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I appreciate the balance!

Oh wow I had no idea survivors were forced to give testimonies that quickly. That’s awful.

Right now I’m fixated on the histories of certain music genres, particularly industrial music and doom metal.

“Industrial” as a name came from the record label (Industrial Records) that Throbbing Gristle, an art collective/band from the late 70’s, created. They’re widely understood to be the first industrial band, but the roots for it go way back to the 40’s with musique concrète, a style of music that made use of recorded sounds and noises as part of musical compositions. The album Metal Machine Music by Lou Reed in 1975 also had an influence on the genre: the entire album is composed of looped and edited sounds rather than traditionally-recorded instrumentation. It’s one of the first major albums to treat the recording studio as another instrument, rather than just a means of getting a band’s sound recorded.

Cool! I know nothing about these kits but building them sounds rewarding. How long do you spend on a kit, normally?

I’d love to hear about people’s hyperfixations here.

Same!

To achieve this you need to use a gate effect that supports sidechain on the music track, and then feed the morse code output into the sidechain input on the gate.

This tutorial I found with a quick search looks fairly comprehensive: https://www.practical-music-production.com/sidechain/

Sometimes listening to the song gives me some relief from it, but not all the time.

Yep. I’ve learned that this happening is a good indicator that I’m not doing well mentally and there’s a thing I’m avoiding confronting.

Then I have to play brain detective until I figure out what it is.

Yeah 🫠

Snippets of songs. They go round and around in my head.

Oh yeah, undoubtedly it’s not the same. But getting practiced at the essential activities means that it’s not so overwhelming when you end up by yourself.

😇

I mean, independence is just doing things for yourself. Even if you’re living with parents, you can start with these things:

• cooking your own meals
• buying your own food
• washing up the items you’ve used for cooking and eating
• washing your own clothes
• keeping your room clean

Bonus if you start doing some of these for your parents, too. I’m sure they’ll appreciate it!

Thou fucking killed it.

Yeah I feel exactly the same about Cool World. I’m not familiar with some of the bands on your list so I’m going to check them out.

Also, I’m seeing Thou on Tuesday and I am so fucking excited.

I’ve got some crossover with yours:

Perishing - Lutum I’m surprised this is first, but it’s a solid death metal EP. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/lutum-ep/1725319668 Bandcamp: https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/album/lutum Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7KBCO9Z2H3AAdkZtWKk5NX

Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive Probably my favourite album this year. Doom metal. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mind-burns-alive/1733291253 Bandcamp: https://pallbearer.bandcamp.com/album/mind-burns-alive Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ppoXtj1diskTKxHyuChWI

Glassing - From the Other Side of the Mirror Love this album, it’s so varied. Post metal/doomgaze. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/from-the-other-side-of-the-mirror/1726433759 Bandcamp: https://glassing.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-other-side-of-the-mirror-2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0yPlGyhFbGXaj6uDwGfqli

Thou - Umbilical Crushing sludge metal. It’s filthy. Apple Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/0yPlGyhFbGXaj6uDwGfqli Bandcamp: https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/umbilical Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WILkP95BuckkTIm4OIQRm

Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition I was in two minds about this album, but ultimately it’s a fun death metal release. Produced by my boy Kurt Ballou from Converge. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dark-superstition/1730545041 Bandcamp: https://gatecreeper.bandcamp.com/album/dark-superstition Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7BhpoTy951vKzT7xeQJg9e

Iress - Sleep Now, In Reverse Beautiful, melodic doomgaze. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/sleep-now-in-reverse/1737997346 Bandcamp: https://weareiress.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-now-in-reverse Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7dgD2RpoUq9WkmAQMzFyQQ

Dry Socket - Sorry For Your Loss PNW hardcore punk. Unapologetic. Apple Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/7dgD2RpoUq9WkmAQMzFyQQ Bandcamp: https://drysocketpdx.bandcamp.com/album/sorry-for-your-loss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0eoqR7hpgBcltVCdJmg8iy

Lowen - Do Not Go to War With the Demons of Mazandaran Doom metal inspired by Persian music and mythology. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/do-not-go-to-war-with-the-demons-of-mazandaran/1743831255 Bandcamp: https://lowen.bandcamp.com/album/do-not-go-to-war-with-the-demons-of-mazandaran-2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/79tvicAFSw9tUc3qbxLf5P

Outlander - Acts of Harm Fantastic alt/shoegaze album. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/acts-of-harm/1739437993 Bandcamp: https://outlandertheband.bandcamp.com/album/acts-of-harm Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/70RPahrgTxFidKOuMI4QBC

The Cure - Songs of a Lost World They snuck this album out and it’s fucking great. Classic morose Cure. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/songs-of-a-lost-world/1768728131 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4wjxmqXnSQvBZWL3IbYngX

Didn’t quite make it but I love it too:

Chat Pile - Cool World This is a great album, I just ended up listening to the others more. Noise rock/sludge metal, similar to early Swans. Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/cool-world/1750294553 Bandcamp: https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/cool-world Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3k7GhMNdQ0KXGkC84qVRf2

I’m particularly partial to the band Bohren & der Club of Gore, who play “dark jazz”. Imagine the kind of jazz you’d expect to be playing at 3am in a smokey, forgotten jazz club where cynical private detectives go to drink away the memories of the one woman who got away.

I set about trying to answer this and imposter syndrome kicked in hard. But I’m learning to ignore that self-critical inner voice.

I’m great at problem-solving and finding creative solutions to difficult problems. That hyperfocus/obssessive thinking trait really comes to the fore here.

I’m also good at music, especially when it comes to analyzing and recreating particular sounds.

There’s so much leather in that article thumbnail 😂