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| Neon Remembers: Witch House
Ah W I ??H H ? U $ E. Sweet, simple witch house. This genre holds a very rspecial place in my heart, the very thought of it takes me back to a rsimpler time (2010) when I was first really beginning to realize the wealth rof strange and wonderful music the internet had to offer. The early days rof Odd Future tapes and ASAP Rocky videos and Robb Bank$' pre-"thug" rphase. I would sit for hours watching blogs and music sites, eager to hop ron the newest, freshest sounds. Somehow, some way, I happened upon rsomething strange, something different. There were only a few blog rposts around at the time that spoke of this "drag" (or "rapegaze," or rmost commonly "witch house") music, some of them devoted to rpromoting the growing herd of artists within it's scope, and some rdecrying it as derivative, offensive, misogynistic, racist, etc... All I knew rwas that I adored the sounds I was hearing. It was unlike anything I had rever heard before. Although I could identify certain sounds I had heard in rother music, all together it was something exciting and new. Witch house rhelped to expand my taste in music, clothing, and culture, introducing me rto juke, more southern rap/chopped and screwed music and culture, and reven neo-folk. It also led me to streetwear through the brand Actual rPain. All in all, for such a (at times) silly genre, Witch House profoundly rinfluenced a lot of my tendencies at a pivotal point in my life, and I can't rsay if I would be as well rounded as I like to think I am today without it. rWeird, but I guess that's how music works sometimes. List is standout rreleases from the genre. | | 1 |  | Salem (US)
King Night
My introduction to witch house. Still one of the most entertaining and original
electronic albums I've ever heard, I don't know if I'll ever grow tired of it. | | 2 |  | Mater Suspiria Vision
Second Coming
Probably the most abstract and artistic of all witch house groups. Definitely the
most "witchy." Everything they do comes off as very genuine, which makes the
creepy factor much more effective. Great music as well, leaning more towards the
ambient side of things. | | 3 |  | White Ring
Black Earth That Made Me
Extremely straightforward, archetypal witch house. Haunting and ghostlike, filled
with washed out vocals, overdriven synth, skittering snares, and the occasional
gunshot, this was a fantastic release. lxc999 was always a favorite of mine, those
vocals will fuck with you, no bullshit. | | 4 |  | oOoOO
oOoOO
One of the less witchy groups in the early witch house scene. This album was full
of lo-fi, downtrodden R&B funkiness. Not pure witch house, but definitely came in
with that wave and borrowed from the aesthetic. That cover always kinda freaked
me out when it would pop up on shuffle. Fucking ghost lady. | | 5 |  | Ritualz
Ghetto Ass Witch
Decent album, but has always represented the really cheesy side of witch house to
me. All symbols and vaguely esoteric/ghetto language, not a lot of heart in it. Still
an important piece of the scene, just not one I'm very happy about. Fantastic
album cover though. | |
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04.04.14 | so what do y'all think? am I the only one who really enjoys and connects with this music? | Phlegm
04.04.14 | u the goat | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | eh, dude, tbh 1,2,3,5 are all pretty medicore for witch house imo
oOoOO is great tho.
check out Balam Acab and Lake Radio
(the second 'a' in lake radio is a black triangle of course) | Riviere
04.04.14 | Some good stuff here, I'll check out 2 since it's the only one I haven't heard and you make it sound good.
I dunno if the genre name is necessary or who came up with it since a lot of the bands sound like dark electronic and or synthpop. | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | also black alice (triangles for a's again)
its definitely not straight up witch house at all. but it combines the basic elements of the idea of witch house (the aesthetic and slowed down pitch bent hip hop samples) with glitch and garage and a bunch of other eccentric fusion bullshit;
http://solarmasscollective.bandcamp.com/album/ile-n-y-ur-l-ugh
also its me so | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | "I dunno if the genre name is necessary or who came up with it since a lot of the bands sound like dark electronic and or synthpop."
its named as it is because of the process and aesthetic which is what separates it from 'dark electronic' (lol) and synthpop
also i forget the artist but as a joke somebody coined the name 'rapegaze' and then witchhouse evolved out of that | osmark86
04.04.14 | agreed with potato, check out Balam Acab if you haven't already. | Riviere
04.04.14 | Just finished listening to 2. Very trippy and spaced out, thanks for that rec. | Deviant.
04.04.14 | The perpetual head slap that is witch house. God bless the blogosphere and those crazy kids | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | it was only a matter of time before you showed up and pooped the party | Deviant.
04.04.14 | Relax, at most I'll just break wind | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | well depending on the severity of the stank, you still might be partin' crowds | Deviant.
04.04.14 | Just call me Moses | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | Well your farts don't smell like roses, Moses! | MaskAtTheMasquerade
04.04.14 | Lake Radio is siiiiiiiiiiick I second that shyt | fuckyourneonshirt
04.04.14 | Balam Acab is awesome, only reason I didn't include them was list size lol. And potsy, Ive listened to some Black Alice and as always you do great work.
Also, it's called witch house because Pictureplane and some other people started saying it as a joke and it just stuck. Funny that it came from the same crowd that coined "seapunk". | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | cool man thanks for peepsin u rock
also yeah pictureplane, thats who i was lookin for
i still think rapegaze is a hilarious genre title
also have you heard We Belong Together by DEATHCOAST?
aka DE(blacktriangle)TH(blacktriangle)CO(blacktriangle)ST | fuckyourneonshirt
04.04.14 | and sorry pots but I love 1,2, and 3. 5 is pretty mediocre. But those first three are ear sex. | fuckyourneonshirt
04.04.14 | no I don't think ive heard of deathcoast. I kinda stopped searching for new wh a while ago whenever the scene flooded with a bunch of new artists. Have you heard Noah23's Occult Trill tapes? | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | don't be sorry man, opinions is opinions. i just like the less abrasive and cheesy overly synthy side of witch house personally. i guess 1 and 3 aren't too bad but there is just something about them that doesn't fully satiate me. and then 2, well tbh i moderately like most of the stuff on that label but at the same time it is the prime example of the side of witch house that is overly cheesy if u know what i mean
and no i havent heard Occult Trill Tapes, havent even heard ot Noah23
and here's that track i was talking about;
http://soundcloud.com/linuspacehead/4-death-coast-we-belong | fuckyourneonshirt
04.04.14 | I think 2 is probably the least cheesy, but that's just me. I think it's cause they give off the vibe that they're really about that witch life lol. Also, I just admire all of Cosmotropia de Xam's art. Definitely check out Noah23, he's kind of a living legend. And I checked out that track, pretty sweet stuff. Love the three 6 sample. | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.04.14 | haha weird. oh well
and yea agreed i love the art too, a lot of my fav covers tbh | Deviant.
04.05.14 | "i still think rapegaze is a hilarious genre title"
Agree, but c'mon, so is witch house. I have nothing against the sound being explored here, but the name itself (and the fact that it needed a new name) are something of a slap against common sense. I get that in order to better serve the narrative history of music that things need titles (so to speak), but witch house... ugh. It actually kind of goes against the very aesthetic of the genre | fuckyourneonshirt
04.05.14 | "It actually kind of goes against the very aesthetic of the genre"
Not really at all, its pretty much exactly the aesthetic of the genre. Occult themed electronic music. I can see not liking the name, but it fits the image of the music pretty perfectly in my opinion. | Deviant.
04.05.14 | "Occult themed electronic music."
Or campy dance music haha. I meant more just giving it a title kind of goes against the ambiguity of the sound, like trying to generalize something deliberately designed to be open to interpretation | Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.05.14 | @dev yeah witch house is hilarious as well but rapegaze just has that extra tickle of preposterousness. i dunno i don't take it too seriously, i just think its all kind of funny
"I meant more just giving it a title kind of goes against the ambiguity of the sound, like trying to generalize something deliberately designed to be open to interpretation"
interesting point actually i never thought about like that | Deviant.
04.06.14 | That's why I'm so adamantly against something like post dubstep, it's not just the fact that I think it's an ill-conceived name (except in that case, when it really was) but that was a multitude of sounds that kind of defied genre description that ended up being stigmatized via a label that an outsider coined for it
Like I said, I get that for documentation/narrative purposes that music needs justification for its history/continuum but, yeah. It's more just the idea that anything that could easily be lumped into another genre (albeit a more darker, or occult take on the genre) is automatically treated as something new, rather than just a new take. It's the idea that genres can no longer grow, they're now outsourced into something new | BlacKapes
04.06.14 | listened to 1 out of curiosity and its still pretty much electronic pop, its okay but didnt do much for me. just because its occult themed doesnt warrant a genre invention imo lol |
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