The future

[jchrisobrien]

This question is poised mostly for my DJ friends, but any music fan can throw in their input.

Where do you see the goth/industrial/synthpop scene progressing to?
Is there a genre you see rising in popularity?

Name one band that deserves to be played more. I'm always up for expanding my musical library.

The last few CD's I've picked up lately have been from DJ Micro, Christopher Lawrence, and Hybrid. I also got the new Velvet Acid Christ (quite liked it), Haujobb (so-so), and Decoded Feedback (quite liked it).

Comments

[brigid.livejournal.com]

i really like autechre, aphex twin, plaid, luke vibert at the moment, i've kind of been in a new music rut lately, as nothing has really captivated me.

CORK ROCK!

[missy-carriage.livejournal.com]

I see a mass pilgrimage to Retard Rock. Chris Burke has a band and an album. Now, what I am working on, with several producers, is a new synth-pop/EBM sound with all malignant chromosome voices!

Think about it! It would be Haujob without any pretense!

Oh by the way, I'm Missy.

[alonewiththemoon]

In the goth side of things at least I foresee a return to the late 70s early 80s post punk sound, that very creative time when punk and goth and death rock and synth bands swirled and overlapped. Faith and the Muse and Sunshine Blind have released albums this year with that sound featured prominently. I think it is something of a backlash against so much later 80s electroclash influence. ("No, Interpol, _this_ is what Joy Division sounded like!")

But I could be completely wrong :)

[sbazzy.livejournal.com]

for a long time, i've seen the scene progressing toward synthcrap like CoVeN(V)a(pop)nt. i mean, as opposed to what i consider to be "good" synthpop (like Mesh). i am happy, though, that deathrock has been gaining some popularity and that people are getting into bands like The Deep Eynde and Bella Morte's deathrock stuff.

Decoded Feedback are good (if not a little industrial-by-numbers - which can still be very good), Haujobb is good (haven't heard the new one but Polarity is a masterpiece).

all i really have to recommend for the moment is The Deep Eynde ("Suicide Drive"), NOFX ("The War on Errorism"), anything by Chemlab (who i'll never get sick of) and possibly Imperative Reaction. oh, and The Faint. they rock.