WITCH HAVS Explores A Pre-Solidified Genre
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# WITCH HAVS Explores A Pre-Solidified Genre
Recently, I was asked to provide my knowledge on witch house (and other
Internet-sprung music genres) for an interview. When I reflected on the
whole thing, I started to remember how neat it all was back in the days,
before it became clouded with self-awareness and trendiness. I started
to think about how it got re-re-re-appropriated, and how it could mean
stuff like the below, and stuff like [Nike7up][1]{: target="_blank"} or
this essential [Alicia Keys remix][2]{: target="_blank"}. [This 2009
compilation from back then][3]{: target="_blank"} (made by myself,
mostly from Youtube and Myspace rips) reflects the sub-genre's
eclecticism.
It's interesting to look back and see what was. Perhaps this comp is not
all "proper" witch house; a lot of it is drone, folk or
post-punk-related, but at the time it was a more open idea---in any
case, I liked the idea of new music with a central theme evocative of
magick or the occult. It's all good stuff, whatever you want to call it.
[Download the entire thing here][4]{: target="_blank"}!
1\. [Bipolar Bear -- Goth Time Rag][5]{: target="_blank"}
2. [Blank Dogs -- Ages Ago ][6]{: target="_blank"}
3. [Ga'an -- Vultures Of The Horn][7]{: target="_blank"}
4. [Knit Witch -- Making The Nature Scene][8]{: target="_blank"}
5. [Metallic Falcons -- Desert Cathedral][9]{: target="_blank"}
6. [The Skein -- Orlando In Bayonne ][10]{: target="_blank"}
7. [Terror Bird -- Shadows in the Halls][11]{: target="_blank"}
8. [Zola Jesus -- Sink The Dynasty][12]{: target="_blank"}
9. [CANT -- Ghosts][13]{: target="_blank"}
10. [City Center -- This Is How We See In The Dark (First
Version)][14]{: target="_blank"}
11. [Clapsclap -- Taste of being ][15]{: target="_blank"}
12. [Cough Cool -- Flower Reading][16]{: target="_blank"}
13. [De Babz -- OuOp][17]{: target="_blank"}
14. [Dead Gaze -- I'm a Mess When You Are Gone][18]{: target="_blank"}
15. [Extacy -- Treeofdead][19]{: target="_blank"}
16. [Gatekeeper -- Slow Walk][20]{: target="_blank"}
17. [Irene Moon -- Go Away Dreadful Creature][21]{: target="_blank"}
18. [Modern Witch -- In Your Eyes][22]{: target="_blank"}
19. [OoOOO -- Mumbai][23]{: target="_blank"}
20. [Peaking Lights -- In This Haunted Winter Syrup](308){:
target="_blank"}
21. [Pink Priest -- Wolf Cub Or Witch Hunt][24]{: target="_blank"}
22. [The Procedure Club -- Dead Rocks][25]{: target="_blank"}
23. [S U R V I V E -- Holographic Landscape][26]{: target="_blank"}
24. [Salem -- Skullcrush][27]{: target="_blank"}
25. S[creen Gems -- Wandering Soul][28]{: target="_blank"}
26. [Spectrals -- Rot With Me][29]{: target="_blank"}
27. [TEARIST -- 1963 (Rough)][30]{: target="_blank"}
28. [Von Haze -- Sooner or Later][31]{: target="_blank"}
29. [Gary War -- Highspeed Drift][32]{: target="_blank"}
30. [Pocahaunted -- Ashes Is White][33]{: target="_blank"}
31. [Apartment Play -- Crash Scene][34]{: target="_blank"}
32. [Girls Of The Gravitron -- When I'm Dead][35]{: target="_blank"}
33. [Haunted Fucking -- I'm Feeling Outta Control][36]{:
target="_blank"}
34. [Winter Drones -- Winnie Cooper's Bones][37]{: target="_blank"}
35. [Child Bride -- Rabbit Moon][38]{: target="_blank"}
36. [The Skaters -- Wind Drapeing Incense Part VI][39]{:
target="_blank"}
37. [Tonstartssbandht -- Black Country (Demo)][40]{: target="_blank"}
38. [Blood Stereo -- The Mess][41]{: target="_blank"}
[1]: https://soundcloud.com/witchhousecom/sets/nike7up
[2]: https://soundcloud.com/mindslime/alicia-keys-unthinkable
[3]: http://betterthansexmusic.blogspot.de/2009/12/black-celebration.html?zx=582594731589e021
[4]: http://www19.zippyshare.com/v/11256767/file.html
[5]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s4WMI--krA
[6]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnFoSAE7hvw
[7]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eon713jUjsk
[8]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbpS-GVCqfI
[9]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgEMbYpwCLk
[10]: http://www.deezer.com/track/8407778
[11]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRLQTg40nug
[12]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mf7CoijI54
[13]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q48nRwmDX5c
[14]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87vQ2GeJ89M
[15]: https://soundcloud.com/clapsclap/skeleton-final
[16]: https://myspace.com/coughcoolmusic/music/song/flower-reading-54744982-59282928
[17]: https://myspace.com/debabz/music/song/ouop-3769527-3747861
[18]: http://vimeo.com/13081664
[19]: https://soundcloud.com/culturekicks/spectator-halloween-mixtape
[20]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTkNpkDOY2I
[21]: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Irene_Moon/
[22]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqjXc5roeCI
[23]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZEx1AzJjNo
[24]: http://vimeo.com/8147024
[25]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASy0ubztnt8
[26]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lc_S20WA-8
[27]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBKuxWWoafM
[28]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf43XK1wwL4
[29]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxU9JgLAogk
[30]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsUltyuGbQY
[31]: https://soundcloud.com/vonhaze/sooner-or-later
[32]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R94EQHBWH14
[33]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKOI4QJVVhc
[34]: https://myspace.com/apartmentplay/music/song/crash-scene-6939622-6740806
[35]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYwu81-TjiE
[36]: http://www.pukekos.org/2010/02/haunted-fucking.html
[37]: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Winter_Drones/Blood_in_the_Coffin_LP/02WinnieCoopersBones
[38]: http://www28.zippyshare.com/v/44082431/file.html
[39]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHtvjVZzRMQ
[40]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0343AZJuZA
[41]: http://carbon-records.bandcamp.com/track/the-mess
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<p>Recently, I was asked to provide my knowledge on witch house (and other Internet-sprung music genres) for an interview. When I reflected on the whole thing, I started to remember how neat it all was back in the days, before it became clouded with self-awareness and trendiness. I started to think about how it got re-re-re-appropriated, and how it could mean stuff like the below, and stuff like <a href="https://soundcloud.com/witchhousecom/sets/nike7up" target="_blank">Nike7up</a> or this essential <a href="https://soundcloud.com/mindslime/alicia-keys-unthinkable" target="_blank">Alicia Keys remix</a>. <a href="http://betterthansexmusic.blogspot.de/2009/12/black-celebration.html?zx=582594731589e021" target="_blank">This 2009 compilation from back then</a> (made by myself, mostly from Youtube and Myspace rips) reflects the sub-genre’s eclecticism.</p><p>It’s interesting to look back and see what was. Perhaps this comp is not all “proper” witch house; a lot of it is drone, folk or post-punk-related, but at the time it was a more open idea—in any case, I liked the idea of new music with a central theme evocative of magick or the occult. It’s all good stuff, whatever you want to call it.</p><p><a href="http://www19.zippyshare.com/v/11256767/file.html" target="_blank">Download the entire thing here</a>!</p><div>
<p>1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s4WMI--krA" target="_blank">Bipolar Bear – Goth Time Rag</a><br>
2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnFoSAE7hvw" target="_blank">Blank Dogs – Ages Ago </a><br>
3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eon713jUjsk" target="_blank">Ga’an – Vultures Of The Horn</a><br>
4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbpS-GVCqfI" target="_blank">Knit Witch – Making The Nature Scene</a><br>
5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgEMbYpwCLk" target="_blank">Metallic Falcons – Desert Cathedral</a><br>
6. <a href="http://www.deezer.com/track/8407778" target="_blank">The Skein – Orlando In Bayonne </a><br>
7. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRLQTg40nug" target="_blank">Terror Bird – Shadows in the Halls</a><br>
8. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mf7CoijI54" target="_blank">Zola Jesus – Sink The Dynasty</a><br>
9. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q48nRwmDX5c" target="_blank">CANT – Ghosts</a><br>
10. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87vQ2GeJ89M" target="_blank">City Center – This Is How We See In The Dark (First Version)</a><br>
11. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/clapsclap/skeleton-final" target="_blank">Clapsclap – Taste of being </a><br>
12. <a href="https://myspace.com/coughcoolmusic/music/song/flower-reading-54744982-59282928" target="_blank">Cough Cool – Flower Reading</a><br>
13. <a href="https://myspace.com/debabz/music/song/ouop-3769527-3747861" target="_blank">De Babz – OuOp</a><br>
14. <a href="http://vimeo.com/13081664" target="_blank">Dead Gaze – I’m a Mess When You Are Gone</a><br>
15. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/culturekicks/spectator-halloween-mixtape" target="_blank">Extacy – Treeofdead</a><br>
16. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTkNpkDOY2I" target="_blank">Gatekeeper – Slow Walk</a><br>
17. <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Irene_Moon/" target="_blank">Irene Moon – Go Away Dreadful Creature</a><br>
18. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqjXc5roeCI" target="_blank">Modern Witch – In Your Eyes</a><br>
19. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZEx1AzJjNo" target="_blank">OoOOO – Mumbai</a><br>
20. <a href="308" target="_blank">Peaking Lights – In This Haunted Winter Syrup</a><br>
21. <a href="http://vimeo.com/8147024" target="_blank">Pink Priest – Wolf Cub Or Witch Hunt</a><br>
22. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASy0ubztnt8" target="_blank">The Procedure Club – Dead Rocks</a><br>
23. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lc_S20WA-8" target="_blank">S U R V I V E – Holographic Landscape</a><br>
24. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBKuxWWoafM" target="_blank">Salem – Skullcrush</a><br>
25. S<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf43XK1wwL4" target="_blank">creen Gems – Wandering Soul</a><br>
26. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxU9JgLAogk" target="_blank">Spectrals – Rot With Me</a><br>
27. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsUltyuGbQY" target="_blank">TEARIST – 1963 (Rough)</a><br>
28. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/vonhaze/sooner-or-later" target="_blank">Von Haze – Sooner or Later</a><br>
29. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R94EQHBWH14" target="_blank">Gary War – Highspeed Drift</a><br>
30. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKOI4QJVVhc" target="_blank">Pocahaunted – Ashes Is White</a><br>
31. <a href="https://myspace.com/apartmentplay/music/song/crash-scene-6939622-6740806" target="_blank">Apartment Play – Crash Scene</a><br>
32. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYwu81-TjiE" target="_blank">Girls Of The Gravitron – When I’m Dead</a><br>
33. <a href="http://www.pukekos.org/2010/02/haunted-fucking.html" target="_blank">Haunted Fucking – I’m Feeling Outta Control</a><br>
34. <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Winter_Drones/Blood_in_the_Coffin_LP/02WinnieCoopersBones" target="_blank">Winter Drones – Winnie Cooper’s Bones</a><br>
35. <a href="http://www28.zippyshare.com/v/44082431/file.html" target="_blank">Child Bride – Rabbit Moon</a><br>
36. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHtvjVZzRMQ" target="_blank">The Skaters – Wind Drapeing Incense Part VI</a><br>
37. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0343AZJuZA" target="_blank">Tonstartssbandht – Black Country (Demo)</a><br>
38. <a href="http://carbon-records.bandcamp.com/track/the-mess" target="_blank">Blood Stereo – The Mess</a></p>
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# WITCH HAVS Explores A Pre-Solidified Genre Recently, I was asked to provide my knowledge on witch house (and other Internet-sprung music genres) for an interview. When I reflected on the whole thing, I started to remember how neat it all was back in the days, before it became clouded with self...
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It's all good stuff, whatever you want to call it. [Download the entire thing here][4]{: target="_blank"}. 1\. [Bipolar Bear -- Goth Time Rag][5]{: target="_blank"} 2. [Blank Dogs -- Ages Ago ][6]{: target="_blank"} 3. [Ga'an -- Vultures Of The Horn][7]{: target="_blank"...
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[Download the entire thing here][4]{: target="_blank"}. 1\. [Bipolar Bear -- Goth Time Rag][5]{: target="_blank"} 2. [Blank Dogs -- Ages Ago ][6]{: target="_blank"} 3. [Ga'an -- Vultures Of The Horn][7]{: target="_blank"} 4. [Knit Witch -- Making The Nature Scene...
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[The Skaters -- Wind Drapeing Incense Part VI][39]{: target="_blank"} 37. [Tonstartssbandht -- Black Country (Demo)][40]{: target="_blank"} 38. [Blood Stereo -- The Mess][41]{: target="_blank"} . [1]: https://soundcloud.com/witchhousecom/sets/nike7up [2]: https://soundcloud.com/m...