Dark music for dark times

Something that has been on my mind recently, and I’m sure that this is an issue for many people, is how the global recession is affecting music. Apart from the effect on sales, which warrants not just a separate post but a thesis, surely there will be some unspoken impact on listening habits. Will people choose happier music to brighten their day, give them some hope and provide a sense of escapism from the doom, and will it lead to a resurgence in happy house or even happy hardcore (although the logic dictates that we’d want to be well and truly screwed for that appalling vista to become a reality). My reaction to the recession is to immerse myself further and deeper in dark music. There is something infinitely rewarding and strangely uplifting about music that sounds like it’s a product of strife, dissent and misery: is it morally/ethically wrong to get a lift from others’ sadness, or do the authors intend for their gloom to be interpreted as enjoyment? I feel it’s not and that it’s intended to provoke such emotions. For that reason, I think that in these dark times, we need all the dark music we can get…

Comments

[Yard]

I got some music to send you... ;)

[Paul Chillage]

Try -

Evan Bartholomew
http://www.somniasound.com/somnia2.htm

Lustmord
http://www.myspace.com/lustmord

Best of luck!

[tom/pipecock]

house music was first born in the economically depressed 80's. and really, it was a combination of the joyous funky disco of the 70s and the stark electronic drum machines and synths of the 80s. for listening, i like to wallow in darkness. for dancing, i like it to be mixed up. recently? i've been all about house and disco music. weird.

[Dave A]

Techno always sounds better in the winter - same mechanics at play in a horrible recession I reckon...

Hard budget, hard music :)

[DIY]

ppl here like more happy music then dark...
i am the dark one... i suffer from it :)
i enjoy

[Brophy]

please send any darkness my way - are the links for death metal bands paul?