RTP Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I just realized: there is no thread. Anybody listens to this? Dungeon Synth / Dungeon Music, as it was called back in the days ... primarily it may be stuff that fits to dungeon expeditions in your imagination, that's most likely where it got the name from ... but it's more than that, I'd say. To me it's storytelling music that dwells in those canyons and cracks between Psybient, old Ambient, Black Metal and Folk... I am loving it since years. I am "on board" since old Mortiis releases: This stuff is where my love for Dungeon Synth comes from (I know he did Fodt Til A Herske before that, which is bloody awesome, but I find this is even better). Since then, there's been a lot of changes ... Mortiis has switched to Trent Reznor NIN style stuff, which is brilliant, but has no place in this thread ... but other artists were discovered. I dived down into the abyss that was Cold Meat Industry ... or rather, what this label had to offer. It was mostly dark Ambient and some Industrioal / Noise ... I found several artists I appreciated ... but also a few gems, that crossed the bridge over that abyss, connecting me back into fantasy territory. Arcana, for example: It's still good to this day. And with Arcana, I found my love of stuff like that, with vocals, choirs ... and this gothic atmosphere. Funnily, for me this was fairly recently ... such as two or so years ago. What intrigues me, is the similarity that it can have to old "general" Synth music ... like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze ... Jim Kirkwood for example, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference if somebody told me that this was some unreleased old Edgar Froese: Anyway, there's so much more. Secret Stairways, Hole Dweller, Sequestered Keep ... I have checking out many. This channel, the Dungeon Synth Archives ... they are pretty much my library for Dungeon Synth: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChmm356a5qe1luUsoatAgjA and it'll be years until I will be through, there is so much... It's interesting though how many possibilities this genre has. I may wanna colclude this post with 'some of the better Dungeon Music stuff that I know to this day' ... it's far away from the dark cellars and rather settled in a colorful medieval world: I think that last record can easily serve as a comedown for a bad trip maybe? Or if you ever have enough of all the Psychedelia... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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