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Tag Archives: dark psychedelia
“Monument” by Röyksopp & Robyn
17 Augstretching moments of time into space…
There is this beautiful word in the (not always pretty) german language: Augenblick. It means something similar to proverbial “blink of an eye”. But while “blinking” is the ephemeral moment that interrupts the view, “Blick” is more like “glance”, an ephemeral mode of seeing. Now dear old Mr. Goethe has phrased “Der Augenblick ist Ewigkeit”. This sentence simply asserts that the “Augenblick”, the ephemeral moment is eternity. While this might look like a contradiction at first, it actually describes the most common experience: every single Augenblick passes instantly — and this one thing will never change.
“Winter Beats” by I Break Horses
23 Febmore black-and-white natural darkedelia.
enjoy!
[thanks to Karo for the link! ]
“Thanatos” by Soap&Skin
7 OctThe video to Thanatos by Soap&Skin uses the theme of decay to a beautiful dark psychedelic effect. Check it out and enjoy!
Zhala’s Slippin’ Around remixed by Aerea Negrot
12 AugIf you already did like Zhala’s original track you should check out the remix by Aerea Negrot. Makode Linde’s original video got an edit by Moneymake Pagoda. And that edit adds even more of that heavy psychedelic flavour.
[Again, many thanks to Karo]
“Get Some” by Lykke Li
24 JunLykke Li and Johan Söderberg are not afraid of old stereotypes. They just pick them up and use them as stone tablets to write in their new laws. When this Scandinavian heathen valkyrie adorns herself with typical male sexual metaphors, those metaphors start to smell like shrunken heads and gleam like hunting trophies. So we better be careful what we call her since she is going to use it against us in her satanic dissemination rituals. In her voodoo, a word we might have dropped carelessly can be applied instead of a lost hair. In the center of the kaleidoscope she is dancing to the beat of the tribal drums while pulses of light move in on us from the “heart of darkness”. Her ink-stained fingers make clear: she is the one in charge of the Rorschach test.
“Slippin Around” by Zhala
29 AprHere is some more of that darker toned style of psychedelia that is neither symbolistic nor surreal but genuinely psychedelic. I still think psychedelic aesthetics are developing into this direction right now. Let’s see what else is coming.
The Sparkling Darkness of “Vessel” by Zola Jesus
5 FebIt is not always easy to tell the difference between psychedelic and surreal. Both aesthetics are obsessed with dreams and surfaces and the dissolving ego, both are very playful. Usually – not always – you will find a lot more light and color in psychedelic art. On the other hand it tends to get closer to the surreal as soon as darker tones are struck.
This is what makes this clip interesting. It is genuinely dark and psychedelic. Until the moth in the final seconds it avoids symbolism and sticks to the sparkling manifold of the surface. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw more of this merging of psychedelic and gothic aesthetics in the future.
The Daily Psychedelic Video 