beerwolf Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 This article has been up for a while now on Pitchfork. My ears skimmed it over once and I found myself keep going back for more. http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7806-ghosts-in-the-machine/ Some of these tunes are really good (in my humble opinion). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ms-dos Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 oOoOO: "Seaww" sounds like a late 80s cure instrumental. balam acab sounds like an uninspired joker track. not feeling white ring. i like the idea of this music, but imo it's not executed so well here. the silent diane track at the bottom was good though. it's like she took those old, bombastic mu-ziq beats, hushed them a bit, and then pulled seefeel into the studio to stretch their gauze over the rhythms. very promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lube Saibot Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 not feeling most of the tracks, but Balam Acab's "Heavy Living Things" is in a realm that Joker couldn't touch even with Burial in his lap telling him what to do this boy, and this boy alone out of the whole lot, is going places juss sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ms-dos Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 heavy lifting things was indeed better than see birds. still wasn't feeling it as much as the silent diane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Backson Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 i like witch house very much. i've got the oOoOO / White Ring split on 7". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 still looking into this—there was a compilation tape called Dark as Night (http://godofblues.blogspot.com/2010/05/dark-as-night-reissue.html) which has some of the aforementioned artists. might not be hella witch house, but REALLY digging this track as of late (it appears on the comp tape): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHUqlcqHH1s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 I find the tracks improve with more plays. I will be keeping an eye out for more of this. Glad some of you like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I had been wondering why this label was exploding, didn't know it was posted on pitch fork. I'm not that into it but I haven't listened to any whole albums or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest raan Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 The problem is that all these people sound absolutely the same. It seems that they are trying too hard to be like Salem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 this trac is quite good-does balam acab have an album out i wonder? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNvrOiQZP-0&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest raan Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 None of these guys have an album. They just have some EPs and some free-to-download tracks. That´s how "the scene" works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 The problem is that all these people sound absolutely the same. Agreed, lack of diversity oftens kills these genres/scenes/whatever before they become more influencial and interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GrandPopPoplock Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I enjoy Salem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weDQIkGhEkY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I like the sound, it's just that the quality of a lot of the tracks (on that pitchfork page) could be better. I think I might check out salem, though. am I right that the name witch house doesn't refer to house music at all, but like a haunted house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest raan Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 am I right that the name witch house doesn't refer to house music at all, but like a haunted house? that's a good question. i think it really refers to house music but i don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 I think it refers to house music. Been following this movement a little in the past few months. Some stuff is pretty good. I absolutely love White Ring - Roses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLlZKfmTy0Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Backson Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Salem have announced their debut. http://forum.watmm.com/topic/56920-salem-king-night/ http://www.iamsoundrecords.com/2010/06/salem-announce-debut-album/ I bet it will have some fantastic artwork. This genre has wonderful art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I was listening to the fever ray album last night and realized that concrete walls sounds just like witch house/drag/screwgaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tidbit Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 fad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ryan Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 I've dug a few of the songs I've heard. It feels like if David Lynch made dubstep or something to that effect. It's definitely a fad though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 this music is not bad, some of it (the more industiralish stuff) sounds like a much less diverse and minimal version of what Katabatik out of oakland are doing right now. you can download their newest comp for free here - http://www.katabatik.org/kollektion/ some of it can be described as shoegazy or minimal wave, but it's executed a hell of a lot better than the majority of the stuff on the pitchfork page. i guess katabatik has a lot more in common with weird records than this witchhouse phenomenon though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Backson Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Salem, I yearn for thee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ominous Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Witch-Murray! Chill-witch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Backson Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 too bad the names get more attention than the fact a community of beat producers have joined the dots between demo culture, hip hop and paganism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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