Slightly Spooky

 

 

I wasn't planning on making a Halloween themed mix but a couple of days ago I heard a new album called "Xiuxiuejar" by Hekla and I knew I had to use some tracks in a mix. Hekla is an Icelandic musician who use the theremin to create haunting, other-worldly soundscapes. Perfect for a Halloween mix.

Some of the other tracks follow a similar vibe I have used for creepy mixes in the past, sort of a dark jazz feel. Then I mix in some noisy stuff, some ambient & some other oddities. I don't want these mixes to be ultra dark doom ambient but this is more off-kilter than most Low Light Mixes.

After finding the theremin tracks from Hekla I was reminded of a very theremin-like instrument - the Ondes Martenot. It looks like a piano or organ but sounds like a theremin and it's played by sliding a ring attached to wires up and down the keyboard. Check out this video for an idea of how it's played and what it sounds like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aflcF0-ys  

There are two tracks in the mix that use the Ondes Martenot. They are Tindersticks - The Strangler & Christine Ott - Pluie. I believe Christine Ott plays the instrument on the Tindersticks track as well as her own. Radiohead is famous for using the Odnes Martenot in a few songs. Maybe I'll make an entire mix featuring the instrument someday.

Here are the links to all the music used in this mix:

https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/xiuxiuejar
https://buenaureliomalazar.bandcamp.com/album/pre-pro-post
https://theodoreshapiro.bandcamp.com/album/severance-season-1-apple-tv-original-series-soundtrack
https://elikeszler.bandcamp.com/album/empire
https://tindersticks.bandcamp.com/album/minute-bodies-the-intimate-world-of-f-percy-smith
https://facture.bandcamp.com/album/unstill
https://williamselman.bandcamp.com/album/pavaka-group
https://thephonometrician.bandcamp.com/album/c-iste-bodharhttps://johnbutcher1.bandcamp.com/album/resonant-spaces
https://tgeruis.bandcamp.com/album/bain-d-toiles
https://christineott.bandcamp.com/album/time-to-die
https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/a-state-of-decrepitude
https://dekorder.bandcamp.com/album/sentimental-favourites
https://bloxhamtapes.bandcamp.com/album/magnetism
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/a-is-for-autumn
https://grails.bandcamp.com/album/black-tar-prophecies-vols-4-5-6
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-sense-to-fade
https://williamryanfritch.bandcamp.com/album/built-upon-a-fearful-void
https://aaronmartin.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-of-medicine-original-score

Cheers!

 

T R A C K L I S T :

00:00    Hekla - Hrakföll (Xiuxiuejar 2022)

03:18    Buen Aurelio Malazar - pre.sagio (pre pro post 2020)

04:49    Theodore Shapiro - After Hours (Severance Soundtrack 2022)

06:45    Eli Keszler - The Tenth Part Of A Featured World (Empire 2019)

09:15    Tindersticks - The Strangler (Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith 2017)

12:20    Andy Cartwright - Seeker (Unstill 2021)

14:00    Pavaka Group - I Am Void (Pavaka Group 2022)

15:43    The Phonometrician - Death is a Woman (Cóiste Bodhar 2022)

18:00    John Butcher - Wind Piece (Resonant Spaces 2006)

18:49    't Geruis - L'Appel (Bain D'Étoiles 2022)

21:35    Christine Ott - Pluie (Time to Die 2021)

26:30    Wanderwelle - Decay (A State of Decrepitude 2020)

30:25    Andrew Pekler - Close to Strangers (Sentimental Favourites 2011)

32:17    Lars Rynning & Suren Seneviratne - Solar Wind (Magnetism 2020)

33:35    Andrew Heath & Simon McCorry - From Darkness (A is for Autumn 2022)

37:02    Hekla - Sólin Gekk (Xiuxiuejar 2022)

42:53    The Phonometrician - I See Youy (Cóiste Bodhar 2022)

47:55    Grails - Bad Bhang Recipe (Black Tar Prophecies Vols 1, 2, 3 2006)

49:50    Darkroom - The Shadowy Side of the Hill ( The Last Sense to Fade 2021)

54:50    William Ryan Fritch - Lay Hands Upon Us (Built Upon a Fearful Void 2021)

57:39    Aaron Martin - Buried in Waves (The End of Medicine 2022)

59:09    Hekla - Tangarhald (Xiuxiuejar 2022)

60:20    end