Good music to listen to in the dark
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Topic: Good music to listen to in the dark
Posted By: aqualung28
Subject: Good music to listen to in the dark
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 20:16
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Do you guys know any music that is just perfect for listening to in pitch blackness or while you sleep? I noticed that music in pitch blackness is awesome depending on what you're listening to and I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions. I've tried Lustmord which freaked me out and Tangerine Dream which was really relaxing ------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
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Posted By: gleam
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 20:24
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Olias of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 20:25
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Pawn Hearts Review by http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=40 - Joren @ 6:28:43 AM EST, 6/7/2004 PROG REVIEWER  — A few days ago, I picked up “Pawn Hearts” at the local record store. I did that because I really enjoyed my first Van Der Graaf Generator record, “H To He Who Am The Only One”, and people in the forums had adviced me to buy “Pawn Hearts” next. I don’t regret it a single second. What a fantastic album this is! Yesterday, when I was lying in my bed at 11.30 PM, waiting for sleep, I decided that this was the right moment to play “Pawn Hearts” for the first time. Because it was so late, I had to play it on my discman. I’ve always found that an advantage of listening to music with headphones is that the stereo-effect is optimal. And this really increases the intensity of “Pawn Hearts”. Of course the fact that it was very dark in my room made it sound extra spooky, but when I listened to the album again this morning, “Man-Erg” still gave me the creeps. The album starts with the excellent “Lemmings (Including Cog)”, which begins quietly, but quickly evolves into a very dynamic composition with both calm en energetic passages (saxophone, organ). “Man-Erg”, in my opinion the best song on “Pawn Hearts”, also starts off quietly, but when Hammill has sung about the killer inside him, you get shook up by the ‘screaming’ saxophone and the ‘beating’ organ. “Man-Erg” simply is an amazing song. It’s like watching a thriller: intense, exciting and fast-moving. The lengthy “A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers” also stays fascinating till the end, with its great mix of mellow, dreamy passages and fast mind-blowing (electronic) runs. Overall, this album has the same dark atmosphere as “H To He Who Am The Only One”, but the compositions are a bit more mature and much more dynamic and the sound is sometimes very aggressive, especially on “Man-Erg”. “Pawn Hearts” is an absolute must for all lovers of progressive rock, especially for the ones who like dark, symphonic prog! MAN-ERG: A HORROR MOVIE FOR YOUR EARS!
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Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 21:45
| ^ i once did Pawn Hearts and peter hammils quiet corner on the empty stage one after the other in pitch black at 1am. I quite nearly was insane by the end. |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 22:02
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There are quite a few albums that "change" when you play them in the dark. This is especially true of Floyd: Animals, The Wall and The Final Cut are completely different in the dark. Close to the Edge increases in intensity in the dark. So does ELP's "Welcome Back." |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 22:29
That's a pretty trippy album. I enjoy writing, and I put Olias (or something like it) on and just write- or just sit in there in the dark. |
gleam wrote:Posted By: aqualung28
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 00:30
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The freakiest album I have heard in the dark is Metavoid by Lustmord, which I recommend everyone should do at least once. I am going to listen to Fantomas' Delirium Cordia in the dark which will be utterly terrifying considering it freaked me out in broad daylight. Everyone should also check out Bohren and Der Club of Gore's album Black Earth, which can be described as horror jazz and is performed in pitch blackness live ------------- "O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love 'n you should have us all O' you should have us fall" "Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 02:44
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Echoes from Floyd! The sonar thing is fantastic and so is the rest! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 03:00
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Morte macabre's - symfonic holacaust!!!!! -------------  
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Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 04:38
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WE CAN'T DANCE that made me fall asleep once!! ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 07:19
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The liner notes for Diamanda Galas's album 'Plague Mass' recommends that it should be listened to in pitch darkness at high volume....
Don't Just don't I mean, really Don't ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 08:22
| any album by pink floyd....no album by frank zappa |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 08:57
I listened to it the other day, in complete darkness, and it was a frightning experience to me, but I'm easily scared I must add.
edit: Sorry, forgot to say that I was reffering to Phantômas - Delerium Cordia ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: arkitek
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 11:30
Sounds of the oceon or jungle scare the crap outta me if i listen to them in the dark (i have a good imagination)
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 11:42
| aphex twin- ambient works (1995-2001 i think)...he has two ambient double albums.....the newer of the two is absolutely brilliant, especially in the dark |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 11:53
I like silence when I sleep but at a push, I'd listen to Rainbow Dome Music by Steve Hillage. Steve Hillage (live on stage 1976) ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 12:08
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Listen to these numbers in the dark: Starless - King Crimson |