piss off the neighbours...

If it ever happened to me, I'd vacate the house for a week (programming Right Said Fred to blast between 2-4am, nightly). I'd fully expect to return, finding the house either (a) in flames, or (b) taken over by gay squatters.

It's not really musical experimentation, there's no tune to speak of. Alec Empire collaborating with Merzbow is a chilling thought...

It all sounds too weird for me...

Actually, other than the I'm too sexy song, most of the other songs on that album are happy/cheesy pop love songs; not necessarily gay either.

It'd be 'I'm Too Sexy' on a continuous loop.

There's no way on earth I'm listening to a RSF album to test your point, so I'll just have to accept it. :D

Cylob,

Check out "Heresy" by Lustmord or get "Ambient Mutations 13" by Seism (2 hour track available for free from www.archive.org).

:D

Quite a website, much better than working. :)