I’ve got to get this off my chest as I’ve been mulling it over recently and I need answers. I’m fascinated by dark ambient. Not the music, I mostly struggle to listen to it and given a choice I don’t. It’s more that I wonder, what do people actually do whilst they’re listening to it? I mean it sounds like being in an industrial smelter in Mordor - a doomy, gloomy, heart of evil, let’s plunge the world into darkness sort of soundtrack. I can’t help think that if the police started tracing the people who were listening to dark ambient LPs and playlists they’d clear up all sorts of long unsolved missing person and pet reports. If you’re a fan or have a theory let me know what goes on whilst it’s playing. All responses will be treated in the strictest confidence.
I’ve been following and recommending David Cordero’s work for a few years now. He’s got a fine line in the sort of soft edged ambient sounds that I love to let loose in the background as I’m reading or writing; headphone clad traversing busy urban sprawls or just having a moment sitting and staring at my daughter whilst she snoozes, wondering what the future holds for her. I’m pretty sure she approves to.
On Melodías Susurradas he’s in particularly serene mood. Gentle tones & pleasant unidentified noises come and go, many a note and sound are extended to soothing effect without overstaying their welcome and the sounds of recognisable instruments being touched rather than played add a grounding familiarity to the otherwise parallel electronic universe. The distant sounds of Andalusia’s landscape and fauna approve as well, their distant chorus a regular and welcome dose of the outdoors in your living room.
If you need an audible hug, a sedentary Sunday suitable soundtrack or maybe some soothing sounds whilst you battle the Monday blues and your city’s rush hour tomorrow morning then look no further.
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