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• Post new topic • Reply to topic Home -> Darkwave View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Minyaliel Moderator User is Offline Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 63 Karma: 1 applaud / smite 14.00 Gil Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:17 pm    Post subject: New Dark Wave vs. Darkwave · Quote I guess this is a bit of a nerdy discussion thing, but we really do need to get some chattering going on in this board. Anyway, darkwave has changed a lot since it started out as an offshoot of New Wave. During that time, the genre was called New Dark Wave, simply because it was a darker version of New Wave. Then artists gradually started taking influences from industrial and EBM and merged it with NDW music to form the Darkwave music we know today. So... short history lesson´s over. On to the discussion. What do you think about this? Which do you prefer - the "old" darkwave or the "new"? (For reference - NDW artist examples: Cocteau Twins/ Depeche Mode/ Gary Numan "Modern" darkwave artist examples - Crüxshadows/ Deine Lakaien/ Lacrimosa) Back to top xXMelancholiaXx Guest Karma: applaud / smite 1.00 Gil Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:24 pm    Post subject: · Quote I don't really listen to Depeche Mode but aren't they usually counted as Synthpop or something? Anyway, I guess I prefer modern Darkwave. Back to top Minyaliel Moderator User is Offline Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 63 Karma: 1 applaud / smite 14.00 Gil Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:26 pm    Post subject: · Quote New Wave, and thus also New Dark Wave, both fit easily in the synthpop sound. Anyway, in my book synthpop is not a genre but a description. With such widely differing sound and whatnot it would be unfair to the artists to slap´em all together under the same label. Back to top xXMelancholiaXx Guest Karma: applaud / smite 1.00 Gil Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:34 pm    Post subject: · Quote Minyaliel wrote: New Wave, and thus also New Dark Wave, both fit easily in the synthpop sound. Anyway, in my book synthpop is not a genre but a description. With such widely differing sound and whatnot it would be unfair to the artists to slap´em all together under the same label. Yeah I know they do that a lot with just about everything. Back to top Minyaliel Moderator User is Offline Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 63 Karma: 1 applaud / smite 14.00 Gil Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:46 pm    Post subject: · Quote Yup. *nods* Shame - makes finding new music so hard. Back to top All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First   • Post new topic • Reply to topic All times are GMT - 3 Hours    Home -> Darkwave Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Sonic Nexus----------------AnnouncementsFeedback and SuggestionsArtist Interviews Metal----------------Black MetalDeath MetalDoom MetalFolk/Viking MetalGothic MetalPower/Speed MetalThrash MetalHeavy/Traditional MetalGeneral Metal  Rock ----------------Nu-MetalGrunge Punk RockHardcore & MetalcoreHard Rock Experimental Rock Goth ----------------DeathrockGothic RockDarkwave  Industrial ----------------Industrial EBM  Japanese music ----------------J-Pop J-RockVisual Kei  Miscellaneous ----------------Other music Social Arena-- Anime & Manga -- Video Games -- Musicians' Chat-- The Serious Side of ThingsPromotionOld Spam and Cheese  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Related topics  Topics   Replies   Author   Views   Last Post   •  Sticky: Darkwave Recommendations thread 4 - 183 Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:45 pm idogetbored  •  Show off your music... 5 Minyaliel 157 Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:40 am Inferno Necrosis  •  Crass - Is the music actually good? 1 Witchhammer 89 Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:51 pm Keresztes  •  Does image matter to you in music? 9 Djm 132 Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:08 pm Inferno Necrosis  •  The official The Dark Knight thread. 4 Empyreal 83 Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:08 am Empyreal Sonic Nexus believes in free media, but blatant plagiarism is not accepted. You can use our material, but NO STEALING.