singin about the WATER CYCLE

Obā-san

Imipolex G

SF_Sorrow

Obā-san

really everyone should (not) listen to the song in the OP

honestly at this point i'm not sure why i ever liked contemporary EBM stuff at all >_>

Section42L

Sredni Vashtar

Those strings, mang.

sunn wolf

Yon Assassin said:

honestly at this point i'm not sure why i ever liked contemporary EBM stuff at all >_>

the only contemporary ebm worth anything close to a damn is mindinabox

Obā-san

VNV nation tho

Calica

Yon Assassin said:

VNV nation tho

i liked the cover of that one vnv nation song that was used in the credits for iji

Obā-san

VNV Nation is a pretty much perfect as pop music goes imho

earnest without being grating (YMMV on this of course), catchy hooks, some fun song structures and timbres

and i'm a big fan of their lyrical bent, sentimentalness, nostalgia and regret balanced nicely with optimism and steadfastness

Obā-san

Haven

sunn wolf

Yon Assassin said:

i was surprised actually how pop that was. i wasn't a big fan of the vocals which kind of spoiled it for me, but the instrumental side was surprisingly okay. interesting timbres, yeah

still wouldn't listen to it out of choice tho. it got a little too earnest for me at times

sunn wolf

mindinabox tho

they have a very good way of constructing their songs, lots of interesting sounds used in a way cohesive enough that i find impressive, and structured very well, and they have a fucking great ear for melody. that song, for instance, is all about when the melody comes in. it's very skilfully constructed to smack you round the face with that brilliant lead synth line

also i quite like their sci-fi-thriller-film-meets-dancefloor-banger sort of aesthetic

Obā-san

very nice, very Haujobb