Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

[Benny Bunter]

1927! Mindblowing


What other recordings achieve a similar atmosphere?

 

[wektor]

I like how gospel-like it feels although it feels darker, more raw, as if you'd compare Henry Flynt's with yer regular hillbilly tunes

 

[sufi]

What other recordings achieve a similar atmosphere?

this sorta thing

?

 

[muser]

 

[sufi]

atmosphere
everyone is wearing a scarf here @luka

 

[Murphy]

Soviet ANS synth workout



Every so often (when my partner in crime's on nights) i rinse this alone in the dark before bed



was going to post Obray Ramsey initially

 

[luka]

what is my connection with scarfs?

 

[sufi]

Hoped you'd like the song, it gets a bit rowdy

 

[luka]

i'll have a listen when i get up and drag myself into the other room where the speaker is

 

[wektor]

atmosphere
everyone is wearing a scarf here @luka

was this filmed in scotland

 

[sufi]

Possibly

 

[sufi]

Still waiting for luka feedback on that one, he's gonna say he can't be cos he only has a transistor radio or summat

 

[luka]

yeah i like these ones where they shout into the microphone with all those echoy acoustics

 

[luka]

just shouting interminably never even get around to doing any music

 

[luka]

like those jamacain soundclashes where the point is the shouting and the rewinds not the lyrics that they never get more than one or two lines into in any case

 

[wektor]

yeah i like these ones where they shout into the microphone with all those echoy acoustics

proper dub isn't it

also @sufi for someone not accustomed to this type of performance, is the vocalist singing some standards or is it all improvised?

 

[luka]

it is yes.

 

[sus]

Is this a thread about the touchstone 2000s indie rock compilation LP Dark Was the Night, featuring otherwise unreleased work by The National, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Jose Gonzalez, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, and more?

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

I suppose pretty much the entire Paris Texas soundtrack was based on Dark Was the Night.