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[Jopax]

Oh fuck yes, I only recently discovered the wonder of dungeon synth (and it's numerous permutations) and I've been loving the vibe ever since.

Old dungeon synth has a striking resemblance to video game music from the 80s/90s. I'm pretty sure that's one of the main reasons I've been liking it. (Edit. Wouldn't be surprised if some 90s albums have been made with Fast Tracker or Impulse Tracker. The sound is very similar to tracker stuff.)

I usually don't like more "modern" albums (mainly because of higher production values/better sound quality), but there's always exceptions to the rule.

While I generally love extremely moody pieces and in most cases the production value does add a ton to certain moods (for example early Zeal&Ardor is so much chunkier and grittier and better at conjuring up a whole world of stories related to the songs than the recent much better produced albums are), I generally haven't found that to be the case with most dungeon synth I've listened to so far, mostly going for whatever sounds good at the time.

In that vein Windtowers' Eldest One is pretty damn sweet, as is the rather darker sounding Tales of the Mad Moon by Old Tower


And for something completely different Meet me in the woods by Lord Huron is hella weird. It's like, upbeat cosmic horror? A Gravity Falls take on Lovecraft? I can't quite place what is it about it that's making me love it, but the mix of the fairly dark theme of going mad because of things you shouldn't have messed with and the bright country pop is really working for me for some reason.

[Travis Bickle]

Trance Mutation by Alejandro Jodorowsky

[Travis Bickle]

Horse Latitudes by New Kingdom

[Travis Bickle]

Make Every Second Count by Eddie & the Tide

[Travis Bickle]

Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant

[Magmacube_tr]

You're Fucked!

[RoseHeart]

The Rhythm of The Night (Medieval Cover)

minimal, but packs a punch at the same time

[Rolan7]

Ooh, I like it!  Pleasant smooth bardcore that isn't by Hildegard Von Blingin this time (though she's fantastic).  "The Rhythm of the Knight" is a good top comment too

[Rolan7]

Christmas keeps encroaching, so here's a carol for the generations after our Zoomers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKT1r-8viHk

Spoiler: Lyrics.  Pile high, pile high!  Keep those devils down! (click to show/hide)

It is the time of Digwell, now Summer's gone away
People come from miles around to meet on Digwell day
We all come here with mighty stones, with gravel, rocks, and sand
Bring it here with oxcarts or with buckets in your hand

Pile high, pile high, the devil's underground
Pile high, pile high, keep the devil down

And bring you all your blighted crops and blighted beasts beside
And coffins of this season's dead that of the blight have died
Bring them to the mountain's top and fetch the boulders near
'Tis fitting that the blighted dead should all be buried here
Pile high, pile high, the devil's underground
Pile high, pile high, keep the devil down

So fetch the boulders, sand, and stones, and pile them deeply here
We bury now the sorrows, sins, and bad luck of the year
And when the mountain's higher by the mound we build today
Then we shall feast and dance and sing this autumn night away

Pile high, pile high, the devil's underground
Pile high, pile high, keep the devil down

For back in our forefathers' time, the devils ruled this land
They made cruel wars and laws to rule the folks on every hand
They spoiled the land and water, and they poisoned half the sky
They cared for nothing but their power, though man and nature die

Pile high, pile high, the devil's underground
Pile high, pile high, keep the devil down

In time the danger grew so fierce it threatened them as well
And so they dug deep in the Earth and hid them safe in Hell
They hoped to wait in comfort 'till the poisons wore away
For then they could come out again and rule another day

Pile high, pile high, the devil's underground
Pile high, pile high, keep the devil down
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They hid themselves below the ground and left the people here
Amid the blight that they had made and even they must fear
But still the people stayed alive, and well they promised then
That all the devils hid in Hell would never rule again

Pile high, pile high, the devil's underground
Pile high, pile high, keep the devil down

And so our fathers hunted 'til they found the secret gate
And there they piled the boulders high above where devils wait
And thus we've ever after done these many years and more
So now our manmade mountain stands above their exit door

Pile high, pile high, the devil's underground, oh
Pile high, pile high, keep the devil down

[Travis Bickle]

Christmas keeps encroaching, so here's a carol for the generations after our Zoomers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKT1r-8viHk

Sounds like the sort of song that you'd hear in a darker-than-usual Rankin/Bass special from the '70s. I kind of like it.

Brazil by Geoff and Maria Muldaur

[Loud Whispers]

HEY KIDS WANT MICROTONAL POP MUSIC

[Rolan7]

Yo but my dad (65 or so) doesn't remember Prodigy.  Which is weird since he was way into Trance mixes, Doboy and Tiesto primarily.
15 years ago I shared Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up with him and he just found it disrespectful.  probably due to anti-islamic sentiment at the time

But last week I shared Prodigy Vs Enya with him and he didn't recognize the Prodigy!  He's so smart about rock and trance and, I thought, electronica in all!
I sober-danced to that shit, because Mm-Mmh!  I can't stay still with that fusion! 

After listening in return (to REAL good rock stuff, but ironically too modern for me! (Sofi Tukker and some other things)) I shared
Prodigy - Firestarter and he didn't remember that either!

TBH the song in my head at the time, all week and even now, was Bat Out Of Hell
Because gods I love my SO and if I gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned- dancing through night with them.
And like a sinner before the gates of heaven, I'll be crawling on back to them.
<3

But seriously, the Prodigy??  I don't even know what to recommend!  They did so much electronic punk, but I keep thinking about this, my favorite music video they did.  I think he'd appreciate it especially.  BUT IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY (appear) TO MAKE! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcxnbfRYM-g
it's basically Rez (Playstation 2)~

Edit:  It was super cool hearing my favorite music on an actual soundsystem though omg.  He's such an audiophile nerd.  Though that first track I shared, Enya vs Prodigy, was horribly balanced??  Could barely hear the Prodigy.  Everything else worked great!

[Loud Whispers]

Smack my Orinoco bitch up is such a joy. I found it through that stupid birb meme

[Rolan7]

Dagothwave (you know it you love it!) but they're a Rock Band this time

[Loud Whispers]

Come nerevar

Come and look upon the heart

Upon the heart

wooe

woooa