Just what purpose does "Dark Ambient" serve??

Cylob · 5th February 2006, 11:41

Bands like Coil, Merzbow, Still Searching For Humans.

What mood/occasion do they serve?

taylormemer · 5th February 2006, 11:56

What the hell is dark ambient dude?

Cylob · 5th February 2006, 12:14

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.

Yet, it's popular?

gaekwad2 · 5th February 2006, 12:19

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.

Cylob · 5th February 2006, 12:36

'Academic Project' just about clears it up.

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

Mattress · 6th February 2006, 17:26

scratching like turntable scratching?

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

Cylob · 6th February 2006, 18:39

No, more like wire on glass.

Mattress · 6th February 2006, 18:46

sounds miserable

Cylob · 6th February 2006, 19:06

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

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

zootm · 7th February 2006, 10:24

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.

Mr Jones · 7th February 2006, 10:51

Quote:

Originally posted by Cylob
Bands like Coil...

What mood/occasion do they serve?

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

Cylob · 7th February 2006, 12:36

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.

Quote:

Originally posted by zootm
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.

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

taylormemer · 7th February 2006, 12:37

It all sounds too weird for me...

Mattress · 7th February 2006, 18:20

Quote:

Originally posted by Cylob
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.

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.

Cylob · 7th February 2006, 18:41

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.

Twilightseer · 1st March 2006, 10:45

Cylob,

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

Cylob · 2nd March 2006, 06:21

Quite a website, much better than working.

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gaekwad2 Foorum King Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: bar2000 Posts: 11,457	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.

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Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	sounds miserable Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

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zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	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.

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