The music of nightmares

June 27, 2017 11:59 PM

The Apprehension Engine expresses the emotions that cannot be expressed in other ways, triggering fear with intense sonic methods.[via]
posted by dhruva (6 comments total)

Somewhat reminds me of some of Colin Stetson's otherworldly and terrifying sax playing. Also Super Hans' (accurate, to a point) musical theory of the longer the note, the more dread .
posted by Jon Mitchell at 12:15 AM on June 28, 2017 [2 favorites]

So this is the Twin Peaks thread, I guess?

(Because I just got back from a trip and caught up on the episodes and oh my lord I don't know what that was but the sound design broke my brain.)
posted by rokusan at 1:10 AM on June 28, 2017

1) It's cool. Reminds me of Bryan Day's instruments.

2) He's annoying and didn't even make it himself, though.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 1:11 AM on June 28, 2017

Very creepy! Some of those sounds are painful to listen to.

Also, "Apprehension Engine" sounds like some evil machine from His Dark Materials.
posted by Bee'sWing at 6:06 AM on June 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

It's a machine that got sketched one night when Babbage and Lovelace got drunk and she accused him of not being able to deal with emotions.
posted by Segundus at 7:43 AM on June 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

This is great, thanks for posting :)
posted by New England Cultist at 12:41 PM on June 28, 2017