Memory keeper. Mostly music and movies, plus some series and video games. Obscure darkness meets pop culture glow.
When I think of math metal, I think Converge and Dillinger, which besides being very technical are also harsh and chaotic. This is also math but it’s also extremely approachable, much closer to, say, jazz than metal. It’s a very unique record, I love this sound.
Indie punk.
I am generally not a fan of UK alternative rock and indie, but the DIY nature of this record I just find charming.
Goth aesthetics, shoegazing dream pop.
The other day I got this instant hook on The Cassandra Complex, which I’ve never heard before. That naive early ’90s industrial electronic rock nostalgia on this record and Cyberpunx stole my heart. Now, listening to these two records again after a week I don’t find them that much appealing, so not sure what it is, could be a mood swing in play. But The War Against Sleep is a definitive hymn, there’s no question about that.
This is bass-heavy electronic music that I can place closest to dubstep. I also feel like I have extremely little cultural context to form well-articulated thoughts about this music, which makes it exciting.
Saying that it’s “something Arabic” feels like derogatory to how rich it is beyond language, and when I say “Arabic” I am concerned that I’m already making false identification. I just don’t know, I am not aware, I lack knowledge. However, it doesn’t feel intimidating but rather I feel the urge to explore, know more, learn, listen, understand, makes me wonder.
It’s kind of an “oldschool minded”, classic type IDM record. Close to my heart, feels right, calm.
Post rock but black metal. (I can see the confusion of how to label this when there’s every possible version of putting these words together present in this albums tag list on Bandcamp.)
Pop ambient with dub and trance vibes. I wouldn’t choose it for conscious listening, but great for work.
Dubstep tunes with some psychedelic angle. Good album to start music discovery from.