Enough gothic music to darken the daystar
May 31, 2019 6:11 PM Subscribe
If you've fully tapped Cleopatra Records Occult Box (Bandcamp; discogs) and want some new darkness to descend upon your ears, the German At Sea Compilations label has five volumes of La Danse Macabre on Bandcamp, full of independent gothic, gothic rock, darkwave and related bands: the original, volumes two, three, four and five. Bonus: Goth Box (YouTube playlist, almost completely recompiling the 1996 Cleo Recs VHS, as listed on Discogs).
Hey! I have Goth Box in CD form on my shelf right now! :)
posted by PennD at 6:23 PM on May 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by PennD at 6:23 PM on May 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
Okay, weird, my version of Goth Box (Cleopatra Records, 1996) has different songs, and definately a different order. For example instead of starting with Switchblade Symphony - Clown, is has Switchblade Symphony - Dissolve on disk 2. Looks like they completely redid it for audio CDs. Probably because they didn't need videos.
posted by PennD at 6:31 PM on May 31, 2019
posted by PennD at 6:31 PM on May 31, 2019
Oho! Time to set about finding stuff I like and/or stuff someone I know will like. Cheers!
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue at 6:33 PM on May 31, 2019
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue at 6:33 PM on May 31, 2019
Yeah, the VHS is a limited tracklist, compared to the 4CD audio-only edition.
Also, Not So Cold is significantly expanded on Amazon and other platforms.
OK, final final bonus bonus link: Cleopatra Recs included a tracklist for Tamara Sky's nonstop mix on Soundcloud as a comment, so if you're listening to that and wondering "what is this particular dark magic?" you can now know.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:35 PM on May 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
Also, Not So Cold is significantly expanded on Amazon and other platforms.
OK, final final bonus bonus link: Cleopatra Recs included a tracklist for Tamara Sky's nonstop mix on Soundcloud as a comment, so if you're listening to that and wondering "what is this particular dark magic?" you can now know.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:35 PM on May 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
$6 for the (digital) Occult Box on Bandcamp is a steal, that's a fun mix that is all over the place. It's time to retire that Leaders of Men demo, though.
posted by lefty lucky cat at 6:53 PM on May 31, 2019
posted by lefty lucky cat at 6:53 PM on May 31, 2019
Just a quick warning that Romeo's Distress opens with a racial slur, in case that bothers you
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:17 PM on May 31, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:17 PM on May 31, 2019 [2 favorites]
Cleopatra is a pretty scummy bootleg label with questionable sourcing/licensing/ethics
posted by anazgnos at 7:38 PM on May 31, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by anazgnos at 7:38 PM on May 31, 2019 [3 favorites]
anazgnos: Can you please expand on that? I've long viewed Cleopatra as a cheap label based on many of its releases but I don't really know anything about it or its practices.
posted by ElKevbo at 9:09 PM on May 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by ElKevbo at 9:09 PM on May 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
Woah, flashbacks. I smell clove cigarettes and my hands hurt from falling down in the street outside.
posted by bongo_x at 1:34 AM on June 1, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by bongo_x at 1:34 AM on June 1, 2019 [5 favorites]
Wow, this is awesome and I just bought all of it! What a nice way to start the weekend.
posted by heatvision at 3:43 AM on June 1, 2019
posted by heatvision at 3:43 AM on June 1, 2019
Thanks for this trip down memory lane. Switchblade Symphony, especially, takes me right back to my heady goth club days of the 1990s. Love it!
I'm afraid I can't get into the Die Krupps version of 1000 Homo DJs "Supernaut," although I did try. I don't think there's any way the original version could ever be topped. To this day I still love it as much as I did when I first heard it in the early 1990s.
posted by velvet winter at 8:48 PM on June 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
I'm afraid I can't get into the Die Krupps version of 1000 Homo DJs "Supernaut," although I did try. I don't think there's any way the original version could ever be topped. To this day I still love it as much as I did when I first heard it in the early 1990s.
posted by velvet winter at 8:48 PM on June 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
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- Christian Death - Romeo's Distress (fan-made music video?)
- The Chameleons - In Shreds (Live at the Camden Palace, UK, 1985)
- Corpus Delicti - Absent Friend (live, but the song title at the beginning looks like it could be from the original Cleo VHS)
And a bonus-bonus comp: Not So Cold "A Warm Wave Compilation" by Tacuara Records (Discogs).
posted by filthy light thief at 6:17 PM on May 31, 2019 [1 favorite]