Communion After Dark - Dark Alternative, Industrial, EBM, Gothic, Synthpop -05/01/2024

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Tracklisting May 1st, 2024 DJ Name: Paradise 00:33 Blackbook (Switzerland) - Out With A Bang - Radio Strange - darkTunes Music Group - blackbookofficial.bandcamp.com/album/radio-strange 04:06 Funker Vogt (Germany) - The Signaler (Club Mix) - Digital Single - RepoRecords - music.apple.com/us/album/final-construct-bonus-track-version/1734831933 08:04 Project Pitchfork (Germany) - Der Tanz (RMX) - Elysium - Trisol - music.apple.com/us/album/elysium-deluxe-version/1727730639 13:31 Massiv In Mensch (Germany) - Schlagdistanz - Schlagdistanz - Katyusha Records - massivinmensch.bandcamp.com/album/schlagdistanz 18:08 De Tot Cor (Canada) - Bless Your Demons - Digital Single - Self Released - detotcor.bandcamp.com/album/bless-your-demons-single 21:37 Dunkelsucht/AestheticPerfection (Switzerland/Austria) - Let Your Darkness Out (AP Remix) - Digital Single - Self Released - dunkelsucht.bandcamp.com/track/let-your-darkness-out-aesthetic-perfection-remix 25:42 Miss FD (US) - Syndicated - Digital Single - Self Released - missfd.bandcamp.com/track/syndicated 29:03 Communion After Dark DJ Name: TOM GOLD 37:45 Empirion (UK) - War Cry - Beats From The Underworld - Bandcamp empirion-official.bandcamp.com/album/beats-from-the-underworld 40:41 Sven Phalax & Eleven-FX (Germany) - The Battle Begins (Extended Club) - digital single - Infacted Recordings infactedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-battle-begins 46:24 Moris Blak (US) - Infinite Warehouse - digital single - Bandcamp morisblak.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-warehouse-single 50:26 Extra Terra (US) - Feel The AGI - digital single - Bandcamp extraterra.bandcamp.com/track/feel-the-agi-single 54:18 Rabengott (Germany) - Kinder der Nacht (Das Ich Remix) - Resurrector - Love And Order Remixed - eygennutz Records rabengott.bandcamp.com/album/resurrector-love-and-order-remixed 58:57 Video L'Eclipse (Sweden) - Almost There (Kontrollenhet Remix) - Almost There - Zonetripper Records videoleclipse.bandcamp.com/album/almost-there 1:02:42 Ultra Sunn (Belgium) - Broken Monsters - US - Artoffact ultrasunn.bandcamp.com/album/us 1:06:25 Communion After Dark DJ Name: WINTERS 1:12:06 William Bleak (Germany) - Wabi Sabi - Single - Self Released williambleak.bandcamp.com/track/wabi-sabi 1:15:07 OBSERVATION ROOM (US) - SWALLOWING DIAMONDS - Single - Self Released observationroom.bandcamp.com/ 1:20:17 Dead Astronauts (US) - The Red Dress feat. Florence Bullock - Ghosts - Cold Transmission Music deadastronauts.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts 1:24:25 Oliver Decrow (UK) - I’m Too Young To Die - I’m Too Young To Die (May 10th) - Cold Transmission Music oliver-decrow.bandcamp.com/album/im-too-young-to-die 1:28:46 Menthüll (Québec) - Parade - Single - Self Released menthull.bandcamp.com/track/parade 1:32:59 Apology Kink (US) - Cult Of Your Touch - Let Me Be Your Heartthrob - GIVE/TAKE apologykink.bandcamp.com/album/let-me-be-your-heartthrob 1:36:55 Communion After Dark Donations 1:46:50 Midnight Darkwave (Germany) - Gothic Nights - The Vampire Count - Self Released 1:51:15 Communion After Dark (Listener Comments)

[@lancecooley8674]

It would not surprise me at all if the last tune was created with the assistance of AI. There's a lot of stuff out there to write lyrics, try genres, adjust voices, and so on. A couple of things I noticed: (1) the vocalists do not seem to inhale... (2) lots of pattern chunks, (3) perfect octaves with exact voice matches, (4) sometimes an off key or misplaced note. AI does very good at interpolating between data sources to create something similar to the songs it was trained from, and it also does well to embellish or augment features by tweaking the learning knobs a certain way. But it does not do well to extrapolate toward something outside of its training boundary that results in unexplored music (or writing), and it suffers from occasional quirks or inappropriate selections of fancy words or notes. Still, if it is AI, then the engine, vocal generator, music quality, and skill in AI prompting demonstrated by this track and the other selections on Midnight Darkwave are impressive.

[@carygreene1079]

A big thanx to CAD for all the hard work. Keep the torch lit!!

[@nebelwelten]

My favorites from this week's show: 00:33 Blackbook - Out with a bang 💕 08:04 Project Pitchfork - Der Tanz (RMX) 💕 13:31 Massiv In Mensch - Schlagdistanz 💕 54:18 Rabengott - Kinder der Nacht (Das Ich RMX) 💕

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Thanks, Nebel, You are awesome 🖤🖤

[@nebelwelten]

​@@Communionafterdarkradio Thank you for your weekly show & music updates... 🤗

[@traviswinch4536]

Totally AI in my opinion. Those lyrics are screaming to me "I'm a robot trying to describe what being a goth is like"

[@shawnreed343]

Whooooaahhhh... that last song came out with intensity! o.O Now I, too, must look up more on the artist. Absolutely my favorite this week. That's like an instant 'holy shit, I'm impressed' moment. Though as sets go, I'm giving it to Gold this week- first half of it was so very club that it stood out, in a good way. Though I think that I'd not want that much industrial style every week, it came together for the set this week and I do like the harder sets once in a while. :) *laughs* Oh Paradise, musically, you're the man, but you're so hopelessly out of synch with pop/geek culture. XD Follow up: As far as I can tell, Midnight Darkwave (Darwave Midnight, I've also seen) seems to be a group of three digital? artists (listed as: Sigdur: Vocalist, Astrid: Synth and Vlad: Mixing, Mastering and sometimes vocal) composing vampire-themed music on a business model similar to yourselves, with the albums posted by the group's channel up on youtube- ala 'Here's the music, but we accept donations and you can buy our stuff'. To the best of my ability to tell, putting out so much music comes from there being three composers working independently together and remixing existing material- they do have a lot of remixes around the same themes. I'd swear I've heard the names of two of the members before in relation to alt fashion models, though quite some time ago, and I can't say if there's any connection. Information is scarce, they seem to be new this year, but do list themselves as artist/band. So far, all their music seems vampire-themed, and many tracks are remixes. It really makes an impression- these don't seem to be amateurs without experience, though their material isn't as expansive as it seems by album/track numbers- perhaps they've honed their skill quietly for a time before going public, and diversify the sound with separate styles?

[@lancecooley8674]

Dancing the CAD in the national lab... but not in the glass office where I tipped over doing my chair dance years ago (and nobody saw me!)

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

The legendary chair dance - 🖤🖤

[@mikesaga4297]

Thanks for doing what you do my ghouls! You rawk my Size 12 Saga socks! With love from Philly!

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Thank You, Mike, for listening. We are honored to have you as a supporter of our show.

[@sarahs413]

I LOVEEEE that Daniel Graves learned Deutsch to be with his in-law's and the area!! Way to be!

[@mustachesupremacist9224]

Good on him. I had to basically. It wasn't very hard to learn. Once I started dreaming in German I felt like I had a handle on the language. I'm still not very fluent but conversational.

[@te9591]

He speaks Ger?

[@brittborgrae5610]

//Blackbook keeps killing it wish overseas shipping wasn't so expensive I want all the stuffs😅😅

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

I agree it would be nice if the shipping came down to a reasonable price for everyone - Paradise

[@DETOTCOR]

Thanks for playing Bless Your Demons. And great tracks during the show. I'm from Barcelona, but Canada is fine anyway 🙂

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

🤣🤣 - Sorry for our blunder. Your Bandcamp clearly says Spain. Not sure where I got Canada from - Paradise

[@davidmunoz2176]

I'm writing this on Bandcamp Friday, so that means my bank account is gonna get thrashed thanks to you, CAD! So much good stuff week after week, I can't thank you enough. This week's kick ass tracks were Massiv in Mensch, Ultra Sunn and Apology Kink. All the best!

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Thanks David for your continued support. It means a large amount to all of us.

[@ph4g3official]

Another great set of music. Everyone had a great mix of songs. DJ Winters you’re not fooling anyone - you have a big warm heart. (You kept repeating it was cold)

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Her full title is DJ "ice Queen" Winters but she does have a warm heart hidden beneath her icy exterior.

[@serpentdove6964]

🥇 Sven Phalax & Eleven-FX (Germany) - The Battle Begins (Extended Club) 🥈 William Bleak (Germany) - Wabi Sabi 🥉 De Tot Cor (Canada) - Bless Your Demons ❤️🖤CAD🖤❤️ all 3 DJ sets! 🔥❤️‍🔥

[@jonassnell132]

Favorite discovery this week (ThankYou DJ WINTERS) 1:24:25 I'm too young to die -by -Oliver Decrow can tell something special here, anxious for the May 10th release.

[@BB-vu2cq]

Dj Winter is right about the last song !! I'm playing it on a neverending loop

[@mikymike2429]

Awsome new set!

[@wildernesscapes]

I listen to every week's episode on youtube, sometimes a couple times through to help me get through some computer work, look forward to new releases, but no pressure what time!

[@BeardedKaiju]

Now I can get the vibes of The Castle in my living room ❣️ ty for the upload

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Woo Hoo. Thanks for joining us.

[@kaijujohnny]

My favorites this week are Funker Vogt, De Tot Cor, Dunkelsucht/AestheticPerfection, Rabengott, Ultra Sunn, OBSERVATION ROOM, Dead Astronauts, Apology Kink and Midnight Darkwave. Cheers, CAD! 🖤🥃🌙

[@carygreene1079]

Hans Helwinden's "I'm Dancing in my Coffin" remains the darkest sont I've heard yet NOT PLAYED round these parts.

[@chrisdaniell2990]

Thank you CAD crew, you made my week!

[@RikNewman]

Been so busy I'm behind, but catching up now! Apologies though, I clicked "Like" and made it 243 Likes on the show...! 😆

[@RikNewman]

Tequila and pickle juice omgggg!! Real Paradise's Are Disgusted! And Tom Gold on the Industrial Brandy...! I love it all 😀 Paradise's shot sounds probably tastiest though... I love all of them though, but tequila and pickle juice is better not mixed imo; you should drink the juice as a chaser like a Pickleback! (anyway, just planning what to drink with Gold and Winters NEXT WEEK here 😛 )

[@RikNewman]

"I highly recommend FROGGER!!" 🤣 (I did actually play it as a kid btw!) I'm also kinda worried about Winter's sour & bleak heart...! I hope WGT cheers you up!

[@JudgeDamage369]

Hey... Another week. Great show.

[@MissFD]

Thank you so much for playing my new single "Syndicated"! Looking forward to playing at The Orpheum in Tampa with Praga Khan and Lords of Acid next week! 🖤

[@homeandtravel7235]

Great show, loved all 3 sets especially Winters.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

35:39 "It's sour _like my heart_" You are what you drink!

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Great Line

[@Nxla666]

DJ Winters, Fallout can be played on PC. Cornetto Trilogy isn't so much an actual trilogy as the only connection being several of the same actors and the cornetto ice cream cone makes an appearance in all three movies, the three movies being Sean of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The Worlds End.

[@anniebirnbach300]

First time discovery tonight. WOW and thank you for creating this channel. I am in awe of the creativity and evolution from the Gothic industrial and new wave music I grew up with. Wax Tax, Al Jourgensen, Siouxsie, Bay Haus and so many who broke sound and music to a new seed. Great music!

[@RichardMeadows-m7u]

Good morning everybody new music cool and thanks to y'all DJs have a great day and I'm in Florida

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Thank You for listening.

[@rbtrage]

🎶🎶🎧🎶🎶

[@sarahs413]

Wow, this was updated early! Or is it late? No idea because I haven't slept yet! Sharing on fb!

[@sarahs413]

Shared!! You guys play some of the music of in-the-flesh friends!!! Always awesome when I hear them in the mix!!

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

We uploaded a little later than normal. Thank You for supporting our show.

[@DatAshCrimson]

Awesome sets as always (especially Gold's), only thing is Menthull - Parade sounded distractingly similar to the Gorillaz song Aries or is that just me

[@BTK2025]

Listen all the time, I wish the volume during the commentary was louder. Keep up the music

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Thank You for listening and providing feedback. 🖤🖤

[@paddric9346]

She's gunna have a helluva time, explaining this to O.S.H.A.!

[@sarahs413]

Posted! ;)

[@katsumotoamaya6540]

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@wrathofcell]

song at 25:00 ish -28:00 ish?

[@MissFD]

Miss FD - "Syndicated" 🖤

[@wrathofcell]

@@MissFD lol. love you. i had figured it out after a long google search

[@MissFD]

@@wrathofcell 🎶🖤🎶

[@tempestates13]

At first, I thought it was Family Guy. Then I hear Brotus' voice.

[@mustachesupremacist9224]

First voice was definitely MacFarlane's voice.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

I also get a potential AI-generated vibe from the last song. The lyrics are fairly cookie-cutter, fun but so stereotyped as pop-Goth it's almost satire. The vocal delivery feels too perfectly consistent, too even. The male & female vocal feel like they are pitch-shifts of the same pattern. Normally we expect heavy modulation, to make vocals otherworldly... but under this suspicion, I suspect the modulation is there to hide AI choppiness. Very interested to hear any followup about the source! I would lol, if all of the creator aliases given for the project, are, in fact, the filenames of each genre parameter.

[@haujohn]

All the suggestions or similar artists on bandcamp all have generic names like ( Gothic Piano , Time for Darkness) etc... also the blurry group photos are all the same. This music doesn't typically say the words "Gothic" in the lyrics.. ask Chatgpt to write a Gothic poem , and it will look exactly like these lyrics. Way too much reverb..AI 100%

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

@@haujohn hah, I forgot "gothic" was a lyric. I was too distracted by how many times "vampire" was mentioned. It's like, a T-1000 walks up to the bouncer of a nightclub and says, "Hello my Fellow Goth, vampires sure are cool, aren't they? At least that's what I've heard..."

[@haujohn]

Exactly! Gothic vampires dancing under a gothic moon!

[@adamczak_]

Man, EBM and industrial music are disappointing nowadays. They lack lyrics, melodic lines, and darkness; they’re not danceable, there’s no engineering, just stock FL Studio arpeggiators.

[@hottdropp8538]

Always a pleasure seeing the notification for these >:D

[@Communionafterdarkradio]

Thank You for the kind words.

[@barbedwirerat661]

I'm interested in a medium size worker shirt...just sent an e-mail so be on the lookout for one from Thomas please! Also I listened to more HUIR tracks after hearing "Arch" on your last episode. Lovely song. I just ordered their "Triumphal Arch Lovers" CD/EP from Europe. This is why I listen to you folks...thanks!